Tagged: “saints”
St. Sebaldus
Born: probably in England Died: c.770 Patronage: against cold weather, Bavaria, Germany, Nuremberg, Germany. Also known as Sebald, Sinibaldo, Siward Son of a Danish chieftain who had settled in England. Missionary in the Reichswald area of Germany, working with Saint Willibald of Eichstatt, Saint Winibald and Saint Boniface. Popular preacher who converted many, he later […]
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St. John Eudes
Born: 14 November 1601 at Ri, Normandy, France Died: 19 August 1680 at Caen, Normandy, France Canonized: 31 May 1925 by Pope Pius XI Patronage: diocese of Baie-Comeau, Québec. As a thirteen-year-old orphan, Anne Garcia Manzanas, of Almendral, Spain, tended her brothers’ sheep. Devoted to the Passion of Christ, she wanted to consecrate her virgin- […]
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St. Manuel Moralez
Born: 8 February 1898 at Mesillas, Zacatecas, Mexico Died: shot by firing squad on 15 August 1926 in the mountains near Chalchihuites, Zacatecas, Mexico Canonized: 21 May 2000 by Pope John Paul II during the Jubilee of Mexico. Also known as Manuel Morales, Emmanuel Additional Memorial 21 May as one of the Martyrs of the […]
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St. David Roldán-Lara
Born: 2 March 1907 at Chalchihuites, Zacatecas, Mexico Died: shot on 15 August 1926 at Chalchihuites, Zacatecas, Mexico Canonized: 21 May 2000 by Pope John Paul II during the Jubilee of Mexico. Additional Memorial 21 May as one of the Martyrs of the Mexican Revolution His father died when David was only a year old. […]
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St. Stanislaus Kostka
Born: 28 October 1550 at Rostkovo, Poland Died: between 3 and 4 a.m. of 15 August, feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 1568 at Rome, Italy from a high fever Canonized: 31 December 1726 by Pope Benedict XIII Patronage: against broken bones, aspirants to the Oblates of Saint Joseph, last sacraments, Poland. […]
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St. Armagillus of Brittany
Born: south Wales Died: c.550 Representation, Benedictine abbot receiving royal envoys, wearing armor and a chasuble, leading a dragon with a stole around its neck (legend says he did that and ordered the dragon to dive into a river), with a chained demon Patronage: against colic, against fever, against gout, against headaches, against rheumatism, hospitals. […]
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St. Roch
Born: 1295 at Montpelier, France Died: 1327 at Montpelier or Angleria, France of natural causes, relics in Venice, Italy in the church of San Rocco; in Rome, Italy; and in Arles, France Patronage: against cholera, against diseased cattle, against epidemics, against knee problems, against plague, against skin diseases and rashes, bachelors, dogs, falsely accused people, […]
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St. Stephen of Hungary
Born: 969 at Esztergom, Hungary Died: 15 August 1038 at Szekesfehervar, Hungary Canonized: 1083 by Pope Saint Gregory VII Patronage: against the death of children, bricklayers, Hungary, kings, masons, stone masons, stonecutters. Also known as Apostolic King, Stephen the Great, Istvan Additional Memorial 20 August (translation of relics) Born to a pagan family, but was […]
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St. Beatrice da Silva Meneses
Born: 1424 at in Campo Maior, Portalegre, Portugal Died: 17 August 1492 in Toledo, Spain of natural causes Beatified: 28 July 1926 by Pope Pius XI (cultus confirmed), 21 January 1974 by Pope Paul VI (decree on heroic virtues), recorded miracles involved the instantaneous and perfect healing of Sister Mary of Saint Anne, 22, from […]
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