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St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
Born: 22 July 1647 L’Hautecour, Duchy of Burgundy, Kingdom of France Died: 17 October 1690 (aged 43) Paray-le-Monial, Duchy of Burgundy, Kingdom of France Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 18 September 1864, Rome, Papal States, by Pope Pius IX Canonized: 13 May 1920, Vatican City, by Pope Benedict XV Major shrine: Monastery of the […]
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St.Abraham of Rostov
Born: unknown (10th century) Galich, Russia Died: around 1045 to 1074 Rostov, Russia Venerated in Eastern Orthodoxy Canonized: 1547-1549 Feast: October 29 (November 11 in Gregorian calendar) Saint Abraham of Rostov, Archimandrite of Rostov, in the world Abercius, was born in Chuhloma which is in Kostroma region and near the railway node Galich in tenth […]
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St.Achilleus and St.Nereus
The old Roman lists of the 5th century, which passed over into the Martyrologium Hieronymianum, contain the names of the two martyrs Nereus and Achilleus, whose grave was in the Catacomb of Domitilla on the Via Ardeatina. The notice in the more- complete version given by the Berne Codex reads: IIII id. Maii, Romae in […]
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St.Augustine of Hippo
Born: 13 November 354 Thagaste, Numidia (now Souk Ahras, Algeria) Died: 28 August 430 (age 75) Hippo Regius, Numidia (now modern-day Annaba, Algeria) Venerated in All Christian denominations which venerate saints Major shrine San Pietro in Ciel d’Oro, Pavia, Italy Feast: 28 August (Western Christianity) 15 June (Eastern Christianity) 4 November (Assyrian) Influences Ambrose, Anthony […]
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