Archive for May 17, 2020
Bl. Ivan Ziatyk
Born: 26 December 1899 at Odrekhiv, in present day Poland Died: Easter Sunday, 17 May 1952 from injuries received in a beating three days earlier at Ozerlah, Irkhutsk, Russia, buried at Ozerlah Beatified: 27 June 2001 by Pope John Paul II in Ukraine Greek Catholic. Graduated high school in 1919, and obtained a degree in […]
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St. Giulia Salzano
Born: 13 October 1846 Santa Maria Capua Vetere, Province of Caserta, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Died: 17 May 1929 (aged 82) Casoria, Naples, Kingdom of Italy Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 27 April 2003, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II Canonized: 17 October 2010, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City […]
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St. Paschal Baylon
Born: 24 May 1540 (feast of Pentecost) at Torre Hermosa, Aragon, (modern Spain) Died: 15 May 1592 (feast of Pentecost) at Villa Reale, Spain of natural causes Canonized: 16 October 1690 by Pope Alexander VIII Patronage: cooks, shepherds, Eucharistic congresses and organizations (proclaimed by Pope Leo XIII on 28 November 1897), diocese of Segorbe-Castellón de […]
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