Tagged: “saints”
St. Hyacinth
Born: 1185 at Lanka Castle, Kamien Slaski, Opole, Upper Silesia (in modern Poland) Died: 15 August 1257 at Krakow, Poland of natural causes, relics at Paris, France Canonized: 17 April 1594 by Pope Clement VIII Patronage: against drowning, Camalaniugan, Philippines, Ermita de Piedra de San Jacinto, Tuguegarao, Philippines, Krakow, Poland, archdiocese of Lithuania (named by […]
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St. Florus of Illyria
Died: drowned in a well. Also known as Floro Twin brother of Saint Laurus of Illyria. Stone-cutter who worked to build Christian churches. Martyr.
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St. Alberto Hurtado Cruchaga
Born: 22 January 1901 at Vina del Mar, Chile Died: 18 August 1952 at Santiago, Chile of pancreatic cancer Canonized: 23 October 2005 by Pope Benedict XVI at Rome, Italy. Alberto’s father died when the boy was four years old, and he grew up in poverty. Educated at the Jesuit College in Santiago, Chile. He […]
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St. Helena of Constantinople
Born: c.248 at Drepanon, Bithynia, Asia Minor Died: c.328 in Nicomedia of natural causes, interred in the Church of Santa Maria di Aracoeli, Rome, Italy Patronage: against fire, against thunder, archeologists, converts, difficult marriages, divorced people, dyers, empresses, nail smiths, needle makers, Birkirkara, Malta, Helena, Montana. Also known as Elene, Helen, Flavia Julia Helena Augusta […]
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