Saints
St. Etheldreda of Ely
Born: c.636 at Ely in 1106; found incorrupt Died: 23 June 679 of natural causes• body re-interred in 694; found incorrupt body re-interred in the Cathedral Patronage: neck ailments, throat ailments, widows, University of Cambridge Sister of Saint Jurmin. Relative of King Anna of East Anglia, England. Princess. Widowed after three years marriage; rumor had […]
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St. José de Anchieta
Born: 19 March 1534 San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain Died: 9 June 1597 (aged 63) Reritiba, Espírito Santo, Governorate General of Brazil, Portuguese Empire Venerated: in Catholic Church (Brazil, Canary Islands, and the Society of Jesus) Beatified: 22 June 1980, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City, by Pope John Paul II Canonized: […]
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St. Columba of Iona
Born: 7 December 521 Gartan, Ireland Died: 9 June 597 (aged 75) Iona, Scotland Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Orthodox Church Anglican Communion Presbyterian Church Major shrine: Iona, Scotland Feast: 9 June Patronage: Derry, floods, bookbinders, poets, Ireland, Scotland. Saint Columba (Irish: Colm Cille, ‘church dove’; Scots: Columbkille; 7 December 521 – 9 June 597) […]
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St. Ephrem
Born: c. 306 Nisibis (modern-day Turkey) Died: 9 June 373 Edessa (modern-day Turkey) Venerated: in Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Church of the East Oriental Orthodoxy Anglican Communion Feast: 28 January (Byzantine Christianity), 7th Saturday before Easter (Syriac Orthodox Church), Ethiopian Christianity – June 9 (Catholic Church, Church of England), June 18 (Maronite Church; pre-1969 […]
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Bl. István Sándor
Born: 26 October 1914 Szolnok, Hungary Died: 8 June 1953 (aged 38) Budapest, Hungary Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 19 October 2013, Budapest Hungary by Cardinal Angelo Amato SDB Feast: 8 June Patronage: pupils, Catholic Action, students, laborers, altar servers, Hungary István Sándor (26 October 1914 – 8 June 1953) was Hungarian Salesian and […]
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St. Jacques Berthieu
Born: November 27, 1838 Polminhac, Cantal, France Died: June 8, 1896 (aged 57) Ambiatibe, Madagascar Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church, Society of Jesus, Madagascar Beatified: October 17, 1965, Saint Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City by Pope Paul VI Canonized: October 21, 2012, Vatican City by Pope Benedict XVI Feast: 08 June (Roman Catholic) Jacques Berthieu (born […]
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St. Medard of Noyon
Born: 456 Salency, Oise, Picardy, France Died: June 8, 545 Noyon, Oise, Picardy, France Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Major shrine: Abbey of Saint-Médard, Soissons, France Feast: June 8 Patronage: the weather; invoked against toothache Saint Medardus or St Medard (French: Médard or Méard) (456–545) was the Bishop of Vermandois who removed […]
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St. Mariam Thresia Chiramel Mankidiyan
Born: 26 April 1876 Puthenchira, Thrissur District, Kerala, India Died: 8 June 1926 (aged 50) Kuzhikattussery, Thrissur District, India Venerated: in Syro-Malabar Church, Syriac Catholic Church Beatified: 9 April 2000, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II Major shrine: Kuzhikkattussery, India Feast: 8 June Patronage: Congregation of the Holy Family Marth Thresia […]
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St. Colman of Dromore
Venerated: in Roman Catholicism Feast: 7 June Patronage: Roman Catholic Diocese of Dromore Saint Colmán of Dromore, also known by the pet form Mocholmóc, was a 6th-century Irish saint. LifeColman was a native of Dalriada, born roughly a generation after Patrick’s apostolate to Ireland, and was baptized by a bishop, bearing his own name who […]
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St. Paul of Constantinople
Feast day: June 7 Death: 350 Bishop of Constantinople, during the period of bitter controversy in the Church over the Arian heresy. Elected in 336 to succeed Alexander of Constantinople, the following year he was exiled to Pontus by Emperor Constantius II. Because of his staunch position against Arianism, Paul was replaced by the heretical […]
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