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St.Peter of Alcantara
Born: 1499 Alcántara, Spain Died: 18 October, 1562 (aged 62-63) Arenas de San Pedro, Spain Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified April 18, 1622 by Pope Gregory XV Canonized: April 28, 1669 by Pope Clement IX Feast: October 19 Attributes: Franciscan habit Patronage Brazil, Eucharistic adoration, Extremadura, Pakil, Laguna He was born at Alcántara, Province […]
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St.Isaac Jogues
Born: 10 January 1607 Orléans, Orléanais, Kingdom of France Died: 18 October 1646 (aged 39) Ossernenon, Canada, New France Venerated in Catholic Church (Canada and the United States) Beatified: 21 June 1925, Rome, Italy, by Pope Pius XI Canonized: 29 June 1930, Vatican City by Pope Pius XI Major shrine: National Shrine of the North […]
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St.Luke the Evangelist
Born: Antioch, Syria, Roman Empire Died: March 84 AD Near Boeotia, Greece Venerated in In all Christian Churches Major shrine: Padua, Italy Feast: 18 October Attributes: Evangelist, Physician, a bishop, a book or a pen, a man accompanied by a winged ox/winged calf/ox, a man painting an icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a brush]or […]
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Bl.Augustine Thevarparambil
Born: 1.04.1891 Baptized: 08.04.1891 Received Cassock: 16.07.1915 Ordained Priest: 17.12.1921 Beginning of Ministry among Dalits: Sept. 1926 Died: 16.10.1973 Declared Servant of God: 11.08.1987 Tomb Opened: 10.03.1990 Venerable: 22.06.2004 Miracle Approved by H. H Pope Benedict XVI: 30.04.2006 Blessed: 30.04.2006 Birth and Family of Kunjachan Thevarparampil Fr. Augustine, the Servant of God, whose parents were […]
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St.Richard Gwyn
Born: 1537 Montgomeryshire, Wales Died: 15 October 1584 (aged 47) Wrexham, Wales Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Canonized: 25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI Feast: 17 October Saint Richard Gwyn (ca. 1537 – 15 October 1584), also known by his anglicized name, Richard White, was a Welsh school teacher. He was martyred by being […]
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St.John the Dwarf
Born: 339 Thebes, Egypt Died: 405 Mount Colzim, Egypt Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Churches, Oriental Orthodox Churches Feast: October 17 = Paopi 20, November 9 (Eastern Orthodox Church) Saint John, surnamed Kolobos, that is “the Little” or the “the Dwarf’’, was among the most eminent saints that inhabited the desert of Skete. […]
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St.Ignatius of Antioch
Born: 15 May 35 A.D. Province of Syria, Roman Empire Died: 6 July 108 (aged 73) Rome, Roman Empire Venerated: in Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Churches Oriental Orthodox Churches Assyrian Church of the East Ancient Church of the East Anglican Communion Lutheranism Canonized: pre-congregation by John The Apostle (said in later writings.) Major shrine: Basilica […]
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St.Hedwig of Silesia
Born: 1174 Andechs, Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire Died: 15 October 1243 (aged 68–69) Trzebnica Abbey, Silesia, Poland Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Canonized: 26 March 1267 by Pope Clement IV Major shrine: Andechs Abbey and St. Hedwig’s Cathedral in Berlin Feast: 16 October (17 October until 1969; moved to 20 October in Canada) Patronage: of […]
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