Saints
St. Nazaria Ignacia March Mesa
Born: 10 January 1889 Madrid, Kingdom of Spain Died: 6 July 1943 (aged 54) Buenos Aires, Argentina Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 27 September 1992, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II Canonized: 14 October 2018, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City by Pope Francis Feast 6 July Patronage: Missionaries of the […]
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St. Maria Goretti
Born: October 16, 1890 Corinaldo, Province of Ancona, Marche, Kingdom of Italy Died: July 6, 1902 (aged 11) Nettuno, Province of Rome, Lazio, Kingdom of Italy Venerated: in Catholic Church Beatified: April 27, 1947, Rome by Pope Pius XII Canonized: June 24, 1950, Rome by Pope Pius XII Major shrine: Nettuno, Province of Rome, Lazio, […]
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St. Aloysius Gonzaga
Born: 9 March 1568 Castiglione delle Stiviere, Duchy of Mantua, Holy Roman Empire Died: 21 June 1591 (aged 23) Rome, Papal States Venerated: in Catholic Church Beatified: 19 October 1605, Rome, Papal States by Pope Paul V Canonized: 31 December 1726, Rome, Papal States by Pope Benedict XIII Major shrine: Church of Sant’Ignazio, Rome, Italy […]
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St. Nicetas of Remesiana
Born: 333 Died: 414 Venerated: in Orthodox Church Roman Catholic Church Eastern Catholic Churches Feast: 22 June Saint Nicetas (ca. 335–414) was Bishop of Remesiana, present-day Bela Palanka in the Pirot District of modern Serbia, which was then in the Roman province of Dacia Mediterranea. Biography Nicetas promoted Latin sacred music for use during the […]
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St. Paulinus of Nola
Born: AD 354 Bordeaux, Gallia Lugdunensis, Western Roman Empire Died: AD 22 June 431 Nola in Campania, the Praetorian prefecture of Italy, Western Roman Empire Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Anglican Communion Feast: June 22 Paulinus of Nola c. 354 – June 22, AD 431), born Pontius Meropius Anicius Paulinus, was a Roman poet, writer, […]
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St. John Fisher
Born: c. 19 October 1469 Beverley, Yorkshire, Kingdom of England Died: 22 June 1535 (aged 65) Tower Hill, London, Kingdom of England Feast day: 22 June (Catholic Church), 6 July (Church of England), 9 July (Catholic Extraordinary Form) Venerated: in Catholic Church, Church of England, some of the other Churches in the Anglican Communion Beatified: […]
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St. Thomas More
Born: 7 February 1478 at London, England Died: beheaded on 6 July 1535 on Tower Hill, London, England• body taken to Saint Peter ad Vincula, Tower of London, England, his head was parboiled and then exposed on London Bridge for a month as a warning to other “traitors”; Margaret Roper bribed the man whose was […]
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St. Joseph Cafasso
Born: 15 January 1811 Castelnuovo d’Asti, Asti, Kingdom of Sardinia Died: 23 June 1860 (aged 49) Turin, Kingdom of Sardinia Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 3 May 1925, Saint Peter’s Basilica, Kingdom of Italy by Pope Pius XI Canonized: 22 June 1947, Saint Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City by Pope Pius XII Major shrine: Santuario […]
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St. Thomas Garnet
Born: 1574 Southwark, England Died: Hanged, drawn, and quartered on 23 June 1608 at Tyburn, London, England Beatified: 1929 Canonized: 1970 by Pope Paul VI Feast: 1 December 25 October with Forty Martyrs of England and Wales Son of Richard Garnet, an Oxford don. Nephew of Henry Garnet, superior of all Jesuits in England, and […]
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St. Mary of Oignies
Born: 1177 Nivelles, Belgium Died: June 23, 1213 Oignies, France Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Major shrine: church of Saint Nicholas at Nivelles, Belgium Feast: June 23 Patronage: against fever, women in labour Marie of Oignies (Maria Ogniacensis, born Nivelles, now Belgium, 1177, died 1213) was a Beguine saint, known from the Life written by […]
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