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Bl. John Duns Scotus

Born: c. 1266 Duns, County of Berwick, Kingdom of Scotland Died: 8 November 1308 Cologne, Electorate of Cologne, Holy Roman Empire John Duns, commonly called Duns Scotus (c. 1266 – 8 November 1308), is generally considered to be one of the three most important philosopher-theologians of the High Middle Ages (together with Thomas Aquinas and William […]

November 18, 2018 No comments

St. Joachim Royo

Born: 1691 at Teruel Spain Died: tortured and strangled to death on the evening of 28 October 1748 in prison at Fu-tsheu, China, relics enshrined in the church of Saint Dominic in Manila, Philippines Venerated: 6 January 1893 by Pope Leo XIII (decree of martyrdom) Beatified: 14 May 1893 by Pope Leo XIII Canonized: 1 […]

October 29, 2018 No comments

St. Jude Thaddeus

Born: 1st century AD Galilee, Judaea, Roman Empire Died: 1st century AD Persia, or Ararat, Armenia Venerated: in Eastern Orthodox Churches, Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Catholic Churches, Oriental Orthodox Churches, Church of the East, Anglican Communion, Lutheranism, Aglipayan Church Islam Canonized: Pre-Congregation Major shrine: St. Thaddeus Armenian Monastery, northern Iran; Saint Peter’s, Rome; Reims, Toulouse, […]

October 28, 2018 No comments

St.John of Capistrano

Born: 24 June 1386 Capestrano, Abruzzi, Kingdom of Naples Died: 23 October 1456 (aged 70) Ilok, Syrmia, Kingdom of Croatia in personal union with Hungary Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Canonized: 1690 or 1724, Rome by either Pope Alexander VIII or Pope Benedict XIII Feast: 23 October; 28 March (General Roman Calendar, 1890–1969) Patronage Jurists, […]

October 24, 2018 No comments

Pope Saint John Paul II

Papacy began: 16 October 1978 Papacy ended: 2 April 2005 Predecessor: John Paul I Ordination: 1 November 1946 by Adam Stefan Sapieha Consecration: 28 September 1958 by Eugeniusz Baziak Created cardinal: 26 June 1967 by Paul VI Personal details Birth name: Karol Józef Wojtyła Born: 18 May 1920 Wadowice, Poland Died: 2 April 2005 (aged […]

October 22, 2018 No comments

St.John the Dwarf

Born: 339 Thebes, Egypt Died: 405 Mount Colzim, Egypt Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Churches, Oriental Orthodox Churches Feast: October 17 = Paopi 20, November 9 (Eastern Orthodox Church) Saint John, surnamed Kolobos, that is “the Little” or the “the Dwarf’’, was among the most eminent saints that inhabited the desert of Skete. […]

October 16, 2018 No comments