Archive for May 9, 2020
Bl. Kazimierz Grelewski
Born: 3 July 1899 in Dwikozy, Swietokrzyskie, Poland Died: starved to death on 9 May 1941 in the camp hospital of Dachau, Oberbayern, Germany Beatified: 13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II Older brother of Blessed Kazimierz Grelewski. Studied at the Progimnazjum in Sandomierz and Lubartów in Poland. Ordained in October 1921 as a […]
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Bl. Maria del Carmen Rendiles Martinez
Born: 11 August 1903 in Caracas, Venezuela Died: 9 May 1977 in Caracas, Venezuela of influenza Venerated: 5 July 2013 by Pope Francis (decree of heroic virtues) Beatified: 16 June 2018 by Pope Francis the beatification miracle involved the healing of Trinette Durán de Branger on 18 July 2003 beatification recognition celebrated in Caracas, Venezuela, […]
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St. Pachomius of Tabenna
Born: c.290 at Upper Thebaid, Egypt Died: c.346 of natural causes, buried in an unknown location by Saint Theodore of Tabennísi Soldier in the imperial Roman army. Convert in 313. He left the army in 314 and became a spiritual student of Saint Palaemon. Lived as a hermit from 316. During a retreat into the […]
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