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St. Louis IX
Born: 25 April 1214 at Poissy, France Died: 25 August 1270 at Tunis (in modern Tunisia) of natural causes, relics in the Basilica of Saint Denis, Paris, France, relics destroyed in 1793 during the French Revolution Canonized 1297 by Pope Boniface VIII Patronage: against the death of children, barbers. Bridegrooms, builders, button makers, construction workers, […]
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St. Joseph Calasanz
Born: 11 September 1556 at Peralta, Barbastro, Aragon, Spain in his father’s castle Died: 25 August 1648 at Rome, Italy of natural causes, buried at Saint Panteleone, Rome Canonized 16 July 1767 by Pope Clement XIII Patronage: Catholic schools (proclaimed on 13 August 1948 by Pope Pius XII), schools, colleges, universities, students, schoolchildren, Congregation of […]
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St. John Wall
Born: 1620 Chingle Hall near Preston, Lancashire, England Died: hanged, drawn, and quartered on 22 August 1679 near Redhill, Corcester, England, buried at Saint Oswald’s church Canonized: 25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI. Also known as Francis Dormore, Francis Johnson, Francis Webb, Joachim of Saint Anne, John Marsh Additional Memorials 25 October as one […]
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St. John Kemble
Born: 1599 at Rhydica Farm, Saint Weonard’s Parish, Herefordshire, England Died: hanged, drawn, and quartered on 22 August 1679 at Widemarsh Common, Hereford, England, so well respected in the area that he was permitted to die on the gallows and avoid the agony of the drawing and quartering elements, buried in the Welsh Newton Churchyard, […]
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St. Philip Benizi
Born: 15 August (Feast of the Assumption) 1233 at district of Oltrarno, Florence, Italy Died: 22 August (Octave of the Assumption) 1285 at Todi, Italy, buried in Todi Canonized: 12 April 1671 by Pope Clement X, first Servite to be canonized Patronage: Sergio Osmena, Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines. Also known as Felipe Benicio, Filip Benizi, […]
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St. Sidonius Apollinaris
Born: c.423 in Lugdunum, Gaul (modern Lyon, France) Died: c.480 at Clermont, France. Also known as Caius Sollius Apollinaris Sidonius Born to the imperial Roman nobility, son of Apollinaris, Prefect of Gaul. Soldier. Married to Papianilla, the daughter of Emperor Avitus, c.452. Father of Apollinaris. Arrested for political reasons in 457, but was well treated, […]
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St. Abraham of Smolensk
Born: 12th century at Smolensk, Russia Died: c.1222 at Smolensk, Russia of natural causes Canonized: 1549 by Pope Paul III. Also known as Avraamii Born wealthy and orphaned young. When he was old enough to choose for himself, he gave away his fortune, and became a monk at the Bogoroditskaya monastery. Bible scholar, priest, and […]
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Pope St. Pius X
Born: 2 June 1835 at Riese, diocese of Treviso, Venice, Austria (now Italy) as Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto Papal Ascension: elected 4 August 1903, installed 9 August 1903 Died: 21 August 1914 at Vatican City from natural causes aggravated by worries over the beginning of World War I, buried under the altar of the chapel of […]
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