Saints
St. Felix of Nola
Born: c. early 3rd century Nola, Campania, Italy Died: c. 250 Nola, Campania, Italy Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Orthodox Church Canonized: Pre-Congregation Feast: 14 January Patronage: Nola, Italy Saint Felix of Nola (d. ca. 250) was a Christian presbyter at Nola near Naples in Italy. He sold off his possessions in order to give to […]
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Bl. Petrus Donders
Born: 27 October 1805 at Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands Died: 14 January 1887 (aged 79) Batavia, Suriname Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 23 May 1982, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II Feast: 14 January Patronage: Missionaries Son of Arnold Denis Donders and Petronella van den Brekel. Peter grew up poor, […]
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St. Sava
Born: 1176 as Rastko Nemanjic Died: 14 January 1235 at Tirnovo, Bulgaria of natural causes Patronage: Serbia, Serbs Prince of Serbia, the son of King Stephen I Nemanya. He took the name Sava (Sabas) when he became a monk at Mount Athos. His father later surrendered his crown and became a monk, too, and together […]
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St. Kentigern
Born: c.518 at Culross, Fife, Scotland Died: 13 January 603 in Glasgow, Scotland of natural causes, relics in the crypt of the Kentigern cathedral, Glasgow Patronage: Glasgow, Scotland, salmon Grandson of the British prince Lothus; son of Saint Theneva. Hermit. Monk. Missionary to Scotland, beginning at Cathures. Bishop of the Strathclyde Britons in the area […]
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Bl. Francesco Maria Greco
Born: 26 July 1857 Acri, Cosenza, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Died: 13 January 1931 (aged 73) Acri, Cosenza, Kingdom of Italy Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 21 May 2016, Cosenza, Italy by Cardinal Angelo Amato Feast: 13 January Patronage: Little Workers of the Sacred Heart, Acri Blessed Francesco Maria Greco (26 July 1857 […]
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St. Hilary of Poitiers
Born: c. 310 AD Pictavium, Gaul (modern-day Poitiers, France) Died: c. 367 Poitiers Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Anglican Communion Lutheran Church Oriental Orthodoxy Canonized: Pre-Congregation Feast: 13 January 14 January (Byzantine Christianity; some local calendars and pre-1970 General Roman Calendar) Saint Hilary was a native of Poitiers in Aquitaine. Born and […]
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St. Aelred of Rievaulx
Born: 1110 Hexham, Northumberland, England Died: 12 January 1167 (aged 56–57) Rievaulx, Yorkshire, England Resting place Rievaulx chapter house next to William, first abbot Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church; Anglican Communion Major shrine: Rievaulx Abbey, Yorkshire, England (destroyed) Feast: 12 January Patronage: bladder stone sufferers Son of Eilaf, a priest during a period when English […]
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St. Bernard of Corleone
Born: 6 February 1605 Corleone, Sicily, Kingdom of Sicily Died: 12 January 1667 (aged 61) Palermo, Sicily, Kingdom of Sicily Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 15 May 1768, Saint Peter’s Basilica, Papal States by Pope Clement XIII Canonized: 10 June 2001, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II Feast: 12 January […]
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St. Marguerite Bourgeous
Born: 17 April 1620 Troyes, Champagne, Kingdom of France Died: 12 January 1700 (aged 79) Fort Ville-Marie, New France, French Colonial Empire Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church (Canada and the United States), Anglican Church of Canada Beatified: 12 November 1950 by Pope Pius XII Canonized: 31 October 1982, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II Major […]
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St. Paulinus of Aquileia
Born: c. 726 Premariacco Died: 802 or 804 Cividale Venerated: in Eastern Orthodox Church, Roman Catholic Church Feast: January 11 Born near Friuli, Italy, Paulinus in his youth worked on his family’s farm. Years later, as a priest, he became a renowned grammar professor whose reputation reached the court of the Frankish emperor Charlemagne. It […]
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