Archive for August 22, 2024
Pope Blessed Urban II
Born: c.1042 in Lagery, France as Odo (or Otho or Eudes) of Lagery Papal Ascension: March 1088 Died: 29 July 1099 in Rome, Italy of natural causes Beatified: 1881 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmation). Also known as Odo, Otho, Eudes Studied at Rheims, France. Monk and prior at Cluny. Assistant to Pope Saint Gregory […]
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St. Olaf II
Born: 995 Died: killed in battle at Stiklestadt on 29 July 1030 while trying to recover his throne, buried at the Trondheim Cathedral, miracles reported at his tomb, and it became a noted place of pilgrimage for Scandanavians Canonized: 1164 by Pope Alexander III Patronage: carvers, difficult marriages, kings, Norway. Also known as Heilag-Olav, Holy […]
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St. Martha of Bethany
Died: c.80 of natural causes Patronage: butlers, Congregation of Martha and Mary (founded in 1979), cooks (proclaimed on 1 July 1963 by Pope Paul VI), dieticians, domestic servants, homemakers, hotel-keepers, housemaids, housewives, innkeepers (proclaimed on 1 July 1963 by Pope Paul VI), laundry workers, maids, manservants, servants, servers, single laywomen, travellers, Villajoyosa, Spain (chosen after […]
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St. Leopold Bogdan Mandic
Born: 12 May 1866 at Herceg Novi, Dubrovacko-Neretvanska Croatia as Adeodato Died: 30 July 1942 at the Friary in Padua, Italy of oesophageal cancer Canonized: 16 October 1983 by Pope John Paul II. Also known as Adeodato Bogdan Mandic, Apostle of the Confession, Apostle of Unity, Bogdan Ivan Mandic, Brother Leopold, Leopoldo of Castelnuovo Saint […]
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St. María Natividad Venegas de La Torre
Born: 8 September 1868 in La Tapona, Zapotlanejo, Jalisco, Mexico Died: 30 July 1959 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico of natural causes Canonized: 21 May 2000 by Pope John Paul II, first canonized Mexican, canonization celebrated in Saint Peter’s Square in Rome, Italy, her canonization miracle involved the healing of Anastasio Ledezma Mora whose heart stopped […]
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St. Peter Chrysologus
Born: 406 at Imola, Italy Died: 2 December 450 at Imola, Italy Patronage: against fever, against mad dogs, Imola, Italy. Adult convert to Christianity. Deacon. Priest. Bishop of Ravenna, Italy in 433. Fought paganism and the Monophysite heresy, enforced reforms, and built several churches and ornate altars in his see. Preacher with such language skills, […]
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St. Helen of Skofde
Born: 12th century Vastergotland, Sweden Died: murdered c.1160, miracles reported at her tomb Canonized: 1164 by Pope Alexander III Patronage: falsely accused people, in-law problems, martyrs, Vastergotland, Sweden, widows. Also known as Helen of Skovde, Elin Born to the Swedish nobility. She married young, and was the mother of one daughter. Built the church of […]
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St. Germanus of Auxerre
Born: c.378 at Auxerre, France Died: 31 July 448 at Ravenna, Italy of natural causes, interred in the Oratory of Saint Maurice, Auxerre, France, re-interred in the church of Saint Germain that was built by Queen Clotilda on the site of the Oratory, body found intact when re-located in the church several centuries later, in […]
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St. Ignatius of Loyola
Born: 1491 at Loyola, Guipuzcoa, Spain as Inigo Lopez de Loyola Died: 31 July 1556 at Rome, Italy of fever Canonized: 12 March 1622 by Pope Gregory XV Patronage: soldiers, Jesuit Order, Jesuits, Society of Jesus, retreats (proclaimed on 25 July 1922 by Pope Pius XI), Spiritual Exercises (by Pope Pius XI), Basque country, diocese […]
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St. Ebbe the Elder
Born: c.615 in Northumbria, England Died: 25 August 683 at Coldingham, Berwickshire, Scotland of natural causes. Also known as Ebbe of Coldingham, Abbs, Aebbe, Ebba, Tabbs Daughter of the pagan King Aethelfrith the Ravager of Bernicia and Princess Aacha of Deira, one of seven children. Sister of Saint Oswald of Northumbria and King Oswiu. Niece […]
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