Archive for April 18, 2020
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. Engratia & 18 Companions
Died: 303 AD Zaragoza, Spain Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church Major shrine: Zaragoza Feast: April 16 The church celebrates on this day the triumph of Saint Engratia, a virgin martyr who was a native of Portugal. Her father had promised her in marriage to a man of quality in Rousillon, Gaul, and […]
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Novena to St. Bernadette Soubirous
(Please recite this novena for 9 consecutive days)Dear Saint Bernadette, Chosen by Almighty God as a channel of His Graces and Blessings, and through your humble obedience to the requests of Our Blessed Mother, Mary, you gained for us the Miraculous waters of Spiritual and physical healing. We implore you to listen to our pleading […]
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Prayers to St. Bernadette Soubirous
Prayer to St. Bernadette O Saint Bernadette, who, as a meek and pure child, did eighteen times at Lourdes contemplate the beauty of the Immaculate Mother of God and received her messages, and who afterwards wished to hide yourself from the world in the convent of Nevers, and to offer thyself there as a victim […]
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St. Bernadette Soubirous
Born: Bernadette Soubirous 7 January 1844 Lourdes, Hautes-Pyrénées, France Died: 16 April 1879 (aged 35) Nevers, Nièvre, France Venerated: in Catholic Church Beatified: 14 June 1925, Rome, by Pope Pius XI Canonized: 8 December 1933, Rome, by Pope Pius XI Major shrine: Convent of Saint Gilard (Espace Bernadette Soubirous Nevers), Nevers Feast: 16 April 18 […]
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