Saints
St. Apollinaris of Hierapolis
Little is known of his early life. Apollinaris was Bishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia, in Asia Minor. Eusebius, Jerome, Theodoret, and others spoke of him in the highest terms and furnished us with the few facts that are known about him. Apollinaris became famous for his polemical treatises against the heretics of his time, showing […]
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St. Lucian the Syrian
Saint Lucian was born at Samosata in Syria. Having lost his parents in his youth, he distributed to the poor all his worldly goods, of which he had inherited an abundant share, and withdrew to Edessa, to live near a holy man named Macarius, who imbued his mind with a knowledge of Holy Scripture and […]
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Bl. Matthew of Agrigento
Born: 1377 on the Via Arco di San Francesco di Paola in Rabbato, Agrigento, Italy Died: 7 January 1450 in the Franciscan monastery of Santa Maria di Gesù, Palermo, Sicily (in modern Italy) of natural causes Buried: at the Santa Maria di Gesù monastery, miracles reported at the grave Beatified: 21 February 1767 by Pope Clement […]
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St. Raymond of Penyafort
Born: ca. 1175 Vilafranca del Penedès, Catalonia, Crown of Aragon Died: 6 January 1275 (age 100) Barcelona, Crown of Aragon Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 1542, Rome by Pope Paul III Canonized: 29 April 1601, Rome by Pope Clement VIII Major shrine: Cathedral of the Holy Cross and Saint Eulalia Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain Feast: […]
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St. Charles of Sezze
Born: 19 October 1613 Sezze, Papal States Died: 6 January 1670 (aged 56) Rome, Papal States Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 22 January 1882, Saint Peter’s Basilica, Kingdom of Italy by Pope Leo XIII Canonized: 12 April 1959, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City by Pope John XXIII Major shrine: San Francesco a Ripa, Rome, […]
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St. André Bessette
Born: August 9, 1845 Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Quebec, Canada Died: January 6, 1937 (aged 91) Montreal, Quebec, Canada Venerated: in Catholic Church (Canada and the United States, and the Congregation of Holy Cross) Beatified: May 23, 1982, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City, by Pope John Paul II Canonized: October 17, 2010, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City by […]
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St. Charles of Mount Argus
Born: 11 December 1821 Munstergeleen, Limburg, United Kingdom of the Netherlands Died: 5 January 1893 Mount Argus Monastery, Harold’s Cross, Dublin Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church (Passionists and Ireland) Beatified: 16 October 1988, Saint Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II Canonized: 3 June 2007, Saint Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City by Pope Benedict […]
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Bl. Marcelina Darowska
Born: 28 January 1827 at Szulaki, Poland (now in Ukraine) as Marcelina Kotowicz Died: 5 January 1911 at Jazlowiec, Poland (now in Ukraine) of natural causes Beatified: 6 October 1996 by Pope John Paul II Born to a land-owning Polish family, Marcellina was a pious child with a love of prayer. Though she would have […]
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St. John Nepomucene Neumann
Born: March 28, 1811 Prachatitz, Kingdom of Bohemia, Austrian Empire Died: January 5, 1860 (aged 48) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Buried: National Shrine of St. John Neumann in Philadelphia Feast day: January 5 March 5 (celebrated by the Bohemians) Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church (United States and the Czech Republic) Title as Saint Missionary, religious […]
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St. Manuel González García
Born: 25 February 1877 Seville, Kingdom of Spain Died: 4 January 1940 (aged 62) Palencia, Francoist Spain Buried: Cathedral of Palencia, Spain Feast day: 4 January Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 29 April 2001 Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II Canonized: 16 October 2016 Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City by […]
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