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St. Gaugericus of Cambrai
Born: at Trier, Germany Died: c.625 of natural causes, interred in the church of Saint Medard, Cambrai, France, some relics in assorted churches in Belgium. Also known as Djèri, Gau, Gery, Gagericus, Gaugerico, Gorik Additional Memorials 18 November for the exhumation of his relics, 24 September for the translation of his relics Profile Son of […]
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St. Alexander the Charcoal Burner
Born: Greek Died: burned alive c.275 at Comana (in modern Turkey) Patronage: charcoal burners. Also known as Alexander of Comana, Alexander of Cuma, Alexander the Carbonaio, Alessandro Well-born, educated, and erudiate 3rd century Greek with philosophical training. Convert to Christianity. To escape his pagan roots and live for God, he left his native area and […]
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St. Clare of Assisi
Born: 16 July 1194 at Assisi, Italy Died: 11 August 1253 of natural causes Canonized: 26 September 1255 by Pope Alexander IV Patronage: embroiderers, needle workers, eyes, against eye disease, for good weather, gilders, gold workers, goldsmiths, laundry workers, telegraphs, telephones, television (proclaimed on 14 February 1958 by Pope Pius XII), television writers, Poor Clares, […]
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St. Cecilia of Remiremont
Patronage: eyes. Also known as Chiara, Gegoberga, Sigaberga Daughter of Saint Romaric of Remiremont. In the mid-7th century, she and her sister Azaltrude became nuns at the Remiremont Abbey which her father had built, and Cecilia long served as its abbess.
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St. Euplus of Catania
Died: flogged to death on 12 August 304 in Catania, Sicily, Italy, relics in Trevico, Italy that were long thought to be from Euplus were examined scientifically in 2005 and determined to be from three different people Patronage: Catania, Sicily, Italy, Francavilla di Sicilia, Italy, Trevico, Italy. Also known as Euplio, Euplius Deacon. Tortured and […]
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St. Jeanne de Chantal
Born: 28 January 1572 at Dijon, Burgundy, France Died: 13 December 1641 at the Visitationist convent at Moulins, France of natural causes, relics at Annecy, Savoy (in modern France Canonized: 16 July 1767 by Pope Clement XIII Patronage: against in-law problems, against the death of parents, forgotten people, parents separated from children, widows. Also known […]
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St. Cassian of Imola
Died: tied to a post, tortured and stabbed to death with iron styles, the device used as a pencil on wax tablets, at Imola, Italy c.304, buried in the catacombs in Rome, Italy, a sepulchre was built over his place of burial later in the 4th century, in the 5th century, a basilica was built […]
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St. John Berchmans
Born: 13 March 1599 at Driest, Brabant, Belgium Died: 12 August 1621 at Rome, Italy, relics at Saint Ignatius Church, Rome Canonized: 15 January 1888 by Pope Leo XIII Patronage: altar boys, altar girls, altar servers, Oblate novices, young people. Also known as Jan Berchmans Son of a shoemaker, and one of five children, three […]
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St. Maximus the Confessor
Born: c.580 at Constantinople Died: 13 August 662 at Batum near the Black Sea of natural causes, strange lights reported hovering near his tomb. Also known as Maximus of Constantinople, Maximus Confessor, Maximus the Theologian, Maximus Homogoletes Born to the Byzantine nobility. Chief secretary to Emperor Heraclius, a post he resigned to become a monk […]
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St. Zacchaeus the Publican
Also known as Zaccheo Additional Memorials 20 April (Coptic calendar), 32nd Sunday after Pentecost (Byzantine calendar), 27 August (Martyrology of Rabban Sliba) Mentioned in Gospel of Luke as the short tax collector who climbed a tree in order to see Jesus because he couldn’t see over the crowd. Jesus decided to go to the man’s […]
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