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St. Andrew the Apostle
Born: 5 BC Galilee, Roman Empire Died: 62 Patras, Achaia, Roman Empire Venerated: in All of Christianity Canonized: Apostolic age by Pre-congregation Major shrine: Duomo Cathedral in Amalfi, Italy, St Andrew’s Cathedral, Patras, Greece; St Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh, Scotland; the Church of St Andrew and St Albert, Warsaw, Poland. Feast: 30 November Patronage: Scotland, Barbados, […]
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St. Albert the Great
Born: c. 1193 Lauingen, Duchy of Bavaria Died: November 15, 1280 (aged c. 87) Cologne, Holy Roman Empire Venerated: in Catholic Church Beatified: 1622, Rome, Papal States, by Pope Gregory XV Canonized: 1931, Vatican City, by Pope Pius XI Major shrine: St. Andrew’s Church, Cologne, Germany Feast: November 15 Patronage: medical technicians; natural sciences; philosophers; […]
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St. Abbo of Fleury
Born: c. 945 Orléans Died: November 13, 1004 (aged 58–59) The monastery of La Reole in Gascony Venerated: in Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy Feast: 13 November Abbo or Abbon of Fleury also known as Saint Abbo or Abbon, was a monk and abbot of Fleury Abbey in present-day Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire near Orléans, France. Life Abbo was […]
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St. Agostina Petrantoni
Born: 27 March 1864 Pozzaglia Sabina, Rieti, Kingdom of Italy Died: 13 November 1894 (aged 30) Rome, Kingdom of Italy Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 12 November 1972, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City by Pope Paul VI Canonized: 18 April 1999, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II Feast: 13 November […]
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St. Andrew Avellino
Born: 1521 Castronuovo, Basilicata Died: 10 November 1608 Beatified: 1624 by Urban VIII Canonized: 1712 by Clement XI Major shrine: Church of St. Paul, Naples Feast: 10 November Patronage: Naples, Sicily; invoked against sudden death Saint Andrew (Andrea) Avellino (1521 – 10 November 1608) was an Italian priest. He is venerated as patron saint of […]
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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. Alfred the Great
Reign: 23 April 871 – 26 October 899 Predecessor: Æthelred Successor Edward the Elder Born: 849 Wantage, Berkshire Died: 26 October 899 (around age 50) Winchester Burial: c. 1100 Hyde Abbey, Winchester, Hampshire, now lost Spouse: Ealhswith Issue: Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians Edward, King of Wessex Æthelgifu, abbess of Shaftesbury Æthelweard of Wessex Ælfthryth, […]
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St.Anthony Mary Claret
Born: December 23, 1807 Sallent, Barcelona, Spain Died: October 24, 1870 (aged 62) Fontfroide, Narbonne, France Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: February 25, 1934, Rome by Pope Pius XI Canonized: May 7, 1950, Rome by Pope Pius XII Major shrine: Vic, Barcelona, Spain Feast: October 24 October 23 (local calendars and among Traditional Roman […]
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St.Allucio of Campugliano
Born: c.1070 in Campugliano, Italy Died: 23 October 1134 in Campugliano, Italy of natural causes interred by the Brothers in the church of Saint Luke in Campugliano Canonized: 23 October 1182 by the bishop of Lucca, Italy Patronage: Pescia, Italy, diocese of (proclaimed in 2000 by the Congregation for the Causes of Saints) Son of […]
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Bl.Arnold Reche
Born: 2 September 1838 Landroff, Moselle, July Monarchy Died: 23 October 1890 (aged 52) Rheims, Marne, French Third Republic Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 1 November 1987, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II Feast: 23 October Attributes: De La Sallian habit Patronage Educators Son of Claude and Anne Flausset Reche, […]
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