Saints
St. Albert of Jerusalem
Death: 1215 Feastday: September 25 Patriarch of Jerusalem and patron of the Carmelite Order. He was an outstanding ecclesiastical figure in the era in which the Holy See faced opposition from Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa. Serving as a mediator in the dispute between the emperor and Pope Clement III, Albert was made an imperial prince, […]
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Bl. Encarnación Gil Valls
Born: 27 January 1888 in Ontinyent, Valencia, Spain Died: shot on the night of 24 September 1936 at the port of L’Ollería, Valencia, Spain Beatified: 11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II Lay woman in the archdiocese of Valencia, Spain. Baptized on the day of her birth, she was confirmed at age 5 and […]
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Bl. José Ramón Ferragud Girbes
Born: 10 October 1887 in Algemesí, Valencia, Spain Died: shot on 24 September 1936 in Alzira, Valencia, Spain Beatified: 11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II Baptized at the age of two days at his parish church of Saint James the Apostle. Lifelong layman in the archdiocese of Valencia, Spain. Married on 21 January […]
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St. Gerard Sagredo
Born: 23 April 980 in Venice, Italy Died: stabbed to death with a lance on 24 September 1046 at Buda, Hungary, body thrown into the Danube River, surviving relics enshrined in the Basilica of San Donato in Murano, Venice, Italy Canonized: 1083 by Pope Saint Gregory VII Patronage: Hungary Benedictine monk. Abbot at San Giorgio […]
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Bl. Jozef Stanek
Born: 4 December 1916 in Lapsze Nizne, Poland Died: hanged on 23 September 1944 in a ruined factory in the Solec district of Czerniaków, Poland, body left to hang as an example to others, the chapel in the Warsaw Uprising Museum is named in his honourBeatified: 13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II in Warsaw, […]
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St. Thecla of Iconium
Died: late 1st century of natural causes, buried in Seleucia, Pamphylia, Anatolia (in modern Turkey) First century convert in Iconium, brought to the faith by the preaching of Saint Paul the Apostle; her family threw her out. She dedicated herself to God, became a spiritual student of Saint Paul, and assisted him in his travels […]
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St. Padre Pio
Born: 25 May 1887 Pietrelcina, Benevento, Kingdom of Italy Died: 23 September 1968 (aged 81) San Giovanni Rotondo, Foggia, Italy Resting place Sanctuary of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina Venerated: in Catholic Church Beatified: 2 May 1999, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II Canonized: 16 June 2002, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City […]
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St. Maurice and the Theban Legion
The Roman legion of Christians, called the Theban Legion, under the presidency of their General, Maurice, numbered more than six thousand men. They marched from the East into Gaul, which was in revolt. They were camped near the Lake of Geneva, when they received orders to join with the others in a solemn sacrifice to […]
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St. Ignatius of Santhia
Born: 5 June 1686 Santhià, Vercelli, Duchy of Milan Died: 22 September 1770 (aged 84) Turin, Duchy of Milan Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 17 April 1966, Saint Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City by Pope Paul VI Canonized: 19 May 2002, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II Feast: 22 September Patronage: […]
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St. Thomas of Villanova
Born: Tomás García y Martínez 1488 in Villanueva de los Infantes, Ciudad Real, Spain Died: September 8, 1555 in Valencia, Spain Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church (Order of St. Augustine) Canonized: November 1, 1658 by Pope Alexander VII Feast: September 22 Patronage: Santolan, (Pasig City), Alimodian and Miag-ao (Iloilo), Villanova University St. Thomas of Villanova (1488 […]
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