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St. Cajetan
Born: October 1480 at Vicenza, Italy as Gaetano dei Conti di Tiene Died: 1547 at Naples, Italy of natural causes Canonized: 12 April 1671 by Pope Clement X Patronage: job seekers, unemployed people, Theatines. Also known as Cajetan the Theatine, Cajetan of Thiene, Gaetano dei Conti di Tiene, Gaetano da Thiene, Cayetano, Gaetano, Gaetanus, Kajetana […]
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St. Cyriacus the Martyr
Died: excoriated and beheaded in 303 on the Salarian Way, Rome, Italy, buried near the Salarian Way, relics translated to Santa Maria in Via Lata, Rome, at Neuhausen, and the Saint Cyricus Abbey, Altorf, Alsace, France Patronage: against diabolical possession, against eye disease, against temptations (especially at time of death), eyes, Altidona, Italy, Saint-Cierges, Vaud, […]
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St. Mary MacKillop
Born: 15 January 1842 at Fitzroy, Melbourne, Australia as Maria Ellen MacKillop Died: 8 August 1909 at Sydney, Australia following a stroke, relics transferred to a vault at the Mother of God in the Memorial Chapel, Mount Street, Sydney Canonized: 17 October 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI, first native-born Australian saint Patronage: Australia, Wagga Wagga, […]
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St. Dominic de Guzman
Born: 1170 at Calaruega, Burgos, Old Castile Died: noon 6 August 1221 at Bologna, Italy Canonized: 13 July 1234 by Pope Gregory IX at Rieti, Italy Patronage: astronomers, astronomy, falsely accused people, scientists, Dominican Republic, Batanes-Babuyanes, Philippines, prelature of Bayombong, Philippines, diocese of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo Indian Pueblo, Valletta, Malta. Additional Memorial […]
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St. Nathy
Born: at Luighne, Sligo, Ireland Canonized: 1903 (cultus confirmed) Patronage: Achonry, Ireland, city of Achonry, Ireland. Also known as Cromnathy, Cruimhthir Nathy, Crumther Nathy, Nathy Cruimthir, Nathy the Priest, Nahi, Nath Í, Nathi, Nateo, Nateus Nothing reliable is known about his early life. Spiritual student of Saint Finnian of Clonnard. Priest. Founded a church and […]
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St. Maurilio of Rouen
Born: c.1000 in the diocese of Rheims, France Died: 9 August 1067 of natural causes, legend says that when they were preparing to take the body to the local church for his funeral Mass, Maurilio suddenly sat up and described what he had seen in the afterlife including places near Jerusalem with crowds of saints, […]
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St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross
Born: 12 October 1891 at Breslaw, Dolnoslaskie, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland) as Edith Stein Died: gassed on 9 August 1942 in the ovens of Oswiecim (a.k.a. Auschwitz), Malopolskie, Poland, body cremated Canonized: 11 October 1998 by Pope John Paul II Patronage: against the death of parents, Europe, martyrs. Also known as Edith Stein, Teresia Benedicta […]
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St. Blane
Born: 6th century at Isle of Bute, Scotland Died: c.590 at Kingarth, Isle of Bute, Scotland of natural causes, buried in Dunblane, Scotland which was named for him. Also known as Blaan, Blan, Blain Nephew of Saint Cathan. Studied in Ireland under Saint Comgall of Bangor, Saint Kenneth, and Saint Canice. Monk. After seven years, […]
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St. Bessus
Died: thrown from Mount Fautenio c.286 Campiglia Soana, Turin, Italy, the spot where he landed (and died) left an impression in the rock, and a shrine was soon built over it, relics taken to Ozegna in the 9th century and enshrined a chapel now known as the Beata Vergine del Convento e del Bosco, relics […]
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St. Lawrence of Rome
Born: at Huesca, Spain Died: cooked to death on a gridiron on 10 August 258 in Rome, Italy, tradition says that the ashes of his burned body were dispersed by the winds, and appear at different places around the world on his feast day, buried in the cemetery of Saint Cyriaca on the road to […]
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