Saints
Bl. Teodor Jurij Romzha
Born: 14 April 1911 Velykyi Bychkiv, Austria-Hungary (now Ukraine) Died: 31 October 1947 (aged 36) Uzhhorod, Ukrainian SSRChurch Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church Ordination: 25 December 1936 (Priest) Consecration: 24 September 1944 (Bishop) Feast: day 31 October (martyrdom); 28 June (translation of relics) Venerated: in Greek Catholic Churches Roman Catholic Church Title as Saint Blessed Martyr […]
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Bl. Rupert Mayer
Born: 23 January 1876 Stuttgart, Germany Died: 1 November 1945 (aged 69) Munich, Germany Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 3 May 1987, Munich by Pope John Paul II Feast: 3 November Rupert Mayer, S.J. (23 January 1876 – 1 November 1945) was a German Jesuit priest and a leading figure of the Catholic resistance […]
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Bl. Irene Stefani
Born: Aurelia Mercede Stefani 22 August 1891 Anfo, Brescia, Kingdom of Italy Died: 31 October 1930 (aged 39) Gikondi, Mukurweini, Nyeri, British Kenya Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified 23 May 2015, Nyeri, Kenya by Cardinal Polycarp Pengo Feast: 31 October Attributes: Nun’s habit Patronage Nyeri Consolata Missionaries Blessed Irene Stefani (22 August 1891 – […]
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St. María Isabel Salvat Romero
Born: 20 February 1926 Madrid, Kingdom of Spain Died: 31 October 1998 (aged 72) Seville, Spain Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 18 September 2010, Seville, Spain by Archbishop Angelo Amato Canonized: 18 October 2015, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City by Pope Francis Feast: 18 September 31 October (former) Attributes: Religious habit Rosary Book of […]
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St. Foillan of Fosses
Born: Ireland Died: seventh century Sonian Forest, Belgium Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church Feast: 31 October (Diocese of Namur); 5 November (Dioceses of Mechlin and Tournai) Attributes: Represented with a crown at his feet to show that he despised the honours of the world Patronage: Fosses; truss-makers, dentists, surgeons, and children’s nurses. […]
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St. Wolfgang of Ratisbon
Born: c. 934 Died: October 31, 994 Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Canonized: October 8, 1051 by Pope Leo IX Feast: October 31 Attributes: depicted with an axe in the right hand and the crozier in the left; or as a hermit in the wilderness being discovered by a hunter. Patronage: apoplexy; […]
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St. Alphonsus Rodriguez
Born: July 25, 1532 Segovia, Spain Died: October 31, 1617 (aged 85) Palma, Majorca, Spain Venerated: in Catholic Church (Society of Jesus) Beatified: 1825 by Pope Leo XII Canonized: September 1888 by Pope Leo XIII Major shrine: Jesuit College Palma, Majorca, Spain Feast: October 31 St. Alphonsus Rodriguez was a Spanish Jesuit lay brother, now […]
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St. Gerard Majella
Born: April 6, 1726 Muro Lucano, Basilicata, Kingdom of Naples Died: October 16, 1755 (aged 29) Materdomini, Campania, Kingdom of Naples Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church (The Redemptorists and Campagnia, Italy) Beatified: January 29, 1893 by Pope Leo XIII Canonized: December 11, 1904 by Pope Pius X Major shrine: Shrine of St. Gerard Majella, Materdomini, […]
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Bl. Chiara Badano
Born: October 29, 1971 Sassello, Italy Died: October 7, 1990 (aged 18) Sassello, Italy Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: September 25, 2010, Our Lady of Divine Love in Rome by Pope Benedict XVI Major shrine: Cimitero di Sassello Savona Liguria, Italy Plot: Family chapel Feast: October 29 Blessed Chiara Badano (October 29, 1971 – […]
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St. Gaetano Errico
Born: 19 October 1791 Secondigliano, Naples, Kingdom of Naples Died: 29 October 1860 (aged 69) Secondigliano, Naples, Kingdom of Italy Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 14 April 2002, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II Canonized: 12 October 2008, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City by Pope Benedict XVI Feast: 29 October […]
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