Saints
St. Felix and St. Adauctus
Died: beheaded c.303 in Rome, Italy, buried on the Ostian Way outside Rome,relics in the Cathedral of Vienna, Austria St. Felix and St. Adauctus (d. 303) were legendary Christian martyrs who were said to have suffered during the Great Persecution during the reign of the Roman emperor Diocletian. The Acts, first published in Ado’s Martyrology, relate […]
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Bl. Pere Tarrés i Claret
Born: 30 May 1905 in Manresa, Barcelona, Spain Died: 31 August 1950 in his clinic in Barcelona, Spain of lymphoblastic lymphosarcoma, buried in the Montjuic cemetery, re-interred in the parish church of San Vicente of Sarrià on 6 November 1975 Beatified: 5 September 2004 by Pope John Paul II in Loreto, Italy The son of […]
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Bl. Giuliana of Collalto
Born: 1186 in Collalto, Susegana, Treviso, Italy Died: 1 September 1262 at Venice, Italy of natural causes, buried in the cemetery of the San Biagio church of the Spinalonga convent, the location of her grave was lost, but in 1297 dozens of small flaming torches were seen to hover over it; her body found to […]
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Bl. Pierre-Louis de la Rochefoucauld-Bayers
Born: 12 October 1744 in Blanzaguet-Saint-Cybard-le-Peyrat, Charente, France Died: martyred on 2 September 1792 at the Hôtel des Carmes, Paris, France Beatified: 17 October 1926 by Pope Pius XI Born to the French nobility, the son of the lord of Maumont Jean de La Rochefoucauld and Marguerite des Escots; his brother Francois-Joseph became bishop of […]
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Bl. Antonio Franco
Born: 26 Sep 1585 in Naples, Italy Died: 2 Sep 1626 in Santa Lucia del Mela, Messina, Italy Beatified: 2 September 2013 by Pope Francis, beatification recognition celebrated in the Co-Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta, Santa Lucia del Mela, Messina, Italy, presided by Cardinal Angelo Amato Born to the nobility; his family were French expatriates. […]
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St. Aidan of Lindesfarne
Born: Around 590 Ireland Died: 31 August 651 Parish Churchyard, Bamburgh, Northumberland Venerated: in Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Anglican Communion Lutheranism Major shrine: originally Lindisfarne Abbey, Northumberland; later disputed between Iona Abbey & Glastonbury Abbey (all destroyed). Feast: 31 August (Eastern Orthodox, Catholic Church, Anglican Communion), 9 June (Lutheran Church) Patronage: Northumbria; Firefighters Aidan […]
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St. Raymond Nonnatus
Born: 1204 Portell, County of Segarra, Principality of Catalonia, Crown of Aragon, (current Spain) Died: August 31, 1240 Castle of Cardona, County of Cardona, Principality of Catalonia, Crown of Aragon, (current Spain) Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Canonized 1657, Rome, by Pope Alexander VII Feast: August 31 Patronage: Baitoa, Dominican Republic; childbirth; expectant mothers; pregnant […]
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St. Lupus of Sens
Born: near Orleans, Gaul (in modern France) Died: 623 in Brienon-sur-Armançon, Yonne, France of natural causes, buried under the gutter of Saint Columba’s basilica, Sens, France, relics transferred to the new cathedral on 23 July 853 Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: pre-congregation Feast: September 1 Patronage: against epilepsy; of epileptics Born to the Burgundian […]
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St. Giles
Born: c. 650 Athens, Achaea, Eastern Roman Empire Died: c. 710 Septimania, Kingdom of the Visigoths (Languedoc, Southern France) Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Anglican Communion Canonized: Pre-Congregation Major shrine: Abbey of Saint-Gilles (Saint-Gilles, France) St. Giles’ Cathedral (Edinburgh, Scotland) Feast: 1 September Attributes arrow; crosier; hermitage; hind Patronage: beggars; blacksmiths; breast […]
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St. William of Roskilde
Born: Anglo-Saxon Died: 1067 of natural causes Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Canonized: 21 January 1224 by Pope Honorius III Feast: 2 September Priest. Court chaplain to King Canute of England and Denmark. During a trip to Denmark, William saw a crying need for Christian missionaries, and he worked there the rest of his life. […]
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