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Prayer to St. Medard of Noyon
Prayer to St. Medard against bad weather Jesus My Lord, Saint Medard served as a bishop during very difficult times, and his long life of spiritual leader-ship created a tremendous impression on the people. Be-cause of his patronage against bad weather, I ask him to intercede for me during the storms of my life as […]
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St. Medard of Noyon
Born: 456 Salency, Oise, Picardy, France Died: June 8, 545 Noyon, Oise, Picardy, France Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Major shrine: Abbey of Saint-Médard, Soissons, France Feast: June 8 Patronage: the weather; invoked against toothache Saint Medardus or St Medard (French: Médard or Méard) (456–545) was the Bishop of Vermandois who removed […]
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St. Mariam Thresia Chiramel Mankidiyan
Born: 26 April 1876 Puthenchira, Thrissur District, Kerala, India Died: 8 June 1926 (aged 50) Kuzhikattussery, Thrissur District, India Venerated: in Syro-Malabar Church, Syriac Catholic Church Beatified: 9 April 2000, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II Major shrine: Kuzhikkattussery, India Feast: 8 June Patronage: Congregation of the Holy Family Marth Thresia […]
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St. Colman of Dromore
Venerated: in Roman Catholicism Feast: 7 June Patronage: Roman Catholic Diocese of Dromore Saint Colmán of Dromore, also known by the pet form Mocholmóc, was a 6th-century Irish saint. LifeColman was a native of Dalriada, born roughly a generation after Patrick’s apostolate to Ireland, and was baptized by a bishop, bearing his own name who […]
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St. Paul of Constantinople
Feast day: June 7 Death: 350 Bishop of Constantinople, during the period of bitter controversy in the Church over the Arian heresy. Elected in 336 to succeed Alexander of Constantinople, the following year he was exiled to Pontus by Emperor Constantius II. Because of his staunch position against Arianism, Paul was replaced by the heretical […]
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St. Anthony Mary Gianelli
Born: 12 April 1789 Cereta, Mantua, Duchy of Milan Died: 7 June 1846 (aged 57) Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna, Duchy of Parma Feast day: 7th June Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 19 April 1925 Saint Peter’s Basilica, Kingdom of Italy by Pope Pius XI Canonized: 21 October 1951 Saint Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City by Pope Pius […]
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