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Prayers to St. Alfred the Great
Prayer to St. Alfred the Great O God, who didst call thy servant Alfred to an earthly throne that he might advance thy heavenly kingdom, and didst give him zeal for thy Church and love for thy people: Grant that we, inspired by his example and prayers, may remain steadfast in the work thou hast […]
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Bl. Irene Stefani
Born: Aurelia Mercede Stefani 22 August 1891 Anfo, Brescia, Kingdom of Italy Died: 31 October 1930 (aged 39) Gikondi, Mukurweini, Nyeri, British Kenya Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified 23 May 2015, Nyeri, Kenya by Cardinal Polycarp Pengo Feast: 31 October Attributes: Nun’s habit Patronage Nyeri Consolata Missionaries Blessed Irene Stefani (22 August 1891 – […]
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St. María Isabel Salvat Romero
Born: 20 February 1926 Madrid, Kingdom of Spain Died: 31 October 1998 (aged 72) Seville, Spain Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 18 September 2010, Seville, Spain by Archbishop Angelo Amato Canonized: 18 October 2015, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City by Pope Francis Feast: 18 September 31 October (former) Attributes: Religious habit Rosary Book of […]
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St. Foillan of Fosses
Born: Ireland Died: seventh century Sonian Forest, Belgium Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church Feast: 31 October (Diocese of Namur); 5 November (Dioceses of Mechlin and Tournai) Attributes: Represented with a crown at his feet to show that he despised the honours of the world Patronage: Fosses; truss-makers, dentists, surgeons, and children’s nurses. […]
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St. Wolfgang of Ratisbon
Born: c. 934 Died: October 31, 994 Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Canonized: October 8, 1051 by Pope Leo IX Feast: October 31 Attributes: depicted with an axe in the right hand and the crozier in the left; or as a hermit in the wilderness being discovered by a hunter. Patronage: apoplexy; […]
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St. Alphonsus Rodriguez
Born: July 25, 1532 Segovia, Spain Died: October 31, 1617 (aged 85) Palma, Majorca, Spain Venerated: in Catholic Church (Society of Jesus) Beatified: 1825 by Pope Leo XII Canonized: September 1888 by Pope Leo XIII Major shrine: Jesuit College Palma, Majorca, Spain Feast: October 31 St. Alphonsus Rodriguez was a Spanish Jesuit lay brother, now […]
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St. Gerard Majella
Born: April 6, 1726 Muro Lucano, Basilicata, Kingdom of Naples Died: October 16, 1755 (aged 29) Materdomini, Campania, Kingdom of Naples Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church (The Redemptorists and Campagnia, Italy) Beatified: January 29, 1893 by Pope Leo XIII Canonized: December 11, 1904 by Pope Pius X Major shrine: Shrine of St. Gerard Majella, Materdomini, […]
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Bl. Chiara Badano
Born: October 29, 1971 Sassello, Italy Died: October 7, 1990 (aged 18) Sassello, Italy Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: September 25, 2010, Our Lady of Divine Love in Rome by Pope Benedict XVI Major shrine: Cimitero di Sassello Savona Liguria, Italy Plot: Family chapel Feast: October 29 Blessed Chiara Badano (October 29, 1971 – […]
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St. Gaetano Errico
Born: 19 October 1791 Secondigliano, Naples, Kingdom of Naples Died: 29 October 1860 (aged 69) Secondigliano, Naples, Kingdom of Italy Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 14 April 2002, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II Canonized: 12 October 2008, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City by Pope Benedict XVI Feast: 29 October […]
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St. Narcissus
St. Narcissus was born towards the end of the first century, and he was nearly 80 years old when he was named as the 30th bishop of Jerusalem. In 195, he and Theophilus, bishop of Caesarea in Palestine, presided together over a council of the bishops of Palestine held at Caesarea around Easter. There it was decreed that […]
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