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St. Aristarchus of Thessalonica
Born: Thessalonica Died: beheaded in the 1st century in Rome, Italy. Also known as Aristarco, Aristarque, Arystarch Convert and spiritual student of Saint Paul the Apostle, he worked with Paul in Ephesus, Corinth, Jerusalem, and Rome (Acts 20:1; 27:2; Philemon 24). In the Epistle to the Colossians, Paul calls him “my fellow prisoner” referring to […]
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St. John Mary Vianney
Born: 8 May 1786 at Dardilly, Lyons, France Died: 4 August 1859 at Ars, France of natural causes, interred in the basilica of Ars Canonized 31 May 1925 by Pope Pius XI Patronage: confessors, priests (proclaimed on 23 April 1929 by Pope Pius XI), Personal Apostolic Administration of Saint John Mary Vianney, Dubuque, Iowa, archdiocese […]
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St. Abel of Rheims
Born: in the British Isles, most likely in Ireland Died: c.751 at Lobbes, Belgium of natural causes. Also known as Abel of Lobbes Missionary to the European continent with Saint Boniface. Chosen archbishop of Rheims, France in 744 by Pope Saint Zachary and the Council of Soissons. He was unable to take over the see […]
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St. Margaret the Barefooted
Born: 1325 at Cesolo, San Severino, Italy Died: 5 August 1395 of natural causes Patronage: brides, difficult marriages, victims of abuse, widows. Also known as Margaret of Cesolo, Margaret la Picena, Margherita Born poor. Married at 15 to an Italian gentleman, and abused for years by her husband for her attachment to the Church and […]
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St. Emidius of Ascoli Piceno
Born: German Died: beheaded c.303, relics at Ascoli Piceno, Italy Patronage: against earthquakes, Ascoli Piceno, Italy, city of Ascoli Piceno, Italy. As a thirteen-year-old orphan, Anne Garcia Manzanas, of Almendral, Spain, tended her brothers’ sheep. Devoted to the Passion of Christ, she wanted to consecrate her virgin- ity to God, but feared she would be […]
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St. Glisente of Brescia
Died: 796 on Mount Berzo, Brescia, Italy, a parish church is built on his tomb on the side of the mountain. Soldier in the army of Blessed Charlemagne. Following the battle of Mortirolo, Glisente retired from military life to live as a hermit on Mount Berzo near Brescia, Italy, and evangelize the valley region around […]
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St. Justus and Pastor of Alcala
Born: c.291-295 in Spain Died: scourged and beheaded in 304 at Alcala, Spain at ages 13 and 9 Patronage: Alcalá de Henares, Spain, diocese of Alcalá, Spain, Madrid, Spain. Teenage brothers who made a public proclamation of their Christianity, and were promptly arrested on the orders of Dacian, governor of Spain. Scourged to make the […]
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St. Maria Francesca Rubatto
Born: 14 February 1844 at Carmagnola, Turin, Italy as Anna Maria Rubatto Died: 6 August 1904 of natural causes in Uruguay, buried at Montevideo, Uruguay Beatified: 10 October 1993 by Pope John Paul II, the beatification miracle involved the 8 April 1939 healing of a boy suffering from septic shock resulting from a tonsillectomy Canonized: […]
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St. Miguel de la Mora
Born: 19 June 1874 at Tecalitlán, Jalisco, Mexico Died: shot by firing squad around noon on 7 August 1927 at Cardonna, Colima, Mexico, relics in the cathedral of Colima Canonized: 21 May 2000 by Pope John Paul II during the Jubilee of Mexico. Also known as Michele de la Mora. Ordained in 1906. Chaplain of […]
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St. Albert of Sicily
Born: 1250 to 1257 (sources vary) at Trapani, Sicily, Italy Died: 7 August 1306 at Messina, Italy of natural causes Canonized: 31 May 1476 by Pope Sixtus IV Patronage: Carmelite schools, Messina, Italy, Trapani, Italy. Also known as Albert of Trapani, Albert degli Abbati Albert’s parents promised that if they were blessed with a son, […]
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