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St. Alexius of Rome
Died: early 5th century Patronage: Alexians, beggars, belt makers, nurses, pilgrims, travellers.Also known as Alexis of Rome, Alexis the Beggar, The Man of God The only son of a wealthy Christian Roman senator. The young man wanted to devote himself to God, but his parents arranged a marriage for him. On his wedding day his […]
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St. Frederick of Utrecht
Died: stabbed to death during Mass on 18 July 838. Also known as Frederick of the Netherlands, Fredericus, Fridrich, Frederic Grandson of King Radbon of the Frisians. Educated by the priests at Utrecht, Netherlands. Priest, known for his learning and personal piety. Catechist and instructor to converts. Bishop of Utrecht in 825. Frederick worked to […]
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St. Szymon of Lipnica
Born: 1st October 1549 at Almendral, Spain as Anne Garcia Died: 7th June 1626 at Antwerp, Belgium of natural causes Beatified: 6th May 1917 by Pope Benedict XV 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 […]
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St. Camillus of Lellis
Born: 25 May 1550 at Bocchiavico, Abruzzi, kingdom of Naples, Italy Died: 14 July 1614 at Genoa, Italy of natural causes Canonized: 29 June 1746 by Pope Benedict XIV Patronage: against illness, sickness or bodily ills; sick people (proclaimed on 22 June 22 1886 by Pope Leo XIII), hospitals, hospital workers, nurses, Abruzzi, Italy. Also […]
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Pope St. Symmachus
Born: in Sardinia, Kingdom of Odoacer (part of modern Italy) Papal Ascension: 22 November 498 Died: 19 July 514 in Rome, Ostrogothic Kingdom (in modern Italy) of natural causes. Also known as Simmaco The son of Fortunatus. Baptized in Rome, Italy. Archdeacon under Pope Anastasius II. Chosen 51st pope in 498. An anti-pope, Laurentius, was […]
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St. John Plessington
Born: c.1637 at Dimples Hall, Lancashire, England Died: hanged, drawn, and quartered on 19 July 1679 at Barrows Hill, Boughton, England, buried in the local cemetery of Burton, England Canonized: 25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI. Also known as John Plesington, William Scarisbrick, William Pleasington Additional Memorial 25 October as one of the Forty […]
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St. Peter Crisci of Foligno
Born: 1243 Died: 19 July 1323 in the cathedral of Foligno, Umbria, Italy of natural causes, buried in the cathedral of San Feliciano in Foligno, a chapel was built in his honour in the cathedral in 1385, chapel restored and relics enshrined in a wooden reliquary in 1870 Beatified: local devotion developed soon after his […]
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St. Frumentius of Ethiopia
Born: early 4th century, Tyre (modern Sur, Lebanon) Died: c.383 in Ethiopia of natural causes Patronage: Abyssinia, Ethiopia. Also known as, Apostle to Ethiopia, Abuna of Ethiopia, Father of Ethiopia, Fremonat, Fulgence Additional Memorials 1 August (Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church), 30 November (Eastern Orthodox Churches), 18 December (Coptic Orthodox Church) Brother of Saint Aedeius. Student […]
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St. Bernward of Hildesheim
Born: c.960 at Utrecht, Netherlands Died: 20 November 1022 of natural causes Canonized: 1193 by Pope Celestine III Patronage: architects, goldsmiths, painters, sculptors.Also known as Berward, Bernward Member of a noble Saxon family. Grandson of Athelbero, Count Palatine of Saxony. Orphaned at an early age. Raised by his uncle Volkmar, bishop of Utrecht, and educated […]
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St. Margaret of Antioch
Born: Antioch Died: beheaded, date unknown, relics claimed by several locations Patronage: against kidney disease, against loss of milk by nursing mothers, against sterility, dying people, for escape from devils, expectant mothers, pregnant women, falsely accused people, for safe childbirth, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England, martyrs, Montefiascone, Italy, nurses, peasants, people in exile, Queens College Cambridge, Rixtel, […]
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