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Bl. Maria Catalina Troiani
Born: 19 January 1813 Giuliano di Roma, Papal States Died: 6 May 1887 (aged 74) Cairo, Egypt Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 14 April 1985, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II Feast: 6 May Patronage: Franciscan Missionaries of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Third of four children born to Tommaso […]
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Bl. Michal Giedroyc
Born: c. 1425 Giedraičiai, Grand Duchy of Lithuania Died: 4 May 1485 in Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland of natural causes• buried at the church of Saint Mark in Kraków Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 7 November 2018, Apostolic Palace, Vatican City by Pope Francis Feast: 4 May Patronage: Sick and disabled Sacristans, Pontifical University of John […]
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St. Marie of the Incarnation Guyart
Born: Marie Guyart 28 October 1599 Tours, Touraine, Kingdom of France Died: 30 of hepatitis on April 1672 Quebec City, Canada, New France Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church (Canada and the Ursulines) and Anglican Church of Canada Beatified: 22 June 1980, Vatican City, by Pope John Paul II Canonized: 3 April 2014, Apostolic Palace, Vatican City […]
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St. Mark
Died: martyred 25 April 68 at Alexandria, Egypt, relics at Venice, Italy Venerated: in All Christian churches that venerate saints Major shrine St Mark’s Basilica Feast: 25 April (Catholic and Eastern Orthodox) 30 Parmouti or 8 May (Coptic Orthodox) Patronage: against impenitence, against insect bites, against scrofulous diseases, against struma, struma patients, attorneys, lawyers, barristers, […]
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St. Mary Elizabeth Hesselblad
Born: 4 June 1870 Fåglavik, Västra Götaland County, Sweden Died: 24 April 1957 (aged 86) Rome, Italy of natural causes Venerated: in Catholic Church Beatified: 9 April 2000, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II Canonized: 5 June 2016, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City by Pope Francis Feast: June 4 Patronage: Bridgettine, […]
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Bl. Marie of the Incarnation
Born: Marie Guyart 28 October 1599 Tours, Touraine, Kingdom of France Died: 18 April 1618 at Pontoise, France of natural causes Beatified: 5 June 1791 by Pope Pius VI Patronage: against impoverishment, against loss of parents, against poverty, parents separated from children, poor people, widows Feast: 18 April Daughter of a French government official named […]
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Bl. Mariana of Jesus
Born: October 31, 1618 Quito, Province of Quito (modern-day Ecuador) Died: May 26, 1645 (aged 26) Quito, Ecuador Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: November 10, 1853, Rome by Pope Pius IX Canonized: July 9, 1950, Rome by Pope Pius XII Major shrine: La Iglesia de la Compañía de Jesús Feast: May 26 Patronage: Ecuador; […]
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Bl. Margaret of Castello
Born: 1287 Mercatello sul Metauro, Città di Castello, Papal States Died: 12 April 1320 (aged 32–33) Città di Castello, Papal States Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 19 October 1609, Saint Peter’s Basilica, Papal States by Pope Paul V Major shrine: Chiesa di San Domenico, Città di Castello, Perugia, Italy Feast: 13 April Patronage: Pro-life […]
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Pope St. Martin I
Born: 21 June 598 Near Todi, Umbria, Eastern Roman Empire Died: 16 September 655 (aged 57) Cherson, Eastern Roman Empire Papacy began: 21 July 649 Papacy ended: 16 September 655 Pope Martin I (Latin: Martinus I; between 590 and 600 – 16 September 655), also known as Martin the Confessor, was the bishop of Rome from 21 July 649 to […]
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Bl. Miguel Agustín Pro
Born: January 13, 1891 Guadalupe, Zacatecas, Mexico Died: November 23, 1927 (aged 36) Mexico City, Mexico Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Lutheran Church Beatified: September 25, 1988, Saint Peter’s Square, Rome by Pope John Paul II Feast: November 23 After a happy childhood in a loving and religious family in Guadalupe, Mexico, Jose Ramon Miguel […]
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