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St. Jacques Berthieu
Born: November 27, 1838 Polminhac, Cantal, France Died: June 8, 1896 (aged 57) Ambiatibe, Madagascar Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church, Society of Jesus, Madagascar Beatified: October 17, 1965, Saint Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City by Pope Paul VI Canonized: October 21, 2012, Vatican City by Pope Benedict XVI Feast: 08 June (Roman Catholic) Jacques Berthieu (born […]
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Bl. Józef Wojciech Guz
Born: 8 March 1890 in Lwów, Poland (modern L’viv, L’vivs’ka oblast’, Ukraine) Died: from trauma resulting from having a charged fire hose stuffed down his throat on 6 June 1940 in the prison camp at Sachsenhausen-Oranienburg, Oberhavel, Germany Beatified: 13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II at Warsaw, Poland Jozef Wojciech Guz was born […]
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St. Joan of Arc
Born: Jeanne d’Arc c. 1412 Domrémy, Duchy of Bar, Kingdom of France Died: 30 May 1431 (aged approx. 19) Rouen, Normandy (then under English rule) Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Anglican Communion Beatified: 18 April 1909, Notre-Dame de Paris, by Pope Pius X Canonized: 16 May 1920, St. Peter’s Basilica, Rome by Pope Benedict XV Feast: […]
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Bl. James Salomone
Born: 1231 at Venice, Italy Died: 31 March 1314 of cancer at Forli, Italy Beatified: 1526 by Pope Clement VII Patronage: against cancer, cancer patients Born to the nobility, and an only child. His father died when James was very small, his mother left the family to become a Cistercian nun, and James was raised […]
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St. Justin Martyr
Born: 100 Flavia Neapolis, Judea Died: 165 (aged 65) Rome, Roman Empire Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Anglican Communion Eastern Orthodox Church Lutheranism Oriental Orthodoxy Canonized: Pre-Congregation for the Causes of Saints Feast: 1 June (Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Anglican Communion) 14 April (Roman Calendar, 1882–1969) Justin Martyr (Latin: Iustinus Martyr) was an […]
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Bl. Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulewicz
Born: 13 April 1871 Lūginė, Marijampolė, Lithuania Died: 27 January 1927 (aged 55) Kaunas, Lithuania Feast day: 27 January Venerated in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 28 June 1987 Saint Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II Patronage: Teachers, Sisters of the Immaculate Conception, Handmaids of Jesus in the Eucharist Blessed Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius (13 […]
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St. John the Almsgiver
Saint John, born on the Island of Cyprus, was married, but when his wife and two children died he considered it a call from God to lead a perfect life. He gave away all he possessed in alms, and became known throughout the East as the Almsgiver. He was appointed Patriarch of Alexandria; but before […]
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St. Julian and St. Basilissa
Saint Julian and Saint Basilissa, though married, lived by mutual consent in perpetual chastity. They sanctified themselves by the most perfect exercises of an ascetic life, and employed their revenues in relieving the poor and the sick. For this purpose they converted their house into a kind of hospital, in which they sheltered up to […]
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St. John Nepomucene Neumann
Born: March 28, 1811 Prachatitz, Kingdom of Bohemia, Austrian Empire Died: January 5, 1860 (aged 48) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Buried: National Shrine of St. John Neumann in Philadelphia Feast day: January 5 March 5 (celebrated by the Bohemians) Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church (United States and the Czech Republic) Title as Saint Missionary, religious […]
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St. Joseph Mary Tomasi
Born: 12 September 1649 Licata, Kingdom of Sicily, Crown of Aragon Died: 1 January 1713 (aged 63) Rome, Lazio, Papal States Denomination: Roman Catholic Parents Giulio Tomasi di Lampedusa & Rosalia Traina Feast day: 1 January, 3 January (Theatines) Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 29 September 1803 by Pope Pius VII Canonized: 12 October […]
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