Saints
Pope St. Clement I
Born: ca. 35 AD Rome, Roman Empire Papacy began: 88 AD Papacy ended: 99 AD Died: 99 AD (aged 63-64) Chersonesus, Taurica, Bosporan Kingdom (modern-day Crimea, Ukraine/Russia) Feast day: 23 November (Catholic Church), 24 November (most Byzantine Churches), 25 November (Russian Orthodox Church), 29 Hathor (Oriental Orthodox Churches) Venerated: in Catholic Church, Anglican Communion, Lutheran […]
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St. Lawrence Justinian
Born: July 1, 1381 Venice, Republic of Venice Died: January 8, 1456 (aged 74) Venice, Republic of Venice Venerated: in Catholic Church Beatified: 1524, Rome, Papal States by Pope Clement VII Canonized: 16 October 1690, Rome, Papal States by Pope Alexander VIII Major shrine: Basilica of San Pietro di Castello Castello, Venice, Italy Feast: January […]
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St.Teresa of Calcutta
Born: Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu 26 August 1910 Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (present-day Skopje, North Macedonia) Died: 5 September 1997 (aged 87) Calcutta, West Bengal, India (present-day Kolkata) Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified 19 October 2003, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II Canonized: 4 September 2016, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican […]
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Pope St. Gregory the Great
Born: c. 540 Rome, Eastern Roman Empire Died: 12 March 604 (aged 64) Rome, Eastern Roman Empire Buried: St. Peter’s Basilica (1606) Residence Rome Feast day: 3 September (Latin Church), 12 March (Latin Church pre-1969, Eastern Churches, Anglicanism, Lutheranism) Venerated: in Catholic Church, Orthodox Church, Anglicanism, Lutheranism Patronage: Musicians, singers, students, and teachers Pope Saint Gregory […]
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St. Guarinus of Sion
Born: c.1065 at Pont-à-Mousson, Lorraine (in modern France) Died: 27 August 1150 in the Aulps monastery in Savoy (in modern France) of natural causes, relics hidden in 1794 to save them from the anti–Christian excesses of the French Revolution, relics enshrined in the church of the parish of Saint John of the Aulps in 1804, […]
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St. Caesarius of Arles
Born: 468 470 AD Chalon-sur-Saône, Western Roman Empire Died: 27 August 542 AD Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Feast: August 27 Brother of Saint Caesaria of Arles. Entered the monastery at Lérins at age 18, and worked as his house’s cellarer. His devotion to duty earned him the enmity of some of […]
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St. Monica
Born: 332 Thagaste, Numidia, Roman Empire (present day Souk Ahras, Algeria) Died: 387 Ostia, Italy, Roman Empire Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Anglican Communion, Oriental Orthodox Church, and Lutheranism Canonized: Pre-Congregation Major shrine: Basilica of Sant’Agostino, Rome, Italy Feast: 27 August (Roman Catholic Church, Church of England, Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod) 4 May […]
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St. Junipero Serra
Born: Miguel José Serra Ferrer November 24, 1713 Petra, Majorca, Spain Died: August 28, 1784 Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo, Las Californias, New Spain, Spanish Empire (modern day Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, U.S.) Beatified: September 25, 1988, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II Canonized: September 23, 2015, Basilica of the National Shrine […]
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St. Edmund Arrowsmith
Born: 1585 at Haydock, Lancashire, England as Brian Arrowsmith, his confirmation name was Edmund, and he preferred to use it Died: hanged, drawn, and quartered on 28 August 1628 at Lancaster, England, his hand is preserved as a relic at Saint Oswald’s Church, Ashton-in-Makerfield, England Canonized: 25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI as one […]
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St. Euphrasia Eluvathingal
Born: Rosa Eluvathingal 17 October 1877 Kattoor, Irinjalakuda, Thrissur, Kerala, India Died: 29 August 1952 (aged 74) St. Mary’s Convent, Ollur Venerated: in Catholic Church Syro-Malabar Catholic Church Beatified: 3 December 2006 Canonized: 23 November 2014, Vatican City by Pope Francis Feast: 30 August Saint Euphrasia is a humble CMC nun who has personalized the […]
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