Archive for August 21, 2024
St. John Wall
Born: 1620 Chingle Hall near Preston, Lancashire, England Died: hanged, drawn, and quartered on 22 August 1679 near Redhill, Corcester, England, buried at Saint Oswald’s church Canonized: 25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI. Also known as Francis Dormore, Francis Johnson, Francis Webb, Joachim of Saint Anne, John Marsh Additional Memorials 25 October as one […]
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St. John Kemble
Born: 1599 at Rhydica Farm, Saint Weonard’s Parish, Herefordshire, England Died: hanged, drawn, and quartered on 22 August 1679 at Widemarsh Common, Hereford, England, so well respected in the area that he was permitted to die on the gallows and avoid the agony of the drawing and quartering elements, buried in the Welsh Newton Churchyard, […]
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St. Philip Benizi
Born: 15 August (Feast of the Assumption) 1233 at district of Oltrarno, Florence, Italy Died: 22 August (Octave of the Assumption) 1285 at Todi, Italy, buried in Todi Canonized: 12 April 1671 by Pope Clement X, first Servite to be canonized Patronage: Sergio Osmena, Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines. Also known as Felipe Benicio, Filip Benizi, […]
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