Saints
Bl. Gemma of Goriano
Born: c.1375 in San Sebastiano dei Marsi, Bisegna, Abruzzo, Italy Died: 13 May 1439 in Goriano Sicoli, Italy of natural causes, miracles reported at her grave, body found incorrupt when exhumed, re-interred under the high altar of the church of San Giovanni in Goriano Sicoli, re-interred in a new church dedicated to her in 1613, […]
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St. Richrudis of Marchiennes
Born: 612 in Gascony, France Died: 12 May 687 in Marchiennes, Belgium of natural causes, relics translated to Paris, France, relics destroyed in 1793 during the French Revolution Feast day: 12 May Born to the nobility, the daughter of Ernold. Married to the Frankish nobleman Saint Adalbald of Ostrevant. Her family objected to Adalbald’s military incursions […]
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St. Epiphanius of Salamis
Born: 315 at Besanduk, near Eleutheropolis, Judea Died: 403 at sea of natural causes Venerated: in Catholicism Eastern Orthodoxy Oriental Orthodoxy Feast: 12 May, 17 Pashons (Coptic Orthodoxy) A Hellenized Jew, and convert to Christianity. Fluent in five languages, and extensively studied in theology and the classics. Monk in several communities in Egypt, returning to Palestine in […]
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St. Pancras of Rome
Born: c.290 at Phrygia Died: beheaded c.304 on the Via Aurelia, Rome, Italy, relics interred in the Saint Pancras church, Rome, but were destroyed in 1798, his head is still in the basilica of Saint John Lateran Patronage: against cramps, against false witness or perjury, against headaches, children, oaths, treaties, diocese of Albano, Italy, 27 […]
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St. Francis of Girolamo
Born: 17 December 1642 at Grottaglie, Apulia, near Taranto, Italy Died: 11 May 1716 at Naples, Italy of natural causes Beatified: 2 May 1806 by Pope Pius VII Canonized: 26 May 1839 by Pope Gregory XVI Patronage: Grottaglie, Italy Feast day: 11 May Studied humanities and philosophy at the Jesuit college of Taranto, Italy at age […]
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St. Matthêô Lê Van Gam
Born: c.1813 in Gò Công, Biên Hòa, Vietnam Died: beheaded on 11 May 1847 in Cho Ðui, Dong Nai, Vietnam; it took three blows to kill him Venerated: 2 July 1899 by Pope Leo XIII (decree of martyrdom) Beatified: 27 May 1900 by Pope Leo XIII Canonized: 19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II […]
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St. Ignatius of Laconi
Born: 17 December 1701 at Laconi, Nuoro, Italy as Vincenzo Peis Died: 11 May 1781 in Cagliari, Italy of natural causes Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 16 June 1940, Saint Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City by Pope Pius XII Canonized: 21 October 1951, Saint Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City by Pope Pius XII Feast: 11 May Patronage: […]
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Bl. Vasile Aftenie
Born: 14 June 1899 in Lodroman, Valea Lungã, Alba, Romania Died: 10 May 1950 in the prison hospital in Vacaresti, Bucharest, Romania from the abuse from repeated torture sessions, possibly after being shot, body burned by order of the Communist authorities, and the remains were buried in the Bellu Cemetery in Bucharest, a white marble […]
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St. John of Avila
Born: 6 January 1499 Almodóvar del Campo, Ciudad Real, Spain Died: 10 May 1569 (aged 69) Montilla, Córdoba, Spain Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 12 November 1893 by Pope Leo XIII Canonized: 31 May 1970 by Pope Paul VI Major shrine: Church of the Incarnation Montilla, Córdoba, Spain Feast: 10 May Patronage Andalusia, Spain […]
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St. Antoninus
Born: Antonio Pierozzi 1 March 1389 Florence, Florentine Republic Died: 2 May 1459 (aged 70) Florence, Florentine Republic Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church (Archdiocese of Florence and Dominican Order), Iglesia Filipina Independiente (Diocese of Tarlac) Canonized: 31 May 1523, Rome by Pope Adrian VI Major shrine: Church of San Marco Florence, Italy Feast: 2 May; […]
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