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St. André-Hubert Fournet
Born: 6 December 1752 Saint-Pierre-de-Maillé, Vienne, Kingdom of France Died: 13 May 1834 (aged 81) La Puye, Vienne, French Kingdom Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 16 May 1926, Saint Peter’s Basilica, Kingdom of Italy by Pope Pius XI Canonized: 4 June 1933, Saint Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City by Pope Pius XI Feast: 13 MayPatronage: […]
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Bl. Gemma of Goriano
Born: c.1375 in San Sebastiano dei Marsi, Bisegna, Abruzzo, Italy Died: 13 May 1439 in Goriano Sicoli, Italy of natural causes, miracles reported at her grave, body found incorrupt when exhumed, re-interred under the high altar of the church of San Giovanni in Goriano Sicoli, re-interred in a new church dedicated to her in 1613, […]
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St. Richrudis of Marchiennes
Born: 612 in Gascony, France Died: 12 May 687 in Marchiennes, Belgium of natural causes, relics translated to Paris, France, relics destroyed in 1793 during the French Revolution Feast day: 12 May Born to the nobility, the daughter of Ernold. Married to the Frankish nobleman Saint Adalbald of Ostrevant. Her family objected to Adalbald’s military incursions […]
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St. Epiphanius of Salamis
Born: 315 at Besanduk, near Eleutheropolis, Judea Died: 403 at sea of natural causes Venerated: in Catholicism Eastern Orthodoxy Oriental Orthodoxy Feast: 12 May, 17 Pashons (Coptic Orthodoxy) A Hellenized Jew, and convert to Christianity. Fluent in five languages, and extensively studied in theology and the classics. Monk in several communities in Egypt, returning to Palestine in […]
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St. Pancras of Rome
Born: c.290 at Phrygia Died: beheaded c.304 on the Via Aurelia, Rome, Italy, relics interred in the Saint Pancras church, Rome, but were destroyed in 1798, his head is still in the basilica of Saint John Lateran Patronage: against cramps, against false witness or perjury, against headaches, children, oaths, treaties, diocese of Albano, Italy, 27 […]
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St. Francis of Girolamo
Born: 17 December 1642 at Grottaglie, Apulia, near Taranto, Italy Died: 11 May 1716 at Naples, Italy of natural causes Beatified: 2 May 1806 by Pope Pius VII Canonized: 26 May 1839 by Pope Gregory XVI Patronage: Grottaglie, Italy Feast day: 11 May Studied humanities and philosophy at the Jesuit college of Taranto, Italy at age […]
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