Saints
St. Pierre-François Néron
Born: 21 September 1818 in Bornay, Jura, diocese of St-Claude, France Died: beheaded on 3 November 1860 in Son Tây, Ha Tay, Vietnam, severed head throw into the river and body buried at the execution site, in 1880 his body was re-interred in the crypt in church that was built next to his execution site […]
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Bl. Frances d’Amboise
Born: 28 September 1427 in Thouars, Deux-Sèvres, France Died: 4 November 1485 at Les Couêts, Nantes, France of natural causes while in a religious ecstasy, miracles reported at her tomb, her body had to be moved to save it during the Huguenot wars, and again in the French Revolution Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 16 July […]
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Bl. Bernhard Lichtenberg
Born: 3 December 1875 Ohlau, Prussian Silesia, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire Died: 5 November 1943 (aged 67) While being transported from Berlin to Dachau concentration camp, Germany Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church (Germany) Beatified: 23 June 1996, Germany, by Pope John Paul II Major shrine: St. Hedwig’s Cathedral, Berlin, GermanyFeast day: 5 November Priest […]
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St. Amatus of Nusco
Born: c.1003 in Nusco, Italy Died: 30 September 1093 of natural causes, miracles reported at his grave site in Nusco, Italy, relics translated to the The Church of Saint Stephen in Nusco Patronage: against earthquakes, Nusco, Italy Born to a wealthy family. First bishop of Nusco, Italy in 1048. He restored and built churches, and […]
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St. Francis Borgia
Born: 28 October 1510 Duchy of Gandía, Kingdom of Valencia, Spain Died: 30 September 1572 (aged 61) Rome, Papal States Venerated: in Catholic Church Beatified: 23 November 1624, Madrid, Kingdom of Spain by Pope Urban VIII Canonized: 20 June 1670, Rome by Pope Clement X Major shrine: Relics translated to Jesuit church in Madrid, 1901 […]
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St. Jerome
Born: c. 347 Stridon (possibly Strido Dalmatiae, on the border of Dalmatia and Pannonia) (located in modern Croatia)Died: 30 September 420 (aged c. 73)[2] Bethlehem, Palaestina Prima Venerated: in Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Oriental Orthodoxy Anglican Communion Lutheranism Major shrine: Basilica of Saint Mary Major, Rome, Italy Feast: 30 September (Latin Catholic Church) Patronage: […]
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St. Raphael the Archangel
This holy Archangel identified himself to the exiled Jew Tobias as one of the Seven who stand before God (Tob. 12:15). His name means the healing of God, and he is thought to be the Angel who came down and agitated the water of the pool of Bethsaida in Jerusalem. The sick, who always lay […]
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St. Gabriel the Archangel
Feastday: September 29Patronage: Telecommunication Workers, Radio Broadcasters, Messengers, Postal Workers, Clerics, Diplomats, Stamp Collectors, Portugal, Santander, Cebu, ambassadors The day before the great feast of the Annunciation, the Church celebrates the feast of the Archangel who brought to earth the glad tidings that Mary was chosen to be the Mother of the Incarnate God. This […]
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St. Michael the Archangel
Feastday: September 29 Patron: of grocers, soldiers, doctors, mariners, paratroopers, police, and sickness MI-CA-EL, or Who is like unto God? was the cry of the great Archangel when he smote the rebel Lucifer in the conflict of the heavenly hosts. From that hour he has been known as Michael, Captain of the armies of God, […]
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St. Simón de Rojas
Born: 28 October 1552 Valladolid, Spain Died: 29 September 1624 Madrid, Spain Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 19 March 1766 by Pope Clement XIII Canonized: 3 July 1988, Vatican Basilica by Pope John Paul II Feast: 28 September A pious child, his first words, at age 14 months, were reported to be Ave Maria. […]
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