Archive for August 24, 2024
St. Alphonsa of India
Born: 19 August 1910 at Kudamalloor, Kerala, India Died: 28 July 1946 at Bharananganam, India, of natural causes, buried in the chapel connected with the cemetery of Saint Mary’s church, Bharananganam, India, which has become an important place of pilgrimage Canonized Sunday 12 October 2008 by Pope Benedict XVI Name Meaning noble ready; battle ready […]
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St. Genesius of Brescello
Born: latter 4th century Died: early 5th century in Brescello, Provincia di Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, relics re-discovered in the walls of an old church during construction of a castle on the land in 968, a church and monastery in his honour was built on the land, and the relics enshrined in the main altar […]
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St. Genesius of Rome
Born: latter 4th century Died: beheaded c.303 at Rome, Italy Patronage: actors, against epilepsy, epileptics, attorneys, barristers, lawyers, clowns, comedians, comediennes, comics, converts, dancers, musicians, printers, stenographers, torture victims. Also known as Gelasinus, Gelasius Genesius was an actor who worked in a series of plays that mocked Christianity. One day while performing in a work […]
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St. George Limniotes
Born: c.635 Died: mutilated and burned to death c.730 Hermit at Mount Olympus, Bithynia, Asia Minor. Martyred at age 95 under Leo the Isaurian for opposing the iconoclasts.
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St. Bartholomew the Apostle
Born: Galilee Died: flayed alive at Albanopolis, Armenia, relics at Saint Bartholomew-on-the-Tiber Church, Rome, Italy, and in the cathedral in Canterbury, England Patronage: against nervous diseases, against neurological diseases, against twitching, bookbinders, butchers, cobblers, Florentine cheese merchants, Florentine salt merchants, leather workers, plasterers, shoemakers, tanners, trappers, whiteners, Armenia, 16 cities in various countries. Also known […]
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St. Emily de Vialar
Born: 12 September 1797 at Gaillace, Albi, southern France as Anne Marguerite Adelaide Emily de Vialar Died: 24 August 1856 at Marseilles, Bouches-du-Rhône, France of natural causes Canonized: 24 June 1951 by Pope Pius XII. Also known as Anne Marguerite Adelaide Emily de Vialar, Emilie de Vialar, Emilie de Vialard. Born to an aristocratic family, […]
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