Archive for April 19, 2020
St. Agnes of Montepulciano
Born: 28 January 1268 Montepulciano, Papal States Died: 20 April 1317 Montepulciano, Papal States Venerated: in Catholic Church (Dominican Order) Canonized: 1726 by Pope Benedict XIII Major shrine: Church of St. Agnes, Montepulicano, Siena, Italy Feast: 20 April St. Agnes was born into a noble family in Gracciano, Italy in 1268. On the day of […]
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Bl. Bernard of Sithiu
Died: 19 April 1182 in the monastery of Saint-Bertin, Thérouanne region, France of natural causes To atone for the sins of his early life, including a murder, Bernard lived in complete poverty, wearing rags, eating whatever came to hand, if anything, travelling barefoot from one holy place to another, and living as a hermit between […]
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St. Alphege of Winchester
Born: 954 in Weston, Somerset, England, Anglo-Saxon Died: beaten with stones and ox bones, then struck on the head with the blunt edge of an axe on 19 April 1012 in Greenwich, Kent (part of modern London), England, interred in Saint Paul’s Cathedral, re-interred in Canterbury by King Canute in 1023, his shrine was re-built […]
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Pope St. Leo IX
Birth name: Bruno von Eguisheim-Dagsburg Born: 21 June 1002 Egisheim, Alsace, Duchy of Swabia, Holy Roman Empire Papal Ascension: 12 February 1049 Died: 19 April 1054 (aged 51) Rome, Papal States Feast day: 19 April Venerated: in Catholic Church Canonized: 1082 by Pope Gregory VII Patronage: Sessa Aurunca, Italy Pope St. Leo IX, born Bruno of […]
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