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St. Berhard of Amiens
(French, bishop, d. 644) Sts. Caidoc and Fricor of
Centula
(Irish, missionaries in France, 7th Century) St. Catherine Thomas of
Valldemossa
[Catalina Tomas] [also known as Catherine of Palma] (Spanish [Majorcan], orphan, Augustinian nun, mystic, died at age 40 in 1574
[beatified 1792, canonized 1930]) St. Celsus MacAodh of Armagh
[Ceallach] (Irish, monk, teacher at Oxford, archbishop, died at about age 49 in 1129) [On Irish "particular calendar"] St. Dodolin of Vienne
(French, bishop, 7th Century) Bl. Gerard of Sassoferrato
[Gerardo] (Italian, Camaldolese monk, parish priest, died at about age
87 in 1367) St. Gilbert of Caithness
(Scottish, nobleman, bishop, d. 1245) Blessed Martyrs of Guadalajara (Mexican,
eight laymen, some "Cristeros," some members of "National League
for the Defense of Religious Freedom," some tortured [hung by thumbs],
martyred [shot] by anticlerical government in 1927-1928 [beatified 2005]) St. Hugh of Bonnevaux
[Hugues] (French, nephew of St. Hugh of Châteauneuf, Cistercian abbot, died at about age 74 in 1194
[beatified 1903]) St. Hugh of Châteauneuf
[Hugues] (French, bishop of Grenoble for 52 years, Benedictine monk during temporary retirement, died
at about age 79 in 1132 [canonized 1134]) St. Jacqueline of Rome
[Giacolina] (Italian, orphan, hermitess in Greece and Sicily, d. 1220) Bl. John Bretton of West Bretton [also
known as Britton]
(English, layman, martyred at about age 69 under Elizabeth I in 1598 [beatified
1987]) Bl. Joseph Girotti of Alba
[Giuseppe] (Italian, Dominican priest, teacher of scriptural studies,
assisted persecuted Jews, martyred by Nazis at Dachau [Germany] at age 39 in
1945 [beatified 2014]) Bl. Ladislaus Goral
of Stoczek
[Wladyslaw] (Polish, auxiliary bishop of Lublin, martyred by Nazis at
Sachsenhausen [Germany] at age 47 in 1945 [beatified 1999]) St. Leuconus of
Troyes
(French, bishop, d. 666) St. Ludwig Pavoni
of Brescia
[Lodovico] (Italian, priest, founder of Brothers of Mary Immaculate, died at age 64
in 1849 [beatified 2001, canonized 2016]) St. Macarius the Wonder-Worker of
Constantinople
[baptized Christopher] (from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], abbot, c. 830) St. Marcella of
Auvergne
(French, shepherdess) St. Melito of Sardis
(Lydian [from part of what is now Turkey], bishop, c. 180) Bl. Nicholas of Neti
[Niccola] (Sicilian, Cistercian monk, c. 1220) Sts. Quintian and Irenaeus (Armenian,
early martyrs) Bl. Sophie Czeska of Budziszowice
[Zofia (nee Maciejowska)]
(Polish, widow at about age 22, founded Congregation
of the Virgins of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, died at
about age 65 in 1650 [beatified 2013]) St. Tewdric of Glamorgan
(Welsh, prince, hermit, 5th or 6th Century) St. Theodora of Rome
(Italian, martyred in 132) St. Venantius of
Split
(Dalmatian [from part of what is now Croatia], bishop, martyred c. 255) Sts. Victor and Stephen (Egyptian, early
martyrs) St. Walaricus of
Leucone
(French, peasant shepherd, Benedictine abbot, c. 622) ---------------------- St. Francis of Paola
[Francesco] (Italian [Calabrese], hermit, founder of Franciscan Order of
Minim Friars, miracle worker, died in France at about age 90 in 1507
[canonized 1512]) St. Amphianus of
Lycia
(from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], opponent of pagans in Palestine, tortured
and martyred by drowning c. 305) St. Bronach of Glen-Seichis
(Irish, virgin) King St. Constantine II (Scottish, battled
heathen invaders, martyred in 874) St. Dominic Tuóc of Tonkin
[Daminh] (Vietnamese, priest, Dominican tertiary, martyred at about age 64 in
1839 [beatified 1900, canonized 1988]) Bl. Drogo of Baume
(French, Benedictine
monk, tender of flocks, 10th Century) St. Ebba the Younger of
Coldingham
(British, Benedictine
abbess, martyred [burned with all her sisters] by invading Danish
pagans in 879) Bl. Elizabeth Vendramini
of Bassano del Grappa [Elisabetta] (Italian,
virgin, founded Franciscan Tertiary Sisters of St. Elizabeth, died one
week before her 70th birthday in 1860 [beatified 1990]) Bl. James Louis de San Vitores of Burgos [Diego Luis] (Spanish, nobleman,
genius, teacher, Jesuit
missionary priest in Philippines
and Guam with St. Peter Calungsod,
martyred [head split in two by a cutlass] at age 44 in 1672 [beatified 1985]) St. John Paine of Petersborough [or Payne]
(English, priest, tortured for nine months and martyred [drawn, hanged,
quartered] under Elizabeth I in 1582 [beatified 1886, canonized 1970]) Bl. Leopold Croci of Gaiche [Leopoldo]
[baptized Giovanni (John)] (Italian, Franciscan priest, professor, died at age 82 in
1815 [beatified 1893]) St. Longis (Swiss, monk, priest) Bl. Mary of St. Joseph Alvarado
Cardozo of Choroni
[María de San José] [baptized Laura Evangelista] (Venezuelan, co-founder of Augustinian
Recollects of the Heart of Jesus, cared for poorest sick/elderly/orphans,
died at age 91 in 1967 [beatified 1995]) St. Mary of Egypt
(Egyptian, reformed prostitute, hermitess in Palestine, died at about age 77 c.
421) Bl. Meingosus of
Weingarten
(German, Benedictine
abbot, c. 1200) St. Musa of Rome
(Italian, mystic, 6th Century) St. Nicetius of
Lyons
(French, bishop, d. 573) St. Peter Calungsod of Visayas
[Pedro] (Filipino, carpenter, catechist, missionary with Jesuits to
Pacific islands, martyred [hacked to death] on Guam at about age 16 in 1672
[beatified 2000, canonized 2012]) St. Theodosia of Tyre
(Lebanese, virgin, tortured and martyred by drowning in Palestine in 308) St. Urban of Langres
(French, bishop, c. 390) Bl. William Apor of Segesvar
[Vilmos] (Hungarian, bishop of Gyor, sheltered women fearing wartime rapists,
martyred by invading Soviet troops at about age 52 in 1945 [beatified 1997]) Sts. Agape, Chione, and Irene of
Thessalonica
(Macedonian, biological sisters, virgins, martyred in 304) Bl. Alexandrina di
Letto of Sulmona
(Italian, Poor Clare abbess, died at about age
73 in 1458) St. Attalus of Taormina
(Sicilian, Benedictine
abbot, c. 800) St. Burgundofara of
Faremoutiers
(French, Benedictine abbess, died at about age 62 c. 657) Sts. Evagrius and Benignus of Tomi
(Romanian, early martyrs) Bl. Gandolph Sacchi
of Binasco
[Gandolfo] (Italian, Franciscan priest in Sicily, hermit, died at
about age 59 in 1260 [beatified 1881]) Bl. John of Penna
[Giovanni] (Italian, Franciscan priest, mystic, prophet, died at about
age 77 in 1271 [beatified 1806]) St. Louis Scrosoppi of Udine
[Luigi] (Italian, priest, Franciscan
tertiary, dedicated to aiding orphans/poor/handicapped, Oratorian,
died at age 79 in 1884 [beatified 1981, canonized 2001]) Bl. Mary Therese Casini
of Frascati
[Maria Teresa] (Italian, virgin, founded Oblate
Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, died at age 72 in 1937 [beatified
2015]) St. Nicetas of Medikion
(Bithynian [from part of what is now Turkey], abbot, hermit, d. 824) St. Pancras of Taormina
(Sicilian, bishop, martyred in 1st Century) Bl. Peter Edward Dankowski
of Jordanow
[Piotr] (Polish, diocesan priest, martyred by Nazis at Auschwitz [Poland] at
age 33 in 1942 [beatified 1999]) Pope St. Sixtus I of Rome
(Italian, elected to papacy c. 117, reigned until
death by martyrdom in 127) St. Vulpian of Tyre
(Syrian, tortured and martyred by drowning off Lebanon c. 304) ---------------------- St. Isidore of Cartagena
[better known as Isidore of
Seville]
["Schoolmaster of the Middle Ages"] (Spanish, brother of three
saints, hermit, archbishop of Seville, writer of encyclopedia, Doctor of the
Church, died at about age 75 in 636 [canonized 1598]) Bl. Aleth of Dijon
(French, mother of St. Bernard, widow, d. 1105) St. Benedict the Black of
Messina
[Benedetto il Moro] (Italian, son of freed slaves, Franciscan superior, cook, died at about age 63
in 1589 [beatified 1743, canonized 1807] [incorrupt]) St. Gwerir of Liskeard
(British, hermit, 9th Century) Bl. Henry of Gheest
(Belgian, Cistercian
monk, c. 1190) St. Hildebert of
Ghent
(Belgian, Benedictine
abbot, martyred by iconoclasts in 752) Bl. Joseph Benedict Dusmet
of Palermo
[Giuseppe Benedetto] (Italian, Benedictine monk, cardinal archbishop of Catania,
died at age 75 in 1894 [beatified 1988]) St. Peter of Poitiers
[Pierre] (French, bishop, d. 1115) St. Plato of Constantinople (from
what is now Turkey, orphan, abbot, died at about age 78 in 813) St. Tigernach of
Clogher
(Irish, godson of St. Brigid, abbot, bishop, d. 549) St. Zosimus (Palestinian, hermit, 5th
Century) ------------------------ St. Vincent Ferrer of Valencia
[Vicente] (Spanish, Dominican
priest, teacher of theology, advisor to king and pope, missionary to at
least eight nations, had true gift of tongues, miracle-worker, died in France
at about age 68 in 1419 [canonized 1455]) Holy Martyrs of Africa (martyred by Arian
Vandals during Easter Sunday Mass in 459) St. Albert of Montecorvino
(French, bishop in Italy, d. 1127) Bl. Anthony Fuster
["Angel of Peace"], Bl. Blaise of Auvergne, and
Bl. Peter Cerdan
[Pedro] (European, disciples of St. Vincent Ferrer, 14th
Century) St. Becan of Kill-Beggan
(Irish, abbot, 6th Century) Bl.
Catherine of Mary Rodríguez
de Zavalía of Córdoba
[Catalina de María] [baptized/confirmed Josefina Saturnina (Josephine ...)]
(Argentinian, founded Handmaids of the
Heart of Jesus, died at age 72 in 1896 [beatified 2017]) St. Derfel Gadarn
(Welsh, soldier, abbot?, 5th or 6th Century) St. Ethelburga of
Lyminge
(British, princess, widow, Benedictine abbess, c. 647) St. Gerald of Corbie
(French, Benedictine
abbot, died at about age 69 in 1095 [canonized 1197]) St. Irene of Thessalonica
(Macedonian, virgin, martyred in 304) Bl. Juliana of Retinnes
(Belgian, orphan, Augustinian prioress, died at about age 64 in 1258
[beatified 1869]) Holy Martyrs of Lesbos (Greek, virgins,
early martyrs) St. Maria Crescentia Höss of
Kaufbeuren
[baptized Anna] (Bavarian, superior of Franciscan Regular Tertiaries,
mystic, died at age 61 on Easter in 1744 [beatified 1900, canonized 2001]) [commemorated by some on February 6]
Bl. Mariano de la Mata Aparicio of
Barrio de la Puebla
(Spanish, Augustinian
priest in Brazil, champion of the poor, died [cancer] at age 77
in 1983 [beatified 2006]) Sts. Probus and Grace (Welsh, husband and
wife) Bl. Sighardus of
Bonlieu
(French, Cistercian
abbot, d. 1162) St. Zeno (early martyr by burning) ----------------------------- St. Amandus of Bergamo
(Italian, count, d. 515) St. Berthanc of
Kirkwall
["Fer-da-Leithe" (man of two countries)] (Scottish, monk, bishop,
died in Ireland c. 840) Bl. Catherine of
Pallanza
[Caterina] (Italian, hermitess, Augustinian superior, died at about age 40 in 1478
[beatified 1769]) Pope St. Celestine I of
Campania
(Italian, elected to papacy in 422, reigned until
death in 432) St. Elstan of Winchester
(British, Benedictine
monk, cook, abbot, bishop, d. 981) St. Eutychius of
Constantinople
(from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], patriarch (bishop), d. 582) St. Gennard of Flay
(French, Benedictine
abbot, hermit, d. 720) Holy Martyrs of Hadiab (Persian [Iranian],
120 virgins/priests/deacons, martyred by beheading in 345) St. Marcellinus (Roman? secretary to
emperor, martyred in Carthage in 413) Bl. Michael Rua of
Turin
[Michele] (Italian, Salesian
priest [successor of Don Bosco], died at age 72 in 1910
[beatified 1972]) St. Notker Balbulus of Heiligau
(Swiss, Benedictine
brother, musician and composer, died at about age 71 in 912
[beatified 1512]) St. Paul Le Bao
Tinh of
Trinh-ha
(Vietnamese, priest, martyred by beheading at about age 63 in 1857 [beatified
1909, canonized 1988]) Bl. Pierina Morosini of Fiobbio di
Albino
(Italian, poor seamstress, factory worker, catechist, martyred in preserving
her virginity at age 26 in 1957 [beatified 1987]) St. Platonides and companions, of
Nisibis
(Mesopotamian [Iraqi], foundress of convent and followers, possibly martyred c.
308) St. Prudentius of
Troyes
[baptized Galindo] (Spanish, lawyer, bishop, writer of hymns [e.g., "Of
the Father's Love Begotten"], died in France in 861) Sts. Timothy and Diogenes (Macedonian,
martyred probably by Arians c. 345) St. Ulched (British) St. Urban of Peñalba
(Spanish, Benedictine
abbot, c. 940) St. William of Paris
[Guillaume] (French, Augustinian abbot in Denmark, died at about age 77
on Easter in 1203 [canonized 1224]) St. Winebald of
Troyes
(French, Benedictine abbot, c. 650) Bl. Zephyrinus Agostini
of Verona
[Zefirino] (Italian, parish priest, founder of Ursuline Daughters of Mary
Immaculate, died at age 82 in 1896 [beatified 1998]) ------------------------ St. John Baptist de la
Salle of Rheims
[Jean-Baptiste] ["Father of Modern Education"] (French, priest,
founder of Brothers of the Christian Schools [Christian Brothers],
instituted the process of dividing students into grades, established the first
school for teachers, started secondary schools and trade schools, died at age
67 in 1719 [beatified 1888, canonized 1900]) St. Aphraates of
Antioch
(Syrian, hermit in Mesopotamia [Iraq], c. 345) St. Aybert of Crespin
(French, Benedictine
priest, d. 1140) St. Brynach of Carn-Engyle
(Irish, hermit in Wales, 5th Century) St. Calliopus of
Pompeiopolis
(Cilician [from part of what is now Turkey], martyred by inverted crucifixion
c. 303) St. Celsus McAedh of Armagh
(Irish, abbot, bishop, died at about age 50 in 1129) Bl. Christian of
Douai
(French, priest) Bl. Dominic of the Blessed Sacrament Iturrate
Zubero of Dima
[Domingo del Santisimo Sacramento] (Spanish, Trinitarian priest, died [tuberculosis] at age 26
in 1927 [beatified 1983]) [commemorated by some on the 8th, by others on
November 16] Bl. Eberhard of
Schaeffhausen
(Swiss, prince, Benedictine monk, died at about age 60 in 1078) Bl. Edward Oldcorne of York
(English, Jesuit
priest, tortured [racked] and martyred [drawn, hanged, and
quartered] at about age 44 under James I in 1606 [beatified 1929]) Sts. Epiphanius, Donatus, Rufinus, and ten
companions (African, bishop and flock, early martyrs) St. Finan Cam of Munster
(Irish, abbot, 6th Century) St. George the Younger of
Mitylene
(Greek, bishop, battled iconoclasm, c. 816) St. Gibardus of
Luxeuil
(French, Benedictine
abbot, martyred by Huns c. 888) St. Goran (Irish or Cornish, friend of St.
Patrick, 6th Century) St. Hegesippus of
Jerusalem
["Father of Church History"] (Palestinian, convert from Judaism,
historian, c. 180) St. Henry Walpole of
Docking
(English, Jesuit
priest, tortured and martyred [drawn, hanged, and quartered] at
about age 37 under Elizabeth I in 1595 [beatified 1929, canonized 1970]) St. Hermann Joseph of
Cologne
(German, Norbertine
monk, mystical writer, died at about age 91 in 1241 [canonized
1958]) Sts. Llewellwyn and Gwrnerth of
Bardsey
(Welsh, monks, 6th Century) Sts. Pelagius and Peleusius of
Alexandria
(Egyptian, priests, early martyr) Bl. Ralph Ashley of Yorkshire
(English, Jesuit
brother, tortured [racked] and martyred by hanging under James I
in 1606 [beatified 1929]) St. Saturninus of
Verona
(Italian, bishop, c. 356) Holy Martyrs of Sinope (Pontian [from what is now part of Turkey], about two hundred Christians) Bl. Ursulina of
Parma
(Italian, virgin, mystic, died at about age 34 in 1410) St. Villicus of Metz
(French, bishop, d. 568) Bl. William Cufitella of Noto
[Guglielmo] (Sicilian, Franciscan tertiary, hermit for 70 years, d. 1411
[beatified 1537]) ------------------------- St. Aedesius of
Alexandria
(Egyptian, philosopher, tortured and martyred by drowning c. 306) St. Amantius of Como
(Italian, bishop, d. 440) Bl. August Czartoryski of Paris
[Augusto] (Polish/Spanish exile born in France, son of a prince, disciple of
St. John Bosco, Salesian priest
in Italy, died at age 35 in 1893 [beatified 2004]) Bl. Clement of St. Elpidio of
Osimo
[Clemente di San Elpidio] (Italian, Augustinian father general, d. 1291 [beatified
1761]) St. Concessa of
Carthage
(North African [Tunisian], early martyr) St. Dionysius of
Corinth
(Greek, bishop, writer of epistles, c. 180) Sts. Herodion of
Patras,
Asyncritus of
Marathon,
and Phlegon of
Hyrcania
(Greek, bishops mentioned by St. Paul [Romans 16], martyred in 1st Century) Sts. Januarius, Maxima, and Macaria
(African, early martyrs) Bl. Julian of St. Augustine Martinet
of Medinaceli
[Julian de San Agustin] (Spanish, tailor, hermit, Franciscan brother, died at about age 65 in 1606
[beatified 1825]) St. Julie Billiart of Cuvilly
[baptized Marie-Rose-Julie] (French, peasant, co-foundress of Congregation
of the Sisters of Notre Dame, died in Belgium at age 64 in 1816 [beatified
1906, canonized 1969]) Bl. Mary of the Assumption Pallotta
of Castello di Croce
[Maria Assunta] [baptized Assunta Maria Liberta] (Italian, member of Franciscan
Missionaries of Mary, cook in house of sisters working with lepers in
China, died of typhus at age 26 in 1905 [beatified 1954] [incorruptible]) St. Perpetuus of
Tours
(French, bishop, c. 491) St. Redemptus of
Ferentino
(Italian, bishop, d. 586) St. Walter of Andainville
[Gautier] (French, professor, Benedictine abbot, died on Good Friday at about
age 68 in 1099) -------------------------- St. Acacius of Amida
(Mesopotamian [Iraqi], bishop, c. 422) Bl. Anthony Pavoni of Savigliano
[Antonio] (Italian, Dominican prior, inquisitor general for 14
years, friend of the poor, martyred [stabbed by seven heretics] at about age 48
in 1374 [beatified 1868]) [commemorated by some on February 3] Holy Martyrs of Bethzarbe (Mesopotamian
[Iraqi] ... Bishop Heliodorus, priests, nuns, and nine thousand laity ...
captured by pagan Persians, massacred in 362) St. Casilda of Briviesca
(Spanish, daughter of Moslem ruler of Toledo, convert, hermitess, c. 1050) Bl. Celestina Faron
of Zabrzez
[Celestyna] [baptized Katarzyna (Catherine)] (Polish, Sister Servant of the
Immaculate Conception, martyred by Nazis at Auschwitz [Poland] at age 30 in
1944 [beatified 1999]) Sts. Demetrius, Concessus, Hilary, and
companions (early martyrs) St. Dotto of the Orkneys
(Scottish, abbot, 6th Century) St. Eupsychius of
Caesarea
(Cappadocian [from part of what is now Turkey], newly-wed husband, defied
apostate emperor, martyred in 362) St. Gaucher of Aureil
(French, Augustinian abbot, died at about age 80 in 1140) St. Hedda and 84 companions, of
Peterborough
(British, Benedictine
abbot and his monks, martyred by pagan Danes c. 870) St. Hugh of Rouen (French, Benedictine abbot,
bishop, d. 730) Bl. Innocent of
Berzo
[Innocenzo] (Italian, Capuchin priest, travelling preacher, died at
about age 45 in 1890 [beatified 1961]) [commemorated by some on March 3, by others on September 28] Bl. John of Vespignano
[Giovanni] (Italian, helper of civil war refugees, d. 1331 [beatified 1800]) Bl. Lindalva Justo
de Oliveira of Sitio Malhada da Areia (Brazilian, religious sister
of the Daughters of Charity of St.
Vincent de Paul, caregiver in nursing home, martyred [stabbed] in defense
of her virginity at age 39 on Good Friday in 1993 [beatified 2007]) St. Madrun of Minster
(British, widow, 5th Century) St. Marcellus of
Avignon
(French, bishop of Die, d. 474) Bl. Margaret Rutan
of Metz
[Marguerite] (French, religious of Daughters
of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, cared for abandoned girls, victim of
French Revolution, martyred [guillotined] at age 57 in 1794 [beatified 2011]) St. Mary "of Cleophas"
(Israelite, believed to be "the other Mary" [Matthew 27:56 and 61],
mother of at least two disciples of Jesus, wife of Cleophas/Alphaeus, possibly
a relative of the BVM and Jesus, 1st Century) Holy Martyrs of Massyla (African, early
martyrs) St. Prochorus of
Nicomedia
(from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], one of seven original deacons, bishop,
martyred in 1st Century) Bl. Reginald of
Montesmarti
[Rinaldo] (Italian, Dominican friar, died at about age 56 in 1348
[beatified 1877]) Holy Martyrs of Sirmium (Pannonian [Balkan
region], seven virgins, martyred c. 303) Sts. Theodore, Askega, Swethin, Elfgete, Savinus,
Egdred, Ulrick, Grimkeld, Agamund, and companions, of
Croyland
(British ... abbot, prior, subprior, deacon, subdeacon, acolytes, and others
... martyred by invading Danes c. 870) Bl. Thomas of Tolentino
[Tommaso], Bl. James of
Padua
[Giacomo], Bl. Peter of
Siena
[Pietro], and Bl. Demetrius of Triflis [Demetrio] (Italian
... three Franciscans and a
layman ... missionaries en route to Ceylon [Sri Lanka] and China ... martyred
[beheaded] by Moslems in India in 1321 [beatified 1894]) Bl. Ubaldo Adimari of
Florence
(Italian, Servite
priest, died at about age 69 in 1315 [beatified 1821]) St. Waldetrudis of Mons
(Belgian, mother of four, widow, Benedictine nun, d. 686) -------------------------- Bl. Anthony Neyrot of Rivoli
[Antonio] (Italian, Dominican priest, kidnapped, repentant apostate,
martyred by stoning in Tunisia at about age 36 in 1460 [beatified 1767]) St. Apollonius and companions, of
Alexandria
(Egyptian, priest and five others, early martyrs by drowning) St. Bademus of Bethlapeta
(Persian [Iranian], nobleman, abbot, tortured and martyred by beheading in 376) St. Bede the Younger of
Gavello
(French, court official, Benedictine monk in Italy, d. 883) Sts. Beocca, Ethor, and about 90
companions, of
Surrey
(British ... abbot, priest, and monks ... martyred by Danish invaders c. 870) Bl. Boniface Zlukowski
of Baran-Rapa
[Bonifacy] [baptized Piotr (Peter)] (Polish, Franciscan brother, martyred by Nazis at
Auschwitz [Poland] at age 29 in 1942 [beatified 1999]) St. Fulbert of Laudun
(French, bishop of Chartres, counselor to leaders, died at about age 69 in
1029) St. Gajan (Dacian [Romanian], deacon,
martyred in 4th Century) St. Macarius of
Ghent
(Pisidian [from part of what is now Turkey], missionary bishop in Europe, died
in Belgium in 1012) St. Malchus of Waterford
(Irish, Benedictine monk in England, bishop, d. 1110) Bl. Mark Fantucci of Bologna
[Marco] (Italian, lawyer, Franciscan priest, missionary preacher, d. 1479
[beatified 1868]) St. Michael de Sanctis of Vich
[Miguel] (Spanish, orphan, merchant's apprentice, Trinitarian priest, monastic superior, died at age
33 in 1625 [beatified 1779, canonized 1862]) St. Palladius of
Auxerre
(French, abbot, bishop, d. 661) St. Paternus of
Abdinghof
(Irish, Benedictine hermit in Germany, d. 1058) Sts. Terence, Africanus, Pompeius, and 47
companions, of
Carthage
(African, tortured and martyred by beheading in 250) -------------------------- St. Aid of Achad-Finglas
(Irish, abbot) St. Antipas of Pergamum (from
Asia Minor [now called Turkey], bishop [named in Revelation 2], martyred
[roasted in a bronze bull] c. 90) St. Barsanuphius of Gaza
(Egyptian, hermit for 50 years, c. 540) St. Domnio and companions, of Salona
(Dalmatian [from what is now Croatia], bishop and eight soldiers, early martyrs) St. Eustorgius of
Nicomedia
(from Asia Minor, priest, martyred c. 300) St. Gemma Galgani of Borgo Nuovo
di Camigliano
(Italian, orphan, raised seven siblings, Passionist tertiary, virgin, stigmatist, visionary,
died [tuberculosis] at age 25 on Holy Saturday in 1903 [beatified 1933,
canonized 1940]) Bl. George Gervase of Bosham
(English, adventurer with Sir Francis Drake, Benedictine priest, martyred [drawn, hanged, and
quartered] under James I at about age 39 in 1608 [beatified 1929]) St. Godeberta of
Noyon
(French, abbess, d. 700) St. Guthlac of Mercia
(British, soldier, Benedictine hermit, died at about age 41 in 714) St. Isaac of Monteluco
(Syrian, hermit in Italy, c. 550) Bl. John of Cupramontana
[Giovanni] (Italian, Camaldolese hermit, d. 1303) Bl. Lanuin of Torre
(German, Carthusian prior, c. 1120 [beatified 1893]) [commemorated by his order on October 13] St. Machai of Bute
(Irish, abbot, 5th Century) St. Maedhog of Clonmore
(Irish, abbot, 6th Century) St. Philip of Gortyna
(Cretan, bishop, fought Gnostics, c. 180) Bl. Raynerius Inclusus of
Osnabrück
(German, hermit, d. 1237) Bl. Stephen [Etienne] and Bl. Hildebrand of
Languedoc
(French, Cistercian
abbot and monk, martyred by Albigensian heretics in 1209) Bl. Symforian Ducki
of Warsaw
[baptized Felix] (Polish, Capuchin priest, martyred by Nazis at Auschwitz
[Poland] at age 53 in 1942 [beatified 1999]) Bl. Waltmann of
Cambrai
(French, Norbertine
abbot, d. 1138) St. Alferio of Salerno
(Italian, ambassador, Benedictine abbot, died at about age 120 on Holy
Thursday in 1050 [canonized 1893]) Bl. Andrew of Mascioni
[Andrea] (Italian, Augustinian priest, died at about age 81 c.1479
[beatified 1764]) St. Angel Carletti of Chivasso
[Angelo] (Italian, lawyer, senator, Franciscan priest, converted Moslems and heretics,
died at about age 84 in 1495) St. Constantine of Gap
(French, bishop, d. 529) St. Damian of Pavia
(Italian, bishop, opposed the Monothelite heresy, d. 710) St. Erkemboden of
Thérouanne
(French, Benedictine abbot, bishop, d. 714) St. Joseph Mario Charles Alphonse Moscati
of Benevento
[Giuseppe Mario Carlo Alfonso] (Italian, medical doctor to soldiers and poor,
university professor, researcher, died at age 46 in 1927 [beatified 1975,
canonized 1987]) [commemorated by some on November 16] Pope St. Julius I of Rome
(Italian, elected to papacy in 337, opposed the Arian heresy, reigned until
death in 352) St. Mechtildis of Lappion
(Scottish, hermitess, c. 1200) Bl. Meinhard of
Yxkill
(Latvian, Augustinian friar, bishop, d. 1196) Bl. Peter of Montepiano
[Pietro] (Italian, Vallumbrosan abbot, hermit, d. 1098) St. Sabas the Goth and about fifty
companions, of
Targoviste
(Romanian, lector and others, tortured and martyred by drowning in 372) St. Tetricus of
Auxerre
(French, Benedictine abbot, bishop, martyred by the sword
in 707) St. Victor of Braga
(Portuguese, catechumen [received Baptism of blood], martyred by beheading c.
300) St. Vissia of Fermo
(Italian, virgin, martyred c. 250) St. Wigbert of Friesland
(missionary in Denmark, died in Ireland in 690) St. Zeno of Verona
(North African, bishop in Italy, died at about age 70 c. 375) [Bl. Alferio died at the age of 120 on
Holy Thursday, alone in his cell after he had celebrated the Mass and washed
the feet of his brothers, including the future Pope Victor III.] ---------------------------- Pope St. Martin I of Todi
(Italian, papal nuncio, elected to papacy in 649, condemned Monothelite heresy,
arrested, tortured, and exiled to Crimea by emperor, martyred by starvation
[last pope martyred] in 655) Bl. Edward Catherick of Carlton and
Bl. John Lockwood
of Sowerby
[alias Lascelles]
(English, priests, martyred [drawn, hanged, quartered] under Charles I at about
ages 37 and 81 in 1642 [beatified 1929]) St. Guinoc (Scottish, king's counselor,
bishop, c. 838) St. Hermenegild of
Seville
(Visigoth in Spain, prince, opposed his Arian father, tortured and martyred [axed
to death] at about age 34 in 585 [canonized 1585]) Bl. Ida of Louvain
(Belgian, Cistercian
nun, died at about age 89 c. 1300) Bl. Ida of Boulogne
(French, daughter of duke, wife of count, widow, Benedictine oblate,
died at about age 73 in 1113) Bl. James Guidi of
Certaldo
[Jacomo] (Italian, Camaldolese monk for over 60 years, parish priest,
d. 1292) St. Margaret of
(Città di) Castello
[Margherita] (Italian, blind, lame, hunchbacked midget, imprisoned and then
abandoned by her parents, Dominican tertiary, virgin, died at about age 33 in
1320 [beatified 1609, canonized 2021] [incorruptible]) St. Martius of Auvergne
(French, hermit, abbot, c. 530) Sts. Maximus, Dadas, and Quintilianus, of
Dorostorum
(Bulgarian, biological brothers, martyred by beheading in 303) Bl. Roland Mary Rivi of San Valentino
[Rolando Maria] (Italian, minor seminarian, tortured and martyred [shot] by communists at age 14 in 1945 [beatified 2013]) Bl. Scubilionis Rousseau
of Annay-la-Côte
[baptized Jean-Baptiste-Bernard (John Baptist Bernard)] (French, religious of
the Christian Brothers on Reunion, died at age 70 in 1867 [beatified
1989]) Bl. Stanislaus Starowiejski
of Ustrobna
[Stanislaw] (Polish, layman, martyred by Nazis at Dachau [Germany] at age 45 in
1941 [beatified 1999]) St. Ursus of Ravenna
(Sicilian, nobleman, bishop in Italy, d. 396) [Having
seen St. Agathodorus scourged to death, St. Carpus told his pagan persecutors: "I am a Christian, I worship Christ,
the Son of God, who came in these latter times for our salvation and delivered
us from the snares of the devil. I will not sacrifice to such idols. The living
do not sacrifice to the dead ... (the gods) look like men, but they are
unfeeling. Deprive them of your veneration ... and they will be defiled by dogs
and crows."] [Bl.
John Lockwood
worked covertly in England, as an "illegal" Catholic priest, for 44
years until his arrest and martyrdom at age 81!] ------------------------- St. Abundius of Rome
(Italian, sacristan of Basilica of St. Peter, c. 564) Sts. Anthony [Antanas, also called
"Kukley"], Eustace [Ustas, also called "Nizilon"], and John
[Jonas, also called "Milhey"] (Lithuanian, young noblemen, defied
pagan king, martyred by hanging from tree in 1342) St. Ardalion (actor, martyred by roasting
c. 300) St. Benedict the Bridge-Builder of
Hermillon
[Bénezet] (French, shepherd, visionary, died at about age 21 in 1184
[incorruptible]) St. Bernard of Abbeville
(French, Benedictine
abbot, died at about age 70 in 1117 [beatified 1861]) St. Caradoc of Llandaff
(Welsh, harpist, abbot, d. 1124) Bl. Conrad of Hildesheim
[Corrado] (Italian, Franciscan missionary in Germany, died at about
age 45 c. 1235) St. Domnina and companion, of
Terni
(Italian, virgins, early martyrs) St. Fronto of Nitria
(Egyptian, desert hermit, 2nd Century) St. Hedweg (Norbertine nun, d. 1200) St. Lambert of Lyons
(French, courtier, Benedictine abbot, archbishop, d. 688) Bl. Lidwina of Schiedam
(Dutch, virgin, visionary, survived on the Blessed Sacrament alone for 19
years, died 5 days before her 53rd birthday in 1433 [beatified 1890]) Bl. Lucien Botovasoa of Vohipeno
(Madagascan, layman, Third Order
Franciscan, martyred at about age 38 in 1947 [beatified 2018]) St. Peter González of Astorga
[Pedro] (Spanish, nobleman, Dominican priest, crusader, died at about age 55
in 1246 [beatified 1254, canonized 1741]) St. Proculus of
Terni
(Italian, bishop, martyred in 319) Bl. Ralph of Sisteron
[Raoul] (French, Cistercian abbot, bishop, d. 1241) St. Tassach of Raholp
(Irish, disciple of St. Patrick [to whom he gave last rites], artisan, bishop,
c. 495) St. Thomais of Alexandria
(Egyptian, wife, martyred by father-in-law defending chastity in 476) Sts. Tiburtius, Valerian, and Maximus, of Rome
(Italian, martyred c. 190) ------------------------ Sts. Basilissa and Anastasia, of Rome
(Italian, noblewomen, buried Sts. Peter and Paul, mutilated and martyred by
beheading, 1st Century) St. Caesar de Bus of Cavillon
[Cesar] (French, priest, devoted to catechesis, founded men's and women's
religious congregations, died at age 63 on Easter in 1607 [beatified 1975, canonized 2022]) St. Crescens of Myra
(Lycian [from part of what is now Turkey], early martyr by burning) St. Eutychius of
Ferentino
(early martyr) St. Hunna of Alsace
["Holy Washerwoman"] (French, noblewoman, devoted to the poor, d. 679
[canonized 1520]) Bl. Laurentinus Sossius of
Valrovina
(Italian, boy aged 5 years, martyred in 485 [beatified 1867]) Sts. Maro, Eutyches, and Victorinus, of Rome
(Italian, martyred [stabbed; hung upside down over a sulphur spring; beheaded]
c. 99) Sts. Maximus and Olympiades (Persian
[Iranian], noblemen, martyred [beaten with iron bars] in 251) St. Mundus of Argyle (Scottish,
abbot, c. 962) Bl. Nidger of Augsburg
(German, Benedictine
abbot, bishop, c. 829) St. Padarn of Vannes
(French, bishop, c. 500) St. Ruadan of Lothra
(Irish, abbot, d. 584) St. Silvester of
Réome
(French, abbot, c. 625) Sts. Theodore and Pausilipus (martyred in
Asia Minor [Turkey] c. 130) ------------------ Bl. Archangel Canetuli
of Bologna
[Arcangelo] (Italian, Augustinian canon, d. 1513) St. Benedict Joseph Labre
of Amettes
[Benoit] ["Beggar of Perpetual Adoration"] (French, rejected by three
religious orders, Franciscan tertiary, wandered Europe on pilgrimage, mystic, died in Rome at age 35
in 1783 [beatified 1859, canonized 1883]) Sts. Caius and Crementius of
Zaragoza
(Spanish, martyred in 304) Sts. Callistus, Charisius, and seven
companions, of
Corinth
(Greek, martyred by drowning) St. Contardo the Pilgrim of Este
(Italian, nobleman, pilgrim to Compostela, died in Spain 1249) St. Drogo of Epinoy
(Belgian, penitential pilgrim, shepherd, hermit, died in France at about age 81
c. 1189) Bl. Elias of Cologne
(Irish, Benedictine
abbot in Germany, d. 1042) St. Encratia of
Zaragoza
(Portuguese, virgin, unspeakably tortured and martyred in Spain c. 304) St. Fructuosus of
Palencia
(Spanish, hermit, abbot, bishop of Dumium, archbishop of Braga in Portugal, d.
665) St. Harvey of Tours
[Herve] (French, hermit, d. 1021) Bl. Joachim Piccolomini of Siena
[Gioacchino] (Italian, nobleman, Servite brother, died at about age 47 in 1305
[beatified 1609]) St. Lambert of Zaragoza
(Spanish, servant, martyred by his Moslem master c. 900) St. Magnus of Orkney
(Norwegian, earl, frequent visitor to Ireland and Scotland, martyred at about
age 38 in 1116 [beatified 1898]) St. Marie-Bernarde Soubirous
of Lourdes
[nicknamed Bernadette] [baptized Maria Bernarda (Occitan language)] (French, poor shepherdess, received visions of Mary
as "Immaculate Conception" at Lourdes, member of Sisters of
Charity, died at age 35 in 1879 [beatified 1925, canonized 1933]
[incorruptible]) [commemorated in Lourdes on February 18] St. Paternus of
Llanabarn Fawr
(French, abbot in Wales, 5th Century) St. Paternus of Poitiers
(French, hermit, bishop of Avranches, c. 574) St. Turibius of
Astorga
(Spanish, bishop, c. 460) St. Turibius of
Palencia
(Spanish, abbot, c. 528) St. Vaise of Saintes
(French, imprisoned for giving his rich family's property to poor, martyred c.
500) Bl. William Gnoffi of Polizzi
[Guglielmo] (Italian, hermit, c. 1317) Holy Martyrs of Zaragoza (Spanish, eighteen
men and women martyred c. 304) --------------------- Pope St. Anicetus of
Emesa
(Syrian, elected to papacy in 155, opposed Gnostics and Marcionists, reigned until death by martyrdom in 166) Bl. Clare Gambacorta of Pisa
[Chiara] [baptized Victoria] (Italian, widow at age 15, Dominican
nun, died at about age 56 in
1419 [beatified 1830]) St. Donnan and 51 companions, of Eigg
(Irish, monks, martyred by fire and sword while celebrating Easter Vigil c.
618) Bl. Eberhard of
Marchtal
(German, Norbertine monk, d. 1178) Sts. Elias, Paul, and Isidore, of
Cordova
(Spanish, priest and disciples, martyred by Moslems in 856) Sts. Fortunatus and Marcian (Syrian or
African, early martyrs) Bl. Gervinus of
Oudenburg
(Belgian, hermit, Benedictine abbot, d. 1117) Bl. Henry Heath of Peterborough
(English, Franciscan
priest, martyred [drawn, hanged, and quartered] at about age 44
under Charles I in 1643 [beatified 1987]) St. Innocent of
Tortona
(Italian, bishop, tortured but escaped, c. 350) Bl. James of Cerqueto
[Giacomo] (Italian, Augustinian friar, died at about age 80 in 1367
[beatified 1895]) St. Landericus of
Soignies
(French, Benedictine
abbot, bishop, c. 730) St. Mappalicus and 17 companions, of
Carthage
(North African, tortured and martyred by starvation in 250) St. Pantagathus of
Vienne
(French, courtier, bishop, d. 540) Sts. Peter and Hermogenes of
Antioch
(deacon and servant, early martyrs) St. Potentienne (Spanish, virgin, 7th
Century) St. Robert de Turlande of
Chaise-Dieu
(French, Benedictine
abbot, died at about age 66 in 1067 [canonized 1095]) St. Stephen Harding of Sherborne
(English, Benedictine
monk, co-founder and abbot of Order of Cistercians in
France, died at about age 74 in 1134 [canonized 1623]) St. Wando of Fontenelle
(French, Benedictine
abbot, c. 756) -------------------- St. Agia of Mons
(Belgian, Benedictine nun, c. 714) Bl. Andrew Hibernon of Alcantarilla
[Andres] (Spanish, Franciscan brother, died at age 67 in 1602
[beatified 1791]) St. Apollonius the Apologist of Rome (Italian,
senator, tortured and martyred by beheading c. 190) St. Calocerus of
Brescia
(Italian, army officer, early martyr) St. Cogitosus of
Kildare
(Irish, monk, biographer of St. Brigid, 8th Century) St. Corebus of Messina
(Sicilian, prefect, martyred c. 138) St. Deicola of Bosham
(British, founder of abbey, 7th Century) Sts. Eleutherius and Anthia of
Illyrium
(Greek, bishop and his mother, tortured and martyred c. 138) St. Eusebius of Fano
(Italian, bishop, d. 526) St. Galdino of Milan
(Italian, nobleman, cardinal archbishop, papal legate, died in his pulpit at
about age 76 in 1176) St. Gebuinus of
Lyons
(French, archbishop, d. 1080) Bl. Idesbald of
Dunes
(Belgian, Cistercian
abbot, died at about age 67 in 1167 [beatified 1894]) Bl. James of Oldo
[Giacomo] (Italian, Franciscan
tertiary, widower, priest, prophet, died at about age 40 in 1404
[incorruptible]) St. John of Janina (from
Asia Minor [now called Turkey], tailor, martyred [buried alive] in 1526) St. Laserian of
Leighlin
(Irish, nobleman, abbot, bishop, c. 639) [On Irish "particular calendar"]
Bl. Luke Passi of Bergamo
[Luca] (Italian, diocesan priest, founded Institute
of the Sisters of St. Dorothy, died at age 77 in 1866 [beatified 2013])
Bl. Mary Ann Blondin
of Terrebonne
[Marie-Anne] [baptized Esther] (Canadian [from Quebec province], virgin,
founded Congregation of Religious of St. Anne, died at age 80 in 1890
[beatified 2001]) [On Canadian "particular calendar"] Bl. Mary of the Incarnation Acarie
of Paris
[Marie de l'Incarnation] [baptized Barbé (Barbara), nee Avrillot]
(French, mother of six, widow, mystic, Discalced Carmelite, died at age
52 in 1618 [beatified 1791]) St. Peter of St. Joseph Betancur
of Villaflores
[Pedro de San Jose] ["The St. Francis of the Americas"] (Spanish
[from Tenerife, one of the Canary Islands], shepherd, Franciscan tertiary in Guatemala, founder of Congregation
of Hospitalers Bethlehemite, died at age 47 in 1667 [beatified 1980,
canonized 2002]) St. Perfectus of
Cordova
(Spanish, priest, martyred by Moslems on Easter in c. 850) Bl. Roman Archutowski of Karolin
(Polish, diocesan priest, martyred by Nazis at Majdanek [Poland] at age 60 in
1943 [beatified 1999]) Bl. Savina Petrilli of Siena
(Italian, virgin, founded Institute of the Poor Sisters of St. Catherine of
Siena, died at age 71 in 1923 [beatified 1988]) St. Wicterp of Augsburg
(German, bishop, d. 749) ---------------------- Bl. Bernard the Penitent of
Provence
(French, pilgrim, hermit, Benedictine monk, d. 1182) Bl. Burchard of
Bellevaux
(French, Cistercian abbot, d. 1164) Bl. Conrad de' Miliani of Ascoli
Piceno
[Corrado] (Italian, Franciscan missionary priest in Libya, cardinal,
advisor to pope, died at about age 54 in 1289 [beatified 1783]) St. Crescentius of
Florence
(Italian, deacon, c. 396) St. Elphege of Winchester
(British, nobleman, Benedictine abbot, archbishop, martyred [axed] by
Danish pagans at about age 59 in 1012) St. Emma of Bremen
(German, widow, miracle worker, patron of the poor, 11th Century) St. George of Antioch
(Pisidian [from part of what is now Turkey], bishop, opposed Iconoclasts, d.
814) St. Geroldus of
Einsiedeln
(German, Benedictine monk, hermit, d. 978) Sts. Hermogenes, Gaius, Expeditus,
Aristonicus, Rufus, and Galata, of Melitene (Armenian, early martyrs) Bl. James Duckett of Gilfortrigs
(English, seller of [illegal] Catholic books, martyred [hanged] under Elizabeth
I in 1602 [beatified 1929]) King St. Lazarus of
Moyenmoutier
(from an Eastern land, pilgrim to Rome and Gaul, 10th Century) Pope St. Leo IX of Toul
[baptized Bruno] (French, military officer, bishop, elected to papacy in 1049,
reigned until death at age 46 in 1054 [canonized 1082]) St. Paphnutius of
Jerusalem
(priest, early martyr in Palestine) Sts. Socrates and Dionysius (Pamphylian
[from part of what is now Turkey], martyred by stabbing in 275) St. Timon (Israelite, one of first seven
deacons [Acts 6], martyred by crucifixion in Greece in 1st Century) St. Ursmar of Lobbes
(French, Benedictine abbot, bishop, missionary in Belgium,
d. 713) St. Vincent of Collioure
(French, martyred c. 304) St. Werner of Oberwessel
(Germany, house servant, glass-blower, martyred at age 14 on Holy Thursday in
1275) ----------------------- St. Agnes of Gracchiano Vecchio [also
known as Agnes of
Montepulciano]
[Agnese] (Italian, Franciscan sister from age 9, abbess from age 15
to 35, Dominican prioress,
visionary, died at about age 48 in 1317 [beatified 1534, canonized 1726]
[incorruptible]) Bl. Anthony Page of Harrow
(English, priest, martyred [drawn, hanged, and quartered] at about age 28 under
Elizabeth I in 1593 [beatified 1987]) St. Beuno of Clynnog Fawr
(Welsh, abbot, c. 630) [On Welsh "particular calendar"]
King St. Caedwalla (Welsh, warlike king of
Wessex,
abdicated to convert, died at about age 30 in 689 in Rome just days after
baptism by pope) Bl. Claire Bosatta of Pianello
[Chiara] (Italian, virgin, religious of the Institute of the Daughters of
St. Mary of Providence, died at age 28 in 1887 [beatified 1991]) Bl. Dominic Vernagalli of Pisa
[Domenico] (Italian, Camaldolese monk, died at about age 37 in 1218
[beatified 1854]) Bl. Francis Page of Antwerp
(Belgian, Jesuit
priest in England, martyred [drawn, hanged, and quartered] under
Elizabeth I in 1602 [beatified 1929]) St. Gundebert (French, courtier, monk in
Ireland, martyred by pagan invaders in 8th Century) Bl. Harduin of Fontenelle
(French, Benedictine
monk, copyist of the Church Fathers, hermit, d. 811) St. Heliane of Lauriano
(Italian, virgin, 9th Century) St. Hugh of Anzy-le-Duc
(French, Benedictine
prior, c. 930) Bl. James Bell of Warrington and
Bl. John Finch
of Eccleston
(English, priest and married farmer/catechist, tortured and martyred [drawn,
hanged, quartered] under Elizabeth I [at ages _?_ and
35] in 1584 [beatified 1929]) Bl. John of God's Grace [Jean-de-Grace-Dieu] (French, Cistercian abbot, d. 1280) Sts. Marcellinus of
Embrun,
Vincent, and Domninus (African, bishop and missionaries in France, c. 374) St. Marcian of Auxerre
(French, monk, shepherd, c. 488) Bl. Margaret of
Amelia
[Margherita] (Italian, Benedictine abbess, mystic, d. 1666) Bl. Richard Sergeant of
Gloucestershire
[alias Lee or Long]
(English, priest, martyred [drawn, hanged, and quartered] under Elizabeth I in
1586 [beatified 1987]) Bl. Robert Watkinson of Heminbrough
(English, priest, martyred under Elizabeth I at about age 23 in 1602 [beatified
1929]) Bl. Simon Rinalducci of Todi
[Simone] (Italian, Augustinian provincial, d. 1322 [beatified 1833]) Sts. Sulpicius and Servilian of Rome
(Italian, martyred by beheading c. 117) St. Theodore Trichinas of
Constantinople
(from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], hermit, c. 330) St. Theotimus of Tomi
(Romanian, bishop, d. 407) Sts. Victor, Zoticus, Zeno, Acindynus,
Caesareus, Severian, Chrysophorus, Theonas, and Antoninus, of
Nicomedia
(from Asia Minor, martyred c. 303) Bl. William Thomson of Blackburn [or Thompson,
alias Blackburn]
(English, priest, martyred [drawn, hanged, and quartered] at about age 26 under
Elizabeth I in 1586 [beatified 1987]) ---------------------- St. Anastasius of
Sinai
(Palestinian, hermit in Egypt, c. 678) Sts. Apollo, Isacius, and Crotates of Rome
(Italian, servants of evil emperor's wife, martyred [one by beheading, two by
starvation] c. 302) Sts. Arator, Fortunatus, Felix, Silvius,
and Vitalis, of
Alexandria
(Egyptian, priest and disciples, early martyrs) Bl. Bartholomew of Savigliano [Bartolomeo]
(Italian, Dominican
prior, inquisitor, martyred [stabbed to death] by Catharist
heretics at about age 45 in 1466 [beatified 1853]) St. Conrad Birndorfer of Parzham
[Konrad] [baptized Johann (John) Evangelist] (Bavarian, farmer, Capuchin priest,
doorkeeper for 40 years, died at age 75 in 1894 [beatified 1930, canonized
1934]) St. Cyprian of Brescia
(Italian, bishop, d. 582) Bl. Fastred de Cavamiez of Cambron
(French, Cistercian
abbot, d. 1163) St. Frodulphus of
Barjon
(French, Benedictine
monk, hermit, c. 750) Bl. John Saziari of Cagli
[Giovanni] (Italian, farmer, Franciscan tertiary, celibate, died at about age 43 in
1371 [beatified 1980]) St. Malrubius of
Bangor
(Irish, missionary and abbot in Scotland, martyred c. 724) St. Simeon Barsabae, Shadost, Barba'shmin,
Abdechalas, Ananias, Usthazanes, Pusicius, Pherbutha, and about 100 companions,
of
Seleucia and Ctesiphon
(Persian ... bishops, priests, and disciples ... tortured and martyred [most
beheaded, some sawn in half] by Zoroastrian pagans in 341) Bl. Walter of Mondsee
(Austrian, Benedictine
abbot, d. 1158) [Prayer
by St. Conrad of
Parzham:] I have come to spend a few moments with
Thee, O Jesus, and in spirit I prostrate myself in the dust before Thy Holy
Tabernacle to adore Thee, my Lord and God, in deepest humility. Once more a day has come to its close,
dear Jesus, another day that brings me nearer to the grave and my beloved
heavenly home. Once more, O Jesus, my
heart longs for Thee, the true Bread of Life, which contains all sweetness and
relish. O my Jesus, mercifully grant
me pardon for the faults and ingratitude of this day, and come to me to
refresh my poor heart which longs for Thee. As the deer pants for the waters,
as the parched earth longs for the dew of heaven, even so does my poor heart
long for Thee, Thou Fount of Life. I
love Thee, O Jesus, I hope in Thee, I love Thee, and out of love for Thee I
regret sincerely all my sins. May Thy peace and Thy benediction be mine now and always and for all eternity. Amen. ------------------------ St. Abdiesus (Persian [Iranian], deacon,
martyred in 4th Century) St. Abrosimus (Persian, priest, martyred by
stoning in 342) Sts. Acepsimas of
Hnaita,
James, Joseph of
Bethcatuba,
and Aithala of
Bethnudra
(Persian ... bishop, priests, and deacon ... martyred in 376) Pope St. Agapitus I of Rome
(Italian, archdeacon, elected to papacy in 535, vigorously opposed Monophysite
heresy, reigned until death in Constantinople in 536) Sts. Apelles and Lucius, of Smyrna
(among the first disciples of Jesus, martyred) Sts. Arwald and Arwald (British, sons of a
prince [by whose name both are known], martyred by a pagan king in 686) Sts. Azadanes, Azades, Tharba, and
companions (Persian ... deacon, courtier, and others ... martyred in 342) Pope St. Caius [also called Gaius]
(Dalmatian [Croatian], elected to papacy in 283, reigned until martyrdom c.
296) Sts. Epipodius and Alexander of
Lyons
(French, young celibate bachelors, tortured and martyred [one beheaded, one
crucified] in 178) Bl. Francis Venimbene of Fabriano
[Francesco] (Italian, Franciscan priest, disciple of St. Bonaventure,
died at about age 70 c. 1322 [beatified 1775]) St.
Leo of
Sens
(French, bishop, d. 541) St. Leonides of
Alexandria
(Egyptian, father of seven [one being Origen], philosopher, martyred by
beheading in 202) Sts. Mareas, Milles, Bicor, and companions (Persian ... 22 bishops, over 200 priests, as well as monks, nuns, and a vast number of
laymen, martyred by pagans in 342) Bl. Maria Gabriella Sagheddu
of Borgali
(Sardinian [Italian], shepherdess, Trappistine nun, died at about age 24 in 1939
[beatified 1983] [incorruptible]) St. Opportuna of Montreuil
(French, Benedictine
abbess, d. 770) St. Parmenius, Helimenas, Chrysotelus,
Luke, and Mucius (Mesopotamian [Iraqi], three priests and two deacons, martyred
by beheading c. 250) St. Rufus of Glendalough (Irish, hermit, 3rd Century?) St.
Segnorin of
Basto
(Spanish?, Benedictine abbess in Portugal, d. 982) Pope St. Soter of
Fondi
(Italian, elected to papacy in 166, opposed Montanist heresy, reigned until death [probably by martyrdom] in 174) St. Theodore of
Sykeon
(Galatian [from part of what is now Turkey], bishop of Anastasiopolis, healer,
d. 613) Bl. Wolfhelm of
Brauweiler
(German, Benedictine
abbot, d. 1091) ----------------------- St. George the Great of
Cappadocia
(from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], soldier, tortured and martyred by
beheading in Palestine perhaps at age 23 c. 304) St. Gerald of Cologne
(German, nobleman, bishop of Toul, died at about age 59 in 994) Bl. Gerard of Orchimont
(French, Benedictine
abbot, d. 1138) Bl. Giles of Assisi
[Egidio] (Italian, disciple of St. Francis, missionary to Tunisian Moslems,
hermit in Italy, d. 1262) Bl. Giles of Saumur
[Gilles] (French, king's chaplain, crusader, bishop of Damietta, archbishop of
Tyre in Lebanon, died in Belgium in 1266) Bl. Helen dei Cavalcanti of Udine
[Elena] [nee Valentini]
(Italian, mother, widow, Augustinian tertiary, died at about age 61 in 1458
[beatified 1848]) St. Ibar of Meath
(Irish? disciple of St. Patrick, bishop, 5th Century) St. Marolus of Milan
(Syrian, bishop in Italy, d. 423) Bl. Teresa Mary of the Cross Manetti
of Florence
[Teresa Maria della Croce] (Italian, Carmelite tertiary, died at age 64 in 1910 [beatified
1986]) -------------------- St. Authaire of La
Ferté
(French, courtier, 7th Century) St. Benedict Menni
Figini of Milan
[Benedetto] [baptized Angelo Ercole (Angel Hercules)] (Italian, priest in Order
of St. John of God Hospitaller, founded Congregation of Hospitaller
Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, cared for elderly/abandoned
children/polio victims/mentally ill, died in France at age 73 in 1914
[beatified 1985, canonized 1999]) Sts. Bova and Doda of
Rheims
(French, aunt and niece, Benedictine abbesses, 7th Century) Bl. Corona of Elche
(Spanish, Benedictine nun) St. Deodatus of
Blois
(French, hermit or abbot, c. 525) St. Dyfnan of Anglesey
(Welsh, chieftain's son, 5th Century) St. Egbert of Rathemigisi
(British, Benedictine
monk in Ireland and Scotland, d. 729) Sts. Eusebius, Neon, Leontius, Longinus,
and four companions (Palestinian?, early martyrs) Bl. Francis Colmenario
[Francisco] (Spanish, missionary priest to Caribbean isles and Guatemala, d.
1590) St. Gregory of Elvira
(Spanish, bishop, opposed Arian heresy, c. 394) St. Honorius of
Brescia
(Italian, hermit, bishop, c. 586) St. Ives of Huntingdonshire (Persian [Iranian], hermit in
England, bishop, 7th Century?) St. Mary Euphrasia Pelletier
of Noirmoutier
[Marie-Euphrasie] [baptized Rose-Virginie (Rose Virginia)] (French, member and
superior of Institute of Our Lady of Charity and Refuge, foundress of
related [but contemplative] Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good
Shepherd, died at age 71 in 1868 [beatified 1933, canonized 1940]) St. Mellitus of Rome
(Italian, Benedictine
abbot in Italy and England, bishop of London, archbishop of
Canterbury, d. 624) St. Musa of Rome
(Italian, girl, mystic, 6th Century) St. Sabas and 70 companions (officer and
others, martyred in Rome in 272) St. William Firmatus of
Saint-Venance
[Guillaume] (French, hermit, d. 1103) [From
St. Mary Euphrasia Pelletier:] "The Blessed Sacrament is the first
and supreme object of our worship. We must preserve in the depths of our hearts
a constant and uninterrupted, profound adoration of this precious pledge of
Divine Love." -------------------- Bl. Boniface of
Valperga
[Bonifacio] (Italian, Benedictine monk, Augustinian prior, bishop of Aosta, d. 1243 [beatified
1890]) St. Erminus of Laon
(French, Benedictine
monk, bishop of Lobbes, d. 737) Sts. Evodius, Hermogenes, and Callistus
(early martyrs) St. John Baptist Piamarta
of Brescia
[Giovanni Battista] (Italian, priest, died at about age 72 in 1913 [beatified
1997, canonized 2012]) St. Heribald of
Auxerre
(French, Benedictine
abbot, bishop, c. 857) St. Kebius of Cornwall
(French?, missionary bishop in British Isles, 4th
Century) St. Macaille of
Croghan
(Irish, bishop, c. 489) St. Mella of Doire-Melle
(Irish, widow, abbess, c. 780) St. Phaebadius of Agen
(French, bishop, opposed Arian heresy, c. 392) Sts. Philo and Agathopodes of
Antioch
(Syrian, disciples of St. Ignatius, deacons, c. 150) Blessed Martyrs of Rancho San Joaquín (2
Mexican and 1 Spanish, two priests and one layman, martyred [shot] by
anticlerical government in 1927 [beatified 2005]) St. Robert of Siracusa
[Roberto] (Sicilian, Benedictine abbot, c. 1000) Bl. Robert Anderton and
Bl. William Marsden, both
of
Lincolnshire
(English, priests, martyred [drawn, hanged, quartered] under Elizabeth I both
at about age 25 in 1586 [beatified 1929]) St. Stephen of Antioch
(Syrian, patriarch (bishop), opposed Monophysite heresy, martyred by heretics
at the altar in 481) We
also honor, in a special way, the following friends of God --
"saints" and "blesseds" whose souls are now in heaven: Bl. Alda of Siena
(Italian, widow, tertiary of the Humiliati [Holy Humility of Mary]
order, devoted to alms and mortification, died at about age 60 in 1309) St. Basileus of
Amasea
(from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], bishop, martyred by drowning in 319) St. Clarence of
Vienne
(French, bishop, c. 620) Pope St. Cletus of Rome [also
known as Anacletus] (Italian, third pope, elected in 76, reigned until
martyrdom c. 88) Bl. Dominic [Domingo] and Bl. Gregory
[Gregorio], of
Besians
(Dominican
missionary priests in Moslem Spain, d. 1300 [beatified 1854]) St. Exuperantia of Troyes (French, virgin, d. 380?) St. Franca Visalta of Piacenza
(Italian, Cistercian
abbess, died at about age 48 in 1218) Bl. John of Valence
[Jean] (French, Cistercian abbot, bishop, d. 1146 [beatified 1901]) St. Lucidius of Verona (Italian, bishop,
4th Century) Pope St. Marcellinus of Rome
(Italian, elected to papacy in 296, reigned until
death in 304) St. Paschasius Radbertus of
Soissons
(French, foundling raised by monks, Benedictine abbot, hermit, writer, died at about
age 75 in 865) St. Peter of Braga (Portuguese, bishop, martyred in 6th
Century?) St. Raphael Arnaiz Baron of Burgos
[Rafael] (Spanish, member of Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance
[Trappists], died at age 27 in 1938 [beatified 1992, canonized 2009]) St. Richarius of
Centula
(French, missionary priest, abbot, hermit, d. 645) Bl. Stanislaus Kubista
of Kostuchna
[Stanislaw] (Polish, Divine Word Missionaries priest,
martyred by Nazis at Sachsenhausen [Germany] at age 41 in 1940 [beatified
1999]) St. Trudpert of
Munstethal
(Irish, hermit in Germany, abbot, martyred c. 644) ------------------- St. Adelelmus of
Flanders
(Belgian, hermit, d. 1152) St. Anthimus of
Nicomedia
(Bithynian [from part of what is now Turkey], bishop, martyred [beheaded] in
303) Bl. Anthony de' Patrizi of Siena
[Antonio] (Italian, Augustinian superior, died at about age 31 in 1311
[beatified 1804]) St. Asicus of Elphin
(Irish, disciple of St. Patrick, coppersmith, bishop, c. 490) [On Irish "particular calendar"]
Sts. Castor and Stephen of
Tarsus
(Cilician [from part of what is now Turkey], early martyrs) St. Enoder (Welsh, abbot, 6th Century) St. Floribert of
Liége
(French, bishop, d. 746) Bl. Hosanna Kosic of Kumano
[baptized Catherine] (Montenegran, Greek Orthodox reconciled to Catholicism, shepherdess,
Dominican tertiary, died at
about age 72 in 1565 [beatified 1934]) Bl. James of Bitetto
[Jakov] (Dalmatian [Croatian], Franciscan brother in Italy, cook, mystic
[miracles, levitation], c. 1485 [beatified 1700] [incorruptible]) St. John of Constantinople (from
what is now Turkey, abbot, opposed iconoclast heresy, d. 813) St. Laurence Nguyen Van
Huong of
Tonkin
(Vietnamese, priest, martyred by beheading at about age 52 c. 1855 [beatified
1909, canonized 1988]) St. Liberalis of
Ancona
(Italian, priest, opposed Arian heresy, c. 400) Bl. Maria Antonia Bandres
y Elosegui of Tolosa
(Spanish, religious sister, died at age 21 in 1919 [beatified 1996]) Bl. Mary Ann of Jesus Navarra
de Guevara of Madrid
[Mariana] ["The Lily of Madrid"] (Spanish, Discalced Mercedarian nun, died at age 59 in 1624
[beatified 1783] [incorruptible]) St. Maughold of Man (Irish, prince,
disciple of St. Patrick, bishop on Isle of Man, c. 488) Bl. Nicholas Roland
of Rheims
[Nicolas] (French, priest, founder of Sisters of the Infant Jesus,
spiritual father of St. John Baptist de la Salle
[founder of Christian Brothers], died at age 35 in 1678 [beatified
1994]) Bl. Peter Armengol of Tarragona
[Pedro] (Spanish, nobleman, Mercedarian, hostage for eighteen Christian
children in Africa, tortured, died at about age 66 in 1304 [beatified 1686]) St. Tertullian of
Bologna
(Italian, bishop, c. 490) St. Theodore of
Tabenna
(Egyptian, abbot, c. 368) St. Theophilus of
Brescia
(Italian, bishop, c. 427) St. Winebald of
Beverley
(British, Benedictine
abbot, c. 731) St. Zita of Monte Sagrati
(Italian, domestic servant, virgin, died at about age 53 in 1278 [canonized
1696]) --------------------- St. Peter Louis Mary Chanel
of Cuet
[Pierre-Louis-Marie] (French, parish priest, Marist missionary priest in Oceania, martyred
at age 37 in 1841 [beatified 1889, canonized 1954]) Sts. Aphrodisius, Caralippus, Agapitus,
and Eusebius (martyred in 1st Century) St. Artemius of Sens
(French, bishop, d. 609) St. Cronan of Roscrea
(Irish, abbot, c. 626) St. Gerard the Pilgrim (British, died in
Italy c. 639) Bl. Gerard of Bourgogne
(French, Cistercian
abbot, d. 1172) St. Jane Frances Molla of Magenta
[Giovanna Francesca, nicknamed Gianna]
[nee Beretta]
(Italian, wife, mother of four, surgeon, pediatrician, died a "pro-life
martyrdom" at age 39 just after giving birth in 1962 [beatified 1994,
canonized 2004]) St. John Baptist Dinh Van
Thanh of
Nong Khe
[Gioan Baotixita Ðinh Van
Thanh] (Vietnamese, layman, catechist, martyred [beheaded] at about age 44 in 1840
[beatified 1900, canonized 1988]) Bl. Joseph Cebula of Malnia
[Józef] (Polish, priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate, martyred by Nazis
at Mauthausen [Germany] at age 39 in 1941 [beatified 1999]) Bl. Lucchese of
Umbria
(Italian, grocer, first Franciscan tertiary, mystic, d. 1260 [beatified 1273]) St. Mark of Galilee
(Israelite, missionary bishop in Italy, martyred in 92) Bl.
Mary Felicia of the Sacramental Jesus Guggiari Echeverría of
Villarica del Espiritu Santo [María Felicia de Jesús Sacramentado]
["la Chiquitunga"] (Paraguayan, member of Catholic Action, cared for
elderly/sick/imprisoned, Discalced
Carmelite nun, died [hepatitis] at
age 34 in 1959 [beatified 2018]) Bl. Mary Louise of Jesus Trichet
of Poitiers
[Marie-Louise-de-Jesus] (French, virgin, co-founded Daughters of Wisdom,
died at age 74 in 1759 [beatified 1993]) St. Pamphilus of
Sulmona
(Italian, bishop, c. 700) Sts. Paul Pham Khac
Khoan and Peter Nguyen Van
Hieu, of
Tonkin
(Vietnamese, priest and catechist, martyred by beheading [at about ages 68 and
56] in 1840 [beatified 1900, canonized 1988]) St. Pollio and companions, of
Cybalae
(Pannonian [Hungarian], lector and others, martyred by burning c. 304) Sts. Probe and Germaine (Irish, virgins,
martyred in France in 4th Century) St. Prudentius of
Armetia
(Spanish, hermit, bishop of Tarazona, c. 700) Sts. Theodora and Didymus of
Alexandria
(Egyptian, martyred in 304) Sts. Valeria and Vitalis of
Milan
(Italian, early martyrs) St. Catherine Benincasa of
Siena
[Caterina] (Italian, one of more than twenty siblings, virgin, Dominican tertiary, mystic, stigmatist, counselor to
popes, Doctor of the Church, died at age 33 in 1380 [canonized 1461]) Sts. Agapius, Secundinus, Tertullia,
Antonia, and three companions (Spanish ... two clergymen and other prisoners
... martyred in Numidia [Algeria] c. 259) St. Ava of Dinant
(Belgian, blind niece of king, healed by a saint, Benedictine abbess, c. 845) St. Cercyre (daughter of pagan king,
martyred [hung over fire] in 1st Century) Holy Martyrs of Corfu ["Seven Holy
Thieves"] (Greek, criminals [Saturninus, Inischolus, Faustian, Januarius,
Massalius, Euphrasius, and Mannonius], converted by St. Jason [Acts 17],
martyred by roasting in 1st Century) St. Daniel of Gerona
(martyred in Spain in 9th Century) St. Dichu of Ulster
(Irish, swineherd, chieftain, St. Patrick's first Irish convert, 5th Century) St. Endellion (British, princess, virgin,
6th Century) St. Fiachan of Lismore
(Irish, monk, 7th Century) Bl. Hanna Helena Chrzanowska
of Warsaw
(Polish, Benedictine oblate, nurse, medical instructor,
collaborator with Cardinal Karol Wojtyła, died [cancer] at age 70 in 1973 [beatified
2018]) St. Hugh of Semur
[Hugues] (French, nobleman, Benedictine abbot at Cluny, advisor to nine popes,
died at about age 84 in 1109 [canonized 1120]) Bl. Itala Mela of La Spezia
(Italian, laywoman, Benedictine oblate, died at age 52 in 1957 [beatified
2017]) Bl. Mary Magdalene of
the Incarnation Sordini of Grosseto [Maria
Maddalena dell'Incarnazione] [baptized
Caterina (Catherine)] (Italian, Franciscan
sister, mystic, foundress and abbess of Perpetual
Adorers of the Blessed Sacrament, died at age 54 in 1824 [beatified 2008]) St. Paulinus of
Brescia
(Italian, bishop, c. 545) St. Peter of Verona
[Pietro] (Italian, son of Catharist heretics, converted by St. Dominic, Dominican priest, inquisitor, miracle worker, martyred
by heretics' blows to the head at about age 47 in 1252 [canonized 1253]) St. Robert of Molesme
(French, nobleman, founder and first abbot of Order of Cistercians, died
at about age 82 in 1110 [canonized 1222]) Bl. Robert Gruthuysen of Bruges
(Belgian, Cistercian
abbot, d. 1157) St. Senan (Welsh, hermit, 7th Century) St. Severus of Naples
(Italian, bishop, miracle worker, d. 409) Bl. Theoger of Metz
(French, Benedictine
abbot, bishop, d. 1120) St. Torpes of Pisa
(Italian, martyred by Nero c. 65) St. Tychicus of
Paphos
(disciple and co-worker of St. Paul [Acts 20, etc.], bishop on Cyprus, 1st
Century) St. Wilfrid the Younger of York
(British, Benedictine
abbot, bishop, d. 744) --------------------------- Pope St. Pius V Ghislieri
of Bosco
[Pio] [baptized Michele (Michael)] (Italian, Dominican priest, teacher of philosophy, bishop
of Nepi and Sutri, cardinal bishop of Mondovi, elected to papacy in 1566,
enacted reforms of Council of Trent, built hospitals for the poor, reigned
until death at age 68 in 1572 [beatified 1672, canonized 1712]) St. Aimo of Savigny
(French, Benedictine monk, mystic, d. 1173) Sts. Amator of Martos,
Peter, and Louis (Spanish ... missionaries [priest, monk, and layman] ...
martyred by Moslems in 855) St. Aphrodisius and thirty companions, of
Alexandria
(Egyptian, priest and flock, early martyrs) Bl. Benedict de'
Passionei of Urbino
[Benedetto] [baptized Marco (Mark)] (Italian, lawyer, Capuchin priest, missionary in Austria and
Bohemia, died at age 64 in 1625 [beatified 1867]) St. Cynwl of Bangor
(Welsh, hermit, bishop, 6th Century) St. Desideratus of
Gourdon
(French, hermit, c. 569) St. Donatus of Euraea
(Albanian, bishop, 4th Century) St. Erconwald of
London
(British, Benedictine
abbot, bishop, 8th Century) St. Eutropius of
Saintes
(French, bishop, early martyr [axed]) St. Forannan of
Waulsort
(Irish, Benedictine
abbot in Belgium, bishop, d. 982) Bl. Francis Dickenson of Yorkshire and
Bl. Miles Gerard
of Wigan
(English, priests, martyred [drawn, hanged, and quartered] under Elizabeth I in
1590 [beatified 1929]) St. Geniste of Beaulieu
(French, Benedictine
monk, martyred c. 1100) St. Gualfardus of
Augsburg
(German, saddler in Italy, Camaldolese hermit, d. 1127) Bl. Hildegard of
Swabia
(German, empress [wife of Charlemagne], mother of nine, died at about age 29 in
783) St. Hoilde (virgin, 5th Century) St. Joseph Benedict Cottolengo
of Bra
[Giuseppe Benedetto] (Italian, parish priest, founder of religious
congregations [Brothers of St. Vincent, Daughters of St. Vincent, Daughters
of Compassion, Daughters of the Good Shepherd, Hermits of the Holy Rosary,
and Priests of the Holy Trinity], died at age 55 in 1842 [beatified
1917, canonized 1934]) St. Laurence of
Novara
and companions (Spanish or French, catechist and children, martyred c. 397) St. Louis von Bruck of Ravensburg
[Ludwig] (German, boy, martyred in 1429) Sts. Marian, James, Agapius, Secundinus,
and hundreds of companions (Numidian [Algerian] ... lector, deacon, and others
... tortured and martyred by beheading in 259) St. Mary of the Incarnation Martin
of Tours
[Marie de l'Incarnation] [baptized Marie, nee Guyart]
(French, mother of one, widow, bookkeeper, Ursuline superior in Canada, compiled American Indian
dictionaries and catechism, mystic, writer of 12,000 extant letters, died at
age 72 in 1672 [beatified 1980, canonized 2014]) [On Canadian "particular calendar"]
St. Maximus of Ephesus (from Asia Minor
[now called Turkey], merchant, martyred by stoning c. 251) Bl. Pauline von Mallinckrodt of
Minden
[Paulina] (German, virgin, founded Sisters of Christian Charity,
died at age 63 in 1881 [beatified 1985]) St. Pomponius of
Naples
(Italian, bishop, opponent of Arian heresy, d. 536) St. Sophia of Fermo
(Italian, virgin, martyred by beheading c. 250) St. Swithbert the Younger of
Werden
(British, Benedictine
monk?, missionary and bishop in Germany, d. 807) Bl. William Southerne of Ketton
(English, priest, martyred [drawn and quartered] under James I at about age 39
in 1618 [beatified 1987])
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On April 1, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way,
the following friends of God -- "saints" and "blesseds"
whose souls are now in heaven:
----- Bl. George Raymond Vargas
González of Ahualulco del Mercado [Jorge Ramón] (brother of
Raymond, technician, died at age 27 in 1927)
----- Bl. Joseph Anacleto González
Flores of Tepatitlán
[José] (father of two, catechist, tortured, died at age 38 in 1927)
----- Bl. Joseph Dionisius Louis Padilla Gómez of Guadalajara [José
Dionisio Luis] (died at age 27 in 1927)
----- Bl. Joseph Lucian Ezekiel Huerta Gutiérrez of Magdalena [José
Luciano Ezequiel] (brother of Salvador, father of ten, organist, singer,
tortured, died at age 51 in 1927)
----- Bl. Louis Magaña
Servín of Arandas
[Luis] (tanner, father of two, died at age 25 in 1928)
----- Bl. Michael Gómez
Loza of Paredones
[Miguel] (father of three, attorney, advocate for laborers and needy, arrested
59 times, died at age 39 in 1928)
----- Bl. Raymond Vincent Vargas
González of Ahualulco del Mercado [Ramón Vicente] (brother of
George, medical student, tortured, died at age 22 in 1927)
----- Bl. Salvador Huerta
Gutiérrez of Magdalena
(brother of Joseph, father of twelve, mechanic, died at age 47 in 1927)
On
April 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. Abundius of Como
(Greek, priest, bishop in Italy, papal legate, c. 500)
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On
April 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:
On April 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:
Sts. Agathopus and Theodulus of
Thessalonica
(Greek, deacon and lector, martyred by drowning in 303)
On
April 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:
On
April 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:
On
April 7, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way, the
following friends of God -- "saints" and "blesseds" whose
souls are now in heaven:
Bl. Alexander Rawlins
of Gloucestershire
(English, priest, martyred [drawn, hanged, and quartered] under Elizabeth I in
1595 [beatified in 1929])
On
April 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:
On
April 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:
On
April 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:
On
April 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:
St. Stanislaus of
Szczepanow [Stanislaw
ze
Szczepanowa]
(Polish, nobleman, bishop of Krakow, martyred by excommunicated king while
celebrating Mass at about age 49 in 1079 [canonized 1253])
St. Agericus of
Tours
(French, Benedictine
abbot, c. 680)
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On
April 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:
On
April 13, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way, the
following friends of God -- "saints" and "blesseds" whose
souls are now in heaven:
St. Carpus of
Gordus
and Sts. Papylus, Agathonica, and Agathodorus of Thyatira (from
Asia Minor [now called Turkey] ... bishop, deacon, his sister, and their
servant ... tortured and martyred [three burned, one scourged, to death] in 2nd
or 3rd Century)
On
April 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:
On
April 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:
On
April 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:
----- [Optatus, Lupercus, Successus, Martial, Urban, Julia, Quintilian,
Publius, Fronto, Felix, Caecilian, Eventius, Primitivus, Apodemius, and four
named Saturninus]
On
April 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:
On
April 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:
On
April 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:
On
April 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:
On
April 21, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way, the
following friends of God -- "saints" and "blesseds" whose
souls are now in heaven:
St. Anselm of
Aosta
[Anselmo] ["Doctor of Scholasticism"] (Italian, nobleman, Benedictine abbot in France, archbishop of Canterbury in
England, theologian, counselor to pope and king, Doctor of the Church, died at
about age 75 during Holy Week in 1109 [canonized 1492])
St. Anastasius I of
Antioch
(Syrian, patriarch (bishop), d. 599)
On
April 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:
On
April 23, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way, the
following friends of God -- "saints" and "blesseds" whose
souls are now in heaven:
St. Adalbert of
Libice
[baptized Vojtech] ["Apostle of Bohemia"] (Czech, nobleman, Benedictine monk, bishop of Prague, missionary, martyred
in Poland at about age 40 in 997) [Commemorated in England on April 24]
Sts. Felix, Fortunatus, and
Achilleus, of
Vienne
(French, priest and deacons, martyred in 212)
On
April 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. Fidelis Rey of
Sigmaringen
[baptized Mark] (German, lawyer, philosophy teacher, Capuchin
priest, martyred by heretics
in Switzerland at age 43 in 1622 [beatified 1729, canonized 1746])
St. Alexander and 34 companions
(Greek and French, martyred in France in 177)
On
April 25, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way, the
following friends of God -- "saints" and "blesseds" whose
souls are now in heaven:
St. Mark [also known as John Mark]
(Israelite, relative of St. Barnabas, companion of St. Paul, evangelist,
martyred in Egypt c. 68-75)
[Feast observed in Australia and New Zealand on April 26, to allow for celebration of ANZAC Day on April 25]
St. Anianus of
Alexandria
(Egyptian, shoemaker, disciple of St. Mark, bishop, 1st Century)
----- Bl. Andrew Solá
y Molist of Can Vilarrasa
[Andrés] (Spanish, Claretian
priest, died at age 31)
----- Bl. Joseph Trinity Rangel
Montaño of Dolores Hidalgo [José Trinidad] (Mexican, diocesan
priest, died at age 39)
----- Bl. Leonard Pérez
Larios of Lagos de Moreno
[Leonardo] (Mexican, single layman, died at age 43)
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On
April 26, we members of the Catholic Church family may celebrate the old feast
of the Virgin Mary as Our Lady of Good Counsel.
On
April 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:
On
April 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:
St. Louis Mary Grignon
of Montfort
[Louis-Marie] (French, missionary priest, writer, co-founded Daughters of
Wisdom, died at age 43 in 1716 [beatified 1888, canonized 1947])
Bl. Adalbero of
Augsburg
(German, Benedictine abbot,
bishop, d. 909)
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On
April 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:
Holy Abbots of
Cluny
(communal feast of seven Benedictine abbots of Cluny in France [Berno, Odo,
Mayeul, Odilo, Hugh, Aymard, Peter the Venerable], each of whom has an
individual feast too)
On
April 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. Adjutor of
Vernon
(French, crusader knight captured by Moslems, Benedictine hermit, d. 1131)
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