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St. Albert the Great
Born: c. 1193 Lauingen, Duchy of Bavaria Died: November 15, 1280 (aged c. 87) Cologne, Holy Roman Empire Venerated: in Catholic Church Beatified: 1622, Rome, Papal States, by Pope Gregory XV Canonized: 1931, Vatican City, by Pope Pius XI Major shrine: St. Andrew’s Church, Cologne, Germany Feast: November 15 Patronage: medical technicians; natural sciences; philosophers; […]
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St. Serapion of Algiers
Born: 1179 England Died: 14 November 1240 (aged 61) Scotland Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 23 March 1625, Saint Peter’s Basilica, Papal States by Pope Urban VIII Canonized: 14 April 1728, Saint Peter’s Basilica, Papal States by Pope Benedict XIII Feast: 14 November Patronage: Against arthritis, Diocese of Azul Saint Serapion of Algiers (1179 […]
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Bl. Maria Teresa of Jesus
Born: 15 May 1825 Montevarchi, Arezzo, Papal States Died: 14 November 1889 (aged 64) Florence, Kingdom of Italy Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 8 October 2006, Fiesole, Italy by Cardinal José Saraiva Martins Feast: 14 November Patronage: Educators Sisters of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Foundress of the Congregation of the Sisters of Our […]
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St. Lawrence O’Toole
Born: 1128 Castledermot, Ireland Died: 14 November 1180 Eu, Normandy, Angevin Empire Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church, Church of Ireland Canonized: 11 December 1225 by Pope Honorius III Major shrine: St. Lawrence’s Church in Chorley, England Feast: 14 November Patronage: Archdiocese of Dublin’ Lorcán Ua Tuathail, also known as Saint Laurence O’Toole (1128 – 14 […]
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St. Abbo of Fleury
Born: c. 945 Orléans Died: November 13, 1004 (aged 58–59) The monastery of La Reole in Gascony Venerated: in Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy Feast: 13 November Abbo or Abbon of Fleury also known as Saint Abbo or Abbon, was a monk and abbot of Fleury Abbey in present-day Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire near Orléans, France. Life Abbo was […]
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St. Agostina Petrantoni
Born: 27 March 1864 Pozzaglia Sabina, Rieti, Kingdom of Italy Died: 13 November 1894 (aged 30) Rome, Kingdom of Italy Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 12 November 1972, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City by Pope Paul VI Canonized: 18 April 1999, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II Feast: 13 November […]
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Novena to St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
(Please recite this novena for 9 days) Almighty and Eternal Father, Giver of all Gifts, show us Your mercy, and grant, we beseech You, through the merits of Your faithful Servant, St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, that all who invoke her intercession may obtain what they desire according to the good pleasure of Your Holy Will. […]
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Prayers to St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
Prayer to St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Almighty and Eternal Father, Giver of all Gifts, show us Thy mercy, and grant, we beseech Thee, through the merits of Thy faithful Servant, Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, that all who invoke her intercession may obtain what they desire according to the good pleasure of Thy Holy Will. (here […]
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St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
Born: July 15, 1850 Sant’Angelo Lodigiano, Province of Lodi, Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia, Austrian Empire Died: December 22, 1917 (aged 67) Chicago, Illinois, US Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: November 13, 1938, by Pope Pius XI Canonized: July 7, 1946, by Pope Pius XII Major shrine: St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Shrine, New York City Feast: […]
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