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St. Restituta of Corsica
Died: beheaded 21 May in 217, 218, 225 or 303 (records vary), relics interred under the altar in the chapel of Saint Resistude in Calenzana in the 16th century and re-discovered during repairs in 1951 Patronage: Calenzana, Corsica, France (declared in 1984 by the Congregation for Divine Worship), Balagne, Corsica, France (declared in 1984 by […]
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St. Eugene de Mazenod
Born: 1 August 1782 at Aix-en-Provence, southern France as Charles Joseph Eugene de Mazenod Died: 21 May 1861 at Marseille, France of cancer, on 12 December 1936, his body was exhumed and found to be intact, part of his heart is venerated at Blessed Sacrament Chapel at the Oblate-owned Lourdes Grotto of the Southwest in […]
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Bl. Columba of Rieti
Born: 2 February 1467 at Rieti, Umbria, Italy as Angelella Guardagnoli Died: 20 May 1501 at Perguia, Italy of natural causes, at the moment of her death, her friend, Blessed Osanna Andreasi, saw Columba’s soul as a radiance rising to heaven, the whole city turned out for her funeral, which was paid for by the […]
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St. Ethelbert of East Anglia
Died: murdered in 793 at Villa Australis, Mercia, England, his body was buried like trash, but a heavenly light identified it, and it was eventually relocated, buried at Maurdine near the Lugg River in Mercia, remains relocated to Stratus-way, remains relocated to Fernley (modern Hereford, England), remains relocated to Hereford Cathedral, during one of the […]
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Prayers to St. Bernadine of Siena
Prayer to St. Bernadine of Siena Saint Bernardine of Siena, words were very important to you. You spent most of your life speaking the golden words of Jesus’ mercy and his Holy Name. And you abhorred words that were shameful. Pray for us that we may always choose to speak Jesus’ name with reverence and choose words […]
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St. Bernadine of Siena
Born: September 8, 1380, Massa Marittima, Italy Died: May 20, 1444, L’Aquila, Italy Place of burial: Basilica of San Bernardino, L’Aquila, Italy Patronage: against hoarseness, against chest problems, against respiratory problems, lung problems, lungs, advertisers, advertising, communications personnel, gambling addicts; against compulsive gambling, public relations personnel (proclaimed on 20 May 1960 by Pope John XXIII), […]
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St. Crispin of Viterbo
Born: November 13, 1668, Viterbo, Italy Died: 19 May 1750 of pneumonia at the friary of the Immaculate Conception on the Via Veneto in Rome, Italy, entombed under a side altar in the Capuchin church at Rome, body found still incorrupt in 1959 Beatified: September 7, 1806 Canonized: 20 June 1982, Saint Peter’s Basilica, Vatican […]
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