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month's daily lists, feel free to scroll down. On February 1, we members of the Catholic Church family honor,
in a special way, the following friends of God -- "saints" and
"blesseds" whose souls are now in heaven: St. Agrepe of Velay
(French, bishop, 7th Century) Bl. Andrew dei Conti of Segni [also
called Andrew of
Anagni]
[Andrea] (Italian, Franciscan hermit, mystic, died at about age 61
in 1302 [beatified 1723]) [commemorated by some on the 15th or 17th] Blessed Martyrs of Angers (French, 99
people [12 priests, 3 women religious, 4 laymen, 80 laywomen], martyred
[guillotined or shot] by revolutionaries in 1793 and 1794 [beatified 1984]) [Click
here to see the martyrs' names and other facts about
them.] Bl. Anthony Manzoni of Padua
[Antonio] ["The Pilgrim"] (Italian, always on pilgrimage [Spain to
Palestine], died at about age 30 in 1267) St. Autbert of Landevenec
(French, Benedictine
monk, chaplain to nuns, d. 1129) St. Brigid of Fiesole
(Italian, hermitess, 9th Century) St. Brigid of Kildare [also
called Bridget of
Ireland]
(Irish, slave, nun, foundress and abbess of convents and first double
monastery, died at about age 69 c. 525) [Feast on the Irish (and optional memorial on New Zealand's) "particular calendar"] St. Cecilius of
Granada
(Spanish, bishop, c. 3rd Century) St. Cinnia of Ulster
(Irish, pagan princess, nun, 5th Century) Blessed Claretian Martyrs of Mas Claret
(Spanish, 109 Claretian priests, brothers, and students, martyred
during Civil War in 1936 and 1937 [beatified 2017]) [Their names include the
following ...] -----
Bl. Matthew Casals
Mas
[Mateu] (priest) -----
Bl. Ferran Saperas
Alja
(brother) -----
Bl. Theophilus Casajús
Alduán
[Teófilo] (student) St. Clarus of Seligenstadt
(German, Benedictine
monk, hermit, c. 1048) St. Crewenna of
Cornwall
(Irish, missionary to Britain, 5th Century) St. Darlaugdach of
Kildare
(Irish, abbess, c. 525) Bl. Ela of Laycock
(English, widow of crusader, foundress of monastery and convent, abbess, d.
1261) St. Henry Morse of Broome
(English, Jesuit
priest, martyred [drawn, hanged, quartered] at about age 50 under
Charles I in 1645 [beatified 1929, canonized 1970]) Bl. Jane Frances of the Visitation Michelotti
of Annecy
[Jeanne-Françoise-de-la-Visitation] [baptized Anne] (French, founded Congregation
of Little Servants of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, died in Italy at age 44 in
1888 [beatified 1975]) St. Jarlath of Armagh
(Irish, missionary, bishop, c. 480) St. John of the Grating of
Saint-Malo [Jean]
(French, Cistercian
abbot, bishop of Aleth, died at about age 65 in 1163 [canonized
1517]) St. Kinnia (Irish, virgin, baptized by St.
Patrick, 6th Century) Bl. Louis Variara of Viarigi [Luigi]
(Italian, Salesian priest,
missionary to lepers in South America, founder of Daughters of the Sacred
Hearts of Jesus and Mary, died at age 48 in Colombia in 1923 [beatified in
2002]) St. Paul of Rheims
(French, hermit, bishop of Trois-Châteaux, c. 405) St. Pionius and fifteen companions, of
Smyrna
(Greek, priest and flock, tortured and martyred [burned at stake] in 250) Bl. Reginald of
Saint-Gilles
(French, teacher of church law, Dominican friar, visionary, died at about age 37
in 1220 [beatified 1885]) St. Severus of Avranches
(French, abbot, bishop, c. 690) St. Severus of Ravenna
(Italian, weaver, bishop, c. 348) St. Sigebert of
Austrasia
(French, king, founder of monasteries, died at age 25 in 656) St. Sour of Auvergne
(French, miracle worker, c. 580) St. Ursus of Aosta
(Irish, deacon in Italy, arch-opponent of Arianism, d. 6th Century) St. Veridiana of
Castelfiorentino
(Italian, Benedictine
nun, hermitess, died at about age 60 in 1242 [canonized 1533])
[commemorated by some on the 16th] [Attributed to St. Brigid of
Kildare:] "I would like the angels of Heaven to
be among us. I would like an abundance of peace. I would like full vessels of charity.
I would like rich treasures of mercy. I would like cheerfulness to preside over
all. I would like Jesus to be present. I would like the three Marys of
illustrious renown to be with us. I would like the friends of Heaven to be
gathered around us from all parts. I would like myself to be a rent-payer to
the Lord; that I should suffer distress, that he would bestow a good blessing
upon me. I would like a great lake of beer for the King of Kings. I would like
to be watching Heaven's family drinking it through all eternity." Blessed Martyrs of Angers -- CONTINUED (French,
99 people [12 priests, 3 women religious, 4 laymen, 80 laywomen], martyred
[guillotined or shot] by revolutionaries in 1793 and 1794 [beatified 1984]) --------------------------------------------------- On
February 2, we members of the Catholic Church family celebrate the Feast of
the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple. We also honor, in a special way, the
following friends of God -- "saints" and "blesseds" whose
souls are now in heaven: St. Adalbald of
Ostrevant
(Belgian, duke, son of a saint, husband of a saint, father of four saints,
devoted to pious works, c. 652) St. Adeloga of Kitzingen (French,
princess, Benedictine
abbess, c. 745) Bl. Andrew Carl Ferrari
of Lalatta di Protopiano
[Andrea Carlo] (Italian, cardinal archbishop of Milan, died at age 70 in 1921
[beatified 1987]) St. Apronian of Rome
(Italian, executioner of Christians, converted by a martyr, martyred c. 304) Bl. Benedict Daswa
of Mbahe
[pre-Christian name: Tshimangadzo Samuel] (South African, convert at about age 17, layman, schoolteacher and principal, martyred [beaten and stabbed by
superstitious pagans] at age 43 in 1990 [beatified 2015]) St. Columbanus of
Ghent
(Irish, abbot in Belgium, hermit, d. 959) St. Cornelius of Rome (Italian,
centurion in Palestine, baptized with family by St. Peter [Acts 10], bishop of
Caesarea, 1st Century) Holy Martyrs of Ebsdorf (German ... duke,
four bishops, eleven noblemen, and countless footsoldiers ... martyred by pagan
invaders in 880) [Included were the following:] St. Feock (Irish? virgin) St. Flosculus of
Orléans
(French, bishop, c. 480) Sts. Fortunatus, Felician, Firmus of Rome, and
Candidus (early martyrs) St. Joan de Lestonnac of Bordeaux
[Jeanne] (French, mother of seven, widow, visionary, foundress and superior of Sisters
of the Company of Mary, died at age 83 in 1640 [beatified 1900, canonized
1949]) Bl. Louis Brisson of
Plancy-l'Abbaye
(French, diocesan priest, co-founded Oblate
Sisters of St. Francis de Sales, founded Oblates of St. Francis de Sales, died at age 90 in 1908 [beatified
2012]) St. Mary Catherine Kasper
of Dernbach
[Maria Caterina] [baptized Katharina] (German, virgin, founded Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ, died
[heart attack] at age 77 in 1898 [beatified 1978, canonized 2018]) St. Mary Josephine of the Immaculate Mantovani
of Castelletto di Brenzone (Maria Giuseppina dell’Immacolata)
[baptized Maria Domenica (Mary Dominic)] (Italian, virgin, co-founded Institute of Little Sisters of the Holy
Family, died at age 71 in 1934 [beatified 2003, canonized 2022]) Bl. Peter Cambiano of Chieri
[Pietro] (Italian, Dominican priest, inquisitor general, martyred
with daggers by Waldensian heretics in France at about age 44 in 1365
[beatified 1856]) On
February 3, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way,
the following friends of God -- "saints" and "blesseds"
whose souls are now in heaven: St. Blaise of Sebaste
(Armenian, physician, bishop, tortured and martyred by beheading c. 316) St. Ansgar of Amiens ["Apostle of the North"]
(French, nobleman, missionary in Scandinavia, archbishop of Hamburg in Germany,
died at about age 63 in 865) Bl. Aloysius Andritzki of Radibor [Alois] (German, diocesan priest, produced anti-Nazi plays, martyred by Nazis [lethal injection] at Dachau [Germany] at age 28 in 1943 [beatified 2011]) St. Berlinda of
Meerbeke
(Belgian, Benedictine
nun, hermitess, d. 702) St. Caellainn (Irish, virgin, 6th Century) St. Celerinus of
Carthage
(North African [from what is now Tunisia], deacon, tortured, d. 250) Sts. Celsa and Nona of
Brabant
(Belgian, virgins) St. Deodatus of
Lagny
(French, Benedictine
monk, 8th Century) St. Elinand of Pronleroy
(French, court singer, Cistercian monk, d. 1237) Sts. Felix, Symphonius, Hippolytus, and companions
(African, early martyrs) St. Hadelin of Dinant
(French, Benedictine
abbot in Belgium, hermit, c. 690) St. Ia of
Cornwall
(Irish, virgin, martyred in England in 450?) Bl. John Nelson of Skelton
(English, Jesuit
priest, martyred [drawn, hanged, quartered] under Elizabeth I at
about age 43 in 1578 [beatified 1886]) Bl. John Zakoly of Csanad
[Janos] (Hungarian, bishop, Pauline prior, d. 1494) Bl. Justus Takayama Ukon of Haibara
(Japanese, lay nobleman, exiled to Philippines, died at about age 63 in 1615
[beatified 2017]) St. Lawrence the Illuminator of
Spoleto
(Syrian, bishop in Italy, healer of physical and spiritual blindness, d. 576) Sts. Laurentinus, Ignatius, and Celerina, of
Carthage
(North African [from what is now Tunisia], two uncles and an aunt of St.
Celerinus [see above], martyred in 3rd Century) St. Lawrence of Rome
(Italian,
Benedictine
monk, archbishop of Canterbury in England, d. 619) Sts. Lupicinus and Felix, of
Lyons
(French, bishops, 5th Century) St. Margaret of
Sauve-Benite
(born to an English mother in Hungary, Cistercian nun in France, d. 1192) St. Mary Ann Rivier
of Montpezat-sous-Bauzon
[Marie-Anne] (French, co-founder of Sisters of the Presentation of Mary, died at age 69 in
1838 [beatified 1982, canonized 2022]) St. Mary of St. Ignatius Thevenet
of Lyons
[Marie-de-Saint-Ignace] [baptized Claudine] (French, co-foundress and superior
of Religious of Jesus and Mary, died at age 62 in 1837 [beatified 1981,
canonized 1993]) Bl. Mary the Virgin Stollenwerk
of Rollesbroich
[Maria Virgo] [baptized Helena] (Bavarian, virgin, co-founded Congregation of
the Holy Spirit, died in the Netherlands at age 47 in 1900 [beatified
1995]) Bl. Matthew Guimerà of Girgenti
[Matteo] (Sicilian, Franciscan friar, bishop, d. 1450 [beatified
1767]) [commemorated by some on October 21] St. Oliver of Ancona
[Oliviero] (Italian, Benedictine monk, c. 1050) St. Philip of Vienne
(French, bishop, c. 578) Bl. Simon Fidati of Cascia
[Simone] (Italian, Augustinian friar, died at about age 53 in 1348
[beatified 1833]) Bl. Stephen Bellesini of Trent
[Stefano] (Italian, inspector of schools, Augustinian friar, novice master, parish priest,
died at age 63 in 1840 [beatified 1904]) St. Theodore of
Marseilles
(French, bishop, c. 594) Sts. Tigrides and Remedius, of Gap
(French, bishops, c. 6th Century) St. Werburg of Mercia
(British, widow, Benedictine abbess, c. 785) St. Werburga of
Chester
(British, princess, Benedictine superior, c. 700) On
February 4, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way,
the following friends of God -- "saints" and "blesseds"
whose souls are now in heaven: St. Aldate of Gloucester
(British, 5th centuy) St. Andrew Corsini of Florence
[Andrea] (Italian, Carmelite prior and provincial, bishop of
Fiesole, died at about age 71 in 1373 [beatified 1374, canonized 1629]) Sts. Aquilinus, Geminus, Gelasius, Magnus,
and Donatus, of
Fossombrone
(Italian, martyred in 3rd Century) St. Aventinus of
Troyes
(French, hermit, d. 538) St. Aventinus of
Chartres
(French, bishop, c. 520) Bl. Edward Francis Pironio
of Buenos Aires
[Eduardo Francisco] (Argentine, last of 22 children, diocesan priest, Bishop of
Mar del Plata, high official of Vatican curial dicasteries for twenty years,
Cardinal Bishop of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto, died at age 77 in 1998 [beatified
2023]) St. Eutychius of Rome
(Italian, tortured and martyred [thrown into well] in 4th Century) St. Gillebert of
Limerick
(Irish, bishop, d. 1140) St. Isidore of Pelusium
(Egyptian, hermit, abbot, theologian, author of over 2,000 extant letters, died
at about age 74 c. 450) St. Joan of Valois
[Jeanne] (French, princess, co-foundress of the contemplative Order of the
Annonciades, died at about age 40 in 1505 [beatified 1742, canonized 1950])
Bl. John Speed of Durham
[alias Spence]
(English, layman who helped "illegal" priests, martyred under
Elizabeth I in 1594 [beatified 1929]) St. John de Brito of Lisbon
[João] (Portuguese, nobleman, Jesuit priest, missionary to central Asia,
may have converted 10,000 Hindus, martyred [dismembered and beheaded] in India
at age 45 in 1693 [beatified 1853, canonized 1947]) St. Joseph Desideri of Leonissa
[Giuseppe] [baptized Eufranio] (Italian, Capuchin Franciscan priest, converted highway bandits, missionary
to Moslems, chaplain to galley slaves, died at age 56 in 1612 [beatified 1737,
canonized 1746]) St. Liephard (British, martyred in 649) St. Modan of Dryburgh (Irish, abbot in Scotland, hermit,
6th Century?) Bl. Nicholas Hermansson
of Skänninge
[Nils] (Swedish, poet, bishop of Linköping, died at about age 60 in 1391)
[commemorated by some on July 24] St. Nicholas Studites of
Canea
(Cretan, abbot, died in what is now Turkey at about age 70 in 863) St. Nithard of Corbie
(German, Benedictine
monk, missionary, martyred by Swedish pagans in 845) Bl. Obitius of Brescia
[Obizio] (Italian, knight, Benedictine monk, c. 1204 [beatified 1900]) Sts. Phileas of
Thmuis,
Philoromus of
Alexandria,
and companions (Egyptian ... bishop, official, and others ... tortured and
martyred by beheading c. 305) Bl. Rabanus Maurus of
Mainz
(German, headmaster of school, Benedictine abbot, archbishop, fed hundreds of poor
daily, religious writer and poet [composed "Veni, Creator Spiritus"],
died at about age 79 in 856) St. Rembert of Bruges
(Belgian, Benedictine monk, missionary to Scandinavia,
bishop of Hamburg-Bremen in Germany, d. 888) Bl. Simon of Saint-Bertin
(French, Benedictine
abbot, d. 1148) St. Theophilus the Penitent of
Adana
(Cilician [Turkish], archdeacon, c. 538) St. Vincent of Troyes
(French, bishop, c. 546) St. Vulgis of Lobbes
(French, Benedictine
abbot, bishop, c. 760) On
February 5, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way,
the following friends of God -- "saints" and "blesseds"
whose souls are now in heaven: St. Agatha of Catania (Sicilian, virgin,
tortured, mutilated, and martyred [rolled on coals] c. 250) St. Adelaide of
Bellich
[Adelheid] (German, noblewoman, Benedictine abbess, counselor to an archbishop,
died at about age 55 c. 1015 [canonized 1966]) St. Agatha Hildegard of
Carinthia
(Austrian, widow, d. 1024) St. Agricola of
Tongres
(French, bishop, d. 420) Sts. Albinus and Genuinus of
Brixen
(Austrian, bishops, 7th and 11th centuries) St. Avitus of Auvergne
(French, bishop of Vienne, died at about age 74 c. 519) St. Bertoul of Renty
(Hungarian or German, Benedictine abbot, d. 705) St. Buo (Irish, missionary to Iceland, c.
900) St. Calamanda (Spanish, 5th Century) Bl. Elizabeth Canori
Mora of Rome
[Elisabetta, nee Primoli]
(Italian, wife and mother, Trinitarian tertiary, died at age 50 in 1825
[beatified 1994]) St. Fingen of Metz
(Irish, abbot in France, c. 1005) Sts. Indractus and Dominica of
Glastonbury
(Irish, chieftain and sister, martyred in England c. 710) St. Jacob of Beer-lahairoi [also known as St. Israel]
(grandson of Abraham and son of Isaac, patriarch, father of twelve tribes, c. 1850 B.C.) St. Modestus of
Salzburg
(Austrian, Benedictine
monk, bishop of Carinthia, c. 722) St. Vodalus (Irish or Scottish, monk in
France, missionary, hermit, c. 725) On February 6, we members of the Catholic
Church family honor, in a special way, the following friends of God --
"saints" and "blesseds" whose souls are now in heaven: St. Paul Miki and companions
[also called "Holy Martyrs of Nagasaki of 1597" and "First Martyrs of the Far East"] (mostly
European and Asian, 26 missionaries and converts, martyred side by side [mostly
crucified and stabbed by spears] in 1597 [beatified 1627, canonized 1862]) [Commemorated in New Zealand on Feb. 7, because of Waitangi Day on Feb. 6] [Click
here to see the martyrs' names and other facts about
them.] St. Amand of Maastricht
(French, hermit, Benedictine abbot, evangelized northern Europe, missionary
bishop, died in Belgium at about age 95 c. 679) St. Andrew of Elnon
(Belgian, Benedictine
abbot, c. 690) Bl. Angel of Furci
[Angelo] (Italian, Augustinian provincial, teacher of theology, died at
about age 81 in 1372 [beatified 1888]) St. Antholian of
Auvergne
(French, martyred c. 265) St. Dorothy of Caesarea
(Cappadocian [from what is now part of Armenia], virgin, tortured and martyred
by beheading in 311) Bl. Frances of Gubbio
[Francesca] (Italian, Franciscan tertiary, d. 1360) St. Francis Spinelli of Milan
[Francesco] (Italian, diocesan priest, founded Institute of the Sisters of
Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, died at age 59 in 1913
[beatified 1992, canonized 2018]) St. Gerald of Ostia
[Geraldo] (French or Italian, Benedictine prior, bishop, papal legate, d. 1077) St. Guarinus of
Bologna
[Guarino] (Italian, Augustinian canon, bishop of Pavia, cardinal bishop
of Palestrina, d. 1159) St. Hildegund of Meer
(German, countess, mother of three, widow, Norbertine prioress, d. 1183) Sts. Jacut and Guethenoc (British,
brothers [sons of two saints], 5th Century) Bl. James de Azevedo of Osma
[Diego] (Spanish, Cistercian priest, bishop, d. 1207) Bl. Mary Therese of St. Joseph Bonzel of Olpe
[Maria Theresia] [baptized/confirmed Regina Christina Wilhelmina] (German, founded and led Poor Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, died at age 74 in 1905 [beatified 2013]) Sts. Mel and Melchu (British, nephews of
St. Patrick, bishops, martyred c. 490) St. Mun of Lough Ree
(British, nephew of St. Patrick, bishop of Longford, hermit, 5th Century) St. Relindis of Eyck
(French, Benedictine
abbess in Belgium, c. 750) Sts. Saturninus, Theophilus, and Revocata
(early martyrs) Sts. Silvanus, Luke, and Mucius, of
Emesa
(Phoenician [Lebanese] ... bishop, deacon, and lector ... martyred in 312) St. Theophilus of
Caesarea
(Cappadocian, lawyer, martyred by beheading c. 300) St. Vedast of Arras
(French, missionary, bishop of Arras-Cambrai, died at about age 86 c. 539) [Here
is an excerpt from a moving contemporary account of the martyrdom of St. Paul Miki and
his crucified companions -- as found in the Church's "Office of
Readings" in the Liturgy of Hours for today:] "The crosses were set in place.
Father Pasio and
Father Rodriguez took
turns encouraging the victims, whose steadfast behaviour was wonderful to see.
... Brother Martin gave thanks to God's goodness by singing psalms. Again and
again he repeated: 'Into your hands, Lord, I entrust my life.' Brother Francis Blanco also
thanked God in a loud voice. Brother Gonsalvo in a very loud voice kept saying
the Our Father and Hail Mary. "Our brother, Paul Miki, saw
himself standing now in the noblest pulpit he had ever filled. To his
'congregation' he began by proclaiming himself a Japanese
and a Jesuit. He was dying for the
Gospel he preached. He gave thanks to God for this wonderful blessing and he
ended his 'sermon' with these words: 'As I come to this supreme moment of my
life, I am sure none of you would suppose I want to deceive you. And so I tell
you plainly: there is no way to be saved except the Christian way. My religion
teaches me to pardon my enemies and all who have offended me. I do gladly
pardon the Emperor and all who have sought my death. I beg them to seek baptism
and be Christians themselves.' "Then he looked at his comrades and
began to encourage them in their final struggle. Joy glowed in all their faces,
and in Louis' most of all. When a Christian in the crowd cried out to him that
he [a 12-year-old boy] would soon be in heaven, his hands, his whole body
strained upward with such joy that every eye was fixed on him. Anthony [an
altar boy], hanging at Louis' side, looked toward heaven and called upon the
holy names - 'Jesus, Mary!' He began to sing a psalm: 'Praise the Lord, you
children!' (He learned it in catechism class in Nagasaki. They take care there
to teach the children some psalms to help them learn their catechism.) "Others kept repeating 'Jesus, Mary!'
Their faces were serene. Some of them even took to urging the people standing
by to live worthy Christian lives. In these and other ways they showed their
readiness to die. Then, according to Japanese custom, the four executioners
began to unsheathe their spears. At this dreadful sight, all the Christians
cried out, 'Jesus, Mary!' And the storm of anguished weeping then rose to batter
the very skies. The executioners killed them one by one. One thrust of the
spear, then a second blow. It was over in a very short time." St. Paul Miki and companions
[also called "Holy Martyrs of Nagasaki of 1597" and "First Martyrs of the Far East"] -- CONTINUED (mostly European and Asian, 26 missionaries and converts,
martyred side by side [mostly crucified and stabbed by spears] in 1597
[beatified 1627, canonized 1862]) [Commemorated in New Zealand on Feb. 7, because of Waitangi Day on Feb. 6] On February 7, we members of
the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way, the following friends of
God -- "saints" and "blesseds" whose souls are now in
heaven: Bl. Adalbert Nierychlewski
of Dobrowice
[Wojciech] (Polish, Michaelite priest, martyred by Nazis at Auschwitz
[Poland] at age 39 in 1942 [beatified 1999]) St. Adaucus of Antandro
(Italian, courtier in Phrygia [part of what is now Turkey], martyred in 304) Bl. Alfred Cremonesi of Ripalta
Guerina
[Alfredo] (Italian, priest of Pontifical
Institute for Foreign Missions [PIME]
in Burma, shot to death at age 47 in 1953 [beatified 2019]) St. Amulwinus of
Lobbes
(Belgian, Benedictine
abbot, bishop, c. 750) St. Anatolius of Cahors
(French, bishop) Bl. Ann Mary Botti
of Fivizzano
[Anna Maria, nee Adorni]
(Italian, widow, founded Handmaidens of
Blessed Mary Immaculate, founded Institute
of the Good Shepherd of Parma, died at age 87 in 1893 [beatified 2010]) Bl. Anselm Polanco Fontecha of
Buenavista de Valdavia
[Anselmo] and Bl. Philip Ripoll
Morata of Teruel
[Felipe] (Spanish ... Augustinian friar/bishop and diocesan priest ...
martyred [at ages 57 and 60] during Civil War in 1939 [beatified 1995]) Bl. Anthony of Stroncone
[Antonio] (Italian, Franciscan brother, died at about age 70 in 1461
[beatified 1687]) St. Augulus (French, bishop, martyred c.
303) St. Chrysolius (Armenian, missionary in
France, bishop, martyred in Belgium in 4th Century) Bl. Clare Louise Szczęsna
of Cieszki
[Klara Ludwika] (Polish, virgin, co-foundress and superior of the Congregation of the Handmaids of the Sacred
Heart of Jesus, died at age 52 in 1916 [beatified 2015]) St. Fidelis of Mérida
(Spanish, bishop, c 570) St. Giles Mary of Saint Joseph Pontillo
of Taranto
[Egidio Maria di San Giuseppe] [baptized Francesco (Francis)] (Italian, rope
maker, Franciscan
brother, porter, cared for outcasts, died at age 82 in 1812
[beatified 1888, canonized 1996]) Bl. James Salès of Lezoux
[Jacques] and Bl. William Saultemouche
of Saint-Germain-l'Herm
[Guillaume] (French ... Jesuit priest and brother ... preached
against Huguenot heresies, martyred [one shot at about age 37, one stabbed at
about age 36] in 1593 [beatified 1926]) St. Juliana of Bologna
(Italian, mother of four, widow, d. 435) St. Laurence Majoranus of
Siponto
(Italian, bishop for more than fifty years, c. 546) St. Luke Thaumaturgus of
Thessaly
["thaumaturgus" means "wonder-worker"] (Greek, hermit,
mystic, miracle-worker, c. 946) Bl. Mary of Providence Smet of
Lille
[Marie de la Providence] [baptized Eugénie] (French, founded Society of Helpers
of the Holy Souls [in Purgatory], died at age 45 in 1871 [beatified 1957]) St. Meldon of Peronne
[also called St. Mel] (Irish, hermit in France, 6th Century) [On Irish "particular calendar"] St. Moses (Arabian, hermit, bishop in
Egypt, c. 372) Bl. Nivard of Vaucelles
(French, Cistercian novice-master, brother of St. Bernard, died at about
age 50 c. 1000) Bl. Pope Pius IX Mastai
Ferretti of Senigallia
[Pio] [baptized Giovanni Maria (John Mary)] (Italian, archbishop of Spoleto,
cardinal archbishop of Imola, elected to papacy in 1846, last pope to hold
temporal power [Papal States], presided over Vatican I [ecumenical council],
reigned until death at age 85 in 1878 [beatified 2000]) St. Richard of Saxony
(British, possibly a king, father of three saints, died in Italy in 722) Bl.
Rizzerio of
Muccia
(Italian, Franciscan
priest and provincial, d. 1236 [beatified 1838]) St. Ronan of Kilmaronen
(Scottish, bishop) Bl. Rosalie Rendu of Confort
[baptized Jeanne-Marie (Joan Mary)] (French, virgin, religious sister and superior
of the Society of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul,
served the poorest people of Paris, died at age 69 in 1856 [beatified 2003]) St. Theodore Stratelates of Rome
["stratelates" is Greek for general] (Italian, military officer in
Asia Minor [now called Turkey], tortured and martyred by burning in 319) Bl. Thomas Sherwood of London
(English, draper's assistant, arrested when about to become seminarian,
tortured [racked] and martyred [drawn, hanged, quartered] at about age 26 under
Elizabeth I in 1578 [beatified 1886]) St. Tressan of Mareuil
(Irish, swineherd, parish priest in France, d. 550) On
February 8, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way,
the following friends of God -- "saints" and "blesseds"
whose souls are now in heaven: St. Jerome Emiliani of Venice
[Girolamo] (Italian, soldier, priest, founded Company of Servants of the
Poor [Somascans], believed to have written first Q&A catechism,
died at about age 55 in 1537 [beatified 1747, canonized 1767]) St. Josephine of
Oglassa
[name before baptism: Bakhita ("lucky")] [also known as Madre
Moretta] (Sudanese, kidnapped by slave-traders at age 9, purchased by an
Italian, nanny, adult convert, religious sister for 50 years [Canossian
Daughters of Charity], died at about age 78 in 1947 [beatified 1992,
canonized 2000]) St. Cointha of Alexandria (Egyptian,
virgin, scourged and martyred [dragged by horse] in 249) St. Cuthman of Steyning
(British, shepherd, hermit, miracle worker, 9th Century) Sts. Dionysus, Aemilian, and Sebastian
(Armenian, monks, martyred) St. Elfleda of Whitby (British,
princess, Benedictine
abbess, died at about age 61 in 714) Bl. Elizabeth Martinez
of Galatina
[Elisabetta] (Italian, virgin, founded Congregation
of the Daughters of Saint Mary of Leuca, died at age 85 in 1991 [beatified
2023]) St. Honoratus of
Milan
(Italian, bishop, d. 570) Bl. Isaias Boner of Krakow
(Polish, Augustinian
priest, theologian, professor of Scripture, d. 1471) St. Jacqueline de Settesoli
of Rome
[Giacobba] (Italian, noblewoman, mother of two, widow, friend of Sts. Francis
and Clare of
Assisi,
Franciscan tertiary, c. 1273) St. John de Matha of Fauçon
[Jean] (French, nobleman, hermit, theologian, priest, founder and first superior
general of Hospitaler Order of the Most Holy Trinity and of Captives [Trinitarians],
ransomed Christian prisoners of Moslems, died in Rome at age 62 in 1223
[beatified 1262, canonized 1666]) Bl. John Philip Jeningen
of Eichstätt
[Johann Philipp] (German, Jesuit priest, died at age 62 in 1704 [beatified
2022]) Bl. Josephine Gabriel Bonino
of Savigliano
[Giuseppina Gabriella] (Italian, virgin, founded Congregation of the Sisters
of the Holy Family, died at age 62 in 1906 [beatified 1995]) St. Juventius of
Pavia
(Italian? bishop, 1st Century) St. Kigwe (British, virgin, 5th Century?) Bl. Mary Hope of Jesus Alhama
y Valera of Santomera
[Maria Esperanza de Jesus] [baptized/confirmed Maria Josefa] (Spanish, virgin,
mystic, founded Servants of Divine Love,
founded Sons of Divine Love, died in
Italy at age 89 in 1983 [beatified 2014]) St. Meingold of Huy
(Belgian, nobleman, d. 892) Bl. Mlada of Prague
(Czech, Benedictine
abbess, d. 994) St. Nicetius of
Besançon
(French, bishop, d. 611) St. Oncho of Clonmore
(Irish, poet, c. 600) Sts. Paul, Lucius, and Cyriacus, of Rome (Italian,
early martyrs) St. Paul of Verdun (German? Benedictine monk, hermit, bishop in France, c.
649) Holy Martyrs of Persia (6th Century) St. Peter "Igneus" Aldobrandini
of Florence
[Pietro] [igneus means fiery] (Italian, Benedictine monk, cardinal archbishop of Albano,
papal legate, c. 1089) St. Stephen of Thiers
[Etienne] [also known as Stephen of Muret and of
Grandmont]
(French, permanent deacon, Benedictine abbot, died at about age 76 in 1124
[canonized 1189]) St. Stephen Theodore Cuénot
of Beaulieu
[Etienne-Théodore] (French, missionary bishop, martyred [dysentery or poison in
prison] in Vietnam at about age 59 in 1861 [beatified 1909, canonized 1988]) On
February 9, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way,
the following friends of God -- "saints" and "blesseds"
whose souls are now in heaven: Bl. Alvarez of Cordova
(Spanish, Dominican
friar, c. 1430 [beatified 1741]) [commemorated by some on the
19th] St.
Alexander and 38 companions, of Rome (Italian, early martyrs) St. Alto of Altomünster
(Irish, Benedictine
hermit, abbot in Germany, c. 760) Sts. Ammon, Emilian, Lassa, and 41
companions, of
Membressa
(North African, early martyrs) Sts. Ammonius and Alexander (Cypriot,
early martyrs) Bl. Anne Catherine Emmerich
of Flamsche
[Anna Katharina Emmerick]
(German, farmgirl, seamstress, housekeeper, bedridden mystic, stigmatist,
dictated many private revelations allegedly received concerning Jesus and Mary,
survived on Holy Communion alone for years, died at age 49 in 1824 [beatified
2004]) St. Ansbert of Fontenelle
(French, king's chancellor, Benedictine abbot, bishop of Rouen, d. 695) Sts. Apollonia, Metras, Quinta, and Serapion,
of
Alexandria
(Egyptian, virgin and companions, martyred by burning in 249) St. Brachio (Italian?,
hunter, hermit, d. 576) St. Cuaran the Wise of Iona
(Irish, bishop, c. 700) St. Eingan of Llanengan
(British, prince, hermit in Wales, c. 590) Bl. Erizzo of Florence
(Italian, Benedictine
abbot, d. 1094 [beatified 1600]) Bl. Eusebia Palomino Yenes of
Cantalpino
(Spanish, religious sister of the Daughters of Mary, Help of Christians,
died at age 35 in 1935 [beatified 2004]) Bl. James Abbondo of Salomino
[Giacomo] (Italian, priest, died at age 67 in 1788 [beatified 2016]) Bl. Leopold Sánchez Márquez of
Alpandeire
[Leopoldo] [baptized Francisco Tomás (Francis Thomas)] (Spanish, Capuchin brother, died at age 89 in 1956 [beatified
2010]) Bl. Marianus "Scotus" MacRobartaigh
of Donegal
[baptized Muirdach] (Irish, expert calligrapher, Benedictine abbot in Germany, d. 1088) St. Michael Febres Cordero Munoz of
Cuenca
[Miguel] (Ecuadoran, member of Christian Brothers, teacher, author,
translator in Europe, died in Spain at age 55 [pneumonia] in 1910 [beatified
1977, canonized 1984] [incorruptible]) St. Nebridius of
Egara
(Spanish, bishop, d. 527) St. Nicephorus of
Antioch
(Syrian, martyred by the sword in 260) Sts. Primus and Donatus, of
Lavallum
(Northwest African, deacons, martyred by heretics in 362) St. Raynald of Nocera
(German born in Italy, nobleman, Benedictine monk, bishop, d. 1225) St. Romanus the Wonder-worker (Syrian,
hermit, 5th Century) St. Sabinus of Canosa
(Italian, bishop, papal ambassador, d. 556) St. Teilo of Llandaff
(British, bishop in Wales, c. 580) [On Welsh "particular calendar"] [From
St. Miguel of
Ecuador:] "The heart is rich when it is content,
and it is always content when its desires are set upon God." --------------------------------------------------- On
February 10, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way,
the following friends of God -- "saints" and "blesseds"
whose souls are now in heaven: St. Scholastica of
Nursia
(Italian, twin sister of St. Benedict, first Benedictine nun, died at about age 63 c. 543) Bl. Aloysius Victor Stepinac
of Zagreb
[Alojzije Viktor] (Croatian, soldier, cardinal archbishop, defended human
rights against Nazis and Communists, imprisoned for five years, died [possibly
murdered by poisoning] at age 61 in 1960 [beatified 1998]) Sts. Andrew and Aponius, of
Bethlehem
(Israelite, martyred during persecution [Acts 12] in 1st Century) St. Austreberta of
Pavilly
(French, Benedictine
abbess, miracle-worker, visionary died at about age 74 in 704) St. Baldegundis of
Poitiers
(French, abbess, c. 580) Bl. Clare Agolanti of Rimini
[Chiara] (Italian, noblewoman, Franciscan tertiary, widow, died at about age 61
in 1344 [beatified 1784]) St. Desideratus of
Clermont
(French, bishop, 6th Century) St. Erluph of Werden
(Irish, missionary bishop in Germany, martyred by pagans in 830) Bl. Eusebius of
Murano
[Eusebio] (Spanish, ambassador, Camaldolese monk on Venetian island, d. 1501) Bl. Hugh of Fosse
(Belgian, Norbertine
priest and superior general, died at about age 71 in 1164
[beatified 1927]) St. Joseph Louis Sánchez
del Río of Sahuayo [José Luis] (Mexican,
student, flagbearer of rebel "Cristeros," tortured and martyred
[shot] by anti-religious government at age 14 in 1928 [beatified 2005, canonized 2016]) Bl. Paganus (Sicilian, Benedictine monk, hermit, d. 1423) St. Prothadius of
Besançon
(French, bishop, d. 624) St. Salvius of Albelda
(Spanish, Benedictine
abbot, d. 962) St. Silvanus of
Terracina
(Italian, bishop) St. Soteris of Rome
(Italian, noblewoman, virgin, tortured and martyred [beheaded] in 304) St. Trumwin of Whitby
(British, Benedictine
monk, bishop to the Picts, c. 700) St. William of Maleval
[Guillaume] (French, soldier, Benedictine hermit in Italy, d. 1157 [canonized
1202]) Sts. Zoticus, Irenaeus, Hyacinth,
Amantius, and six companions (soldiers, martyred in Rome in 120) [In Malta, Feb. 10 is observed as a Feast honoring St. Paul's giving "birth" to the Catholic Church there.] --------------------------------------------------- On
February 11, we members of the Catholic Church family celebrate the memorial of
Our Lady of Lourdes. We
also honor, in a special way, the following friends of God --
"saints" and "blesseds" whose souls are now in heaven: St. Adolph of Osnabrück
[Adolf] (German, count, Cistercian monk, bishop, died at about age 39 in
1224) St. Ardanus of Tournus
(French, Benedictine
abbot, d. 1058) St. Benedict of
Aniane
(French, courtier, Benedictine abbot in Germany, died at about age 70
in 821) St. Caedmon of Whitby
(British, cowherd, Benedictine brother, singer of sacred poetry, d.
670) St. Calocerus of
Ravenna
(Italian, bishop, c. 130) St. Castrensis of
Capua
(Italian, bishop, 5th Century) St. Desiderius (French, bishop, early martyr) Bl. Elizabeth Salviati
of Boldrone
[Elisabetta] (Italian, Camaldolese abbess, d. 1519) St. Gobnata of Ballyvourney [also called St. Gobnait] (Irish, abbess, 6th Century?) [On Irish "particular calendar"] Pope St. Gregory II of Rome
(Italian, Vatican librarian under four popes, elected to papacy in 715, reigned
until death in 731) Bl. Heloise of Coulombs
(French, Benedictine
hermitess, c. 1065) St. Jonas of Demeskenyanos
(Egyptian, monk, gardener for 84 years, 4th Century) St. Lazarus of Milan
(Italian, archbishop, d. 450) St. Lucius and companions, of
Adrianople
(from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], bishop and disciples in France, martyred
[died in prison or beheaded by Arian heretics] in 350) Pope St. Paschal I of Rome
(Italian, Benedictine
abbot, elected to papacy in 817, fought iconoclasm, reigned until
death in 824) Sts. Saturninus the elder, Saturninus the
younger, Felix, Mary, Hilarianus, Dativus, Felix, Thelica, Emeritus, Ampelius,
Rogatus, Victoria, and 37 companions, of Abitina (Numidian
[from what is now Algeria] ... priest, his four children, two senators, and
disciples ... guarded holy scriptures from burning by pagans ... tortured and
martyred [racked, torn with iron hooks, beaten with cudgels] in 304) St. Severinus of
Agaunum
(French, abbot, c. 507) St. Theodora of
Constantinople
(Turkish, empress, d. 867) On
February 12, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way,
the following friends of God -- "saints" and "blesseds"
whose souls are now in heaven: St. Anthony Kauleas of
Constantinople
(Turkish, nobleman, abbot, patriarch [bishop], died at about age 72 in 901) St. Benedict Revelli
of Albenga
(Italian, Benedictine
hermit, bishop, c. 900) Bl. Charles Meehan
(Irish, Franciscan
priest shipwrecked on Welsh coast, martyred at about age 39 under
Charles II in 1679 [beatified 1987]) St. Damian of Alexandria
(Egyptian, soldier, early martyr) St. Damian of Rome
(Italian, early martyr) St. Ethelwald of
Northumbria
(British, leather worker, Benedictine abbot in Scotland, bishop of
Lindisfarne, c. 740) St. Eulalia of Barcelona
(Spanish, virgin, tortured and martyred by crucifixion at about age 14 in 304) St. Gaudentius of
Verona
(Italian, bishop, c. 465) Bl. George Haydock of Cottam Hall
(English, priest, martyred at about age 27 under Elizabeth I in 1584 [beatified
1987]) St. Goscelinus of
Turin
[Goscelino] (Italian, Benedictine abbot, d. 1153) Bl. Humbeline de Fontaine of
Jully
[Hombeline] (French, Benedictine
abbess, sister of St. Bernard and Bl. Gerard of Clairvaux, died at about age 45 in 1136)
Bl. James Fenn of Montacute, Bl.
John Nutter
of Lancastershire,
Bl. John Munden
of Coltley,
and Bl. Thomas Hemerford
of Dorsetshire
(English, priests, martyred [drawn, hanged, quartered] under Elizabeth I in
1584 [beatified 1929]) [Fenn died at about age 44, Munden at about 41.] St. Ludan of Alsace
(French, pilgrim to Jerusalem, c. 1202) St. Marina of Bithynia (from
Asia Minor [Turkish], virgin) St. Meletius of
Melitene
(Armenian, bishop of Sebastea, archbishop of Antioch in Syria, died in Asia
Minor in 381) St. Modestus of
Sardinia
(Italian, deacon, martyred c. 304) Sts. Modestus and Ammonius, of
Alexandria
(Egyptian, early martyrs) Sts. Modestus of
Carthage
and Julian of
Alexandria
(North African, early martyrs) St. Nicholas Saggio
of Longobardi
[Niccola] (Italian, Minim brother, died at age 60 in 1709 [beatified
1786, canonized 2014]) Bl. Robert Middleton of York
(English, Jesuit
priest, martyred at about age 31 under Elizabeth I in 1601
[beatified 1987]) St. Sedulius of
Athens
["The Christian Virgil"] (Irish, epic poet ["Carmen
Paschale"] in Greece, 5th Century) Bl. Stephen Rowsham of Oxfordshire
(English, priest, martyred [drawn, hanged, and quartered] at about age 35 under
Elizabeth I in 1587 [beatified 1987]) Bl. Thomas Belson of Brill
(English, layman, martyred at about age 24 under Elizabeth I in 1589 [beatified
1987]) Bl. Thomas Hunt of Norfolk
[alias Benstead]
(English, priest, martyred [drawn, hanged, and quartered] at about age 26 under
Elizabeth I in 1600 [beatified 1987]) Bl. Thurstan Hunt of
Carleton Hall
(English, priest, martyred at about age 46 under Elizabeth I in 1601 [beatified
1987]) Bl. William Lampley of Gloucester
(English, layman, martyred under Elizabeth I in 1588 [beatified 1987]) Bl. William Pike of Dorset
(English, layman, martyred [drawn, hanged, and quartered] under Elizabeth I in
1591 [beatified 1987]) On
February 13, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way,
the following friends of God -- "saints" and "blesseds"
whose souls are now in heaven: St. Agabus of Jerusalem
(Israelite, prophet [Acts 11 and 21], martyred in Syria in 1st Century) St. Aimo of Meda
(Italian, c. 790) Bl. Archangela Girlani
of Trino
[baptized Eleanora] (Italian, Carmelite prioress, mystic, died at about age 34
in 1495 [beatified 1864]) St. Benignus of Todi
(Italian, priest, martyred c. 303) St. Castor (German, monk, d. 389) St. Catherine dei
Ricci of Florence
[Caterina] [baptized Alessandrina Lucrezia (Alexandrina Lucretia)] (Italian, Dominican prioress,
mystic, stigmatist, died at age 67 in 1590 [beatified 1732, canonized 1746])
[commemorated by some on February 2] Bl. Christine Camozzi
of Spoleto
[Cristina] (Italian, dissolute youth, penitent, died in 1458 at age 23
[beatified 1834]) St. Dyfnog (Welsh, 7th Century) St. Ermengild of Ely
(British, princess, mother of two, widow, Benedictine abbess, d. 703) Bl. Eustochium Bellini
of Padua
[baptized Lucrezia (Lucretia)] (Italian, Benedictine nun, died at about age 25 in 1469) St. Francis Mary Lantrua
of Molini di Triora
[Francesco Maria] [baptized Giovanni (John)] (Italian, Franciscan missionary friar, martyred by
strangling in China at age 56 in 1816 [beatified 1900, canonized 2000]) [commemorated by some on February 7]
St. Fulcran of Lodeve
(French, bishop for more than 50 years, d. 1006) Sts. Fusca and Maura, of
Ravenna
(Italian, 15-year-old girl and her nurse, martyred c. 250) St. Gilbert of Meaux
(French, bishop, d. 1009) St. Gosbert of Osnabruck
(German, Benedictine
monk, bishop, c. 859) St. Huna of Ely (British,
Benedictine
priest, hermit, c. 690) St. Julian of Lyons
(French, early martyr) Bl. Leo William Miller of
Stevens Point
[baptized and confirmed James Alfred] (American [from Wisconsin], religious of
the Brothers of the Christian Schools,
missionary in Guatemala, martyred [shot] at age 37 in 1982 [beatified 2019]) St. Licinius of
Angers
(French, courtier, bishop, c. 618) St. Martinian of
Caesarea
(Palestinian, hermit, miracle worker, died in Greece at about age 48 c. 400) St. Modomnoc O'Neil
of Ossory
(Irish, beekeeper, monk, bishop, c. 550) St. Paul Liu
Han-zuo of
Lezi
(Chinese, priest, martyred at age 41 in 1819 [beatified 1900, canonized 2000]) St. Paul Le Van
Loc of
An-nhon
(Vietnamese, priest, martyred by beheading at about age 29 in 1859 [beatified
1909, canonized 1988]) St. Polyeuctus of
Melitene
(Roman? military officer, tortured and martyred by beheading in Armenia c. 250) St. Stephen of Lyons
(French, bishop, d. 512) St. Stephen of Rieti
(Italian, abbot, c. 590) On
February 14, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way,
the following friends of God -- "saints" and "blesseds"
whose souls are now in heaven: Sts. Cyril and Methodius, of
Thessalonika
[baptized Constantin and Methodios] ["Apostles to the Slavs"] (Greek,
noblemen, biological brothers, monk-priest and bishop of Sirmium, developers of
Cyrillic alphabet [used in Russia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Serbia], died
[respectively] in Rome and Moravia in 869 and 885) [St. Cyril died at about age
41, St. Methodius at about 58.] Bl. Angel of Gualdo
[Angelo] (Italian, Camaldolese hermit brother, died at about age 59
in 1325 [beatified 1825]) St. Antoninus of
Sorrento
(Italian, hermit, Benedictine abbot, d. 830) St. Auxentius of
Bithynia
(Syrian, hermit, died in Asia Minor [now called Turkey] in 473) Sts. Bassus, Anthony, and Protolicus, of
Alexandria
(Egyptian, martyred by drowning) St. Conran (bishop, 7th Century?) Sts. Cyrion, Bassian, Agatho, and Moses, of
Alexandria
(Egyptian ... priest, lector, exorcist, layman ... early martyrs [burned]) Sts. Dionysius and Ammonius, of
Alexandria
(Egyptian, martyred by beheading) St. Eleuchadius of
Ravenna
(Greek, bishop in Italy, d. 112) St. John Baptist of the Conception Garcia
of Almodovar
[Juan Bautista de la Concepcion] (Spanish, Discalced Trinitarian superior,
died at about age 52 in 1613 [beatified 1819, canonized 1975]) St. Lienne of Poitiers
(French, friend of St. Hilary, 4th Century) St. Maro of Beit-Marun
[also called Maron] (Syrian, hermit priest, healer, abbot, friend of St. John Chrysostom, c. 435) Bl. Nicholas Paglia
of Giovinazzo
[Niccola] (Italian, nobleman, Dominican prior, great preacher, miracle-worker,
died at about age 58 in 1255 [beatified 1828]) St. Nostrianus of
Naples
(Italian, bishop, c. 450) St. Paulien (French, bishop, d. 660) Sts. Proculus of
Terni,
Ephebus, and Apollonius (Italian, bishop and others, martyred by beheading in
273) St. Theodosius of Vaison (French, bishop,
d. 554) St. Valentine of Rome
(Italian, physician, priest [possibly bishop], martyred [beaten and beheaded]
c. 269) Bl. Vincent of Siena
[Vincenzo] (Italian, Franciscan friar, companion of St. Bernardine, d.
1442) Bl. Vincent Vilar David of Manises
[Vicente] (Spanish, layman, martyred during Civil War at about age 47 in 1937
[beatified 1995]) Sts. Vitalis, Felicula, and Zeno, of Rome
(Italian, early martyrs) --------------------------------------------------- On
February 15, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way,
the following friends of God -- "saints" and "blesseds"
whose souls are now in heaven: St. Agape of Terni
(Italian, virgin, martyred c. 273) Bl. Angel Scarpetti of Borgo San
Sepolcro
[Angelo] (Italian, Augustinian friar, miracle-worker, c. 1306
[beatified 1921]) St. Berach of Cluain
(Irish, abbot, d. 595) St. Claude de la Colombiere of
Grenoble
(French, Jesuit priest, chaplain
to Duchess of York in England until banished, spiritual director of St.
Margaret Mary Alacoque, died at age 41 in 1682 [beatified 1929, canonized
1992]) St. Conrad of Clairvaux
(Bavarian, son of a duke, Cistercian monk in France, died at about age 49
c. 1154 [canonized 1832]) St. Craton and companions, of Rome (philosopher/
teacher and family, martyred c. 273) St. Decorosus of
Capua
(Italian, bishop, d. 695) St. Dochow of Cornwall
(Welsh) St. Druthmar of
Lorsch
(German, Benedictine
abbot, d. 1046) St. Eusebius of
Aschia
(Syrian, hermit, 5th Century) St. Euseus of Serravalle
(Italian, cobbler, hermit, 14th Century) St. Farannan (Irish, abbot, hermit, c.
590) Sts. Faustinus and Jovita, of
Lombardy
(Italian, noblemen, biological brothers, preachers, tortured and martyred by beheading
c. 121) St. Faustus of Glanfeuil
(Italian, Benedictine
monk in France, 6th Century) Blessed Franciscan Martyrs of Prague [also
known as "Bl. Frederick Bachstein and Companions"]
(Italian, German, Czech, Spanish, French, and Dutch ... fourteen Franciscan friars, missionaries to heretics in Bohemia,
martyred [tortured to death by protestants] in 1611 [beatified 2012]) -----
Bl. Anthony [Antonin] (Czech, novice) -----
Bl. Bartholomew Dalmasoni
of Ponte San Pietro
[Bartolomeo] (Italian, priest) -----
Bl. Caspar Daverio
of Bosto
[Gaspare] (Italian, brother, died at about age 27) -----
Bl. Christopher [Christoffel] (Dutch, brother, died at about age 70) -----
Bl. Clement [Klemens] (German, novice, died at about age 21) -----
Bl. Didacus Jan
[DIdak] (German, brother) -----
Bl. Emmanuel (Czech, brother, died at about age 30) -----
Bl. Frederick Bachstein
of Pena
[Bedřich] (Czech, priest, died at about age 50) -----
Bl. Jacob of
Augsburg
[Jakob] (German, brother, died at about age 21) -----
Bl. Jerome Degli
Arese of Milan
[Girolamo] (Italian, brother, died at about age 24) -----
Bl. John [Jan] (Czech, novice) -----
Bl. John Bodeo
of Mompiano
[Giovanni] (Italian, brother, died at about age 30) -----
Bl. John Martínez [Juan]
(Spanish, priest, died at about age 40) -----
Bl. Simon (French, priest, died at about age 30) St. Georgia of Clermont
(French, nun, hermitess, c. 500) Bl. Jordan of Saxony
(German, nobleman, succeeded St. Dominic as master general of Dominicans,
eloquent preacher, died at about age 47 in 1237 [beatified 1825]) St. Joseph of Antioch
(Syrian, deacon, early martyr) Bl. Julia della Rena of Certaldo
[Giulia] (Italian, domestic servant, Augustinian tertiary, hermitess, died at about age
47 in 1367 [beatified 1819]) Bl. Michael Sopocko of Nowosady [Michal] (Polish [from what is now Lithuania], diocesan priest, military chaplain, theologian,
spiritual director of St. Faustina Kowalska,
promoted devotion to Divine Mercy for decades, died at age 86 in 1975
[beatified 2008]) St. Quinidius of Aix
(French, hermit, bishop of Vaison, c. 579) Sts. Saturninus, Castulus, Magnus, and
Lucius (Italian, disciples of St. Valentine, martyred in 273) St. Severus of Androcca
(Italian, parish priest, miracle worker, c. 530) St. Sigfrid of Växjö
["Apostle of Sweden"] (British?, Benedictine monk, evangelized Scandinavia, bishop in
Sweden, c. 1045) St. Tanco of Werden
(Irish, Benedictine
abbot in Germany, bishop, martyred by pagans in 808) St. Walfrid della Gheradesca of Pisa
[Galfrido] (Italian, father of six, Benedictine abbot, c. 765 [canonized 1861]) Sts. Winaman, Unaman, and Sunaman, of
Växjö
(British? nephews of St. Sigfrid [see above], Benedictine monks, missionaries in Sweden,
martyred by beheading c. 1040) On
February 16, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way,
the following friends of God -- "saints" and "blesseds"
whose souls are now in heaven: St. Aganus of Airola
(Italian, Benedictine
abbot, died at about age 50 in 1100) Bl. Bernard Scammacca of Catania
[Bernardo] (Sicilian, Dominican priest, prophet, mystic, died at about
age 57 c. 1487 [beatified 1825]) Sts. Elias, Jeremy, Isaias, Samuel, and
Daniel (Egyptian, tortured and martyred by beheading in Palestine in 309) St. Faustinus of
Brescia
(Italian, bishop, d. 381) St. Gilbert of Sempringham
(English, priest, founder of Order of Sempringham [only specifically
English order -- now called "Gilbertines"] for men and women,
died at about age 105 in 1189 [canonized 1202]) St. Honestus of
Nimes
(French, priest in Spain, martyred in 270) Bl. Joseph Allamano of Castelnuovo
d'Asti
[Giuseppe] (Italian, priest, founded Consolata Society for Foreign Missions,
died at age 75 in 1926 [beatified 1990]) St. Julian and companions (Egyptian, early
martyrs) St. Juliana of Nicomedia (from
Asia Minor [now called Turkey], virgin, martyred [burned, boiled in oil, and
beheaded] in Italy in 305) Bl. Mariano Arciero of Contursi
Terme
(Italian, parish priest, spiritual director at seminary, died at age 80 in 1788
[beatified 2012]) St. Onesimus of
Colossae
(from Asia Minor, runaway then freed slave of Sts. Philemon and Apphia [see
Pauline epistle to Philemon], possibly martyred by stoning in Spain c. 90) Bl. Philippa Mareri
of Cicoli
(Italian, hermitess, Poor Clare abbess, died
when under age 50 in 1236 [beatified 1806]) Sts. Porphyrius and Seleucius, of
Caesarea
(Palestinian, martyred [Porphyrius torn by hooks, disemboweled, and burned --
and Seleucius beheaded] in 309) --------------------------------------------------- On
February 17, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way,
the following friends of God -- "saints" and "blesseds"
whose souls are now in heaven: Seven Holy Founders of the Order of
Servites (Italian, wealthy city councilors, founded the Servants of Mary [Servites], became six priests and one brother, died between c. 1261 and
1310 [canonized 1887]) St. Benedict of
Cagliari
[Benedetto] (Italian, Benedictine monk, bishop of Dolia on Sardinia, c.
1112) St. Constabilis of
Lucania
(Italian, Benedictine
abbot, died at about age 64 in 1124 [canonized 1893]) Sts. Donatus, Secundian, Romulus, and 86
companions, of
Porto Gruaro
(Italian, martyred in 304) Bl. Elizabeth Sanna
Porcu of Codrongianos
[Elisabetta] (Italian, widow, Franciscan
tertiary, died at age 68 in 1857
[beatified 2016]) St. Evermod of Ratzeburg
(German, Norbertine
abbot, bishop, died at about age 78 in 1178) St. Faustinus and 44 companions, of Rome
(Italian, early martyrs) St. Finan of Iona
(Irish, monk, missionary, bishop in England, d. 661) St. Fintan of Clonenagh (Irish,
hermit, abbot, d. 603) [On Irish "particular calendar"] St. Fortchern of Trim (Irish, bishop,
hermit, 6th Century) St. Francis Regis Clet of
Grenoble
[Francois-Regis] (French, Vincentian
missionary priest for 30 years, tortured and martyred by strangling in
China at age 72 in 1820 [beatified 1900, canonized 2000]) Bl. Frowin of Bellevaux
(French, Cistercian
abbot, d. 1165) St. Guevrock of
Loc-Kirec
(British, abbot, 6th Century) St.
Habet-Deus of
Luna
(Italian, bishop, martyred c. 500) St. Loman of Trim
(British, bishop in Ireland, c. 450) Bl. Luke Belludi of Padua
[Luca] (Italian, Franciscan friar, died at about age 85 c. 1285
[beatified 1927]) St. Polychronius of Babylon (Mesopotamian [from part of what is
now Iraq], bishop, martyred in 250?) St. Silvin of Auchy
(French, Benedictine
monk, missionary bishop for 40 years, c. 717) Sts. Theodulus of
Caesarea
and Julian of
Cappadocia
(from Palestine and Asia Minor [Turkish], old man and catechumen, martyred
[crucified, burned] in 308) Bl. William Richardson
(Welsh, priest, martyred [drawn, hanged, and quartered] in England under
Elizabeth I in 1603 [beatified 1929]) On
February 18, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way,
the following friends of God -- "saints" and "blesseds"
whose souls are now in heaven: St. Agatha Lin Zao of
Ma-Tchang
(Chinese, virgin, school teacher, catechist, martyred [beheaded] at age 41 in
1858 [beatified 1909, canonized 2000]) St. Agnes Le Thi
Thanh of
Bai-Den
(Vietnamese, mother of six, martyred [died in prison] in 1841 [beatified 1909,
canonized 1988]) St.
Andrew Nguyen Kim
Thong of
Go Thi
(Vietnamese, village mayor, catechist, exiled, martyred [dehydration, exposure,
exhaustion on forced march] at about age 65 in 1855 [beatified 1909, canonized
1988]) St. Angilbert of
Centula
(French, son-in-law of Charlemagne, Benedictine abbot, d. 814) Bl. Anthony Leszczewicz of
Abramowszczyzna
[Antoni] (Polish, Marianist priest, martyred by Nazis [burned to
death] at Rosica [Poland] at age 52 in 1943 [beatified 1999]) St. Charalampias and five companions, of
Magnesia
(from Asia Minor [now called Turkey] ... priest, two soldiers, three women ...
martyred in 203) Sts. Claudius, Praepedigna, Alexander, Cutias, and Maximus, of Ostia
(Italian, husband, wife, sons, and brother, martyred [burned] c. 304) St. Colman of Connaught
(Irish, bishop of Lindisfarne, died at about age 70 in 676) Sts. Constance, Attica, and Artemia, of Rome
(virgins, c. 354) St. Flavian of Constantinople (from
Asia Minor [Turkish], patriarch [bishop], d. 449) St. Gertrude Comensoli
of Biennio
[Geltrude] [baptized Catarina (Catherine)] (Italian, founded Institute of
the Sisters of the Most Holy Sacrament, died at age 46 in 1903 [beatified
1989, canonized 2009]) St. Helladius of
Toledo
(Spanish, court minister, abbot, archbishop, d. 632) Sts. John Chen
Xian-heng of Cheng-du, John
Zhang
Tian-shen of
Jia-shan-long,
and Martin Wu
Xue-Sheng of
Chu-chang-bo
(Chinese, catechists, martyred at ages 42, 57, and 45 in 1862 [beatified 1909,
canonized 2000]) St. John Peter Neel of
Sainte-Catherine-sur-Riverie [Jean-Pierre] (French, priest of the Paris
Foreign Missions Society in China, martyred by beheading at age 30 in 1862
[beatified 1909, canonized 2000]) Bl. John Pibush of Thirsk
(English, priest, martyred [hanged] at about age 34 under Elizabeth I in 1601
[beatified 1929]) Sts. Leo and Paregorius, of
Patara (from
Asia Minor [Turkish], martyred c. 260) Sts. Lucius, Silvanus, Tutilus, Classicus,
Secundinus, Fructuosus, and Maximus (African, early martyrs) St. Simeon of Jerusalem
(Israelite, possibly a kinsman of Jesus, bishop, tortured and martyred by
crucifixion c. 107) St. Theotonius of
Coimbra
[Teotonio] (Spanish, parish priest, Augustinian abbot in Portugal, died at about age
80 in 1166) Bl. William Harrington of Mount St.
John
(English, priest, martyred [drawn, hanged, quartered] at about age 27 under
Elizabeth I in 1594 [beatified 1929]) On
February 19, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way,
the following friends of God -- "saints" and "blesseds"
whose souls are now in heaven: St. Auxibius of Soli
(Cypriot, bishop, 1st Century) St. Barbatus of
Benevento
(Italian, bishop, died at about age 71 in 682) St. Beatus of Libana
(Spanish, Benedictine
monk, d. 789) St. Belina of Troyes (French,
peasant, virgin, martyred defending her chastity in 1135 [canonized 1203]) St. Boniface of
Brussels
(Belgian, university lecturer, bishop of Lausanne in Switzerland, chaplain to
nuns, d. 1265 [canonized 1702]) St. Conrad Confalonieri of Piacenza
[Corrado] (Italian, Franciscan tertiary, hermit, died at about age 60
c. 1350 [canonized 1625]) St. Gabinus of Rome
(Italian, nobleman, brother of a pope, father of a saint, priest, martyred by
starvation c. 295) Bl. George Kaszyra of Aleksandrowo
[Jerzy] (Polish, Marianist priest, martyred by Nazis [burned to
death] at Rosica [Poland] at age 38 in 1943 [beatified 1999]) St. George of Lodove
(Spanish, Benedictine
monk in France, bishop, c. 884) Bl. John Sullivan of Dublin
(Irish, Jesuit priest, died at age 71 in 1933 [beatified
2017]) Bl. Joseph Zaplata of Jerka
[Jozef] (Polish, member of Congregation of Christian Brothers, martyred
by Nazis at Dachau [Germany] at age 40 in 1945 [beatified 1999]) St. Lucy Yi
Zhen-mei of
Mianyang
(Chinese, virgin, school teacher, catechist, martyred at age 46 in 1862 [beatified
1909, canonized 2000]) St. Mansuetus of
Milan
(Italian, bishop, fought Monothelite heresy, c. 690) St. Mesrob the Teacher, of
Taron
(Armenian, civil servant, hermit, priest, missionary in Georgia, developed
written Armenian alphabet, translated New Testament, died at about age 94 in
439) St. Odran (Irish, chariot driver for St.
Patrick, martyred c. 452) Holy Martyrs of Palestine (Palestinian,
hermits, martyred c. 509) Sts. Publius, Julian, Marcellus, and
companions (African, early martyrs) St. Valerius of
Antibes
(French, bishop, c. 450) St. Zambdas of Jerusalem
(Palestinian, bishop, c. 304) On
February 20, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way,
the following friends of God -- "saints" and "blesseds"
whose souls are now in heaven: St. Amata of Assisi
(Italian, niece of St. Clare, Poor Clare nun,
c. 1250) St. Bolcan of Derken
(French? bishop in Ireland, c. 480) St. Colgan of Clonmacnoise
(Scottish, abbot in France, c. 796) St. Eleutherius of
Byzantium
(from Asia Minor [Turkish], bishop, martyred c. 310) St. Eleutherius of
Tournai
(French, bishop, martyred by Arian heretics at about age 76 in 532) Bl.
Elizabeth Bartholomea Picenardi
of Mantua
[Elisabetta Bartolomea] (Italian, virgin, Servite tertiary, died at about age 40 in 1468
[beatified 1804]) St. Eucherius of
Orleans
(French, Benedictine
monk, bishop, d. 743) St. Falco of Maastricht
(Dutch, bishop, d. 512) St. Francis Marto
[Francisco] and St. Hyacinth Marto [Jacinta], of
Aljustrel
(Portuguese, brother and sister, reported visions of Our Lady at Fatima in 1917,
died [at ages 10 and 9 (Spanish flu)] in 1919 and 1920 [beatified 2000, canonized 2017]) Bl. Julia Rodzinska of Nawojowa
[baptized Stanislawa] (Polish, Dominican sister, martyred by Nazis at Stutthof
[Germany] at age 45 in 1945 [beatified 1999]) St. Leo of Ravenna
(Italian, bishop of Catania, died at about age 83 in 787) Bl. Peter of Treja
[Pietro] (Italian, Franciscan friar, preacher, d. 1304 [beatified 1793]) Sts. Pothmius and Nemesius, of
Alexandria
(Cypriot, early martyrs) St. Sadoth and eight companions, of
Seleucia-Ctesiphon
(Persian, bishop and disciples, tortured [racked] and martyred by beheading c.
342) Bl. Thomas Pormont [or Portmore] of
Little Limber
(English, priest, martyred at about age 22 under Elizabeth I in 1592 [beatified
1987]) Sts. Tyrannio of Tyre, Zenobius of
Sidon,
Silvanus of
Emesa,
Peleus, and Nilus (Phoenician [Lebanese] and Egyptian ... bishop,
priest/physician, bishop, and disciples ... martyred c. 310) St. Valerius of
Conserans
(French, bishop) St. Wulfric of Haselbury
(English, hermit priest, prophet, counselor to kings, copyist/binder, d. 1154) On
February 21, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way,
the following friends of God -- "saints" and "blesseds"
whose souls are now in heaven: St. Peter Damian of
Ravenna
[Pietro Damiani] (Italian, swineherd, teacher, writer, Benedictine monk, bishop, cardinal bishop of
Ostia, Doctor of the Church, died at about age 65 in 1072 [canonized 1823]) Sts. Daniel and Verda (Persian ... priest
and virgin ... martyred in 344) St. Felix of Metz
(French, bishop, 2nd Century) St. George of Amastris
(Armenian, hermit, monk, bishop, c. 825) Sts. Germanus and Randoald of
Trier
(German, Benedictine
abbot and prior, martyred by the sword c. 677) St. Gundebert of Sens
(French, bishop, Benedictine hermit, c. 676) St. Irene of Rome (Italian, sister of Pope
St. Damasus) St. Maximian of Pola
(Italian, bishop of Ravenna, died at about age 56 in 556) Bl. Nicholas of
Vangadizza
[Niccola] (Italian, Camaldolese priest, c. 1210) Bl. Noel Pinot of
Angers
(French, priest, martyred by the revolutionaries' guillotine [while vested for
Mass] at age 46 in 1794 [beatified 1926]) St. Paterius of
Brescia
(Roman, monk, bishop, d. 606) Bl. Pepin of Landen
(French, duke, minister to three kings, c. 646) St. Peter of Majuma
(Palestinian, scribe, martyred by Moslem sheik in 743) St. Robert Southwell of Horsham
Saint Faith's
(English, Jesuit
priest, horribly tortured and martyred [hanged] under Elizabeth I
at about age 33 in 1595 [beatified 1929, canonized 1970]) St. Severian of
Scythopolis
(Palestinian, bishop, martyred by Eutychian heretics
c. 452) Holy Martyrs of Sicily (seventy-nine Christians martyred c. 304) St. Valerius of
Astorga
(Spanish, Benedictine
abbot, d. 695) Sts. Verulus, Secundinus, Siricius, Felix,
Servulus, Saturninus, Fortunatus, and nineteen companions, of
Hadrumetum (North
African, martyred c. 434) --------------------------------------------------- On
February 22, we members of the Catholic Church family celebrate the Feast of
the Chair of St. Peter the Apostle. We
also honor, in a special way, the following friends of God --
"saints" and "blesseds" whose souls are now in heaven: St. Abilius of Alexandria
(Egyptian, patriarch [bishop], c. 98) Bl. Angel Portasole of Perugia
[Angelo] (Italian, Dominican friar, bishop of Iglesias, d. 1334) Holy Martyrs of Arabia (Arabian/Jordanian,
early martyrs) St. Aristion of
Salamis
(Israelite, one of the 72 disciples of Jesus, missionary to Cyprus, martyred in
1st Century) St. Athanasius of
Nicomedia
(Constantinopolitan [Turkish], abbot, c. 818) St. Baradates (Syrian, desert hermit, c.
460) St. Elwin of Cornwall
(British, 6th Century) Bl. John the Saxon of
Athelingay
(French, Benedictine
monk, abbot in England, martyred in 895) St. Margaret of
Cortona
[Margherita] (Italian, unwed mother,
repentant fornicatress, Franciscan tertiary, mystic, died at about age 49
in 1297 [canonized 1728]) [commemorated by some on May 16] Bl. Mary of Jesus d'Hooghvorst
of Wegemont
[Marie-de-Jésus] [baptized Emilie, nee d'Oultremont]
(Belgian, widow, founded Institute of St. Mary Reparatrix, died at about
age 60 in 1878 [beatified 1997]) St. Papias of Hierapolis (from
Asia Minor [now called Turkey], bishop, c. 120) St. Paschasius of
Vienne
(French, bishop, c. 312) St. Raynerius of
Beaulieu
[Rainier] (French, Benedictine monk, c. 967) Bl. Richard Henkes of
Ruppach-Goldhausen
(German, Pallottine priest, martyred [typhus in Dachau
concentration camp] at age 44 in 1945 [beatified 2019]) Bl. Stephen Vincent Frelichowski
of Chelmza
[Stefan Wincenty] (Polish, priest, arrested by Nazi GeStaPo, kept in five
concentration camps [last Dachau], martyred [typhus] at age 32 in 1945
[beatified 1999]) Sts. Thalassius and Limnaeus (Syrian,
hermits, 5th Century) On
February 23, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way, the
following friends of God -- "saints" and "blesseds" whose
souls are now in heaven: St. Polycarp of
Smyrna
(Palestinian?, disciple of St. John the Apostle, bishop in Asia Minor [now
called Turkey] for over fifty years, martyred [stabbed] at age 86 c. 155) St. Boisil of Melrose
(British, abbot, c. 664) St. Dositheus of Gaza
(Egyptian, monk, c. 530) St. Felix of Brescia
(Italian, bishop, battled heretics for forty years, c. 650) St. Florentius of
Seville
(Spanish, c. 485) Bl. Jeannine Franchi
of Como
[Giovannina] (Italian, virgin, founded Nursing
Sisters of Our Lady of Sorrows, died at age 64 in 1872 [beatified 2014]) Bl. John of Hungary
[Jean/Janos] (French, first Franciscan friar in Hungary, d. 1287) St. Josephine Vannini
of Rome
[Giuseppina] [baptized Giuditta Adelaide Agata (Judith ... Agatha)] (Italian, virgin, founded Congregation of the Daughters of St. Camillus, died at age 51 in 1911 [beatified 1994, canonized 2019]) St. Jurmin (British, prince, 7th Century) St. Lazarus Zographos of
Constantinople
["zographos" is Greek for "painter"] (Turkish, monk, icon
painter, c. 867) Bl.
Louis Mzyk
of Chorzow Stary
[Ludwik] (Polish, Divine Word Missionary priest,
martyred by Nazis at Poznan [Poland] at age 36 in 1942 [beatified 1999]) St. Martha of Astorga
(Spanish, virgin, martyred by beheading in 252) St. Medrald of Vendome
(French, Benedictine
abbot, c. 850) St. Milburga of
Wenlock
(British, princess, Benedictine abbess, miracle worker, d. 715) St. Mildgytha (British, Benedictine nun, c. 676) St. Milo of Auvergne
(French, archbishop of Benevento in Italy, d. 1076) St. Ordonius of
Sahagún
[Ordoño] (Spanish, Benedictine monk, bishop of Astorga, d. 1066) Bl. Rafaela Ybarra de Villalongo of
Bilbao
(Spanish, mother, widow, founded Institute of the Sisters of Guardian Angels,
died at age 57 in 1900 [beatified 1984]) St. Romana of Todi
(Italian, hermitess, died at age 18 in 324) St. Serenus the Gardener and 72
companions, of
Sirmium
(Greek and Pannonian [from part of what is now Serbia], hermit and others,
martyred in 303) St. Willigis of Schöningen
(German, imperial chancellor, archbishop of Mainz, d. 1011) St. Zebinus (Syrian, hermit, 5th Century) On
February 24, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way,
the following friends of God -- "saints" and "blesseds"
whose souls are now in heaven: St. Adele (French, queen, widow, died at
about age 75 in 1137) Bl. Ascension of the Heart of Jesus Goi of
Tafalla
[Ascensión del Corazón de Jesus] [baptized Florentina Nicol] (Spanish, Dominican nun, teacher, missionary in Peru, co-founder
and superior general of Dominican Missionaries of the Rosary, died at
age 71 in 1940 [beatified 2005]) St. Betto of Sens
(French, Benedictine
monk, bishop of Auxerre, d. 918) Bl. Ida of Hohenfels
(German, countess, widow, Benedictine nun, c. 1195) St. John Theristus of
Calabria
[Giovanni] ["theristus" means "harvester"] (Italian, son of
slave, monk, miracle worker, d. 1129) Bl. Joseph Mayr-Nusser of Bolzano
[Josef] (German born in Austria-Hungary, layman, refused to swear a Nazi oath,
martyred [dysentery en route to concentration camp] at age 34 in 1945
[beatified 2017]) Bl. Mark dei Marconi of
Milliarino
[Marco] (Italian, Hieronymite monk, died at about age 30 in 1510
[beatified 1906]) St. Modestus of
Trier
(German, bishop, d. 489) Sts. Montanus, Lucius, Julian, Victoricus,
Flavian, Rhenus, and two companions, of Carthage
(North African [from what is now Tunisia], disciples of St. Cyprian, martyred
by beheading in 259) St. Praetextatus of
Rouen
(French, archbishop, martyred by stabbing in 586) St. Primitiva of Rome
(Italian, virgin, early martyr) Bl. Robert of Arbrissel
(French, university chancellor, Benedictine abbot, died at about age 69 in 1117) St. Sergius of Cappadocia (from
Asia Minor [now called Turkey], magistrate, monk, martyred in 304) Bl. Thomas Mary Fusco
of Pagani
[Tommaso Maria] (Italian, priest, founded Congregation of the Daughters of
Charity of the Most Precious Blood, died at age 59 in 1891 [beatified
2001]) --------------------------------------------------- On
February 25, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way,
the following friends of God -- "saints" and "blesseds"
whose souls are now in heaven: Bl. Adelelmus of
Engelberg
(German, Benedictine
abbot in Switzerland, d. 1131) St. Aldetrudis of
Maubeuge
(French, granddaughter of two saints, daughter of two saints, sister of three
saints, Benedictine
abbess, c. 696) St. Ananias and eight companions
(Phoenician [from what is now Lebanon] ... priest, jailer, and seven guards ...
martyred c. 298) St. Avertanus of
Limoges
(French, Carmelite
brother, d. 1380) St. Caesarius of
Nazianzos
(from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], brother of St. Gregory Nazianzen,
emperor's physician, died at about age 39 in 369) Bl. Constantius Bernocchi
of Fabriano
[Costanzo] (Italian, Dominican prior, died at about age 70 in 1481
[beatified 1811]) Bl. Dominic Lentini of Lauria
[Domenico] (Italian, diocesan priest, died at age 57 in 1828 [beatified 1997]) Sts. Donatus, Justus, Herena, and 47
companions (African, martyred in 3rd Century) St. Ethelbert of Kent
(British, king for 36 years, died at about age 55 in 616) St. Gerland of Besançon
(French, bishop of Girgenti in Sicily, d. 1104) Bl. James Carvalho of Coimbra
[Diogo] and sixty companions (Portuguese, Jesuit missionary priest and sixty disciples,
martyred by exposure to cold in Japan at about age 46 in 1624 [beatified 1867]) Bl. Maria Adeodata Pisani
of Naples
(Maltese, Benedictine
sister, died at age 48 in 1855 [beatified 2001]) Bl. Mary Louise De
Angelis of San Gregorio
[Maria Ludovica] [baptized Antonina] (Italian, religious of Daughters of Our
Lady of Mercy in Argentina, children's hospital worker, died at age 81 in
1962 [beatified 2004]) Bl. Rani Maria Vattalil
of Pulluvazhy
[baptized Mariam (Mary)] (Indian, member of Syro-Malabar church, religious of
the Franciscan Clarist congregation, martyred at age 41 in 1995
[beatified 2017]) Bl. Sebastian Aparicio
of La Gudiña
["Angel of Mexico"] (Spanish, farm laborer, maker of plows and
wagons, valet, road builder, postal worker, widower, Franciscan brother from age 72, miracle worker, begged
alms until death at age 98 in 1600 [beatified 1787]) St. Tarasius of
Constantinople
(Turkish, secretary of state, patriarch [bishop], d. 806) Bl. Victor of Saint Gall
(Swiss, Benedictine
monk, hermit, d. 995) Sts. Victorinus, Victor, Nicephorus, Claudian,
Dioscorus, Serapion, and Papias, of Corinth
(Greek, exiles to Egypt, tortured and martyred [three smashed in a mortar,
others chopped to pieces, burned, beheaded, drowned] in 284) St. Walburga of
Devonshire
(British, princess, daughter of St. Richard, Benedictine abbess in Germany, died at about age
68 in 779) --------------------------------------------------- On
February 26, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way,
the following friends of God -- "saints" and "blesseds"
whose souls are now in heaven: St. Agricola of
Nevers
(French, bishop, c. 594) St. Alexander of
Alexandria
(Egyptian, bishop, excommunicated heretic Arius, key figure at Council of
Nicaea, trained St. Athanasius, died at about age 75 c. 326) St. Andrew of Florence
(Italian, bishop, c. 407) Bl. Ciriaco María Sancha
y Hervás of Quintana del Vidio (Spanish, seminary professor in Cuba,
cardinal archbishop of Toledo, founded a congregation of the Sisters of Charity, died at age 75 in
1909 [beatified 2009]) St. Dionysius of
Augsburg
(German, bishop, martyred c. 303) St. Faustinian of
Bologna
(Italian, bishop, 4th Century) St. Fortunatus, St. Felix, and 27 companions
(early martyrs) St. Irene of Gaza
(Egyptian, virgin, died at about age 20 in 490) Bl. Isabelle of
Longchamps
(French, princess, sister of King St. Louis IX, lived with Poor Clare nuns, d. 1270 [beatified
1520]) Bl. Leo of Saint-Bertin
(Belgian, Benedictine
abbot, d. 1163) Bl. Matilda of Spanheim
[Mechtilde] (German, Benedictine hermitess, d. 1154) St. Nestor of Perge (from
Asia Minor [now called Turkey], bishop of Magydos, martyred by crucifixion in
251) Sts. Papias, Diodorus, Conon, and
Claudian, of
Pamphylia
(from Asia Minor, shepherds, tortured and martyred c. 250) St. Paula of St. Joseph of Calasanz Montal
Fornés of Arenys de Mar
[Paula de San José de Calasanz] [baptized Paula] (Spanish, seamstress, lace-maker, virgin, foundress of Daughters
of Mary ["Pious School Sisters"], died at age 89 in 1889
[beatified 1993, canonized 2001]) Bl. Piety of the Cross Ortiz
Real of Bocairente
[Piedad de la Cruz] [baptized Tomasa] (Spanish, founded Congregation of
Salesian Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, died at age 73 in 1916
[beatified 2004]) St. Porphyry of
Thessalonica
(Greek, hermit in Egypt and Palestine, bishop of Gaza, died at about age 66 in
420) St. Quodvultdeus of
Carthage
[name means "What God wills"] (North African [from what is now
Tunisia], bishop, died in Italy c. 450) Bl. Robert Drury of Buckinghamshire
(English, priest, martyred [drawn, hanged, and quartered] at about age 39 under
James I in 1607 [beatified 1987]) St. Victor of Troyes
(French, nobleman, hermit, priest, d. 7th Century) --------------------------------------------------- On
February 27, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way,
the following friends of God -- "saints" and "blesseds"
whose souls are now in heaven: St. Gregory of Rshtunik
[better known as "Gregory of Narek (Grigor Narekatsi)"] (Armenian,
monk, poet, mystical philosopher, theologian, Doctor of the Church, died at
about age 52 c. 1003 [canonized 2001]) Sts. Abundius, Alexander, Antigonus, and
Fortunatus (early martyrs in Rome or Greece) St. August Chapdelaine of La
Rochelle
[Auguste] (French, parish priest, member of Paris Foreign Missions Society
in Asia, tortured and martyred by beheading in China at age 42 in 1856
[beatified 1900, canonized 2000]) St. Baldomerus of
Lyons
(French, locksmith, monk, d. 650) Sts. Basil and Procopius, of Constantinople
(from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], opposed iconoclasm) Sts. Besas, Cronion Eunus, and Julian, of
Alexandria
(Egyptian ... soldier, servant, and prisoner ... martyred in 250) Bl. Emmanuel of
Cremona
[Manuele] (Italian, bishop, died in Netherlands in 1198) Bl. Frances Ann of the Sorrowful Virgin Cirer
Carbonell of Sencelles
[Francisca Ana de la Virgen de los Dolores] (Spanish, virgin, member of Institute
of the Sisters of Charity, died at age 73 in 1855 [beatified 1989]) St. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows Possenti
of Assisi
[Gabriele dell'Addolorata] [baptized Francesco] (Italian, Passionist priest, died two days before his 24th
birthday [tuberculosis] in 1862 [beatified 1908, canonized 1920]) St. Honorina (French, early martyr) St. John of Gorze
(French, Benedictine
monk, c. 975) Bl. Joseph Tous y Soler of Igualada
[Josep/José] (Spanish [Catalan], Capuchin
parish priest, founded Capuchin Sisters of the Mother of the Divine
Shepherd, died while celebrating Mass at age 59 in 1871 [beatified 2010]) St. Leander of Cartagena
(Spanish, brother of three saints, monk, bishop of Seville, died at about age
65 c. 600) Bl. Mark Barkworth of
Lincolnshire
[alias Mark Lambert,
alias George Barkworth]
(English, Benedictine
priest, martyred [drawn, hanged, quartered] under Elizabeth I at
about age 28 in 1601 [beatified 1929]) Bl. Mary of Charity Brader of
Kaltbrunn
[Maria Caritas] [baptized Maria Josefa Carolina] (Swiss, virgin, founded Congregation
of the Franciscan Sisters of Mary Immaculate, died in Colombia at age 72 in
1943 [beatified 2003]) Bl. Mary of Jesus Deluil-Martiny
of Marseilles
[Marie-de-Jesus] (French, virgin, founded Daughters of the Heart of Jesus,
died at age 43 in 1884 [beatified 1989]) Bl. Roger Filcock of Sandwich
(English, Jesuit
priest, martyred [drawn, hanged, and quartered] under Elizabeth I
at about age 30 in 1600 [beatified 1987]) St. Thalelaeus Epiklautos of
Cilicia
["epiklautos" is Greek for "weeping much"] (from Asia Minor
[now called Turkey], hermit in Syria for 60 years, d. 450) On
February 28, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way,
the following friends of God -- "saints" and "blesseds"
whose souls are now in heaven: Holy Martyrs of the Alexandrian Plague (Egyptian, great number of priests, deacons, and laity who nursed the victims of deadly pestilence, regarded as martyrs, c. 256) Bl. Antonia of Florence
(Italian, mother, widow twice, Franciscan tertiaries' prioress, died at about
age 71 in 1472 [beatified 1847]) Sts. Caerealis, Gaius, Serapion, and
Pupulus, of
Alexandria
(Egyptian, early martyr) Bl. Charles Gnocchi of San Colombano
al Lambro
[Carlo] (Italian, diocesan priest, World War II chaplain and spy, founded
charitable Pro Juventute Foundation, died at age 53 in 1956 [beatified 2009]) Bl. Daniel Brottier of La
Fert-Saint-Cyr
(French, priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit, died at age 59 in
1936 [beatified 1984]) St. Ermine (Irish?,
6th Century) Pope St. Gregory II of Rome
(Italian, Vatican treasurer and librarian, elected to papacy in 715, reigned
until death in 731) St. Hedwig of Buda
[Hedvig/Jadwiga] (Polish born in Hungary, queen of Poland, died giving birth at about age 25 in 1399 [beatified 1979, canonized 1997]) Pope St. Hilary of
Sardinia
(Italian, papal legate, elected to papacy in 461, reigned until death in 468) Sts. Justus, Macarius, Theophilus, and
Rufinus (potters, martyred c. 250) St. Oswald of York
(Danish born in England, Benedictine monk in France, archbishop in England,
theologian, daily washed feet of twelve poor people, d. 992) St. Proterus of
Alexandria
(Egyptian, patriarch [bishop], martyred by stabbing in 457) St. Romanus of Condat
(French, monk, hermit, priest, healer, died at about age 69 c. 460) St. Ruellinus of
Treguier
(French, bishop, 6th Century) Bl. Timothy Trojanowski of Sadlowo
[Tymoteusz] [baptized Stanislaw Antoni (Stanislaus Anthony)] (Polish, Franciscan brother,
martyred by Nazis at Auschwitz [Poland] at age 33 in 1942 [beatified 1999]) --------------------------------------------------- With
regard to February 29 ("leap-year day"), there seem to be two
opinions: (1)
no saints are ever commemorated, because they
would be overlooked in the three non-leap years. (2)
the following [listed above on the 27th or
28th] are commemorated on the 29th, when there is a 29th: Bl. Antonia of Florence, Pope
St. Hilary of
Sardinia,
St. Oswald of
York,
St. August Chapdelaine
of La Rochelle.
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[Here are their names. Assume death in 1794 by shooting, unless otherwise
noted:]
-- [Priests]:
----- Bl. Andrew Fardeau
of Soucelles
[André] (guillotined at age 33)
----- Bl. Francis Louis Chartier
of Marigné
[François-Louis] (guillotined at age 32)
----- Bl. Francis Peltier
of Savennières
[François] (guillotined at age 66)
----- Bl. James Laigneau
de Langellerie of La Flèche [Jacques] (guillotined at age 47)
----- Bl. James Ledoyen
of Rochefort-sur-Loire
[Jacques] (guillotined at age 33)
----- Bl. John Michael Langevin
of Ingrandes
[Jean-Michel] (guillotined at age 62 in 1793 [first martyr])
----- Bl. John the Baptist Lego of La Flèche
[Jean-Baptiste] (guillotined at age 27)
----- Bl. Joseph Moreau
of Saint-Laurent-de-la-Plaine (guillotined at age 31)
----- Bl. Lawrence Batard
of Chalonnes-sur-Loire
[Laurent] (guillotined at age 50)
----- Bl. Peter Tessier
of Trinité d'Angers
[Pierre] (guillotined at age 27)
----- Bl. René Lego
of La Flèche
(guillotined at age 29)
----- Bl. William Repin
of Thouarcé
[Guillaume] (guillotined at age 84 in 1794)
-- [Religious Sisters]:
----- Bl. Mary Ann Vaillot
of Fontainebleau
[Marie-Anne] (age 60)
----- Bl. Odile Baumgarten
of Gondrexange
(age 43)
----- Bl. Rosalie du
Verdier de la Soriniere
(guillotined at age 49)
-- [Laymen]:
----- Bl. Anthony Fournier
of La Poitevinière
[Antoine] (age 58)
----- Bl. John Menard
of Andigné
[Jean] (age 60)
----- Bl. Peter Delepine
of Marigné
[Pierre] (age 60)
----- Bl. Peter Fremond
of Chaudefonds
[Pierre] (age 40)
-- [Laywomen]:
----- Bl. Anne Frances de
Villeneuve of La Chapelle-Saint-Laud [Anne-Françoise] (age 52)
----- Bl. Anne Hainard
of Saint-Clément-de-Craon
(age 51)
----- Bl. Anne Maugrain
of Rochefort-sur-Loire
(age 35)
----- Bl. Catherine Cottenceau
of Bressuire
(age 60)
----- Bl. Charlotte Davy
of Chalonnes-sur-Loire
(age 33)
----- Bl. Charlotte Lucas
of Chalonnes-sur-Loire
(age 41)
----- Bl. Felicitas Pricet
of Châtillon-sur-Sèvre
[Felicite] (age 48)
----- Bl. Frances Bellanger
of Trinité d'Angers
[Françoise] (age 58)
----- Bl. Frances Gillot
of Chanteloup
[Françoise] [nee Micheneau] (age 57)
----- Bl. Frances Menard
of Sainte-Gemmes d'Andigné [Françoise] [nee Suhard] (widow, age 63)
----- Bl. Frances Michau
of La Pommeraye
[Françoise] (age 28)
----- Bl. Frances Roulleau
of Gouis
[Françoise] [nee Pagis] (age 62)
----- Bl. Jacqueline Monnier
of Saint-Melaine
(age 68)
----- Bl. Joan Bourigault
of Chaudefonds
[Jeanne] (age 35)
----- Bl. Joan Delaunay
of Montjean
[Jeanne] [nee Thomas] (widow, age 70)
----- Bl. Joan Marie Paquier
of Chalonnes-sur-Loire
[Jeanne-Marie] [nee Leduc] (age 40)
----- Bl. Joan Onillon
of Montjean
[Jeanne] (age 41)
----- Bl. Gabrielle, Bl. Perrine, and Bl. Suzanne Androuin,
of Saint-Lambert-du-Lattay (sisters, aged 38, 32, and 36)
----- Bl. Joan Chalonneau
of Chalonnes-sur-Loire
[Jeanne] [nee Fouchard] (age 44)
----- Bl. Joan Doly
of Beaupréau
[Jeanne] [nee Gruget] (age 63)
----- Bl. Joan Moreau
of Sainte-Christine
[Jeanne] [nee Gourdon] (widow, age 60)
----- Bl. Louise Barre
of Longeron
[nee Poirier] (age 37)
----- Bl. Louise Bessay
de la Voute of Saint-Mars-des-Prés (age 72)
----- Bl. Louise Rallier
Dean de Luigne
[nee de
la Tertiniere]
and Bl. Louise Amy Dean
de Luigne
[Louise-Aimee] (mother and daughter, aged 60 and 37)
----- Bl. Madeleine Blond
of Angers
(age 30)
----- Bl. Madeleine Cady
of Chalonnes-sur-Loire
(age 38)
----- Bl. Madeleine Rousseau
of Saint-Germain-des-Prés
[nee Perrotin] (age
50)
----- Bl. Madeleine Salle
of Châteauneuf-sur-Sarthe
(age 41)
----- Bl. Marguerite Huau
of Saint-Aubin-de-Luigné
[nee Riviere] (age
37)
----- Bl. Marguerite Robin
of Montjean
(age 68)
----- Bl. Marie Banchereau
of Boësse [nee
Fausseuse] (age
53)
----- Bl. Marie Bouju
of Vezins
[nee Roualt] (age
49)
----- Bl. Marie Brevet
of Saint-Laurent-de-la-Plaine [nee Leroy] (age
38)
----- Bl. Marie Charrier
of Montjean
[nee Roger]
(widow, age 67)
----- Bl. Marie Couffard
of Montjean
[nee Gingueneau]
(widow, age 55)
----- Bl. Marie de
la Dive du Verdier,
Bl. Catherine du
Verdier de la Soriniere,
and Bl. Marie-Louise du
Verdier de la Soriniere (mother
guillotined at age 70, two daughters shot at ages 35 and 28)
----- Bl. Marie Delahaye [nee Pichery] and
Bl. Monique Pichery
of Chalonnes-sur-Loire
(sisters, ages ? and 30)
----- Bl. Marie Forestier
of Montjean
(age 26)
----- Bl. Marie-Geneviève and Bl. Martha Poulain de la Forestrie
[Marthe] (sisters, ages 51 and 55)
----- Bl. Marie and Bl. Renée Grillard (sisters, aged 40 and
28)
----- Bl. Marie Lardeux
of Freigné
(age 45)
----- Bl. Marie Lepage
Varance of Saumur
[nee Lenée] (age 64)
----- Bl. Marie Leroy
of Montilliers
(age 24)
----- Bl. Marie Moreau
of Chanteloup
[nee Cassin] (widow, age 44)
----- Bl. Marie Rochard
of Montjean
(age 30)
----- Bl. Marie Joan Rorteau
of la Jumellière
[Marie-Jeanne] [nee Chauvigne] (age
39)
----- Bl. Marie Mercier
of Saint-Georges-du-Ménil
[nee Gasnier] (age
38)
----- Bl. Marie Queson
of Saint-Laurent-de-la-Plaine [nee Gallard] (age
54)
----- Bl. Marie Supiot
of Saint-Pierre-Montlimart [nee Piou] (age
36)
----- Bl. Mary Ann du
Bois of Jallais
[Marie-Anne] [nee Hacher] (age
28)
----- Bl. Perrine-Charlotte Sailland d'Epinatz [nee Phélippeaux], Bl.
Joan Marie Sailland
d'Epinatz
[Jeanne-Marie], Bl. Madeleine Sailland d'Epinatz, and
Bl. Perrine-Jeanne Sailland
d'Epinatz,
of
Saumur
... and Bl. Frances Bonneau of
Saint-Léger [Françoise] (mother, three daughters, and
servant ... ages 54, 24, 23, 25, and 33)
----- Bl. Perrine Grille
of Rochefort-sur-Loire
(age 50)
----- Bl. Perrine Laurent
of Louvaines
(age 48)
----- Bl. Perrine Ledoyen
of Saint-Aubin-de-Luigné
(age 29)
----- Bl. Perrine-Renée Turpault
of Cléré-sur-Layon
[nee Potier] (age
43)
----- Bl. Renée Dacy
of Montjean
[nee Seichet]
(widow, age 40)
----- Bl. Renée Girault
of Saint-Aubin-de-Luigné
[nee Cailleau] (age
42)
----- Bl. Renée-Marie Feillatreau
(guillotined at age 44)
----- Bl. Renée Martin
of Chalonnes-sur-Loire
(age 42)
----- Bl. Renée Papin
of Saint-Florent-le-Vieil
[nee Rigault] (age
43)
----- Bl. Renée Valin
of Chaudefonds
(age 35)
----- Bl. Renée Juret [nee Bourgeais] and
Bl. Perrine Bourigault
of Montjean
(widow and her half-sister, ages 43 and 50)
----- Bl. Rose Quenion
of Mozé-sur-Louet
(age 28)
----- Bl. Simone Charbonneau [nee Chauvigné]
(widow, age 68)
----- Bl. Victoria Gusteau
of Châtillon-sur-Sèvre
[Victoire] (age 48)
----- Bl. Victoria Reveillere
of Thouars
[Victoire] [nee Bauduceau] and
Bl. Perrine Besson of Cholet (woman and her servant, aged 48 and 51)
----- St. Bruno (duke)
----- St. Marquard of
Hildesheim
(Benedictine monk, bishop)
----- St. Theodoric of
Ninden
(bishop)
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St. Anatolius of Salins (Irish or Scottish, bishop, hermit,
11th Century?)
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St. Abraham of
Arbela
(Assyrian [from part of what is now Iraq], bishop, martyred c. 345)
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St. Alphonse Mary Fusco
of Angri
[Alfonso Maria] (Italian, priest, founded Congregation of the Baptistine
Sisters of the Nazarene, died at age 70 in 1910 [beatified 2001, canonized 2016])
----- St. Paul Miki
of Tsunokuni
(Japanese [J], Jesuit priest
[died at about age 33])
----- St. Anthony Deynan
of Nagasaki
(J, altar boy, Franciscan
tertiary [F3], died at about age 13)
----- St. Cosmas Takeya
of Owari
(J, F3, interpreter)
----- St. Diego Kisai
of Osaka
(J, layman [age 64], Jesuit
temporal coadjutor, catechist [died at about age 64])
----- St. Francis Blanco
of Monterey
[Francisco] (Spanish [S], Franciscan
missionary brother, formerly in Mexico and Philippines)
----- St. Francis of
Miyako
(J, F3, physician, catechist [died at about age 49])
----- St. Francis of Saint Michael of La Parilla (S, Franciscan missionary brother, formerly in Philippines
[died at about age 53])
----- St. Gabriel of
Duisco
(J, F3, [died at about age 20])
----- St. Gaius Francis Danto (J,
F3, soldier)
----- St. Gonzalo Garcia
of Bassein
[Gonçalo] (Portuguese from India, catechist, interpreter, Franciscan brother, formerly in Philippines [died at
about age 41])
----- St. Joachim Sakakibara
of Osaka
(J, F3, cook, catechist [died at about age 41])
----- St. John Soan
of Goto
(J, adolescent, Jesuit temporal
coadjutor, catechist [died at about age 19])
----- St. John Kisaka
of Miyako
(J, F3, silk weaver [died at about age 29])
----- St. Leo Karasumaru
of Owari
(Korean [K], pagan priest converted by Jesuits, F3, chief catechist)
----- St. Louis Ibaraki
of Owari
(J/K?, altar server, nephew of Paul Ibaraki and
Leo Karasumaru [died
at about age 12])
----- St. Martin of the Ascension Loynaz de Aguirre of Vergara (S, Franciscan missionary brother, formerly in Mexico and
Philippines [died at about age 30])
----- St. Matthias of
Miyako
(J, F3)
----- St. Michael Kozaki
of Ise
(J, hospital nurse [died at about age 46])
----- St. Paul Ibaraki
of Owari
(K, F3, interpreter, catechist, brother of Leo Karasumaru)
----- St. Paul Suzuki
of Owari
(J, F3, catechist [died at about age 50])
----- St. Peter Baptist Blásquez
of Avila
[Pedro Bautista] (S, Franciscan
missionary priest, formerly in Mexico and Philippines, miracle worker
[died at about age 52])
----- St. Peter Sukejiro
of Kyoto
(J, F3, catechist, servant, sacristan)
----- St. Philip of Jesus de
las Casas of Mexico City
[Felipe de Jesus] (Mexican, Franciscan
friar, first to die [accidentally strangled on the cross] [died at about
age 26])
----- St. Thomas Kozaki
of Ise
(J, altar server, son of Michael Kozaki [died at about age 15]
----- St. Thomas Shiko (J,
F3, catechist, interpreter)
----- St. Ventura of
Miyako
(J, layman, revert from Buddhist priesthood)
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Holy Martyrs of Constantinople
(monks, martyred by schismatics in 485)
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Bl. Alexander Baldrati
of Lugo
[Alessandro] (Italian, Dominican
friar, tortured and martyred [hacked to pieces] by Moslems on an island
at about age 50 in 1645)
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St. Abraham of
Cyrrhus
(Syrian, hermit, bishop of Carrhae in Mesopotamia [in what is now Iraq], died
at Constantinople [in what is now Turkey] c. 422)
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[The names of the founders, who were all from Florence:]
--- St. Alexis Falconieri
[Alessio]
--- St. Benedict dell'Antella
[Benedetto]
--- St. John Buonagiunta
[Giovanni]
--- St. Ricovero dei
Lippi-Ugoccioni
--- St. Buonfiglio Monaldi
--- St. Gerard Sostegni
[Gherardino]
--- St. Bartholomew degli
Amidei
[Bartolomeo]
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St. Avitus of
Clermont
(French, bishop, d. 689)
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St. Alexander Akimetes (Greek, army
officer, abbot, d. 430)
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