Archive for September 28, 2020
St. Simón de Rojas
Born: 28 October 1552 Valladolid, Spain Died: 29 September 1624 Madrid, Spain Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 19 March 1766 by Pope Clement XIII Canonized: 3 July 1988, Vatican Basilica by Pope John Paul II Feast: 28 September A pious child, his first words, at age 14 months, were reported to be Ave Maria. […]
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St. Lorenzo Ruiz of Manila
Born: c.1600 at Binondo, Manila, Philippines Died: 29-30 September 1637 at Nagasaki, Japan by being crushed over a period of three days while hanging upside down, body burned, ashes thrown into the Pacific OceanVenerated: in Catholic Church Beatified: February 18, 1981, Manila, Philippines by Pope Saint John Paul II Canonized: October 18, 1987, Vatican City […]
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St. Wenceslaus of Bohemia
Born: 907 at Prague, Bohemia (in Czech Republic) Died: 28 September 929 at Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav, Bohemia (in Czech Republic) Patronage: brewers, Bohemia, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, Moravia, Prague, Czech Republic, archdiocese of Prague, Czech RepublicFeast day: 28 September Son of Vratislav I, Duke of Bohemia, whose family had been converted by Saint Cyril and […]
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