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St. Hilarion of Gaza
Born: 291 AD Thabatha, south of Gaza in Syria Palaestina Died: 371 AD Cyprus Venerated in Coptic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Roman Catholic Church Canonized Pre-Congregation Feast: October 21 Saint Hilarion was born of pagan parents near Gaza, and was converted while studying grammar in Alexandria. He renounced games, the theater and all the vain […]
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St. Hallvard
Born: c.1020 Died: shot with an arrow c.1043 at Drammen, Drammen kommune, Buskerud fylke, Norway, buried in the Saint Hallvard Cathedral, Oslo, Oslo kommune, Oslo fylke, Norway Patronage: protection of innocence, protection of virtue, Oslo, Norway Born to the Norwegian royalty. In 1043, as he was about to cross the Drammenfjord in a boat, a woman […]
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Bl. Hanna Helena Chrzanowska
Born: 7 October 1902 Warsaw, Congress Poland, Russian Empire Died: 29 April 1973 in Kraków, Poland of cancer Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 28 April 2018, Divine Mercy Sanctuary, Kraków, Poland by Cardinal Angelo Amato Feast: 29 April Patronage: Nurses Blessed Hanna Helena Chrzanowska (7 October 1902 – 29 April 1973) was a Polish Roman Catholic who served […]
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Bl. Hosanna of Cattaro
Born: 25 November 1493 at Kumano, Montenegro as Catherine Cosie Died: 27 April 1565 in Kotor, Montenegro of natural causes, interred in the Church of Saint Paul, Kotor, Montenegro, remains moved to the Church of Saint Mary in Kotor, Montenegro in 1807 after the French army turned the Church of Saint Paul into a warehouse […]
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St. Hermengild
Born: Toletum, Visigothic Kingdom Died: c. 13 April 585 Hispalis, Hispania Venerated: in Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church Feast: April 13 Patronage: Seville, Spain, against drought, against flood, against thunderstorms, converts, Spanish monarchy. Saint Hermenegild or Ermengild (died 13 April 585) (Spanish: San Hermenegildo, from Gothic *Airmana-gild, “immense tribute”), was the son of king Liuvigild of the Visigothic Kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula and southern France. He fell out […]
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St. Hannibal Mary di Francia
Born: 5 July 1851 Messina, Italy Died: 1 June 1927 Messina, Italy Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 7 October 1990, St. Peter’s Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II Canonized: 16 May 2004, St. Peter’s Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II Major shrine: Church of Saint Anthony of Padua, Messina, Sicily, […]
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St. Henry of Sweden
Henry was an Englishman of the twelfth century residing at Rome. In 1152, he was consecrated Bishop of Uppsala, Sweden, by the Papal Legate Nicholas Breakspear, who later became Pope Adrian IV. In 1154, St. Eric, King of Sweden, led a punitive expedition against the Finns in retaliation for their marauding activity into Sweden, and […]
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St. Honoratus of Aries
Born: c. 350 Northern Gaul Died: January 6, 429 Arles, Diocese of the Seven Provinces, Gaul, Western Roman Empire Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Feast: May 5 Patronage: against drought; against misfortune; against rain; for rain Saint Honoratus was of a consular Roman family that had settled in Gaul. In his youth […]
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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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The Holy Innocents
The wily king Herod, who was reigning in Judea at the time of the birth of Our Saviour, learned from three Wise Men from the East that they had come to Jerusalem, advised by a star in the heavens, in search of the newborn King of the Jews. Herod’s superstitious fear of losing his throne […]
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