Saints
St. Francis de Montmorency Laval
Born: 30 April 1623 Montigny-sur-Avre, Perche, Kingdom of France Died: 6 May 1708 (aged 85) Quebec, Viceroyalty of New France, French colonial empireFeast day: 6 May Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church (Canada) Title as Saint Bishop Beatified: 22 June 1980 Vatican City, by Pope John Paul II Canonized: 3 April 2014 by Pope Francis Shrines: […]
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St. Dominic Savio
Born: 2 April 1842 San Giovanni, a frazione of Riva presso Chieri, Piedmont, Kingdom of SardiniaDied: 9 March 1857 (aged 14) Mondonio, a frazione of Castelnuovo d’Asti, Piedmont, Kingdom of Sardinia (today Castelnuovo Don Bosco, Italy)Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church & Episcopal Church Beatified: 5 March 1950, Rome by Pope Pius XII Canonized: 12 June […]
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Bl. Nuntius Sulprizio
Born: 13 April 1817 Pescosansonesco, Pescara, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Died: 5 May 1836 (aged 19) Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Resting place Chiesa di San Domenico Soriano Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 1 December 1963, Saint Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City by Pope Paul VI Canonized: 14 October 2018, Saint Peter’s Square, […]
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Bl. Caterina Cittadini
Born: 28 September 1801 Bergamo, Cisalpine Republic Died: 5 May 1857 (aged 55) Somasca, Bergamo, Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 29 April 2001, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II Feast: 5 May Patronage: Ursuline Sisters of St. Jerome, Emiliani, Orphans, Educators Blessed Caterina Cittadini (28 September 1801 – 5 […]
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St. Angelo
Birth: 1185 Death: 1220 Feast day: May 5Patronage: Licata, Italy St. Angelo, who was one of the early members of the Carmelite Order, suffered martyrdom for the Faith at Leocata, Sicily. The story of his life, as it has come down, is not very reliable. It may be summarized as follows: His parents were Jews […]
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Bl. Michal Giedroyc
Born: c. 1425 Giedraičiai, Grand Duchy of Lithuania Died: 4 May 1485 in Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland of natural causes• buried at the church of Saint Mark in Kraków Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 7 November 2018, Apostolic Palace, Vatican City by Pope Francis Feast: 4 May Patronage: Sick and disabled Sacristans, Pontifical University of John […]
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Bl. Ladislas of Gielniów
Born: c. 1440 Gniezno, Kingdom of Poland Died: 4 May 1505 of natural causes Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 11 February 1750, Saint Peter’s Basilica, Papal States by Pope Benedict XIV Feast: 4 May, 25 September (Poland) Patronage: Lithuania (chosen in August 1753), Poland (chosen in August 1753), Galicia (eastern Europe), Warsaw, Poland (chosen […]
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St. Florian of Lorch
Born: 250 AD Aelium Cetium (present-day Sankt Pölten, Austria), Roman Empire Died: scourged, flayed alive, a stone tied to his neck, and dumped into a river c.304, body later retrieved by Christians and buried at an Augustinian monastery near Lorch. Relics translated to Rome in 1138• part of the relics given to King Casimir of Poland and […]
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Bl. Tommaso Acerbis
Born: 1563 in Olera, Bergamo, Italy Died: 3 May 1631 in Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria of natural causes, buried in the crypt of the chapel of Our Lady at the local Capuchin church in Innsbruck Beatified: 21 September 2013 by Pope Francis Feast: 3 May Born to a poor family, the boy worked as a shepherd […]
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St. Ansfrid of Utrecht
Born: c.940 in the Brabant region Died: 3 May 1010 in Amersfoort, Netherlands of natural causes Feast: 3 May Count of Brabant. Married to Hilsondis; father of one daughter; after the girl’s birth, Ansfrid and Hilsondis, lived as brother and sister. Courtier and knight in the service of Holy Roman Emperor Otto III and Saint […]
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