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We also honor, in a special way, the following friends of
God -- "saints" and "blesseds" whose souls are now in
heaven: Sts. Acius and Aceolus (French, deacon and
subdeacon, martyred by beheading c. 303) St. Aldebrando of
Sorrivoli
(Italian, bishop of Fossombrone, died at about age 100 in 1219) St. Amator of Auxerre
(French, bishop, d. 418) St. Andeolus of
Smyrna
(from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], subdeacon, martyred by beheading in 208) Sts. Augustine Schöffler
of Mittelbronn [Augustin]
and John Louis Bonnard
of Saint-Christo-en-Jarez
[Jean-Louis] (French, missionary priests in Vietnam, both martyred by beheading
at about age 28 in 1851 or 1852 [beatified 1900, canonized 1988]) St. Bertha of Avenay
(French, Benedictine
abbess, martyred c. 680) St. Brioc of Cardiganshire (Welsh,
abbot in France, died at about age 90 c. 510) St. Ceallach of
Killala
(Irish, bishop, hermit, possibly martyred, 6th Century) St. Evermarus of
Tongres
(pilgrim, martyred in Belgium c. 700) St. Grata of Bergamo
(Italian, duke's daughter, widow) St. Isidora (Egyptian, nun, hermitess, c.
365) St. Jeremiah (Israelite, Old Testament
prophet, may have been stoned to death in Egypt at about age 55 c. 595 B.C.) St. Kevoca of Kyle
(Scottish, virgin, 7th Century) St. Marculf of Bayeux
(French, nobleman, missionary in France, hermit, abbot, d. 558) Sts. Orentius and Patientia of
Loret
(Spanish, married couple, martyred c. 240) St. Orentius of Auch
(French, bishop for over 40 years, c. 439) Bl. Panacea of Quarona
(Italian, five-year-old girl killed while praying [by stepmother] in 1383
[beatified 1867]) St. Peregrine Laziosi
of Forli
[Pellegrino] (Italian, Servite priest, penitent and tireless worker
[never sitting for 30 years], cured of cancer, died at about age 79 in 1345
[beatified 1702, canonized 1726] [incorruptible]) St. Richard Pampuri of Trivolzio
[Riccardo] [baptized Erminio Filippo] (Italian, orphan, Franciscan tertiary, World War I sergeant, medical
doctor dedicated to the poor, member of Hospitaller Order of St. John of God,
died at age 32 in 1930 [beatified 1981, canonized 1989]) King St. Sigismund of
Burgundy
(French, monarch, repentant murderer of his son, martyred in 523) St. Theodard of
Narbonne
(French, Benedictine
monk, archbishop, d. 893) St. Thorette (sheperdess, hermitess) [In
1955, Pope Pius XII inaugurated the feast of St. Joseph the Worker on May 1 to
counterbalance the May Day celebrations of the Communists. Here is a prayer for
the intercession of Saint Joseph, patron saint of workers:] O glorious patriarch, Saint Joseph, humble and just craftsman of Nazareth, you gave to all Christians an example of a perfect life of assiduous work and of admirable unity with Mary and Jesus. Help us in our daily work so that we might find in it an effective means of glorifying our Lord, of sanctifying ourselves, and of being useful to the society in which we live. Obtain for us from our Lord, o beloved protector, humility and simplicity of heart, attachment to work, benevolence towards those who work with us, compliance with the divine will in the difficulties of this life and joy in bearing them, consciousness of our specific social mission and the sense of our social responsibility, a spirit of discipline and prayer, docility and respect for our superiors, fraternity towards our equals, support in times of stress, charity, and indulgence for our dependents. Help us to follow your example and to keep our sight fixed on Mary, our Mother, your gentle wife. May we never avert our eyes from Jesus, who worked with you at your carpenter's bench, so that we may, in like manner, lead peaceful and holy lives on earth, the prelude to the eternally happy one which awaits us in heaven for ever more. Amen. --------------------------- On
May 2, 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. Athanasius of
Alexandria
(Egyptian, bishop, foremost opponent of Arian heresy, repeatedly exiled, Doctor
of the Church, died at about age 77 in 373) Bl. Conrad of Seldenbüren
(Swiss, Benedictine
brother, martyred in 1126) Sts. Exsuperius, Zoë, Cyriacus, and
Theodulus, of
Attalia
(from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], family of slaves [father, mother, sons],
tortured and martyred by roasting c. 140) St. Felix of Seville
(Spanish, deacon, early martyr) St. Gennys (British) St. Germanus of
Normandy
(Irish?, missionary, bishop in France, martyred c.
460) St. Gluvias of Cornwall
(Welsh, monk, 6th Century) St. Joseph Nguyen Van
Luu of Cai-nhum
(Vietnamese, catechist, tortured and martryed at about age 64 in 1854
[beatified 1900, canonized 1988]) St. Joseph Mary Rubio y
Peralta of Dalias
[Jose Maria] (Spanish, Jesuit priest, died at age 64 in 1929
[beatified 1985, canonized 2003]) Bl. Mafalda of Arouca
(Portuguese, Cistercian nun, died at about age 73 in 1257
[beatified 1792] [incorruptible]) St. Neachtain (Irish, relative of St.
Patrick, 5th Century) Bl. Sandra Sabattini of Riccione
[Alessandra] (Italian, virgin, assisted the poor and those in drug rehabiliation,
died at age 22 [hit by a car] in 1984 [beatified 2021]) Sts. Saturninus, Neopolus, Germanus, and
Celestine (martyred in 304) St. Ultan of Péronne
(Irish, Benedictine
abbot in France and Belgium, c. 686) St. Valentine of
Genoa
(Italian, bishop, c. 307) Sts. Vindemialis, Eugene, and Longinus
(African, bishops, tortured and martyred by Arian heretics
c. 485) St. Waldebert of
Luxeuil
(French, knight, Benedictine abbot for forty years, c. 668) St. Wiborada of
Saint Gall
(Swiss, noblewoman, Benedictine nun, bookbinder, prophetess, martyred
[axed] in 926 [canonized 1047 - first woman formally canonized by a pope]) Bl.
William Strzelecki
of Poniemon
[Boleslaw] (Polish, diocesan priest, martyred by Nazis at Auschwitz [Poland] at
age 44 in 1941 [beatified 1999]) ---------------------- On
May 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: Sts. Philip and James the Less (Israelite,
apostles of Jesus ... one a missionary bishop, the other bishop of Jerusalem
and author of New Testament epistle ... martyred [one crucified in Phrygia
(Turkey), one stoned and beaten in Israel] in 1st Century) Sts. Alexander and Antonina of
Constantinople
(from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], soldier and virgin, tortured and martyred
by burning in 313) Pope St. Alexander I and Sts. Eventius and
Theodulus (Roman?, pontiff [elected to papacy in 105]
and priests, martyred c. 115) Bl. Alexander of
Foigny
(Scottish, Cistercian
brother in France, died at about age 49 in 1229) Bl. Alexander Vincioli
of Perugia
[Alessandro] (Italian, Franciscan friar, pope's confessor, bishop of
Nocera, d. 1363) Sts. Diodorus and Rhodopianus of
Caria
(from Asia Minor, deacons, martyred in 4th Century) Bl. Edward Joseph Rosaz
of Susa
[Edoardo Giuseppe] (Italian, bishop, founded Sisters of the Third Order of
St. Francis of Susa, died at age 73 in 1903 [beatified 1991]) St. Ethelwin of
Lindsey
(British, monk, bishop, 8th Century) St. Gluvias of Cornwall
(Welsh, monk) St. Juvenal of Narni
(Italian, bishop, d. 369) St. Philip of Zell
(German, Benedictine
hermit, c. 770) St. Scannal (Irish, missionary, c. 563) St. Stanislaus Soltys of Kazimierza
[Stanislaw ... Kazimierczyk] (Polish, priest, Canon Regular of the Lateran of Corpus Christi,
died at about age 55 in 1489 [beatified 1992, canonized 2010]) Bl. Thomas Acerbis of Olera
[Tommaso] (Italian, Capuchin Franciscan brother in Austria, advisor to Austrian and Bavarian nobility, died at age 67 in 1631 [beatified 2013]) Sts. Timothy and Maura of
Antinoë
(Egyptian, newlyweds, lector/copyist and wife, tortured and martyred [nailed to
a wall (mock crucifixion) for nine days] in 298) Bl. Ventura Spellucci of Spello
(Italian, Benedictine
abbot, 12th Century) --------------------- On
May 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. Anthony du Rocher (Italian, Benedictine abbot
in France, 6th Century) St. Antonia of Nicomedia
(from Asia Minor [modern Turkey], virgin, tortured for two years and martyred [burned] c. 300) Sts. Augustine Webster
of Axholme,
John Houghton
of Essex,
Robert Lawrence
of Beauvale,
and Richard Reynolds
of Devonshire
(English, three Carthusian priors and a Brigittine priest, tortured and martyred [drawn, hanged,
quartered] under Henry VIII in 1535 [beatified 1886, canonized 1970]) [Houghton
died at about age 47.] Bl. Catherine of
Parc-aux-Dames
[baptized Rachel] (French, convert from Judaism at age 12, Cistercian nun, 13th Century) St. Conleth of Kildare
(Irish, metalworker, illuminator, bishop, c. 519) [On Irish "particular calendar"]
St. Curcodomus of
Auxerre
(Roman, deacon in France, 3rd Century) Blessed English Martyrs [also known as "Bl. George Haydock and
companions"] (English [80], Scottish [1], Welsh [3], Irish [1] ... 85 men [63 priests (5 Franciscan,
2 Jesuit, 1 Dominican, 55 diocesan) and 22 laymen] ... martyred
[some hanged, many drawn, hanged, and quartered] between 1584 and 1679
[beatified 1987]) [On English "particular calendar"]
[Click
here to see the martyrs' names and other facts about
them.] King St. Ethelred of
Bardney
(British, monarch who abdicated, Benedictine abbot, d. 716) St. Florian of Rome
(Italian, military officer in Austria, tortured and martyred by drowning in
304) St. Godehard of
Reichersdorf
(Bavarian, bishop of Hildesheim, died at about age 77 in 1038 [canonized 1131]) Bl. Gregory Celli of Verucchio
[Gregorio] (Italian, Augustinian monk, then Franciscan friar, d. 1343 [beatified 1769]) Bl. Hedwig Carboni of Pozzomaggiore
[Edvige] (Italian [Sardinian], virgin, laywoman, embroiderer, Franciscan tertiary, visionary, stigmatist, died at age
71 in 1952 [beatified 2019]) St. Hilsindis of
Lorraine
(French, widow, Benedictine abbess, d. 1028) St. Judas Cyriacus of
Ancona
(bishop, martyred in Jerusalem c. 133) St. Kunigunde of
Niedermunster
(German, Benedictine
nun, d. 1052) Bl. Mary Leona
Paradis of L'Acadie [Marie-Léonie] [baptized Alodie-Virginie
(but usually spelled Elodie)] (Canadian [Québécoise],
virgin, religious sister of the Holy
Cross, founded Little Sisters of the
Holy Family, died at age 71 in 1912 [beatified 1984]) [On Canadian "particular calendar"]
Bl. Michael Giedrojć of
Giedrojce
[Michal] [known in Lithuania as Mykolas Giedraitis]
(Polish born in Lithuania, crippled dwarf, Augustinian
brother, prophet, miracle worker, died
at about age 65 in 1485 [beatified 2018]) St. Nepotian of
Altino
(Italian, priest, d. 395) St. Paulinus of
Sinigaglia
(Italian, bishop, d. 826) St. Paulinus of
Cologne
(German, early martyr) St. Pelagia of Tarsus
(Cilician [from part of what is now Turkey], virgin, martyred [roasted in a
bronze bull] c. 300) St. Porphyrius of
Camerino
(Italian, priest or physician, martyred by beheading in 250) St. Sacerdos of
Perigord
(French, Benedictine
abbot, bishop of Limoges, died at about age 50 c. 720) St. Silvanus of Gaza and
40 companions (Egyptian and Palestinian, bishop and flock, martyred by
beheading c. 311) St. Venerius of
Milan
(Italian, bishop, d. 409) Bl.
Victor Emil Moscoso
Cárdenas of Cuenca
[Victor Emilio] (Ecuadoran, philosopher, Jesuit
priest, college rector and professor of
rhetoric and grammar, martyred [shot while praying before a crucifix] by
revolutionaries at age 51 in 1897 [beatified 2019]) Bl. Zephyrinus Gimenez
Malla of Benavent de Segria [Ceferino] (Spanish, layman, martyred in
Civil War at age 75 in 1936 [beatified 1997, first Gypsy ever beatified]) Blessed English Martyrs -- CONTINUED [also known as "Bl. George Haydock and
companions"] (English, Scottish, Welsh, Irish ... 85 men [63 priests (5 Franciscan,
2 Jesuit, 1 Dominican, 55 diocesan) and 22 laymen] ... martyred
[some hanged, many drawn, hanged, and quartered] between 1584 and 1679
[beatified 1987]) [Each of the following is commemorated individually or as
part of a small group on another day during the year.] --
[Religious order priests:] On
May 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. Angel of Jerusalem (Palestinian,
Jewish, Carmelite
hermit, martyred by stabbing in Sicily at about age 75 in 1220) St.
Asaph of
Llanelwy
(Welsh, bishop of Kentigern, c. 600) [On Welsh "particular calendar"]
St. Avertinus of
Vinzai
(English, deacon, companion of St. Thomas Becket in France, d. 1189) St. Brito of Trier
(German, bishop, opponent of Priscillian heresy, d. 386) Bl. Catherine Cittadini
of Bergamo
[Caterina] [nee Lanzani] (Italian, orphan, married laywoman, schoolteacher,
founded Ursuline Sisters of Somasca, died at age 55 in 1857 [beatified
2001]) St. Crescentiana (martyred in 5th Century) St. Diuma of Mercia
(Scottish, bishop in England, 7th Century) St. Echa of Crayk
(British, Benedictine
priest, hermit, d. 767) Bl. Edmund Ignatius Rice of
Callan
(Irish, farmer, widower, founder of the Christian Brothers and the Presentation
Brothers, died at age 82 in 1844 [beatified 1996]) [On Irish "particular calendar"]
St. Eulogius of
Edessa
(Greek, bishop, opponent of Arian heresy, c. 382) St. Euthymius of
Alexandria
(Egyptian, deacon, early martyr) St. Geruntius of
Milan
(Italian, bishop, c. 470) Bl. Gregory Frackowiak of Lowenice
[Grzegorz] [baptized Boleslaw (William)] (Polish, Divine Word Missionaries priest, martyred by Nazis
[guillotined] at Dresden [Germany] at age 31 in 1943 [beatified 1999]) St. Hilary of Lorraine
(French, monk, archbishop of Arles, died at about age 49 in 449) St. Hydroc (British? hermit, 5th Century) Sts. Irenaeus, Peregrinus, and Irene, of
Thessalonica
(Greek, martyred by burning c. 300) Bl. John Haile of
Isleworth
(English, parish priest, martyred [drawn, hanged, quartered] under Henry VIII
in 1535) St. Jovinian of
Auxerre
(French, missionary, bishop, martyred c. 300) St. Judith of Kulmsee
[Jutta] (German, noblewoman, mother, widow of crusader, hermit, d. 1260) St. Maurontius of
Douai
(French, nobleman, Benedictine abbot, died at about age 66 c. 701) St. Maximus of Jerusalem
(Palestinian?, bishop, c. 350) Blessed Martyrs of Motril [Granada]
(Spanish, one diocesan priest and seven Augustinian Recollects [six priests, one brother], martyred [shot]
during Spain's Civil War in 1936 [beatified 1999]) St. Nectarius of
Vienne
[also known as Nicetus] (French, bishop, c. 445) St. Nunzio Sulprizio of Pescara
(Italian, apprentice blacksmith, virgin, died at age 19 in 1836 [beatified
1963, canonized 2018]) St. Sacerdos of
Saguntum
(Spanish, bishop, c. 450) St. Silvanus of Rome (Italian,
early martyr) St. Theodore of
Bologna
(Italian, bishop, c. 550) St. Waldrada of Metz
(French, abbess, c. 620) ------------------- On
May 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: Bl. Ann Rose Custo
of Genoa
[Anna Rosa] [baptized Rosa Maria Benedetta (Rosemary Benedicta)] [nee Gattorno]
(Italian, mother of three, widow after six years of marriage, Franciscan tertiary, co-founded the Institute of the
Daughters of Saint Anne, Mother of Mary Immaculate, died at age 68 in 1900
[beatified 2000]) Bl. Anthony Middleton of Middleton
Tyas
and Bl. Edward Jones
of St. Asaph
(English and Welsh, priests, martyred [drawn, hanged, and quartered] under
Elizabeth I in 1590 [beatified 1929]) St. Benedicta of Rome
(Italian, nun, 6th Century) Bl. Bonizella Piccolomini
of Siena
(Italian, widow, served the poor, d. 1300) Bl. Casimir Gostynski of Warsaw
[Kazimierz] and Bl. Henry Kaczorowski
of Bierzwienna
[Henryk] (Polish, diocesan priest and seminary rector [also a priest], martyred
by Nazis at Dachau [Germany] at ages 58 and 53 in 1942 [beatified 1999]) St. Colman Mac Ui Cluasigh of Cork
(Irish, professor, 7th Century) St. Edbert of Lindisfarne
(British, Benedictine
monk, bishop, d. 698) St. Evodius of Antioch
(Israelite, disciple of Jesus, bishop in Syria [succeeding St. Peter], martyred
c. 69) St. Francis de Montmorency Laval of
Montigny-sur-Avre
[François] (French, missionary priest in Vietnam, hermit in France, bishop in Canada,
died at age 85 in 1708 [beatified 1980, canonized 2014]) Sts. Heliodorus, Venustus, and 75 companions
(African and Italian, martyred in 3rd Century) Bl. Hyacinth Vera y
Durán of Florianópolis
[Jacinto] (Uruguayan, bishop of Montevideo, died at age 67 in 1881 [beatified
2023]) St. Justus of Vienne
(French, bishop) St. Lucius of Cyrene
(Syrian, teacher, bishop in North Africa, 1st Century) Bl. Mary Catherine of St. Rose Troiani
of Giuliano di Roma
[Maria Caterina di Santa Rosa] [baptized Costanza Domenica Antonia (Constance
...)] (Italian, virgin, founded Institute of the Missionary Franciscan
Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary, died in Egypt
at age 74 in 1887 [beatified 1985]) St. Petronax of
Monte Cassino
(Italian, Benedictine
abbot, died at about age 77 c. 747) St. Protogenes of
Carrhae
(Syrian, bishop, 4th Century) Bl. Prudence Castori
of Como
[Prudenzia] (Italian, Augustinian abbess, d. 1492) St. Theodotus of
Cyrenia
(Cypriot, bishop, c. 325) ----------------------- On
May 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: St. Augustine Roscelli
of Casarza Ligure
[Agostino] (Italian, shepherd, diocesan priest, chaplain of orphanage and
prison, founded Congregation of Sisters of Mary Immaculate of Genoa,
died at age 83 in 1902 [beatified 1995, canonized 2001]) Bl. Albert of Bergamo
[Alberto] (Italian, peasant farmer, widower, Dominican tertiary, miracle worker, died at
about age 64 in 1279 [beatified 1748]) [commemorated by some on the 11th] St. Domitian of Huy
(French, bishop of Maestricht, fervent opponent of heresies, d. 560) Sts. Flavia Domitilla, Euphrosyna, and
Theodora, of
Rome
(Italian, grandniece of emperors and her foster sisters, virgins, martyred in
2nd Century) [commemorated by some on the 12th] Sts. Flavius, Augustus, and Augustine, of
Nicomedia
(from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], bishop and two brothers, martyred c. 300) Bl. Frederick of
Hirschau
[Friedrich] (German, Benedictine abbot in Switzerland, c. 1070) Bl. Gisella of Passau (German,
wife of King St. Stephen of Hungary, widow, died at about age 80 c. 1065) St. John of Harpham
(British, Benedictine
monk, bishop of Hexham, archbishop of York, d. 721 [canonized
1037]) St. Juvenal of Beneventum
(Italian, martyred c. 132) St. Liudhard of
Canterbury
(French, died in England c. 600) St. Michael Ulumbijski
(Georgian, 6th Century) Bl. Notkar Balbulus of Elgg
(Swiss, Benedictine
priest, poet, musician, teacher, historian, died at about age 72
in 912 [beatified 1512]) Bl. Peter Francis Jamet
of Fresnes
[Pierre-François] (French, priest, superior of Institute of the Sisters of
the Good Savior, died at age 67 in 1845 [beatified 1987]) St. Peter of Pavia
(Italian, bishop, c. 735) St. Placid of Autun
(French, Benedictine
abbot, c. 675) St. Quadratus of
Herbipolis
(from Asia Minor, martyred c. 257) St. Rose Venerini of Viterbo
[Rosa] (Italian, virgin, teacher, founded sodality of women [later known as Venerini
Sisters], died at age 72 in 1728 [beatified 1952, canonized 2006]) Sts. Serenicus and Serenus of
Spoleto
(Italian, Benedictine
abbot and hermit, c. 669) St. Villano of Gubbio
(Italian, Benedictine
monk, bishop, d. 1237) ----------------------------- On
May 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. Acacius of Byzantium
(Cappadocian [from part of what is now Turkey], centurion, tortured and martyred
by beheading c. 303) Blessed Martyrs of Algeria [also known as
Bl. Peter Claverie and
18 Companions] (French [16], Spanish [2], and Belgian [1] ... men [13] and
women [6] religous ... missionaries in
Algeria, martyred [at least some shot] by Moslems between 1994 and 1996
[beatified 2018]) [Their names and other facts now follow ...] -- [Bishop:] ----- Bl. Peter Claverie
of Algiers
[Pierre] (French [born in Algeria], Dominican priest, Bishop of Oran, died at age 58 in 1996) -- [Priests:] ----- Bl. Alan Dieulangard
of Saint-Brieuc
[Alain] (French, priest of the Missionaries
of Africa, died at age 75 in 1994) ----- Bl. Celestine Ringeard
of Touvois
[Célestin] (French, Trappist priest, died at age 62 in 1996) ----- Bl. Charles Decker
of Antwerp
(Belgian, priest of the Missionaries of
Africa, died at age 70 in 1994) ----- Bl. Christian Chessel
of Digne
(French, priest of the Missionaries of
Africa, died at age 36 in 1994) ----- Bl. Christian de
Chergé of Colmar
(French, Trappist priest, died at age 59 in 1996) ----- Bl. Christopher Lebreton
of Blois
[Christophe] (French, Trappist priest, died at age 45 in 1996) ----- Bl. John Chevillard
of Angers
[Jean] (French, priest of the Missionaries
of Africa, died at age 69 1994) -- [Religious Brothers:] ----- Bl. Christian Lemarchand
of Saint-Maixent
(French, Trappist brother, died at age 57 in 1996) ----- Bl. Henry Vergès
of Matemale
[Henri] (French, religious of the Marist
Brothers of the Schools, died at age 63 in 1994) ----- Bl. Luke Dochier
of Bourg-de-Péage [Luke]
[baptized Paul] (French, Trappist brother, died at age 82 in 1996) ----- Bl. Michael Fleury
of Sainte-Anne
[Michel] (French, Trappist brother, died on his 52nd birthday in 1996) ----- Bl. Paul Favre-Miville
of Vinzier
(French, Trappist brother, died at age 57 in 1996) -- [Religious Sisters:] ----- Bl. Angela Mary Littlejohn
of Tunis
[Angèle-Marie] [baptized Jeanne] (French [English?] born in Tunisia, religious
of the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of
the Apostles, died at age 61 in 1995) ----- Bl. Esther Paniagua
Alonso of Izagre
(Spanish, virgin, religious of the Augustinian
Missionary Sisters, died at age 45 in 1994) ----- Bl. Mary Charity Álvarez
Martín of Santa Cruz de Salceda [María Caridad] (Spanish, virgin,
religious of the Augustinian Missionary
Sisters, died at age 61 in 1994) ----- Bl. Odette Prévost
of Oger
(French, religious of the Little Sisters
of the Sacred Heart, died at age 63 in 1995) ----- Bl. Paula Helen Saint
Raymond of Paris
[Paul-Hélène] (French, virgin, religious of the Little Sisters of the Assumption, died at age 67 in 1994) ----- Bl. Vivian Leclerc
of Gazeran
[Bibiane] [baptized Denise] (French, religious of the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of the Apostles, died at age 65 in
1995) St. Amato Ronconi of Rimini
(Italian, Franciscan tertiary, founder of hospice, Benedictine
brother, d. 1292 [beatified 1776, canonized 2014]) Bl. Angel of Masaccio
[Angelo] (Italian, Camaldolese monk, martyred by heretics in 1458
[beatified 1842]) Bl. Antoninus Bajewski
of Vilnius
[Antonin] [baptized Jan Eugeniusz (John Eugene)] (Polish born in Lithuania, Franciscan priest,
martyred by Nazis at Auschwitz [Poland] at age 26 in 1941 [beatified 1999]) Pope St. Benedict II of Rome
(Italian, priest, elected to papacy in 684, reigned
until death in 685) Pope St. Boniface IV of
Valeria
(Italian, Benedictine
monk, elected to papacy in 608, reigned until death at about age
65 in 615) Bl. Clara Fey of Aachen
(German, virgin, founded and led Sisters
of the Poor Child Jesus, died at about age 79 in 1894 [beatified 2018]) St. Desideratus of
Bourges
(French, bishop, 6th Century) St. Dionysius of
Vienne
(Italian?, missionary and bishop in France, c. 194) St. Gibrian of Brittany
(Irish, hermit in France, brother of eight saints, c. 515) St. Helladius of
Auxerre (French,
bishop d. 387) Bl. Ida of Nivelles
(French, widow, Benedictine nun, d. 652) Bl. Jeremiah Kostistik
of Valachia
[Geremia] [baptized Ioan (John)] (Romanian, Capuchin friar in Italy, died at age 68 in 1625
[beatified 1983]) St. Madeleine Gabrielle of
Verona
[also known as Madeleine of
Canossa]
[Maddalena Gabriella] (Italian, noblewoman, founded the Daughters of Charity
[Canossians], died at age 61 in 1835 [beatified 1941, canonized 1988]) Bl. Mary Catherine of St. Augustine de
Longpré of Saint-Saveur-le-Vicomte [Marie-Catherine de Saint-Augustin]
(French, member of Religious of the Hospitallers of Mercy of St.
Augustine, died in Canada at age 36 in 1668 [beatified 1989]) [On Canadian "particular calendar"]
Bl. Miriam Teresa Demjanovich
of Bayonne
(American [from New Jersey], virgin, religious of the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of St. Elizabeth, died [appendicitis
complications] at age 26 in 1927 [beatified 2014]) St. Odrian of Waterford
(Irish, early bishop) St. Peter of Saint-Maurice [also
known as Peter of
Tarentaise]
[Pierre] (French, Cistercian abbot, archbishop of Tarentaise, died
at about age 71 in 1174 [canonized 1191]) Bl. Ulrike Nisch of
Mittelbiberach-Oberdorf
[baptized Franziska (Frances)] (German, virgin, religious of Sisters of
Charity of the Holy Cross of Ingenbohl, died at age 31 in 1913 [beatified
1987]) St. Victor the Moor (Mauretanian, soldier
in Rome, tortured and martyred by beheading c. 303) Sts. Wiro, Plechelm, and Otger, of
Northumbria
(British, Benedictine
monks, missionaries in Netherlands, martyred c. 753) ---------------------- On
May 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: St. Beatus of Beatenberg
(Swiss, hermit) St. Brynoth of Scara (Sweden,
bishop for 38 years, d. 1317 [canonized 1498]) St. Gerontius of
Cervia
(Italian, bishop, martyred c. 501) St. Gofor of Llanover
(Welsh) St. Gregory of Ostia
[Gregorio] (Italian, Benedictine monk, cardinal bishop, papal legate,
died in Spain c. 1044) St. Hermas of Rome
(Italian, bishop of Philippi in Greece, mentioned by St. Paul [Romans 16],
martyred in 1st Century) St. Isaiah ben Amoz
[also called Isaias] (Judean, Old Testament prophet, c. 681 B.C.) St. John of Chalon-sur-Saône
(French, bishop, c. 475) Bl.
Mary Carmen Rendiles
Martínez of Caracas
[María Carmen] [baptized Carmen Elena] (Venezuelan, born without left arm,
virgin, religious sister of Servants of
the Eucharist, founded Servants of
Jesus of Caracas, died [influenza] at age 73 in 1977 [beatified 2018]) Bl. Mary Teresa of Jesus Gerhardinger
of Regensburg
[Maria Theresia von Jesus] [baptized Karoline (Caroline)] (German, founded School Sisters of
Notre Dame, died at age 81 in 1879 [beatified 1985]) Bl. Nicholas Albergati
of Bologna
[Niccola] (Italian, Carthusian monk, cardinal archbishop, died at
about age 73 in 1448 [beatified 1744]) [commemorated by his order on October 13] St. Pachomius of
Tabenna
(Egyptian, soldier, desert hermit, abbot, wrote earliest known communal rule
for monks [at least 3,000 in nine monasteries], had true gift of tongues,
opposed Arian heresy, died at about age 57 c. 348) [commemorated by some on the
15th] St. Sanctan of Kill-da-Les
(British, bishop in Ireland, 6th Century) Bl. Thomas Pickering of
Westmoreland
(English, Benedictine
brother, martyred by hanging under Charles II in 1679 [beatified
1929]) St. Tudy of Landevennec
(French, hermit, missionary, 5th or 6th Century) St. Vincent of Montes
(Spanish, Benedictine
abbot, bishop, c. 950) ---------------------- On May 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. Damien de Veuster of Tremelo
[Damiaan] [baptized Jozef (Joseph)] ["The Leper Priest," "Fr.
Damien of
Molokai"]
(Belgian, priest of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary,
missionary in Hawaiian islands, served abandoned lepers of Molokai for final 12
years, died of leprosy at age 49 in 1885 [beatified 1995, canonized 2009]) [On U.S. “particular
calendar”] St. John of Almodovar del Campo [also
known as John of
Avila]
[Juan] (Spanish, lawyer, priest, travelling preacher, Doctor of the Church ... spiritual director of Sts. Teresa of Avila,
Francis Borgia, John
of God, and Louis of
Granada ...
died at age 70 in 1569 [beatified 1894, canonized 1970]) Sts. Alphius, Cyrinus, and
Philadelphus (Sicilian, three biological brothers, martyred in 251) St. Antoninus Pierozzi
of Florence
[Antonino] (Italian, Dominican vicar general, archbishop, died at age
70 in 1459 [canonized 1523]) St. Aurelian of
Limoges
(French, bishop, before 4th Century) Bl. Beatrice d'Este
(Italian, noblewoman, Benedictine nun, died before age 27 in 1226
[beatified 1763]) Sts. Calepodius, Palmatius, Simplicius,
Felix, Blanda, and companions, of Rome (Italian ... priest,
aristocrat, senator, husband, wife, and more than 100 others ... martyred by
drowning in 222) St. Cataldus of
Munster
(Irish, headmaster, bishop of Taranto in Italy, 7th Century) St. Comgall of Ulster [also
known as Comgall of Bangor] (Ireland, soldier, hermit, abbot, died at about age
91 in 603 [canonized 1903]) [On Irish "particular calendar"] St. Dioscorides of
Smyrna
(from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], early martyr) Sts. Gordian and Epimachus (Egyptian,
martyred c. 362 and c. 250 [relics buried together]) Bl. Henry Rebuschini of Gravedona [Enrico]
(Italian, accountant, priest, superior of Camillian Servants of the Sick, died at age 78 in
1938 [beatified 1998]) Bl. Ivan Merz of Banja Luka
(Bosnian, layman, philosopher, member of Catholic Action, died in Croatia at
age 31 in 1928 [beatified 2003]) St. Job (Israelite,
patriarch [though some consider him a fictional character], c. 1500 B.C.) Sts. Quartus and Quintus of
Capua
(Italian, early martyrs) St. Solangia of
Bourges
(French, shepherdess, martyred [stabbed] defending her virginity c. 880) St. William of Pontoise
(English, hermit in France, d. 1192) ------------------ On
May 11, 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. Aloysius Rabata
of Randazzo
[Aluigi] (Sicilian, Carmelite friar, died at about age 60 in 1490
[beatified 1841]) St. Anastasius and companions (Italian,
military officer and household, martyred by beheading in 251) St. Anastasius of
Lérida
(Spanish, early martyr) St. Ansfrid of Brabant
(Dutch, knight, archbishop of Utrecht, Benedictine monk in Germany, d. 1010) St. Anthimus of Rome
(Italian, priest, martyred by beheading in 303) Bl. Basil Hopko of Hrabske
[Vasiľ] (Slovak, Byzantine Catholic peasant, auxiliary bishop of Presov,
imprisoned/tortured/poisoned by Communists, died at age 72 in 1976 [beatified
2003]) Bl. Benincasa of
Florence
(Italian, Servite
hermit, died at about age 50 in 1426 [beatified 1829]) Bl. Ceferino Namuncurá
of Chimpay
(Argentinean, seminarian in Italy, died [tuberculosis] at age 18 in 1905
[beatified 2007]) St. Credan of Cornwall
(British, hogherd) St. Evellius of Pisa
(Italian, counselor to Nero, martyred c. 66) St. Francis of Jerome of
Grottaglie
[Francesco di Girolamo] (Italian, parish priest, later a Jesuit, rural
missionary, died at age 73 in 1716 [beatified 1806, canonized 1839]) St. Fremund of Dunstable
(British, hermit, martyred in 866) St. Gangulphus of
Burgundy
(French, knight, hermit, martyred by spear in 760) St. Ignatius of
Laconi
[Ignazio] (Sardinian [Italian], poor farmer, Capuchin brother, weaver, beggar for forty
years, died at age 79 in 1781 [beatified 1940, canonized 1951]) St. Illuminato of San
Severino
(Italian, Benedictine
monk, c. 1000) St. Illuminato of
Assisi
(Italian, disciple of St. Francis, c. 1230) Bl.
James Walworth and
Bl. John Rochester
of Terling
(English, Carthusian
monks, martyred [hanged in chains] under Henry VIII in 1537
[beatified 1886]) Bl. Julian Cesarello of Valle
(Istrian [Croatian], Franciscan, c. 1349 [beatified 1910]) St. Lua of Killaloe
(Irish, nobleman, abbot, 7th Century) St. Majolus of Avignon
(French, Benedictine
abbot, died at about age 88 in 994) St. Mamertus of
Vienne
(French, bishop, d. 475) St. Matthew Le Van
Gam of
Tonkin
(Vietnamese, boatman, tortured and martyred by beheading at about age 34 in
1847 [beatified 1900, canonized 1988]) Sts. Maximus, Bassus, and Fabius, of Rome
(Italian, martyred in 304) Blessed Polish Martyrs of the Sisters of St. Elizabeth (Polish [9] and German [1], ten professed
religious sisters [representative of over a hundred from their congregation],
martyred in Poland [shot, several having defended their chastity] by Soviet invaders
near the end of World War II in 1945 [beatified 2022]) -----
Bl. Mary Acutina Goldberg
of Dluzek
[Maria Acutina] [baptized Helena] (Polish, died at age 62) -----
Bl. Mary Adele Schramm
of Laczna
[Maria Adela] [baptized Klara (Claire)] (Polish, died at age 59) -----
Bl. Mary Adelheid Töpfer
of Nysa
[Maria Adelheidis] [baptized Jadwiga (Hedwig)] (Polish, died at age 57) -----
Bl. Mary Edelburg Kubitzki
of Dabrówka Dolna
[Maria Edelburgis] [Juliana] (Polish, died at age 40) -----
Bl. Mary Felicity Ellmerer
of Grafing bei München
[Maria Felicitas] [baptized Anna] (German, died at age 55) -----
Bl. Mary Melusia Rybka
of Pawlów
[Maria Meluja] [baptized Marta (Martha)] (Polish, died at age 39) -----
Bl. Mary Paschal Jahn
of Nysa
[Maria Paschalis] [baptized Maria Magdalena (Mary Magdalen)] (Polish, died at
age 46) -----
Bl. Mary Rosary Schilling
of Wroclaw
[Maria Rosaria] [baptized Elfrieda] (Polish, died at age 36) -----
Bl. Mary Sabina Thienel
of Rudzicka
[Maria Sabina] [baptized Anna] (Polish, died at age 35) -----
Bl. Mary Wisdom Heymann
of Lubiesz
[Maria Sapientia] [baptized Luczja (Lucy)] (Polish, died at age 69) St. Possessor of
Verdun
(French, magistrate, bishop, c. 485) St. Principia of Rome
(Italian, virgin, c. 420) Sts. Sisinius, Diocletius, and Florentius,
of
Osimo
(Italian, martyred by stoning in 304) Bl. Vivaldo (Italian, Franciscan tertiary, d. 1300 [beatified 1909]) St. Walbert of Hainault
(Belgian, count, c. 678) St. Walter of l'Esterp
[Gautier] (French, Augustinian abbot for 38 years, d. 1070) -------------------- On
May 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: Sts. Nereus and Achilleus of Rome
(Italian, soldiers, martyred by beheading c. 100) St. Pancras (Syrian?,
orphan, martyred at age 14 by beheading in 304) St. Diomma of Kildimo
(Irish, 5th Century) St. Dionysius (from Asia Minor [now called
Turkey], uncle and guardian of St. Pancras, martyred in 304) St. Dominic of the Causeway
[Domingo] (Spanish, hermit, c. 1109) St. Epiphanius of
Besanduk
(Palestinian, Jewish convert, monastic superior in Egypt, bishop of Salamis on
Cyprus, opponent of eighty heresies, authority on Marian devotion, Doctor of
the Church, died at about age 88 in 403) St. Ethelhard of
Canterbury
(British, archbishop, c. 805) Bl. Francis Patrizi of Siena
[Francesco] (Italian, Servite friar, died at about age 61 in 1328
[beatified 1743]) St. Gemma of Goriano
(Italian, shepherdess, virgin, hermitess, d. 1249 [beatified 1890]) St. Germanus (from Asia Minor, senator,
bishop of Cyzicus, patriarch (bishop) of Constantinople, opposed iconoclast
heresy, died at about age 98 c. 732) Bl. Imelda Lambertini of Bologna
(Italian, miraculously received First Communion and immediately died at age 11
in 1333 [beatified 1826]) [commemorated by some on the 13th] Bl. Jane of Lisbon
[Joana] (Portuguese, princess, Dominican nun, died at about age 38 in 1490
[beatified 1693]) St. Modoald of Trier
(French, bishop in Germany, d. 640) St. Philip of Agirone
(Italian, missionary in Sicily) St. Rictrudis of Marchiennes
(French, mother of four saints, widow, Benedictine abbess, d. 688) ---------------------- On
May 13, we members of the Catholic Church family celebrate the feast of Our
Lady of Fatima. We
also honor, in a special way, the following friends of God --
"saints" and "blesseds" whose souls are now in heaven: St. Abban of Abingdon
(Irish, monk in England, 2nd Century) St. Agnes of Poitiers
(French, abbess, d. 588) Holy Alexandrian Martyrs (Egyptian,
martyred in 372) St. Andrew Hubert Fournet
of Maillé
[Andre] (French, parish priest, co-founder of Daughters of the Cross of St.
Andrew, died at age 81 in 1834 [beatified 1926, canonized 1933]) St. Anno of Verona
(Italian, bishop, d. 780) St. Erconwald of East
Anglia
(British, Benedictine
monk, bishop of London, c. 686) St. Euthymius the Illuminator of
Iberia
(Georgian, abbot, translator, d. 1028) Bl. Fortis Gabrielli of
Gubbio
(Italian, Benedictine
hermit, d. 1040 [beatified 1756]) Bl. Gerard of Villamagna
[Gerardo] (Italian, crusader, Franciscan tertiary, hermit, died at about age 68
in 1242 [beatified 1833]) St. Glyceria of
Trajanopolis
(Roman, virgin in Greece, martyred c. 177) St. John the Silent of
Nicopolis
(Armenian, monk, hermit, exorcist, healer, bishop of Colonia, died in Palestine
at about age 104 in 558) St. Lucius of Amphipolis
(from Asia Minor [modern Turkey], tortured and martyred c. 304) St. Mael of Bardsey
(French, hermit in Wales, 6th Century) Bl. Mary Magdalen Albrizzi
of Como
[Maria Maddalena] (Italian, Augustinian prioress, died at about age 64 in 1465
[beatified 1907]) [commemorated by some on the 15th] Bl. Mary of the Conception of Perpetual
Help Barrecheguren
y García of Granada
[María de la Concepción del Perpetuo Socorro] (Spanish, infirm laywoman,
virgin, died at age 21 in 1927 [beatified 2023]) St. Merewenna of
Rumsey
(British, Benedictine
abbess, c. 970) St. Mucius of Byzantium (from
Asia Minor [now called Turkey], priest, martyred in 304) St. Natalis of Milan
(Italian, bishop, c. 740) St. Onesimus of
Soissons
(French, bishop, c. 361) St. Servatus of
Tongres
(Armenian, bishop in Netherlands, d. 384) St. Valerian of
Auxerre
(French, bishop, opposed Arian heresy, c. 351) ------------------------------- On
May 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: St. Matthias of Jerusalem
(Israelite, successor of apostle Judas Iscariot [Acts 1], martyred by stoning
c. 80) St. Boniface of
Ferentino
(Italian, bishop, 6th Century) St. Carthage the Younger of
Castlemaine
(Irish, swineherd, hermit, abbot, bishop, died at about age 82 c. 637
[canonized 1903]) [Commemorated in Ireland on May 15] St. Dyfan (missionary to Britons, martyred
in 2nd Century) St. Erembert of
Wocourt
(French, Benedictine
monk, bishop of Toulouse, c. 672) Bl. Giles of Vaozela [Gil]
(Portuguese, medical student, Dominican provincial, died at about age 80
in 1265 [beatified 1748]) Sts. Justa, Justina, and Henedina
(Italian, martyred c. 130) St. Mary Dominic Mazzarello
of Mornese
[Maria Domenica] (Italian, field worker, dressmaker, catechist, co-founder of Daughters
of Mary Auxiliatrix, superior of Salesian Sisters, died at age 44 in
1881 [beatified 1938, canonized 1951]) St. Michael Garicoits of Bayonne [Miguel]
(Spanish [Basque], shepherd, parish priest, opposed Jansenist heresy, founder
of Priests of the Sacred Heart of Betharram, died on Ascension Thursday
at age 66 in 1863 [beatified 1923, canonized 1947]) Bl. Petronilla of
Moncel
(French, Poor Clare abbess, d. 1355) St. Pontius of Cimiez
(French, martyred c. 258) St. Tuto of Ratisbon
(German, emperor's secretary, Benedictine
abbot, bishop, d. 930) Sts. Victor and Corona (Syrian?, husband and wife, martyred c. 176) ------------------- On
May 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. Isidore of Madrid
[Isidro] (Spanish, farmer, husband of St. Maria de la Cabeza, died at about age
59 in 1130 [beatified 1619, canonized 1622] [incorruptible]) [On U.S.
“particular calendar”] Bl. Andrew Abellon of Saint-Maximin
[Andre] (French, Dominican priest, died at about age 74 in 1450
[beatified 1902]) Sts. Bertha and Rupert (French, mother and
son, hermits in Germany, 9th Century) St. Britwin of Beverley
(British, Benedictine
abbot, c. 733) St. Caesarea (Italian, hermitess) Sts. Cassius, Victorinus, Maximus, and
companions (French, martyred by barbarians in 260) St. Colman McO'Laoighse of Oughaval
(Irish, abbot, 6th Century) St. Dymphna of Gheel
[also called Davnet] (Irish, virgin, martyred [beheaded] by her incest-minded father in Belgium c.
650) [Commemorated in Ireland on June 14] Bl. Elizabeth of the Crucifixion of the
Lord Jesus Czacka of Biala Cerkiew
[Elzbieta od Ukrzyzowania Pana Jezusa] [baptized Róza (Rose)] (Ukrainian, blind
at age 22, teacher of blind girls in Poland, founded Franciscan Sisters Servants of the Cross, World War II nurse, died
at age 84 in 1961 [beatified 2021]) St. Gerebernus of
Gheel
(Irish, priest, baptizer and companion of the fleeing St. Dymphna, martyred by
beheading c. 650) St. Halward of Oslo
(Norwegian, nobleman, martyred by arrows at about age 23 c. 1043) St. Hilary of Galeata
(Italian, hermit, abbot, d. 558) St. Isidore of Chios
(Greek, layman, martyred c. 250) Bl. Leonard of Camaldoli
[Leonardo] (Italian, Camaldolese hermit, c. 1250) St. Nicholas the Mystic of
Constantinople
(from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], patriarch (bishop), d. 925) Sts. Peter of Lampsacus,
Paul, Andrew, Dionysia, and Decius (from Asia Minor, tortured and martyred in
251) St. Silvanus of
Tabennisi
(Egyptian, actor, hermit, 4th Century) St.
Simplicius of
Sardinia
(Italian, martyred [buried alive] in 304) Sts. Torquatus of
Guadix,
Caecilius of
Granada,
Ctesiphon of
Verga,
Euphrasius of
Andujar,
Hesychius of
Gibraltar,
Indaletius of
Urci,
and Secundius of
Avila
(missionaries sent by apostles to Spain, martyred in 1st Century) ----------------------- On
May 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. Adam of Fermo
[Adamo] (Italian, hermit, Benedictine abbot, c. 1213) St. Andrew Bobola of Sandomir
[Andrzej] ["Duszochwat" or "Thief of Souls"] (Polish,
aristocrat, parish priest, Jesuit superior, missionary [reconciled whole
villages of Eastern Orthodox], tortured [partially flayed] and martyred by
sword in Lithuania at age 65 in 1657 [beatified 1853, canonized 1938]
[incorrupt]) [commemorated by some on the 21st] St. Annobert of Séez
(French, Benedictine
monk, bishop, c. 690) Sts. Aquilinus and Victorian of
Isauria
(from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], early martyrs) St. Audas [also known as Abdas] and 28
companions (Persian [Iranian] ... bishop, seven priests, nine deacons, seven
virgins ... martyred in 420) St. Brendan the Navigator (Irish, priest,
missionary [possibly sea-going], abbot, died in his 90s c. 580) [On Irish "particular calendar"]
St. Carantoc (Welsh, prince, abbot, 5th
Century) St. Carannog of
Cernach
(Welsh, abbot, 6th Century) Blessed Cistercian Marytrs of Casamari
(French [4], Czech [1], Italian [1] ... 6 religious men of the Cistercian Order
of the Strict Observance [2 priests, 2 brothers, 1 cleric, 1 oblate] ...
martyred [hacked with swords by French soldiers] in Italy in 1799 [beatified
2021]) -----
Bl. Albertin Mary Maisonade
of Bordeaux
[Albertin-Marie] (French, professed cleric, died at an unknown age) -----
Bl. Dominic Mary Zavřel
of Prague
[Dominique-Marie] [baptized Jan (John) Chrysostom] (Czech, professed priest,
died at about age 74) -----
Bl. Maturin Mary Pitri
of Fontainebleau
[Maturin-Marie] (French, oblate, died at an unknown age) -----
Bl. Modeste Mary Burgen
of Bourgogne
[Modeste-Marie] (French, professed brother, died at an unknown age) -----
Bl. Simeon Mary Cardon
of Cambrai
[Simèon-Marie] [baptized/confirmed Ignace-Alexandre-Joseph (Ignatius Alexander
Joseph)] (French, professed priest, died at age 40) -----
Bl. Zosimus Brambat
of Milan
[Zosimo] (Italian, professed brother, died at an unkown age) St. Domnolus of Le
Mans
(French, bishop, d. 581) Sts. Felix and Gennadius (African?, early martyrs) St. Fidolus of Aumont
(French, abbot, c. 540) St. Fort of Bordeaux
(French?, bishop, early martyr) St. Francoveus (French, monk, hermit, 7th
Century) St. Germerius of
Toulouse
(French, bishop for fifty years, c. 560) St. Hilary of Pavia
(Italian, bishop, opposed Arian heresy, d. 376) St. Honoratus of
Port-le-Grand
(French, bishop of Amiens, d. 653) St. John Woelflein of Nepomuk
[better known as John Nepomucene]
[Jan] ["Martyr of the Confessional"] (Czech, vicar general of Prague,
confessor to queen of Bohemia, tortured and martyred [drowned] by the king for
guarding the secrecy of the confessional at about age 52 in 1393 [beatified
1721, canonized 1729]) St. Maxima of Fréjus
(French, virgin) Bl. Michael Wozniak of Sokolowo
[Michal] (Polish, diocesan priest, martyred by Nazis at Dachau [Poland] at age
66 in 1942 [beatified 1999]) St. Peregrine of Rome
(Italian, bishop of Auxerre in France, martyred in 3rd or 4th Century) St. Peregrinus of
Terni
(Italian, bishop, c. 138) St. Possidius of
Hippo
(North African, bishop of Calama, died in Italy in 450) St. Primael of Quimper
(British, hermit in France, c. 450) St. Simon Stock of Aylesford
(English, hermit, itinerant preacher, Carmelite prior general, received the brown
scapular from Our Lady [private revelation], died in France at about age 99 in
1265) St. Ubaldo Baldassini of Gubbio
(Italian, bishop, d. 1160 [canonized 1192]) Bl. Vladimir Ghika
of Constantinople (Romanian, aristocrat, reconciled from Orthodoxy to Catholicism at age 29,
operated free clinic, ordained bi-ritual priest in France at age 50, papal legate
around the world, tortured and martyred in Communist prison [starvation] at age
80 in 1954 [beatified 2013]) --------------------- On
May 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: Sts. Adrio, Victor, and Basilla, of
Alexandria
(Egyptian, early martyrs) Sts. Andronicus and Junias (disciples of
St. Paul [Romans 16], martyred in 1st Century) Bl. Antonia Messina of Orgosolo
(Sardinian [Italian], martyred at age 15, defending her virginity, in 1935
[beatified 1987]) St. Bruno of Würzburg
(German, nobleman, nephew of pope, bishop, died in Austria at about age 39 in
1045) [commemorated by some on the 27th] St. Cathan (Irish or Scottish, bishop, 6th
or 7th Century) Sts. Heradius, Paul, Aquilinus, and two companions,
of
Nyon
(Swiss, martyred in 303) St. Julia Salzano of Santa Maria
Capua Vetere
[Giulia] (Italian, virgin, founded Congregation of Sisters Catechists of the
Sacred Heart, died at age 82 in 1929 [beatified 2003, canonized 2010]) St. Madron of Cornwall
(French, hermit in England, c. 545) St. Maildulf of
Malmesbury
(Irish, hermit, teacher, abbot in England, d. 673) St. Maw (Irish, hermit in England, bishop) St. Paschal Baylon of Torre Hermosa
[Pascual] (Spanish, shepherd, Franciscan
brother, cook, doorkeeper, defender of the Blessed Sacrament before
heretics, died 9 days before his 52nd birthday in 1592 [beatified 1618,
canonized 1690]) Bl. Rasso of Grafrath
(Bavarian, soldier, Benedictine monk, d. 953) St. Restituta of Carthage
(North African, virgin, martyred c. 304) St. Silaus of Lucca
(Irish, abbot, bishop, died in Italy in 1100 [canonized 1183]) St. Solochon and two companions (Egyptian,
soldiers, martyred by clubs in Asia Minor [Turkey] in 305) St. Thethmar of
Neumuenster
(German, Norbertine
monk, missionary, d. 1152) --------------------- On
May 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: Pope St. John I of
Tuscany
(Italian, archdeacon, elected to papacy in 523, imprisoned by Arian Goth ruler,
reigned until martyrdom [thirst and starvation] in 526) Bl. Camilla Gentili
(Italian, virgin, d. 1486 [beatified 1841]) St. Conval of Strathclyde
(Irish, priest, missionary in Scotland, archdeacon, c. 630) St. Dioscorus of
Kynopolis
(Egyptian, lector, martyred by hot irons c. 305) St. Elgiva of Shaftesbury
(British, queen, widow, Benedictine nun, d. 971) King St. Eric IX (Swedish, monarch,
tortured and martyred by beheading in 1160) St. Felix of Cantalice
[Felice] ["Brother Deo Gratias"] (Italian, farm laborer, shepherd, Capuchin friar, beggar of alms for 42 years, died on
his 72nd birthday in 1587 [beatified 1625, canonized 1712] [incorruptible]) St. Felix of Umbria
(Italian, bishop of Spoleto, martyred c. 304) St. Feredarius of Iona
(Irish, abbot, d. 863) Bl. Guadalupe Ortiz
de Landázuri Fernández de Heredia of Madrid (Spanish, virgin, chemistry professor
and researcher, early member of Opus Dei
in Spain and Mexico, died at age 58 in
1975 [beatified 2019]) Bl. Martin Oprzadek of Koscielec
[Marcin] [baptized Jan (John)] (Polish, Franciscan priest, martyred by Nazis at Linz
[Austria] at age 58 in 1942 [beatified 1999]) St. Merililaun (British, pilgrim, martyred
in 8th Century) St. Potamon of Heraclea
(Egyptian, bishop, opposed Arian heresy, tortured and martyred c. 340) Bl. Stanislaus Kubski
of Ksiaz
[Stanislaw] (Polish, diocesan priest, martyred by Nazis at Dachau [Germany] at
age 66 in 1942 [beatified 1999]) Sts. Theodotus, Thecusa, Alexandra,
Claudia, Faina, Euphrasia, Matrona, and Julitta, of Ancyra (from
Asia Minor [now called Turkey], innkeeper and seven nuns, martyred in 304) St. Venantius of
Camerino
(Italian, tortured and martyred by beheading at about age 17 c. 250) Bl. William of Toulouse
[Guillaume] (French, Augustinian friar, missionary priest, died at
about age 71 in 1369 [beatified 1893]) ----------------------- On
May 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: Bl. Alcuin of York (British,
schoolmaster, adviser to Charlemagne, died at about age 74 in 804) Bl. Augustine Novello
of Taormina
[Agostino] [baptized Matteo (Matthew)] (Sicilian, lawyer, king's chancellor, Augustinian prior general, papal legate and
confessor, hermit, d. 1309 [beatified 1759]) Bl. Bellatanus and Bl. Savinus of
Montacuto
(Italian, Camaldolese
hermits) Sts. Calocerus and Parthenius of Rome
(Italian, palace eunuchs, martyred by burning c. 304) Pope St. Celestine V del
Morrone of Isernia
[Celestino] [baptized Pietro (Peter)] (Italian, peasant, hermit, priest, Benedictine monk, elected to papacy in 1294 at age 84,
abdicated after five months, died at about age 85 in 1296 [canonized 1313]) St. Crispin Fioretti of Viterbo
[Crispino] [baptized Pietro (Peter)] (Italian, shoemaker's apprentice, Capuchin brother,
infirmarian, beggar for alms, catechist to peasants, died at age 81 in 1750
[beatified 1806, canonized 1982] [incorrupt]) [commemorated by some on the
21st] St. Cyriaca and five companions, of
Nicomedia
(from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], virgins, martyred by burning in 307) St. Cyril of Trier
(German, bishop, 5th Century) St. Dunstan of Baltonsborough
(British, Benedictine
monk, goldsmith, harpist, prophet, king's advisor, bishop of
Worcester, bishop of London, archbishop of Canterbury, died at about age 89 in
988) [On English "particular calendar"] St. Francis Coll Guitart of Gombreny
[Francisco] (Spanish, Dominican friar, parish priest, founder of Dominican
Sisters of the Annunciation, died at age 62 in 1875 [beatified 1979, canonized 2009]) St. Hadulph of Saint-Vaast
(French, Benedictine
abbot, bishop of Arras-Cambrai, c. 728) St. Ives Hélory of Kermartin
[Yves] (French, civil and ecclesiastical lawyer, judge, Franciscan tertiary, parish priest, miracle
worker, died at age 49 in 1303 [canonized 1347]) St. Joaquina Vedruna
de Mas of Barcelona
(Spanish, widow, foundress of Institute of the Carmelite Sisters of Charity,
died at age 70 in 1854 [beatified 1940, canonized 1959]) [commemorated by some
on August 28] Bl. Josephine Suriano
of Partinico
[Giuseppina, nicknamed Pina] (Sicilian, single laywoman, dedicated to
"Catholic Action" and Marian devotion, died [heart attack] at age 35
in 1950 [beatified 2004]) St. Mary Bernard Bütler of
Auw
[Maria Bernarda] [baptized Verena] (Swiss, virgin, founded Franciscan
Missionaries of Mary, Help of Christians, died in Spain 9 days before her
76th birthday in 1924 [beatified 1995, canonized 2008]) Bl. Peter Wright of Slipton
(English, Jesuit
priest, army chaplain, martyred by hanging at about age 47 in
1651 [beatified 1929]) St. Philoterus of Nicomedia (from Asia
Minor, nobleman, martyred in 303) Sts. Pudens and Pudentiana of Rome
(Italian, senator and daughter, martyred c. 160) Bl. Rafael Louis Rafiringa
of Antananarivo
(Madagascaran, convert from paganism at age 13, missionary/catechist, member of
Christian Brothers, died at age 63 in 1919 [beatified 2009])
St. Theophilus Arrighi
of Corte
[Teofilo] [baptized Biagio (Blaise)] (Corsican [French], Franciscan priest, teacher of theology in Italy,
missionary, died at age 63 in 1740 [beatified 1895, canonized 1930])
[commemorated by some on the 21st] Bl. Umiliana Bonaguisi of
Florence
[nee de'
Cerchi]
(Italian, mother of two, widow at age 20, Franciscan tertiary, died at about age 27 in 1246
[beatified 1694]) --------------------- On
May 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. Bernardine of
Massa Maritima
[better known as Bernadine of Siena] [Bernardino] (Italian,
Franciscan
priest, itinerant preacher, theological writer, died at about age
64 in 1444 [canonized 1450]) St. Anastasius of
Brescia
[Anastasio] (Italian, bishop, opposed Arian heresy, d. 610) Bl. Anastasius Pankiewicz
of Nagorzany
[Anastazy] [baptized Jakub (James)] (Polish, Franciscan brother, founder of Congregation of
the Antonian Sisters of Christ the King, martyred by Nazis at Dachau [Germany]
at age 59 in 1942 [beatified 1999]) St. Aquila of Nimes
(Egyptian, martyred [torn by iron combs] in 311) St. Archangel Tadini
of Verolanuova
[Arcangelo] (Italian, diocesan priest, founded Sisters of the Work of the
House of Nazareth, died at age 65 in 1912 [beatified 1999, canonized 2009]) St. Austregisilus of
Bourges
(French, courtier, abbot, bishop, d. 624) St. Basilla of Rome
(Italian, virgin, martyred in 304) St. Baudelius of
Nimes
(French, married missionary, martyred in 2nd or 3rd Century) Bl. Columba Guardagnoli of Rieti
[baptized Angelella] (Italian, Dominican tertiary, virgin, visionary, died at
age 34 in 1501 [beatified 1625]) King St. Ethelbert of East
Anglia
(British, reigned for 44 years, d. 793) Bl. Guy de Gherardescha of Pisa
[Guido] (Italian, hermit, d. 1099) St. Hilary of Toulouse
(French, bishop, 4th Century) Bl. Josepha Stenmanns of Issum [baptized
Hendrina] (German, cofounded Missionary
Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit,
died 8 days before her 51st birthday in 1903 [beatified 2008]) Bl. María Crescencia Pérez
of San Martín
[baptized María Angélica] (Argentinian, virgin, religious sister of the Daughters of Our Lady of the Garden, teacher,
nurse in Chile, died [tuberculosis] at age 34 in 1932 [beatified 2012])
[incorruptible] Bl. Orlando (Italian, Vallumbrosan brother, exorcist, hermit, d. 1242) St. Plautilla of Rome
(Italian, widow, c. 67) Sts. Thalelaeus the Merciful of
Anazarbus,
Alexander, Asterius, and companions (Lebanese ... physician, soldiers?, and others ... died by beheading in Asia Minor [Turkey]
c. 284) St. Theodore of
Pavia
(Italian, bishop, opposed Arian heresy, d. 778) -------------------- On
May 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: Holy Martyrs of Mexico [also known as
"St. Christopher Magallanes and
Companions"] (Mexican, 25 covert priests and persecuted laymen, martyred
by anticlerical government between 1915 and 1937 [beatified 1992, canonized
2000]) [Click
here to see the martyrs' names and other facts about
them.] St. Barrfoin of
Killbarron
(Irish, hermit, 6th Century) Bl. Benvenuto of
Recanati
(Italian, Franciscan
brother, visionary, d. 1289) Bl. Catherine of
Naples
[Catalina] (Italian, virgin, noblewoman, Carmelite hermitess in Spain, died at about age
50 in 1577) Bl. Emmanuel Gómez
González of As Neves
[Manuel] and Bl. Adilio Daronch
of Dona Francisca
(Spanish and Brazilian ... parish priest and his altar boy in Brazil ...
martyred [shot] by anticlerical militiamen at ages 46 and 15 in 1924 [beatified
2007]) St. Eugene de Mazenod of
Aix-en-Provençe
[baptized Charles-Joseph-Eugene] (French, priest, co-founder of Missionaries
of Provence and Oblates of Mary Immaculate, bishop of Marseilles,
died at age 78 in 1861 [beatified 1975, canonized 1995] [incorruptible]) [On Canadian "particular calendar"]
St. Godric of Walpole
(English, peddler, penitent hermit for 60 years, prophet, died at about age 100
c. 1170) St. Gollen of Denbighshire
(Welsh, 7th Century) St. Hospitius of
Cap-Saint-Hospice
(French, hermit, 6th or 7th Century) St. Isberga of Aire
(French, sister of Charlemagne, Benedictine nun, c. 800) Sts. Nicostratus, Antiochus and companions
(Italian?, soldiers, martyred in Palestine in 303) Sts. Polyeuctus, Victorius, and Donatus, of
Caesarea
(Cappadocian [from part of what is now Turkey], early martyrs) St. Secundinus of
Cordova
(Spanish, martyred c. 306) St. Secundus and companions, of
Alexandria
(Egyptian, clergy and laity sent into exile by Arian heretic patriarch,
martyred c. 357) St. Serapion the Sindonite (Egyptian,
desert monk, c. 356) St. Theobald of
Vienne
(French, archbishop for 31 years, died at about age 70 in 1001 [canonized
1903]) Sts. Timothy, Polius, and Eutychius
(Mauritanian, deacons, early martyrs) St. Valens and three companions, of
Auxerre
(French, bishop and three boys, early martyrs) St. Vales (French, priest, 4th Century) Holy Martyrs of Mexico -- CONTINUED [also known as "St. Christopher Magallanes and
Companions"] (Mexican, 22 covert priests and 3 persecuted laymen, martyred
by anticlerical government between 1915 and 1937 [beatified 1992, canonized
2000]) -----
St. Augustine Caloca
Cortes of San Juan Bautista del Teúl [Agustin] (priest, seminary
prefect, shot to death at age 29 in 1927) --------------------- On
May 22, 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. Rita Mancini of Roccaporena
[better known as Rita of
Cascia]
[baptized Margarita, nee Lotti] (Italian, wife, mother of twins, widow,
Augustinian nun, stigmatist, died
at about age 70 in 1457 [beatified 1627, canonized 1900]) St. Atto of Badajoz
(Spanish, Vallumbrosan
abbot general, bishop of Pistoia in Italy, d. 1153) St. Ausonius of
Angouleme
(French, bishop, early martyr) St. Basiliscus of
Comana
(from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], bishop, martyred by beheading in 312) St. Bobo of Provence
(French, knight, hermit, died in Italy c. 985) St. Boethian of
Pierrepont
(Irish, Benedictine
monk, martyred in France in 7th Century) Sts. Castus and Aemilius (African, martyred
by burning c. 250) St. Conall of Inniscoel
(Irish, abbot, 7th Century) Sts. Faustinus, Timothy, and Venustus, of Rome
(Italian,
martyred c. 362) St. Fulk of Castrofurli
(Italian, cared for those stricken by plague, c. 601 [canonized 1572]) St. Helen of Auxerre
(French, virgin, c. 419) St. Helen Luyddog of Carnarvon
[Elen] (Welsh, princess, wife of emperor, mother of five, widow, 4th Century) St. Hemming of Balinge
(Swedish, bishop of Abo in Finland, martyred at about age 76 in 1366) St. Humility of
Faenza
[Umilita] [baptized Rosanna] (Italian, widow, hermitess, Vallumbrosan abbess, died at about age 83 in 1310
[canonized 1720]) Bl. John Baptist Machado
of Terceira
[João Bautista] (from Azores [Portuguese islands], Jesuit
priest in Portugal, missionary in Japan, martyred by beheading in
Nagasaki at about age 37 in 1617 [beatified 1867]) Bl. John of Cetina [Juan]
and Bl. Peter de
Duenas of Palencia
[Pedro] (Spanish, Franciscan missionaries, martyred [beheaded] by
Moslems in 1397) [Bl. Peter died at about age 19.] Bl. John Forest of Oxford
(English, Franciscan provincial, chaplain of Queen
Catherine of Aragon [only true wife of Henry VIII], martyred [hanged and
burned] at about age 66 in 1538 [beatified 1886]) St. John of Parma
(Italian, Benedictine
abbot, c. 982) St. Julia of Corsica
(North African, noblewoman, kidnapped and sold into slavery, tortured and
martyred [crucified] on Corsica c. 620) St. Marcian of Ravenna
(Italian, bishop, c. 127) Bl. Margaret of
Hulme
(English, martyred in 1170) Bl. Mary Dominic Brun
Barbantini of Lucca
[Maria Domenica] (Italian, founded Congregation of the Sisters of the Least,
died at age 79 in 1868 [beatified 1995]) Bl. Matthias of
Arima
(Japanese, catechist, servant of Jesuit provincial, martyred in 1622
[beatified 1867]) St. Michael Ho Dinh
Hy of
Nhu-lam
(Vietnamese, superintendent of silk mills, martyred by beheading at about age
48 in 1857 [beatified 1909, canonized 1988]) Bl. Peter of the Assumption of
Cuerva
[Pedro Asuncion] (Spanish, missionary priest, Franciscan guardian of friary in Japan, martyred
by beheading at Nagasaki in 1617 [beatified 1867]) St. Peter Parenzi of Rome
[Pietro] (Italian, opposed Catharist heresy, martyred in 1199) St. Quiteria (Spanish, virgin, martyred by
beheading in 5th Century) St. Romanus of Subiaco (Italian,
monk, advisor to young St. Benedict, c. 560) --------------------- On
May 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: Bl. Bartholomew Pucci-Franceschi
of Montepulciano
[Bartolomeo] (Italian, Franciscan friar, d. 1330 [beatified 1880]) Holy Martyrs of Cappadocia (from Asia
Minor [now called Turkey], tortured and martyred in 303) St. Desiderius of
Genoa
(Italian, bishop of Langres in France, martyred by barbarians
c. 407) St. Desiderius of
Autun
(French, bishop of Vienne, martyred in 608) Sts. Epitacius of Tuy and
Basileus of
Braga
(bishops in Spain and Portugal, martyred in 1st
Century) St.
Euphebius of
Naples
(Italian, bishop) St. Euphrosyne of
Polotsk
[baptized Pradslava] (Belarusan, virgin, hermitess, copyist, died at about age
63 in 1173 [canonized 1984]) Sts. Eutychius and Florentius of
Valcastoria
(Italian, Benedictine monks, 6th Century) St. Goban Gobhnena of
Old-Leighlin
(Irish, abbot in England, 6th or 7th Century) St. Guibert of Gembloux
(Belgian, military officer, hermit, Benedictine abbot, d. 962 [canonized 1211]) St. Ives of Beauvais
[Yves] (French, Augustinian prior, bishop of Chartres, died at
about age 76 in 1116) St. Joan Antide Thouret
of Sancy
[Jeanne-Antide] (French, foundress of Institute of the Daughters of Charity,
died in Italy at age 60 in 1826 [beatified 1926, canonized 1934]) [commemorated by some
on August 24] St. John Baptist de’
Rossi of Voltaggio
[Giovanni Battista] (Italian, epileptic, priest, miracle worker, died at about
age 65 in 1764 [beatified 1860, canonized 1881]) Bl. Joseph Kurzawa of Swierczyn
[Józef] and Bl. Vincent Matuszewski
of Chruscienska Wola
[Wincenty] (Polish, diocesan priests, martyred by Nazis at Witowo [Poland] at
ages 30 and 71 in 1940 [beatified 1999]) St. Merculialis of
Forli
(Italian, bishop, zealous opponent of paganism and Arian heresy, c. 406) Holy Martyrs of Mesopotamia ([Iraqi],
martyred c. 307) St. Michael of Synnada
(Phrygian [from part of what is now Turkey], bishop, opposed iconoclast heresy,
c. 820) Sts. Quintian, Lucius, Julian, and 16
companions (North African, martyred by Arian Vandals c. 430) St. Syagrius of
Lerins
(French, Benedictine
abbot, bishop of Nice, c. 787) St.
William of
Perth
(Scottish, baker, pilgrim, martyred in England in 1201 [canonized 1256]) ----------------------- On
May 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. Afra of Brescia
(Italian, virgin, martyr) King St. David I (Scottish, son of St.
Margaret, patron of monasticism, died at about age 67 in 1153) Sts. Donatian and Rogatian of
Nantes
(French, biological brothers, tortured [racked, pierced] and martyred by
beheading c. 304) St. Gerard de Lunel
(French, Franciscan
tertiary, pilgrim, died in Italy at about age 23 in 1298
[canonized 1742]) St. Joanna (Israelite, wife of Herod
Antipas's steward [Luke 8 and 24], widow, 1st Century) Bl. John del Prado of Morgobresio
[Juan] (Spanish, Franciscan priest, tortured and martyred [burned]
by Moslems in Morocco at about age 67 in 1636 [beatified 1728]) Bl. John of Montfort
[Jean] (French, crusader knight, died on Cyprus c. 1178) Bl. Lanfranco of
Pavia
(Italian, lawyer, Benedictine
prior in France, archbishop of Canterbury, defended dogma of
transubstantiation vs. heretic Berengarius, advisor to William the Conqueror,
died in England at about age 83 in 1089) Bl. Louis Zephyrinus Moreau
of Bécancour
[Louis-Zéphirin] (Canadian, bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe in Quebec, died at age 77
in 1901 [beatified 1987]) [On Canadian "particular calendar"] St. Manahen (Israelite? foster-brother of
Herod Antipas, prophet [Acts 13], died in Syria? in 1st Century) Bl. Mario Vergara of Frattamaggiore and
Bl. Isidore Ngei Ko
Lat of
Ahtet Tawpon
(Italian and Burmese, PIME missionary priest in Burma [Myanmar] and lay
catechist, martyred at ages 39 and about 30 in 1950 [beatified 2014]) Bl. Mary Crucified of Divine Love Gargani
of Morra de Sanctis
[Maria Crocifissa del Divino Amore] (baptized Maria) (Italian, virgin, teacher
and member of Secular Franciscan Order,
founded Sisters Apostles of the Sacred
Heart, close friend and correspondent with Saint Pio of Pietrelcina, died
at age 80 in 1973 [beatified 2018]) St. Meletius (army general, early martyr
in Galatia [Turkey]) St. Patrick of Bayeux
(French, bishop, c. 469) Bl. Philip Suzanni of Piacenza
[Filippo] (Italian, Augustinian friar, d. 1306 [beatified 1766]) St.
Robustian of
Milan
(Italian, early martyr) St. Simeon Stylites the Younger of
Antioch
(Syrian? hermit atop pillar for 69 years, priest, healer, died at about age 76
in 597) Sts. Susanna, Marciana, Palladia, and
companions (wives and children of soldiers commanded by St. Meletius, early
martyrs in Galatia [Turkey]) St. Vincent of Porto
(Italian, early martyr) St. Vincent of Lérins
(French, soldier, monk-priest, theologian, c. 445) Bl. William of Dongelberg
(Belgian, Cistercian
monk, c. 1250) Bl. William of Fenoli [Guglielmo] (Italian, Carthusian
brother, c. 1205 [beatified 1860]) Sts. Zoëllus, Servilius, Felix, Sylvanus,
and Diocles (early martyrs) [On this day, in Australia and New Zealand, Catholics honor
Mary as Our Lady,
Help of Christians.] ---------------------- On
May 25, we members of the Catholic Church family honor the Blessed Virgin Mary
under her title, Our Lady of Consolation. We
also honor, in a special way, the following friends of God --
"saints" and "blesseds" whose souls are now in heaven: St. Bede the Venerable of
Northumbria
(British, Benedictine
priest, translator of scripture into Old English, ecclesiastical
historian, Doctor of the Church, died at about age 62 in 735 [canonized 1899]) Pope St. Gregory VII of
Ravaco
[Gregorio] [baptized Hildebrand] (Italian, Benedictine monk, papal advisor, elected to papacy
in 1073, exiled by emperor, reigned until death at about age 65 in 1085
[beatified 1584, canonized 1606]) St. Mary Magdalene de'
Pazzi of Florence
[Maria Maddalena] [baptized Caterina (Catherine)] (Italian, Discalced Carmelite nun, mystic, died at age 41
in 1607 [beatified 1626, canonized 1669]) Bl. Claritus Voglia
of Florence
[Chiarito] (Italian, founder and manservant of a convent of Augustinian nuns, d. 1348) St. Dennis of Milan [also
known as Dionysius] (Italian, bishop, died in exile c. 359) St. Dunchadh of Iona
(Irish, abbot in Scotland, d. 717) St. Egilhard of
Cornelimunster
(German, Benedictine
abbot, martyred in 881) Bl. Eleanor of Provence
[Eleonore] (French, countess, married to English king from age 13 till
widowhood at 49, mother of nine, Benedictine nun, d. 1291) St. Gennadius of
Argeo
(Spanish, Benedictine
abbot, bishop of Astorga, hermit, c. 936) Bl. Gerbald (monk, martyred in 862) Sts. Injuriosus and Scholastica of
Auvergne
(French, husband and wife, c. 550) St. Leo of Troyes
(French, abbot, c. 550) St. Madeleine Sophie Barat
of Joigny
(French, co-founder of Society of the Sacred Heart, teaching nun and
superior general from age 23 to 85, founded 105 houses in many countries, died
at age 85 in 1865 [beatified 1908, canonized 1925]) Sts. Maximus and Victorinus of
Brescia
(Italian, biological brothers, bishop and deacon, missionaries in France,
martyred by beheading c. 384) Sts. Pasicrates, Valentio, and two
companions (soldiers, martyred in Bulgaria c. 302) St. Peter Doan Van of
Son-Tay
(Vietnamese, lay catechist, martyred by beheading at an advanced age in 1857
[beatified 1909, canonized 1988]) Pope St. Urban I of Rome
(Italian, elected to papacy c. 222, reigned until
martyrdom by beheading in 230) St. Zenobius of
Florence
(Italian, adult convert from paganism, bishop, revived five people from death,
c. 390) "Come, Holy Spirit. Spirit of truth,
you are the reward of the saints, the comforter of souls, light in the
darkness, riches to the poor, treasure to lovers, food for the hungry, comfort
to those who are wandering; to sum up, you are the one in whom all treasures
are contained. Come! As you descended upon Mary that the
Word might become flesh, work in us through grace as you worked in her through
nature and grace. Come! Food of every
chaste thought, fountain of all mercy, sum of all purity. Come! Consume in us whatever prevents us
from being consumed in you." "A little drop of simple obedience is
worth a million times more than a whole vase of the choicest
contemplation." ----------------------- On
May 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. Philip Romulus Neri of
Florence
[Filippo Romolo] (Italian, priest, co-founder of Confraternity of the Most
Holy Trinity, founder of Congregation of the Oratory, died at age 79
in 1595 [beatified 1615, canonized 1622]) St.
Becan of
Cork
(Irish, hermit, 6th Century) St. Berencardus of
Saint Papoul
(French, Benedictine
monk, d. 1293) Pope St. Eleutherius of
Nicopolis
(Greek, deacon in Rome, elected to papacy in 174, reigned
until martyrdom in 189) Bl. Eva of Liége
(Belgian, virgin, hermitess, c. 1266 [beatified 1902]) Sts. Felicissimus, Heraclius, and
Paulinus, of
Todi
(Italian, martyred in 303) Sts. Fugatius and Damian (Roman?, missionaries to Britain, 2nd Century) St. Guinizo of Monte Cassino
(Spanish, Benedictine
monk in Italy, hermit, c. 1050) St. John Doan Trinh
Hoan of
Kim-Long
(Vietnamese, priest, martyred by beheading in 1861 [beatified 1909, canonized
1988]) St. Lambert Péloguin of Riez
(French, Benedictine monk, bishop of Vence for forty years,
died at about age 74 in 1154) Blessed Martyred Priests of Paris (French,
five priests, martyred [shot by firing squad of anticlerical insurrectionists]
in 1871 [beatified 2023]) St. Mary Ann of Jesus de
Paredes y Flores of Quito
[Mariana de Jesus] ["Lily of Quito"] (Ecuadoran, Franciscan tertiary, teacher of Indian children,
died at age 26 in 1645 [beatified 1853, canonized 1950]) [commemorated by some on May 28]
St. Matthew Nguyen Van
Phuong of
Ke-Lay
(Vietnamese, catechist, martyred by beheading at about age 59 in 1861
[beatified 1909, canonized 1988]) St. Odulvald of
Melrose
(Scottish, provincial governor, abbot, d. 698) St.
Peter Sanz
y Jorda of Asco
[Pedro] (Spanish, Dominican
friar, missionary to Philippines and China for over 30 years, bishop,
tortured and martyred by beheading at age 67 in 1747 [beatified 1893, canonized
2000]) St. Priscus and companions, of Rome
(Italian ... military officer, soldiers, and civilians ... martyred in France
c. 272) St. Quadratus the Apologist of
Athens
(Greek, bishop, c. 130) St. Quadratus of
Africa
(early martyr) Bl. Regintrudis of
Nonnberg
(Austrian, Benedictine
abbess, c. 750) St. Simitrius and 22 companions, of Rome
(Italian, martyred by beheading c. 159) St. Ursula Ledóchowska of Loosdoor
[Urszula] [baptized Julia] (Polish [born in Austria], noblewoman, founder of Ursuline
Sisters of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus [Gray Ursulines], missionary
to Russia and Scandinavia, died in Rome at age 74 in 1939 [beatified 1983,
canonized 2003] [incorruptible]) St. Zachary of Vienne
(French, bishop, martyred c. 160) On
May 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. Augustine of Canterbury (Roman, Benedictine monk,
missionary in England, archbishop, d. 605) St. Eutropius of
Marseilles
(French, bishop of Orange, c. 476) St. Frederick of
Liège
(Belgian, bishop, d. 1121) Bl. James of Nocera
[Giacomo] (Italian, Benedictine monk, d. 1300) Bl. John Hogg of Cleveland
(English, priest, martyred under Elizabeth I in 1590 [beatified 1987]) Sts. Julius of Dorostorum,
Pasicrates, Valentio, Hesychius, and companions (soldiers, martyred by
beheading in Bulgaria in 302) [St. Julius was about 47 years old.] Bl. Mary Antonia Samà of
Sant’Andrea Ionio [Mariantonia] (Italian, virgin, disabled and bedridden laywoman, spiritual
advisor, died at age 78 in 1953 [beatified 2021]) Bl. Mary Bartholomew Bagnesi
of Florence
[Maria Bartolomea] (Italian, Dominican tertiary, mystic, died at age 62 in
1577 [beatified 1804]) [commemorated by some on the 28th] St. Melangell (Welsh, hermitess, abbess,
c. 590) St. Ranulphus of
Arras
(French, martyred c. 700) St. Restituta of Sora and companions
(Roman, virgin and others, martyred in 272) Bl. Richard Hill of Yorkshire
(English, priest, martyred under Elizabeth I in 1590 [beatified 1987]) Bl. Richard Holiday of Yorkshire
(English, priest, martyred under Elizabeth I in 1590 [beatified 1987]) ------------------- On
May 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: Bl. Anthony Julian Nowowiejski
of Lubienie
[Antoni Julian] (Polish, archbishop of Plock, refused to step on crucifix at
Dzialdowo [Poland] concentration camp, martyred by Nazis at age 83 in 1941
[beatified 1999]) St. Bernard of Montjoux
[Bernardo] (Italian, nobleman, Augustinian priest, diocesan vicar-general in Alps,
namesake of St. Bernard dogs, died at about age 85 in 1008 [canonized 1681]) St. Caraunus of
Chartres
(French, hermit, deacon, martyred in 5th Century) Sts. Crescens, Dioscorides, Paul, and
Helladius, of
Rome
(Italian, martyred by burning c. 244) Sts. Emilius, Felix, Priamus, and Lucian (early
martyrs) St. Germanus of
Autun
(French, abbot, archbishop of Paris, died at about age 80 in 576) St. Gizur (Icelandic, bishop, d. 1117) St. Heliconis of
Thessalonica
(Greek, virgin, martyred by beheading c. 250) Bl. John Shert of Shert Hall, Bl.
Thomas Ford
of Devon,
and Bl. Robert Johnson
of Shropshire
(English, priests, martyred [drawn, hanged, quartered] under Elizabeth I in
1582 [beatified 1886]) St. Justus of Urgell
(Spanish, bishop, commentator on Song of Songs, c. 528) Bl. Ladislaus Demski
of Sztum
[Wladyslaw] (Polish, diocesan priest, martyred by Nazis at Sachsenhausen
[Germany] at about age 56 in 1940 [beatified 1999]) Bl. Margaret Pole of
Bath
[nee Plantagenet] (English, niece of two kings, mother of five children, widow,
governess of Princess Mary [daughter of Henry VIII], martyred by beheading at
age 69 in 1541 [beatified 1886]) Bl. Mary Constance Panas
of Alano di Piave
[Maria Costanza] [baptized/confirmed Agnese Pacifica (Agnes Pacific)] (Italian,
teacher, Poor Clare Capuchin nun, abbess, died at age 67 in 1963 [beatified
2022]) St. Paul Hanh of Cho
Quan
[Phaolo] (Vietnamese, repentant outlaw, tortured and martyred by beheading at
about age 32 in 1859 [beatified 1909, canonized 1988]) St. Podius of Florence
(Italian, Augustinian canon, bishop, d. 1002) St. Senator of Milan
(Italian, archbishop, d. 480) Bl. Steven Wyszyński of Zuzela
[Stefan] (Polish, priest, canon lawyer, seminary professor and rector, bishop
of Lublin, opposed nazism, Cardinal archbishop of Gniezno and Warsaw,
imprisoned for opposing communism, died [cancer] at age 79 in 1981 [beatified
2021]) St. William of Gellone
[Guillaume] (French, duke, knight opposing Moslem invaders, Benedictine brother, d. 812 [canonized 1066]) ------------------- On
May 29, 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: Pope St. Paul VI Montini
of Concesio
[Paolo] [baptized Giovanni Battista (John the Baptist)] (Italian, diocesan
priest working in Vatican Secretariat of State, secretary to Pope Pius XII,
Cardinal Archbishop of Milan, elected pope in 1963, presided over part of Second
Vatican Ecumenical Council, author of prophetic encyclical ["Humanae
vitae"], reigned until death in Castelgandolfo at age 80 in 1978 [beatified
2014, canonized 2018]) St. Bona of Pisa
(Italian, leader of pilgrimages to Compostela, died at about age 51 in 1207) Sts. Conon and Conon of
Iconium
(from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], father and son, widower and deacon,
tortured over fire and martyred by racking in 275) St.
Cyril of
Caesarea
(Cappadocian [from part of what is now Turkey], child, martyred by the sword c.
251) St. Eleutherius of
Rocca d'Arce
(British, pilgrim, died in Italy) Bl. Elia of St. Clement Fracasso
of Bari
[Elia di San Clemente] [baptized Teodora (Theodora)] (Italian, virgin, Discalced Carmelite nun, died at age 26 [possibly
meningitis or encephalitis] on Christmas Day in 1927 [beatified 2006]) St. Gerald of Macon
(French, Benedictine
monk, bishop for 40 years, d. 927) Bl. Gerardesca of Pisa
(Italian, widow, died about age 57 c. 1260 [beatified 1856]) St. Joachim (Italian, abbot) St. John of Atarés
(Spanish, hermit, c. 750) Bl. Joseph Gerard of
Bouxières-aux-Chênes
(French, priest, religious of the Congregation of the Missionary Oblates of
the Immaculate Blessed Virgin Mary, missionary in Africa [modern Lesotho],
died at age 83 in 1914 [beatified 1988]) St. Maximinus of
Silly
(French, bishop of Trier in Germany, among the greatest opponents of Arian
heresy, c. 349) St. Maximus of Verona
(Italian, bishop, 6th Century) Bl. Peter Petroni of Siena
[Pietro] (Italian, Carthusian monk, d. 1361) St. Restitutus of Rome
(Italian, martyred c. 299) Bl. Richard Thirkeld of Durham
(English, priest, martyred [drawn, hanged, quartered] under Elizabeth I in 1583
[beatified 1886]) Sts. Sisinnius, Martyrius, and Alexander, of
Milan
(Italian, martyred in 397) St. Theodosia of
Constantinople
(from Asia Minor, nun, opposed iconoclast heresy, tortured and martyred c. 745) Blessed Martyrs of Toulouse (French ...
eleven travelling preachers [Dominican, Franciscan, Benedictine, lay],
inquisitors, and companions ... martyred [some in a church sanctuary] by
Albigensian heretics in 1242 [beatified 1866]) Bl. Ulric of Einsiedeln
(Swiss, Benedictine
monk, hermit, c. 979) Sts. Votus and Felix of
Zaragoza
(Spanish, biological brothers, hermits, c. 750) On
May 30, 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.
Anastasius of
Pavia
(bishop in Italy, d. 680) Bl. Andrew Franchi of Pistoia
(Italian, Dominican
prior, bishop, died at about age 66 in 1401 [beatified 1921]) Sts. Basil the Elder and Emmelia of
Caesarea
(Cappadocian [from part of what is now Turkey], parents of four saints
[including St. Basil the Great], c. 370) Sts. Crispulus and Gabinus of
Torres
(Italian, first missionaries to Sardinia, martyred c. 130) St. Exuperantius of
Ravenna
(Italian, bishop, d. 418) Pope St. Felix I of Rome
(Italian, elected to papacy in 269, reigned until
death [not martyred] in 274) King St. Ferdinand III [Fernando]
(Spanish, monarch, father of thirteen, died at about age 53 in 1252 [beatified
1655, canonized 1671] [incorruptible]) St.
Gamo of
Bretigny
(French, abbot, 8th Century) St. Hubert of Bretigny
(French, Benedictine
monk, c. 714) St. Isaac of Constantinople
(abbot in Asia Minor [Turkey], opposed Arian heresy, c. 410) Bl. James Bertoni of Faenza
[Giacomo] (Italian, Servite priest and procurator, died at about
age 39 in 1483 [beatified 1766]) St. Joan of Domremy
[better known as Joan of
Arc]
[Jeanne d'Arc]
["Maid of Orleans"] (French, virgin, illiterate shepherdess, mystic,
led French troops at age 17, executed by burning at age 19 in 1431 [beatified
1905, canonized 1920]) St. Joseph Marello of Turin
[Giuseppe] (Italian, founder of Oblates of St. Joseph, bishop of Acqui,
died at age 50 in 1895 [beatified 1993, canonized 2001]) Bl. Laurence Richardson
of Great Crosby
[nee Johnson], Bl.
Thomas Cottam
of Dilworth,
and Bl. William Filby
of Oxfordshire (English,
priests [Cottam a Jesuit], martyred [drawn, hanged, and quartered] under
Elizabeth I in 1582 [beatified 1929]) St. Luke Kirby of Bedale
(English, priest, tortured and martyred [drawn, hanged, quartered] under
Elizabeth I at about age 34 in 1582 [beatified 1929, canonized 1970]) St. Madelgisilus of
Monstrelet
(Irish, Benedictine
monk, hermit, c. 655) Bl. Martha Wiecka of Nowy Wiec
[Marta] (Polish, religious sister of the Daughters
of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, hospital nurse, died [typhoid fever]
at age 30 in 1904 [beatified 2008]) Bl. Mary Celine of the Presentation of
the Blessed Virgin Mary Castang
of Nojals
[Marie-Céline de la Présentation] [baptized Jeanne-Germaine] (French,
impoverished victim of polio, religious sister of Order of Poor Clares, died [tuberculosis] at age 19 in 1897
[beatified 2007]) Bl. Maurus Scott of Chigwell [baptized
William] and Bl. Richard Newport of Harringworth [alias Smith] (English,
priests [Scott a Benedictine], martyred [drawn, hanged, and quartered]
under James I in 1612 [beatified 1929]) Bl. Otto Neururer of Piller
(Austrian, peasant, parish priest, tortured and martyred [hanged upside down]
in Buchenwald at age 58 in 1940 [first priest killed in a Nazi concentration
camp] [beatified 1996]) Sts. Sycus and Palatinus of
Antioch (Syrian,
early matryrs) St. Venantius of
Lerins
(French, island hermit, c. 400) St. Walstan of Norfolk
(British, itinerant farm worker, d. 1016) [from Bl. Marie Celine:
"I am determined to be a violet of humility, a rose of charity, and
a lily of purity for Jesus."] -------------------- On
May 31, we members of the Catholic Church family celebrate the feast of the
Visitation. We
also honor, in a special way, the following friends of God --
"saints" and "blesseds" whose souls are now in heaven: St. Battista da Varano of Camerino
[baptized Camilla (Camille)] (Italian, Poor Clare abbess, died at about age 66 in 1524 [beatified 1843, canonized 2010]) [commemorated by some on May 30] Sts. Cantius, Cantianius, Cantianella, and
Protus, of
Rome
(Italian ... orphaned brothers, a sister, and their guardian ... martyred by
beheading c. 304) St. Crescentian of
Sassari
(Sardinian [Italian], martyred c. 130) St. Hermias (soldier in Cappadocia [modern
Turkey], martyred in 170) Bl. James Salomone of Venice
[Giacomo] (Italian, nobleman, Dominican friar for 66 years, spiritual
director, healer, died at age 82 in 1314 [beatified 1526]) St. Lupicinus of
Verona
(Italian, bishop, 5th Century) Bl. Mariano di Nicolantonio of
Roccacasale
[baptized Domenico (Dominic)] (Italian, Franciscan friar, died at age 88 in 1866
[beatified 1999]) St. Matilda of Andechs
[Mechtilde] (Bavarian, Benedictine abbess from age 28, mystic, healer,
died at about age 34 in 1160) [commemorated by some on July 6] Bl. Nicholas Barre
of Amiens
[Nicolas] (French, priest, religious of the FranciscanOrder of the Minims, founded Congregation of the Sisters of the Infant Jesus, died at age 64 in 1686 [beatified 1999]) Bl. Nicholas of
Vaucelles
[Nicolas] (French, Cistercian abbot, c. 1163) St. Paschasius of Rome
(Italian, deacon, c. 512) St. Petronilla of Rome (Italian,
virgin, martyred in 1st Century) Bl. Robert Thorpe of Yorkshire
(English, priest, martyred under Elizabeth I in 1591 [beatified 1987]) St. Thomas Dinh Viet
Du of
Tonkin
(Vietnamese, priest, Dominican tertiary, tortured and martyred by
beheading at about age 65 in 1839 [beatified 1900, canonized 1988]) Bl. Thomas Watkinson of
Hemingborough
(English, layman, martyred under Elizabeth I in 1591 [beatified 1987]) St. Vitalis of Monte Subasio
[Vitale] (Italian, Benedictine hermit, d. 1370) Sts. Winnow, Mancus, and Myrbad, of
Cornwall
(Irish, died in England in 6th Century)
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On May 1, we members of the Catholic Church family commemorate St. Joseph
the Worker of Nazareth.
St. Bertinus the Younger of
Sithin
(French, Benedictine
monk, c. 699)
St. Adalsindis of Beze
(French, abbess, c. 680)
----- Bl. Arthur Bell
of Temple Broughton
(English, Franciscan, died at age 53 in 1643)
----- Bl. Thomas Bullaker
of Chichester
(English, Franciscan, died at about age 40 in 1642)
----- Bl. Roger Filcock
of Sandwich
(English, Jesuit, died at about age 30 in 1600)
----- Bl. Henry Heath
of Peterborough
(English, Franciscan, died at about age 44 in 1643)
----- Bl. Charles Meehan
(Irish, Franciscan, shipwrecked on Welsh coast, died at about age 39 in
1679)
----- Bl. Robert Middleton
of Yorkshire
(English, Jesuit, died at about age 31 in 1601)
----- Bl. Robert Nutter
of Burnley
Lanes (English, Dominican, d. 1600)
----- Bl. John Woodcock
of Leyland
(English, Franciscan, died at age 43 in 1646)
-- [Diocesan priests:]
----- Bl. John Adams
of Martinstavn
(English, died at about age 43 in 1586)
----- Bl. Thomas Atkinson
of East Riding
(English, d. 1616)
----- Bl. Edward Bamber
of The Moor
(English, died at age 46 in 1646)
----- Bl. George Beesley
of Goosnarck Hill
(English, died at about age 28 in 1591)
----- Bl. Edward Burden
of Durham
(English, died at about age 48 in 1588)
----- Bl. Roger Cadwallador
of Stretton Sugwas
[alias Rogers] (English, died at about age 44 in 1610)
----- Bl. Alexander Crow
of South Douffield
(English, died at age 36)
----- Bl. William Davies
of Caernavonshire
(Welsh, d. 1593)
----- Bl. Robert Dibdale
of Worcestershire
(English, died at about age 28 in 1586)
----- Bl. George Douglas
(Scottish, d. 1587)
----- Bl. Robert Drury
of Egerley
(English, died at about age 39 in 1607)
----- Bl. Edmund Duke
of Kent
(English, d. 1590)
----- Bl. John Fingley
of Barnley
[alias Finglow]
(English, d. 1586)
----- Bl. Matthew Flathers
of Weston
(English, died at about age 48 in 1608)
----- Bl. Nicholas Garlick
(English, died at about age 33 in 1588)
----- Bl. John Hambley
of Oxford
(English, died at about age 27 in 1587)
----- Bl. George Haydock
of Cottam Hall
(English, died at about age 27 in 1584)
----- Bl. Richard Hill
of Yorkshire
(English, d. 1590)
----- Bl. John Hogg
of Ugthorphe
(English, d. 1590)
----- Bl. Richard Holiday
of Yorkshire
(English, d. 1590)
----- Bl. Thomas Hunt
of Norfolk
[alias Benstead]
(English, died at about age 26 in 1600)
----- Bl. Thurstan Hunt
of Carlton Hall
(English, died at about age 46 in 1601)
----- Bl. Francis Ingleby
(English, d. 1586)
----- Bl. Joseph Lambton
of Yorkshire
(English, died at about age 24 in 1592)
----- Bl. John Lowe
of London
(English, died at about age 33 in 1586)
----- Bl. Robert Ludlam
of Radborne
(English, died at about age 37 in 1588)
----- Bl. George Nichols
of Oxford
(English, died at about age 39 in 1589)
----- Bl. Edward Osbaldeston
of Lancashire
(English, d. 1594)
----- Bl. Anthony Page
of Harrow
(English, died at about age 28 in 1593)
----- Bl. Thomas Palaser
of Elerton
[also known as Palasor and Pallicer]
(English, died at about age 30 in 1600)
----- Bl. Thomas Pilcher
of Battle
[also known as Pilchard]
(English, died at about age 30 in 1587)
----- Bl. Thomas Pormont
(English, died at about age 22 [seminarian?] in 1592)
----- Bl. Nicholas Postgate
of Egton
(English, died at about age 79 in 1679)
----- Bl. Christopher Robinson
of Woodside
(English, d. 1598)
----- Bl. Stephen Rowsham
of Oxfordshire
(English, died at about age 35 in 1587)
----- Bl. John Sandys
of Chester
(English, d. 1586)
----- Bl. Montford Scott
of Suffolk
(English, died at about age 41 in 1591)
----- Bl. Richard Sergeant
of Gloucester
[alias Lee or Long]
(English, d. 1586)
----- Bl. Richard Simpson
of Wells
(English, died at about age 35 in 1588)
----- Bl. Peter Snow
of Ripon
(English, d. 1598)
----- Bl. William Southerne
of Ketton
(English, died at about age 39 in 1618)
----- Bl. William Spenser
of Gisburn
(English, died at about age 34 in 1589)
----- Bl. Thomas Sprott
of Skelsmergh
(English, died at about age 29 in 1600)
----- Bl. John Sugar
of Wambourne
(English, died at about age 46 in 1604)
----- Bl. Robert Sutton
of Burton
(English, died at about age 43 in 1588)
----- Bl. Edmund Sykes
of Leeds
(English, d. 1587)
----- Bl. Hugh Taylor
of Durham
(English, died at about age 25 in 1585)
----- Bl. William Thomson
of Blackburn
(English, died at about age 26 in 1586)
----- Bl. Robert Thorpe
of Yorkshire
(English, d. 1591)
----- Bl. John Thules
of Upholland
(English, died at about age 48 in 1616)
----- Bl. Edward Thwing
of Hurst
(English, died at about age 35 in 1600)
----- Bl. Christopher Wharton
of Middleton
(English, died at age 60 in 1600)
----- Bl. Nicholas Wheeler
of Leominster
[alias Woodfen] (English, died at about age 36 in 1586)
----- Bl. Thomas Whitaker
of Burnley
(English, died at about age 35 in 1646)
----- Bl. Richard Yaxley
of Boston
(English, died at about age 19 [seminarian?] in 1589)
-- [Laymen:]
----- Bl. Thomas Belson
of Brill
(English, died at about age 24 in 1589)
----- Bl. Robert Bickerdike
of Lowhale
(English, d. 1586)
----- Bl. Alexander Blake
(English, d. 1590)
----- Bl. Marmaduke Bowes
of Angram
(English, d. 1585)
----- Bl. John Bretton
of Bretton
(English, died at about age 69 in 1598)
----- Bl. William Carter
(English, d. 1584)
----- Bl. George Errington
of Herst
(English, died at about age 42 in 1596)
----- Bl. Richard Flower
of Anglesey
(Welsh, d. 1588)
----- Bl. William Gibson
of Ripon
(English, d. 1596)
----- Bl. Ralph Grimston
of Yorkshire
(English, d. 1598)
----- Bl. Robert Grissold
of Rowington
(English, d. 1604)
----- Bl. Robert Hardesty
(English, d. 1589)
----- Bl. Nicholas Horner
of Grantley
(English, d. 1590)
----- Bl. William Knight
of South Douffield
(English, died at about age 24 in 1596)
----- Bl. William Lampley
(English, d. 1588)
----- Bl. John Norton
of Yorkshire
(English, d. 1600)
----- Bl. William Pike
of Dorsetshire
(English, d. 1591)
----- Bl. Humphrey Pritchard
of Galles
[alias Humphrey Richard]
(Welsh, d. 1589)
----- Bl. John Talbot
of Thornton-le-Street
(English, d. 1600)
----- Bl. Thomas Watkinson
of Yorkshire
(English, d. 1591)
----- Bl. Henry Webley
of Gloucester
(English, died at about age 30 in 1588)
----- Bl. Roger Wrenno
of Chorley
[alias Roger Warren]
(English, died at about age 40 in 1616)
-------------------------
----- Bl. Emmanuel Martín
Sierra of Chiurriana de la Vega [Manuel] (diocesan priest, died at age
44)
----- Bl. Vincent Soler
Muñárriz of Malón
[Vicente] (priest, died at age 72)
----- Bl. Julian of St. Nicholas of Tolentino Benigno Moreno of Alfaro
[Julián de San Nicolás de Tolentino] (priest, died at age 65)
----- Bl. Leon of the Virgin of the Rosary Inchausti Minteguia of Mendieta-Beaskoa [León
de la Vírgen del Rosario] (priest, died at age 77)
----- Bl. Thanks-be-to-God of St. Augustine Palacios del Rio of Baños de
Valdearados
[Deogracias de San Agustín] (priest, died at age 35)
----- Bl. Joseph of Sorrows Rada Royo of Tarazona [José
de Dolores] (priest, died at age 74)
----- Bl. Joseph Richard of the Heart of Jesus Díez of Camposalinas [José
Ricardo del Corazón de Jesús] (brother, died at age 27)
----- Bl. Vincent of St. Aloysius Gonzaga Pinilla Ibánez of Calatayud
[Vicente de San Aloisio Gonzaga] (priest, died at age 66)
St. Candida Mary of Jesus Cipitria
y Barriola of Berrospe
[Cándida María de Jesus] [baptized Juana Josefa (Jane Josepha)] (Spanish,
virgin, founded Congregation of the Daughters of Jesus, died at age 67
in 1912 [beatified 1996, canonized 2010])
St. Boniface of
Tarsus
(from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], martyred by beheading in 306)
St. Achilles of
Thessaly
(Greek, metropolitan (archbishop), c. 330)
Bl. Blandina Merten of
Duppenweiler
[baptized Maria Magdalena (Mary Magdalen)] (German, virgin, religious sister of
the Order of St. Ursula, died at age 35 in 1918 [beatified 1987])
Bl. Albert of
Bologna
[Alberto] (Italian, Vallumbrosan
abbot, d. 1245)
Sts. Ageranus of Beze,
Genesius, Berard, Rodron, Sifiard, Adalric, and Ansuinus (French ... five Benedictine monks,
a boy, and a priest ... martyred in 888)
----- St. Attila Cruz
Alvarado of Ahuetita de Abajo [Atilano] (parish priest, shot to death
at age 26 in 1928)
----- St. Christopher Magallanes
Jara of Totaltiche
[Cristobal] (shepherd, parish priest, started secret seminaries, shot to death
at age 57 in 1927)
----- St. David Galvan
Bermudez of Guadalajara
(priest, seminary instructor, shot by firing squad at age 34 in 1915)
----- St. David Roldan
Lara of Chalchihuites
(layman, officer of "Catholic Action" and a religious liberty league,
shot to death at age 24 in 1926)
----- St. David Uribe
Velasco of Buenavista de Cuéllar (parish priest, shot to death
at age 37 in 1927)
----- St. Emmanuel Morales
of Mesillas
[Manuel] (layman, father of three, officer of "Catholic Action" and a
religious liberty league, shot to death at age 28 in 1926)
----- St. Januarius Sanchez
Delgadillo of Zapopan
[Jenaro] (parish priest, hanged from a tree at age 40 in 1927)
----- St. Jesus Mendez
Montoya of Tarímbaro
(parish priest, shot to death at age 47 in 1928)
----- St. Joseph Elizabeth Flores Varela of Santa María de la Paz [Jose
Isabel] (parish priest, tortured, throat cut at age 60 in 1927)
----- St. Joseph Mary Robles
Hurtado of Mascota
[Jose Maria] (parish priest, founded women's Congregation of Victims of the
Eucharistic Heart of Jesus, hanged at age 39 in 1927)
----- St. Julius Alvarez
Mendoza of Guadalajara
[Julio] (priest, shot to death at age 60 in 1927)
----- St. Justin Orona
Madrigal of Atoyac
[Justino] (parish priest, founded Poor Clare Sisters of the Sacred Heart,
shot to death at age 51 in 1928)
----- St. Louis Batiz
Sainz of San Miguel del Mezquital [Luis] (parish priest,
seminary's spiritual director, shot by firing squad at age 55 in 1926)
----- St. Margarito Flores
Garcia of Taxco
(parish priest, shot to death at age 28 in 1927)
----- St. Matthew Correa
Magallanes of Tepechitlán
[Mateo] (parish priest, gave First Communion to Bl. Miguel Pro, shot to death
at age 60 in 1927)
----- St. Michael de
la Mora de la Mora of Tecalitlán [Miguel] (priest, shot by
firing squad at age 49 in 1927)
----- St. Peter Esqueda
Ramirez of San Juan de los Lagos [Pedro] (parish priest,
catechist of children, shot to death at age 40 in 1927)
----- St. Peter of Jesus Maldonado
Lucero of Chihuahua
[Pedro de Jesus] (parish priest, promoter of nocturnal adoration, blinded and
beaten to death at age 44 in 1937)
----- St. Roderick Aguilar
Aleman of Sayula
[Rodrigo] (parish priest, poet, hanged at age 52 in 1927)
----- St. Roman Adame
Rosales of Teocaltiche
(parish priest, founded Daughters of Mary of Nocturnal Adoration,
shot to death at age 68 in 1927)
----- St. Sabas Reyes
Salazar of Cocula
(parish priest, tortured and shot to death at age 43 in 1927)
----- St. Salvador Lara
Puente of Berlín
(layman, officer of "Catholic Action" and a religious liberty league,
shot to death at age 21 in 1926)
----- St. Turibius Romo
Gonzalez of Santa Ana de Guadalupe [Toribio] (parish priest,
shot to death at age 27 in 1928)
----- St. Tranquilino Ubiarco
of Zapotlán el Grande
(parish priest, hanged at age 29 in 1928)
St. Aigulf of
Bourges
(French, hermit, bishop, c. 836)
St. Aldhelm of
Wessex
(British, hermit, Benedictine
abbot, poet, musician, bishop of Sherborne, died at about age 68 in 709)
[from St. Mary Magdalene de'
Pazzi:]
St. Alphaeus (Israelite, father of
St. James the Less, may be same person as "Clopas/Cleophas," 1st
Century)
----- Bl. Frézal Tardieu
of Chasseradès
[baptized/confirmed Jean-Pierre-Eugène (John Peter Eugene)] (member of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus
and Mary, died at age 56)
----- Bl. Ladislas Radigue
of Saint-Patrice-du-Désert [baptized Armand] (member of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus
and Mary, died at age 48)
----- Bl. Marcellinus Rouchouze
of Saint-Julien-en-Jarez
[Marcellin] [baptized Jean-Marie (John Mary)] (member of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus
and Mary, died at age 60)
----- Bl. Matthew Henry Planchat
of La-Roche-sur-Yon
[Mathieu-Henri] (member of the Religious
of St. Vincent de Paul, died at age 47)
----- Bl. Polycarp Tuffier
of Malzieu
[Polycarpe] [baptized Jules (Julius)] (member of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, died at age
64)
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Bl. Edmund Duke of
Kent
(English, priest, martyred [drawn, hanged, and quartered] under Elizabeth I in
1590 [beatified 1987])
[In addition to a Benedictine prior, whose name has been lost, they were:]
----- Bl. William Arnaud
[Guillaume] (Dominican priest)
----- Bl. Bernard of
Rochefort (Dominican priest)
----- Bl. Stephen de
Saint-Thibery of Narbonne
[Etienne] (Franciscan priest)
----- Bl. Raymond of
Carbonier
(Franciscan priest)
----- Bl. Bernard Fontanier
(diocesan priest)
----- Bl. Admer (diocesan priest)
----- Bl. Garcia d'Aure (Dominican brother)
----- Bl. Peter Arnaud
[Pierre] (layman)
----- Bl. Raymond de
Cortisan
(priest)
----- Bl. Fortanerius (diocesan priest)
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