Archive for December 30, 2023
Bl. Marian Konopinski Poznan
Born: 10 September 1907 in Kluczewo, Wielkopolskie, Poland Died: 1 January 1943 in the concentration camp at Dachau, Oberbayern, Germany Beatified: 13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II Additional Memorial 12 June as one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II Priest and vicar-general of the archdiocese of Poznan, Poland. Chaplain of the […]
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Bl. Lojze Grozde
Born: 27 May 1923 in Trzisce, Zgornje Vodale, Slovenia Died: tortured to death on 1 January 1943 in Mirna, Trebnje, Slovenia, his body was abandoned and found by accident by children on 23 February 1943, and buried in a small nearby cemetery Beatified: 13 June 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI, recognition celebrated at Celje, Slovenia […]
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Bl. Jean Baptiste Lego
Born: 13 May 1766 in La Flèche, Sarthe, France Died: 1 January 1794 at Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France Beatified: 19 February 1984 by Pope John Paul II at Rome, Italy Additional Memorial 2 January as one of the Martyrs of Anjou Brother of Blessed René Lego. Priest in the diocese of Angers, France. Martyred in the […]
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Bl. Hugolinus of Gualdo Cattaneo
Born: c.1200 in Gualdo Cattaneo, Italy Died: 1 January 1260 in Gualdo Cattaneo, Italy of natural causes Beatified: 12 March 1919 by Pope Benedict XV (cultus confirmed) Patronage: Gualdo Cattaneo, Italy Also known as Hugo Linus a Gualdo Captaneorum, Hugo Linus of Gualdo, Ugolino de Gualdo Augustinian hermit as a young man. With Blessed Angelus […]
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Bl. Andrés Gómez Sáez
Born: 7 May 1894 in Bicorp, Valencia, Spain Died: shot on 1 January 1937 in Santander, Cantabria, Spain Beatified: 28 October 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI Member of the Salesians, taking his vows at Carabanchel Alto, Madrid, Spain on 28 July 1914. Ordained in Orense, Spain on 9 September 1925. Parish priest in Baracaldo, in […]
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St. Zoticus of Constantinople
Born: Italy Died: dragged through the streets of Constantinople behind a wild ass c.350 Patronage: poor people Also known as Feeder of Orphans, Zotico Wealthy noble Roman citizen. He first surrendered his position to become a priest, and then gave away his worldly wealth to the poor and lived to work for his parishioners. When […]
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St. Melania the Younger
Born: c.383 Died: late December 439 at Jerusalem of natural causes Patronage: against the death of children, exiles Wealthy Roman patrician noble; granddaughter of Saint Melania the Elder. Married against her will to Valerius Pinianus (Saint Pinian) at age 13. After the death of their two children, both of whom died young, and to escape […]
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St. Marius Aventicus
Born: c.530 in the diocese of Autun, Burgundy (in modern France) Died: 31 December 594 at Lausanne, Switzerland of natural causes, buried in the church of St-Thyrse in Lausanne Canonized: 1605 (cultus confirmation) Bishop of Avenches (Switzerland) and chronicler, born about 530 in the present Diocese of Autun; died at Lausanne, 31 December, 594. Of […]
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St. Columba of Sens
Born: c.257 in Spain Died: beheaded in 273 at Sens, France near a fountain named d’Azon, relics were enshrined in Sens, relics destroyed by Huguenots in the 16th century Patronage: for rain Born to the Spanish nobility. At age 16 she and other Christians fled Spain for Gaul (modern France) to escape the persecutions of […]
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Pope St. Sylvester I
Born: Roman Papal Ascension: 314 Died: 31 December 335 at Rome, Italy, relics transferred to the Church of Saint Sylvester in Capite in Rome in 761 Patronage: animals, for good harvests, stone masons, Order of Saint Sylvester, Calvisano, Italy, Castroreale, Italy, Feroleto Antico, Italy, Poggio Catino, Italy St. Sylvester was the first Pope of Rome […]
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