Saints
St. Hermengild
Born: Toletum, Visigothic Kingdom Died: c. 13 April 585 Hispalis, Hispania Venerated: in Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church Feast: April 13 Patronage: Seville, Spain, against drought, against flood, against thunderstorms, converts, Spanish monarchy. Saint Hermenegild or Ermengild (died 13 April 585) (Spanish: San Hermenegildo, from Gothic *Airmana-gild, “immense tribute”), was the son of king Liuvigild of the Visigothic Kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula and southern France. He fell out […]
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Bl. Margaret of Castello
Born: 1287 Mercatello sul Metauro, Città di Castello, Papal States Died: 12 April 1320 (aged 32–33) Città di Castello, Papal States Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 19 October 1609, Saint Peter’s Basilica, Papal States by Pope Paul V Major shrine: Chiesa di San Domenico, Città di Castello, Perugia, Italy Feast: 13 April Patronage: Pro-life […]
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Pope St. Martin I
Born: 21 June 598 Near Todi, Umbria, Eastern Roman Empire Died: 16 September 655 (aged 57) Cherson, Eastern Roman Empire Papacy began: 21 July 649 Papacy ended: 16 September 655 Pope Martin I (Latin: Martinus I; between 590 and 600 – 16 September 655), also known as Martin the Confessor, was the bishop of Rome from 21 July 649 to […]
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St. Faustina Kowalska
Born: 25 August 1905 Głogowiec, Łęczyca County, Congress Poland, Russian Empire Died: 5 October 1938 (aged 33) Kraków, Second Polish Republic Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 18 April 1993, St. Peter’s Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II Canonized: 30 April 2000, St. Peter’s Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II Major […]
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Bl. Angelo Carletti
Born: 1411 Chivasso in Piedmont Died: 1495 Coni in Piedmont Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: April 14, 1753 by Benedict XIV Major shrine: Chivasso and Coni (mod. Cuneo) Feast: April 12 Blessed Angelo Carletti di Chivasso was a noted moral theologian of the Order of Friars Minor; born at Chivasso in Piedmont, in 1411; […]
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St. Guthlac of Croyland
Born: 673 Kingdom of Mercia Died: 714 Croyland, ibid. Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Feast: 11 April Saint Guthlac of Crowland was a Christian saint from Lincolnshire in England. He is particularly venerated in the Fens of eastern England. Life Guthlac was the son of Penwalh or Penwald, a noble of the English kingdom of Mercia, and his wife Tette. […]
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St. Gemma Galgani
Born: Maria Gemma Umberta Galgani 12 March 1878 Camigliano, Capannori, Italy Died: 11 April 1903 (aged 25) Lucca, Italy Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 14 May 1933 by Pope Pius XI Canonized: 2 May 1940, Saint Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City by Pope Pius XII Major shrine: Passionist Monastery in Lucca, Italy Feast: 11 April […]
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St. Cecilia
Born: 2nd century AD Rome Died: 176–180 or 222–235 AD Sicily Major shrine: Santa Cecilia in Trastevere, Rome Feast: November 22 In the fourth century a Greek religious romance on the Loves of Cecilia and Valerian was written in glorification of virginal life with the purpose of taking the place of then-popular sensual romances. Consequently, […]
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Bl. Enrichetta Alfieri
Born: 23 February 1891 Borgo Vercelli, Vercelli, Kingdom of Italy Died: 23 November 1951 (aged 60) Milan, Italy Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 26 June 2011, Milan Cathedral, Italy by Cardinal Angelo Amato Feast: 23 November, 26 November (Archdiocese of Milan) Patronage: Prison chaplains Enrichetta Alfieri (23 February 1891 – 23 November 1951) – […]
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Bl. Miguel Agustín Pro
Born: January 13, 1891 Guadalupe, Zacatecas, Mexico Died: November 23, 1927 (aged 36) Mexico City, Mexico Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Lutheran Church Beatified: September 25, 1988, Saint Peter’s Square, Rome by Pope John Paul II Feast: November 23 After a happy childhood in a loving and religious family in Guadalupe, Mexico, Jose Ramon Miguel […]
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