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St. John of Avila
Born: 6 January 1499 Almodóvar del Campo, Ciudad Real, Spain Died: 10 May 1569 (aged 69) Montilla, Córdoba, Spain Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 12 November 1893 by Pope Leo XIII Canonized: 31 May 1970 by Pope Paul VI Major shrine: Church of the Incarnation Montilla, Córdoba, Spain Feast: 10 May Patronage Andalusia, Spain […]
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St. John of Beverley
Born: at Harpham, Yorkshire, England Died: 7 May 721, Beverley Buried Beverley Minster Sainthood Feast day: 7 May Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Anglican Communion Orthodox Church Title as Saint Bishop Canonized: 1037 by Pope Benedict IX Shrines: Beverley Minster John of Beverley (died 7 May 721) was an English bishop active in the kingdom of Northumbria. He was the bishop […]
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St. James
Feast: 3 May Saint James the Less (the Younger), author of the canonical Epistle, was the son of Alpheus, the brother of Saint Jude and a cousin of Our Lord, whom he is said to have resembled. Saint Paul tells us that he was favored by a special apparition of Christ after the Resurrection. (I […]
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St. Joseph the Worker
On May 1, 1955, Pope Pius XII granted a public audience to the Catholic Association of Italian Workers, whose members had gathered in Saint Peter’s Square to celebrate the tenth anniversary of their society. They were solemnly renewing, in common, their promise of loyalty to the social doctrine of the Church, and it was on […]
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Bl. José Trinidad Rangel y Montaño
Born: 4 June 1887 in Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato, Mexico Died: shot on 25 April 1927 in Rancho de San Joaquín, Jalisco, Mexico Venerated: 22 June 2004 by Pope John Paul II Beatified: 20 November 2005 by Pope Benedict XVI recognition celebrated by Cardinal Saraiva Martins in Guadalajara, Mexico Feast day: 25 April Parish priest in […]
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Pope St. Julius I
Born: Rome, Western Roman Empire Died: 12 April 352 Rome, Western Roman Empire Sainthood Feast day: 12 April Other popes named Julius Papacy began: 6 February 337 Papacy ended: 12 April 352 Pope Julius I was the bishop of Rome from 6 February 337 to his death on 12 April 352. He is notable for asserting the authority […]
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St. Junipero Serra
Born: Miguel José Serra Ferrer November 24, 1713 Petra, Majorca, Spain Died: August 28, 1784 Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo, Las Californias, New Spain, Spanish Empire (modern day Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, U.S.) Beatified: September 25, 1988, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II Canonized: September 23, 2015, Basilica of the National Shrine […]
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St. John Fisher
Born: c. 19 October 1469 Beverley, Yorkshire, Kingdom of England Died: 22 June 1535 (aged 65) Tower Hill, London, Kingdom of England Feast day: 22 June (Catholic Church), 6 July (Church of England), 9 July (Catholic Extraordinary Form) Venerated: in Catholic Church, Church of England, some of the other Churches in the Anglican Communion Beatified: […]
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St. Joseph Cafasso
Born: 15 January 1811 Castelnuovo d’Asti, Asti, Kingdom of Sardinia Died: 23 June 1860 (aged 49) Turin, Kingdom of Sardinia Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 3 May 1925, Saint Peter’s Basilica, Kingdom of Italy by Pope Pius XI Canonized: 22 June 1947, Saint Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City by Pope Pius XII Major shrine: Santuario […]
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St. José de Anchieta
Born: 19 March 1534 San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain Died: 9 June 1597 (aged 63) Reritiba, Espírito Santo, Governorate General of Brazil, Portuguese Empire Venerated: in Catholic Church (Brazil, Canary Islands, and the Society of Jesus) Beatified: 22 June 1980, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City, by Pope John Paul II Canonized: […]
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