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Bl. Francisca de Paula de Jesus Isabel
Born: 1810 in São João del Rei, Minas Gerais, Brazil Died: 14 June 1895 in Baependi, Minas Gerais, Brazil of natural causes, entombed in the church she helped build. The smell of perfume reported at her tomb at the time of burial and again when it was opened in 1998Beatified: 4 May 2013 by Pope Francis, beatification […]
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St. Felix of Cantalice
Born: 18 May 1515 Cantalice, Italy Died: 18 May 1587 Rome, Italy Venerated: in Franciscan Order Beatified: 1 October 1625 by Pope Urban VIII Canonized: 1712 by Pope Clement XI Feast: May 18 Patronage: Spello Born to pious peasants, he was a shepherd in his youth. At age nine he was hired out as a […]
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St. Francis of Girolamo
Born: 17 December 1642 at Grottaglie, Apulia, near Taranto, Italy Died: 11 May 1716 at Naples, Italy of natural causes Beatified: 2 May 1806 by Pope Pius VII Canonized: 26 May 1839 by Pope Gregory XVI Patronage: Grottaglie, Italy Feast day: 11 May Studied humanities and philosophy at the Jesuit college of Taranto, Italy at age […]
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St. Francis de Montmorency Laval
Born: 30 April 1623 Montigny-sur-Avre, Perche, Kingdom of France Died: 6 May 1708 (aged 85) Quebec, Viceroyalty of New France, French colonial empireFeast day: 6 May Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church (Canada) Title as Saint Bishop Beatified: 22 June 1980 Vatican City, by Pope John Paul II Canonized: 3 April 2014 by Pope Francis Shrines: […]
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St. Florian of Lorch
Born: 250 AD Aelium Cetium (present-day Sankt Pölten, Austria), Roman Empire Died: scourged, flayed alive, a stone tied to his neck, and dumped into a river c.304, body later retrieved by Christians and buried at an Augustinian monastery near Lorch. Relics translated to Rome in 1138• part of the relics given to King Casimir of Poland and […]
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St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen
Born: 1577 at Sigmaringen, Hohenzollern, Germany as Mark Rey Died: murdered 24 April 1622 at Grusch, Grisons, Switzerland Venerated: in Catholic Church Beatified: March 24, 1729 by Pope Benedict XIII Canonized: June 29, 1746, Rome by Pope Benedict XIV Major shrine: Capuchin friary of Weltkirchen (Feldkirch), Austria Feast: April 24 Fidelis of Sigmaringen, O.F.M. Cap. (1577 – […]
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St. Felix, St. Fortunatus & St. Achilleus
Died: 212 Valence, Gaul Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church Canonized: Pre-congregation Feast: 23 April Felix, a priest, and two deacons, Fortunatus and Achilleus, were sent by St. Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons, at the beginning of the third century, to Valence in the district afterwards known as the Dauphine’ to evangelize its inhabitants. […]
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Bl. Francis of Fabriano
Born: 2 September 1251 in Fabriano, Ancona, Italy Died: 22 April 1322 of natural causes Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 1 April 1775, Saint Peter’s Basilica, Papal States by Pope Pius VI Feast: 22 April Patronage: Fabriano Francesco da Fabriano (2 September 1251 – 22 April 1322) – born Francesco Venimbeni – was an Italian Roman Catholic professed member from […]
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St. Fructuosus of Braga
Born: early 7th century El Bierzo or Toledo, Visigothic Kingdom of Hispania Died: 16 April 665 Braga (present-day Portugal) Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Feast: 16 April Saint Fructuosus of Braga was the Bishop of Dumio and Archbishop of Braga, a great founder of monasteries, who died on 16 April 665. He was the son of a Visigothic dux in […]
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St. Faustina Kowalska
Born: 25 August 1905 Głogowiec, Łęczyca County, Congress Poland, Russian Empire Died: 5 October 1938 (aged 33) Kraków, Second Polish Republic Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 18 April 1993, St. Peter’s Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II Canonized: 30 April 2000, St. Peter’s Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II Major […]
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