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November 1, we members of the Catholic Church family celebrate the Solemnity of All Saints
(a holy day of obligation in much of the
world), on which we honor all saints, known and unknown by name. We
also honor, in a special way, the following friends of God --
"saints" and "blesseds" whose souls are now in heaven: St. Amabilis of
Auvergne
(French, priest, d. 475) St. Austremonius of
Clermont
(French, early bishop) St. Benignus of
Dijon
(Greek, missionary to France, martyred [clubbed with an iron bar] in 3rd
Century) St. Cadfan of Bardsey (French
or Welsh, abbot, 6th Century) Sts. Caesarius, Decius, and five
companions, of
Damascus
(martyred in Syria) St. Caesarius and Julian (African, deacon
and priest, martyred [drowned in a sack off the coast of Italy]) St. Caesarius of Clermont
(French, bishop, c. 627) St. Ceitho (Welsh, 6th Century) St. Clydwyn (Welsh, 5th Century) Bl. Corradino of
Brescia
(Italian, nobleman, lawyer, Dominican prior, d. 1429) Sts. Cyrenia and Juliana, of
Tarsus
(martyred by burning in 306 in Asia Minor [now called Turkey]) St. Deborah (Israelite, Old Testament
judge, 12th Century B.C.?) St. Dingad (Welsh, monk, 5th Century) St. Floribert of
Ghent
(Belgian, Benedictine
abbot, c. 660) St. Genesius of
Fontenelle
(French, abbot, bishop of Lyons, c. 679) St. Germanus of
Montfort
[Germaine] (French, Benedictine prior, hermit, died at about age 94 in
1000) Sts. James and John of
Persia
(martyred c. 344) St. Jerome Hermosilla of La Calzada
[Geronimo] (Spanish, Dominican missionary priest in Philippines and
Vietnam, bishop, tortured and martyred by beheading at about age 81 in 1861
[beatified 1906, canonized 1988]) St. Marcellus of
Paris
(French, bishop, c. 430) St. Mary of Rome
(Italian, tortured slave girl, virgin, c. 300) St. Maturinus of Sens
(French, priest, d. 388) St. Nuño of St. Mary Alvares
Pereira of Bomjardin
[Nuño de Santa Maria] (Portuguese, nobleman, heroic soldier, widower, Carmelite brother,
beggar, died at age 70 on Easter Sunday in 1431 [beatified 1918, canonized 2009]) [commemorated
by some on the 6th] St. Pabiali (Welsh, c. 6th Century) Bl. Peter Paul Navarro
of Laino
[Pietro Paolo], Bl. Peter Sandaju Onizuka of Hachirao, Bl.
Denis Fugishima
of Aitsu,
and Bl. Clement Kuijemon
of Arima
(Italian, Jesuit missionary
priest in India and Japan ... and Japanese, three lay catechists ... martyred
by burning in Japan in 1622 [beatified 1867]) [Bl. Peter Paul died at about age
62.] Bl. Rupert Emil Mayer
of Stuttgart
(Bavarian, Jesuit priest, World
War I chaplain, imprisoned by Nazis during World War II, died while preaching
at age 69 in 1945 [beatified 1987]) [commemorated by some on the 3rd] St. Salaun of Lesneven
(French, pauper, mystic, d. 1358) St. Severinus of
Tivoli
(Italian, Benedictine
hermit, c. 699) St. Vigor of Artois
(French, hermit, bishop of Bayeux, c. 537) --------------------- We
also honor, in a special way, the following friends of God --
"saints" and "blesseds" whose souls are now in heaven: Sts. Acindynus, Pegasius, Aphthonius, Elpidephorus,
and Anempodistus (Persian, priests and seminarians, martyred in 345) St. Ambrose of Agaune
(Swiss, abbot, d. 523) St. Amicus of Rambara
(Italian, Benedictine
abbot, c. 11th Century) Sts. Baya and Maura (Scottish, virgins, hermitesses,
c. 10th Century) Sts. Carterius, Styriacus, Tobias,
Eudoxius, Agapius, and five companions, of Sebaste
(soldiers, martyred by burning in Armenia, c. 315) St. Eustochium of
Tarsus
(Cilician [from part of what is now Turkey], virgin, tortured, martyred in 362) St. George of Vienne
(French, bishop, c. 8th Century [canonized 1251]) St. Hermes (African, early martyr) Bl. John Bodey of
Wells
(English, Oxford scholar, married schoolteacher, martyred [drawn, hanged,
quartered] under Elizabeth I at about age 34 in 1583 [beatified 1929]) Bl. Jorand of Kergrist
(French, Benedictine
monk, hermit, d. 1340) St. Justus of Trieste
(martyred by drowning c. 303) St. Marcian of Chalcis
(Syrian, nobleman, hermit, d. 387) Sts. Publius, Victor, Hermas, and Papias
(Northwest African, early martyrs) St. Theodotus of
Laodicea
(from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], bishop, d. 334) Bl. Thomas Netter of Walden
(English, Carmelite
priest in France, died at about age 55 in 1430) St. Victorinus (Greek, Bible scholar,
bishop of Pettau in northern Pannonia [now part of Austria], martyred c. 304) "We consider that iron for this cause
borne on earth shall surmount gold and precious stones in Heaven. [The 'iron
borne' consisted of the chains that he wore.] That is our mark, that
is our desire. In the mean season we are threatened daily, and do look still
when the hurdle shall be brought to the door. [The 'hurdle' was the sled on
which Catholics were 'drawn' (dragged) by horses to the place of execution. (Editor)] I beseech you, for God's sake, that we want not
the good prayers of you all for our strength, our joy, and our perseverance
unto the end. . . . From our school of patience the 16th
September, 1583." The Catholic Encyclopedia says, "His
mother made a great feast upon the occasion of her son's happy death, to which
she invited her neighbours, rejoicing at his death as his marriage by which his
soul was happily and eternally espoused to the Lamb." --------------------- St. Martin de Porres of Lima
(Peruvian, Dominican
brother, beggar, infirmarian, died at age 59 in 1639 [beatified
1873, canonized 1962]) St. Acepsimas of
Cyrrhus
(Syrian, hermit priest, 5th Century) Sts. Acheric and William (French, hermits,
Benedictine
monks, c. 860) Bl. Alpais of Cudot
(French, peasant, limbless leper, lived on the Host alone, virgin, died at
about age 56 in 1211 [beatified 1874]) St. Amicus of Monte Cassino
(Italian, priest, hermit, Benedictine monk, c. 1045) Bl. Berthold of
Engelberg
(German, Benedictine
abbot, d. 1197) St. Clydog (British, nobleman, 6th
Century) St. Cristiolus (Welsh, 7th Century) St. Domnus of Vienne
(French, bishop, d. 527) St. Elerius (Welsh, monk, 6th Century) Bl. Emmanuel Lozano
Garrido of Linares
[Manuel, nickname: Lolo] (Spanish, layman, journalist, lost eyesight and became paralyzed by spondylitis, author of books on spirituality, died at age 51 in 1971 [beatified 2010]) St. Englatius of
Tarves
(Scottish, bishop, d. 966) St. Florus of Lodeve
(French, bishop, d. 389) St. Gaudiosus of Tarazona
(Spanish, monk, bishop, c. 585) Sts. Germanus, Theophilus, Caesareus, and
Vitalis, of
Cappadocia
(from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], martyred in 250) St. Guenhael of
Landevenec
(French, abbot, c. 550) St. Hermengaudio of
Urgell
(Spanish, bishop, d. 1035) St. Hilary of Viterbo
(Italian, deacon, martyred by beheading c. 300) St. Hubert of Liege
[Apostle of the Ardenne] (French, count, widower, bishop, died at about age 70
in 727) Bl. Ida of Toggenburg
(German, countess, Benedictine nun, died at about age 70 in 1226) St. Malachy O'More of Armagh
[Maolmhaodhog ua
Morgair]
(Irish, abbot, bishop of Down and Connor, archbishop of Armagh, healer, died in
France at about age 54 in 1148 [canonized 1190 - first papal canonization of an Irish saint]) [On Irish "particular calendar"] Bl. Maria Luisa Manganiello
of Montefusco
[baptized Teresa] (Italian, virgin, Franciscan
tertiary, inspired founding of Congregation of the Franciscan Immaculatine
Sisters, died at age 27 in 1876 [beatified 2010]) St. Oda (noblewoman, virgin, 12th Century) St. Papulus of Toulouse
(French, priest, missionary, martyred c. 300) St. Peter-Francis Neron
of Bornay
[Pierre-François] (French, missionary priest in Hong Kong, martyred by
beheading at about age 42 in Vietnam in 1860 [beatified 1909, canonized 1988]) St. Pirmin of Aragon
(Spanish, Benedictine
abbot, missionary bishop in Germany, d. 753) Bl. Pius of St. Louis Campidelli
of Trebbio
[Pio di San Luigi] [baptized Luigi (Louis)] (Italian, Passionist, died
at age 21 in 1889 [beatified 1985]) St. Quartus of Rome
(Italian, 1st Century) Bl. Raniero Mariani of Arezzo
(Italian, Franciscan
brother, d. 1304 [beatified 1802]) [commemorated by some on the
12th] St. Rumwold of Sutton
(British, prince, c. 650) Bl. Simon Ballachi of
Sant'Arcangelo
[Simone] (Italian, nobleman, Dominican brother, ascetic, visionary, died at
about age 69 in 1319 [beatified 1817]) St. Sylvia of Rome
(Italian, mother of St. Gregory the Great [pope and doctor of the Church],
widow, c. 572) Sts. Valerian and Hilary of
Viterbo
(Italian, priest and deacon, martyred by beheading c. 304) St. Valentinian of
Salerno
(Italian, bishop, c. 500) St. Winifred of
Guthurin
[Winefride] (Welsh, virgin, died at about age 55 c. 655) [On English and Welsh "particular calendars"]
St. Wulganus of
Arras
(from British Isles, hermit in France, c. 704) Holy Martyrs of Zaragoza (Spanish, an
"innumerable multitude," martyred c. 304) ------------------- St. Charles Borromeo of Arona [Carlo]
(Italian, nobleman, nephew of a pope, civil and canon lawyer, archbishop of
Milan at age 24, champion of the poor and plague victims, apologist against
heretics, died at age 46 in 1584 [beatified 1602, canonized 1610]) Sts. Castorius, Severus (or Secundius), Severian(us), Carpophorus (Carpoforus), Victorinus (Victorius, Vittorinus), Claudius, Symphorian (Simpronian), Nicostratus, and Simplicius ["Crowned Martyrs"] (from what is now Serbia, stone
carvers, martyred in 3rd Century) St. Clarus of Rouen
(British, Benedictine
priest, hermit in France, martyred in 9th Century) St. Clether of Cornwall
(Welsh, hermit, 6th Century) St. Emeric of Székesfehérvár
[Imre] (Hungarian, prince [son of St. Stephen], died at age 24 [accident] in
1031 [canonized 1083]) Bl. Frances d'Amboise of Nantes
[Françoise] (French, widow, Carmelite nun, died at age 58 in 1485 [beatified
1863]) St. Gerard de Bazonches of Angers
(French, Benedictine
priest, d. 1123) St. Gregory of Burtscheid
[Gregorio] (Italian, Basilian abbot in Germany, d. 999) Bl. Helen Enselmini of Padua
[Elena] (Italian, received veil from St. Francis to become Poor Clare nun at age 12, d. 1242
[beatified 1695]) St. Henry of Zweifalten
(German, Benedictine
prior, c. 1250) St. Joannicus of Mt.
Olympus
(Bithynian [from part of what is now Turkey], soldier, hermit, opponent of
iconoclasts, died at about age 92 in 846) Sts. John Zedazneli,
Abibos Nekreseli,
Anthony Martmkofeli,
David Garejeli,
Zenon Ikaltoeli,
Thaddeus of
Stephantsminda,
Ise of
Tsilkani,
Joseph of
Alaverdi,
Isidore of
Samtavno,
Michael of
Ulompo,
Piros of
Breta,
Steven of
Khirsa,
and Shio of
Mgvime
(Syrian, abbot and monks, evangelizers
of Georgia, martyred in 6th Century) St. Modesta of Oehren (German,
Benedictine
abbess, c. 680) Sts. Nicander and Hermas of Myra (from
Asia Minor [now called Turkey], bishop and priest, martyred) Sts. Philologus and Patrobus of Rome
(Italians, mentioned by St. Paul [Romans 16], 1st Century) St. Pierius of Alexandria
(Egyptian, priest, theologian, c. 310) St. Porphyrius of
Ephesus
(from Asia Minor, martyred in 171) St. Proculus of
Autun
(French, bishop, martyred c. 717) St. Stephen Theodore Guénot
of Bessieux
[Étienne-Théodore] (French, missionary bishop, martyred [dysentery in prison]
in Vietnam at about age 59 in 1861 [beatified 1909, canonized 1988]) Sts. Vitalis and Agricola of
Bologna
(Italian, slave and master, martyred [possibly crucified] c. 304) ------------------- Sts. Augustine and Paulinus of
Terracina
(Italian, Benedictine
monks, 6th Century) Bl. Bernard Lichtenberg of
Ohlau
[Bernhard] (German, diocesan priest, martyred [died in Nazi cattle car headed
to Dachau prison camp] at age 67 in 1943 [beatified 1996]) St. Bertille of
Chelles
(French, noblewoman, Benedictine nun, infirmarian, headmistress of
school, prioress, abbess, c. 703) St. Dominator of
Brescia
(Italian, bishop, c. 495) St. Domninus, Sylvanus, Theotimus, and
Philotheus (early Eastern martyrs) St. Domninus of
Grenoble
(French, bishop, 4th Century) Sts. Elizabeth and Zachary of Ain
Karem
(Israelites, descendants of St. Aaron, Jewish priest and wife, relatives of Blessed
Virgin Mary, parents of St. John the Baptist, 1st Century) Sts. Felix and Eusebius of
Terracina
(Italian, martyrs, 1st Century) St. Fibitius of
Trier
(German, abbot, bishop, c. 500) Sts. Galaktion and Episteme of Emesa
(Phoenician, husband and wife, tortured and martyred [beheaded] c. 250) St. Gerald of Beziers
(French, bishop, d. 1123) Bl. Gomidas Keumurjian of
Constantinople
(Turkish, priest, martyred by beheading at about age 51 in 1707 [beatified
1929]) St. Goussaud of
Auvergne
(French, hermit, 8th Century) St. Hermenegild of
Salcedo
(Spanish, Benedictine
monk, d. 953) St. Kanten of Llangenten
(Welsh, founder of abbey) St. Kea of Brittany (British,
nobleman, died in France in 6th Century) St. Laetus of Orleans
(French, priest, d. 533) St. Magnus of Milan
(Italian, archbishop, d. 525) Bl. Raniero of Todi
(Italian, widower, Capuchin Franciscan friar,
c. 1586) St. Spinulus of
Moyen-Moutier
(French, Benedictine
abbot, c. 720) ------------------ Holy Martyrs of Antioch (Syrians, ten men,
martyred by Moslems in 637 [five years after Mohammed's death]) St. Atticus of Phrygia (from
Asia Minor [now called Turkey], early martyr) Bl. Christina Bruso
of Stommeln
(German, virgin, stigmatist, mystic, died at about age 70 in 1312 [beatified
1908]) St. Demetrian of
Khytri
(Cypriot, monk, bishop, c. 912) St. Edwen of Anglesey
(British, virgin, 7th Century) St. Efflam of Brittany
(British, abbot in France, c. 700) St. Erlafrid of
Hirschau
(German, Benedictine
abbot, c. 830) St. Felix of Thyniss
(African, early martyr) St. Felix of Fondi
(Italian, Benedictine
monk, 6th Century) St. Galla (5th Century) St. Illtud (Welsh, abbot, c. 505) [On Welsh "particular calendar"]
St. Israel of Dorat
(French, priest, d. 1014) St. Leonard of Noblac
(French, nobleman, abbot, died at about age 93 c. 559) St. Leonard of Reresby
(English, crusader, 13th Century) St. Leonianus of
Autun
(Pannonian [Hungarian], monk, c. 570 [canonized 1907]) Bl. Margaret of
Lorraine
[Marguerite] (French, noblewoman, mother of three, widow, Poor Clare nun, died at about age 58 in 1521 [beatified
1921]) Bl. Mary Joseph Naval
Girbes of Algemesi
[Maria Josefa] (Spanish, laywoman, Carmelite tertiary, virgin, died at age 72 in
1893 [beatified 1988]) St. Melaine of Rennes
["Apostle of France"] (French, bishop, c. 535) St. Severus of Barcelona
(bishop, martyred [nails driven into temples] by Arians in 633) Bl. Simon of Aulne (French, Cistercian brother,
mystic, d. 1215) St. Stephen of Agde
[Etienne] (French, bishop of Apt, died at about age 71 in 1046) Blessed Martyrs of Twentieth-Century Spain
(Spanish [1,010], French [5], Cuban [2], and Colombian/Filipino/Portuguese [1
each] ... 1,020 people who died at the hands of anti-Catholic forces in many
different cities [including 5 bishops, 121 diocesan priests, 6 seminarians, 14
other laity, and 874 consecrated religious] martyred between 1934 and 1939 [498
beatified in 2007, 522 beatified in 2013]) --
(Of those beatified in 2007, there were 2 bishops, 24 diocesan priests, 3
seminarians, and 7 other non-consecrated laity ... and the 462 consecrated
religious consisted of men from eleven, and women from eight, orders or
congregations. The 498 names are visible
on this separate
page. --
(Of those beatified in 2013, there were 3 bishops, 97 diocesan priests, 3
seminarians, and 7 other non-consecrated laity ... and the 412 consecrated
religious consisted of the following: 74 Brothers
of the Christian Schools, 66 Marist
brothers, 38 Benedictines, 33 Capuchin
Franciscans, 27 Daughters of Charity,
24 Brothers of St. John of God, 23 Claretians, 19 Sons of the Holy Family, 19 Mercedarians,
19 Carmelites of the Old Observance,
14 Paulists, 11 Discalced Carmelites, 9 Minims,
6 Trinitarians, 6 Redemptorists, 5 members of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts, 4 Servants of Mary, 4 Brothers of the Carmelites of Teaching, 3 Franciscan Missionaries of the Mother of the Divine Shepherd, 2 Dominicans, 2 Franciscans, 2 Sons of Divine
Providence, 1 Calasanzian, and 1 Hieronymite. More information about the 522 can be found
on this separate
page. St. Winnoc of Wormhoult
(Welsh, nobleman, Benedictine abbot, c. 717) ---------------------- St. Achillas of
Alexandria
(Egyptian, bishop [ordained the infamous Arius], d. 313) St. Amandin (French) St. Amarand of Albi (French,
Benedictine
abbot, bishop, 8th Century) St. Amaranthus (French, martyred in 3rd
Century) Bl. Anthony Baldinucci of Florence
[Antonio] (Italian, Jesuit priest, died at age 52 in 1717
[beatified 1893]) Sts. Auctus, Taurion, and Thessalonica, of
Amphipolis
(Greek, early martyrs) St. Blinlivet of
Quimperl
(French, bishop of Vannes, 9th Century) St. Congar [or Cyngar] (British, monk) St. Engelbert of Berg
(German, nobleman, once excommunicated, archbishop of Cologne, martyred by
stabbing at about age 40 in 1225) St. Ernest of Zwiefalten
[Ernst] (German, Benedictine abbot, preacher in Persia and Arabia
during Crusade, tortured and martyred by Moslems in 1148 at Mecca) St. Florentius of
Strasbourg
(Irish, bishop in France, c. 693) Bl. Francis of Jesus Mary and Joseph Palau y
Quer of Lerida
[Francisco de Jesus Maria y Jose] (Spanish, Dominican priest, founded Institute of the Sisters
of Missionary Carmelites, founded Sisters of the Tertiary Missionary
Carmelites, died at age 60 in 1872 [beatified 1988]) Bl. Gertrude of
Remiremont
(French, Benedictine
abbess, c. 690 [beatified 1051]) St. Herculanus of
Perugia
(Italian, bishop, martyred by beheading [after being flayed] in 549) Sts. Hieron, Nicander, Hesychius and 30
companions, of
Mitilene
(Armenian, martyred c. 300) Sts. Hyacinth Castañeda
Gia of Stavo
[Jacinto] and Vincent Le Quang
Lim of
Tra Lu
([1] Spanish, Dominican
missionary priest in China and Vietnam and [2] Vietnamese, Dominican priest ... tortured and martyred by beheading
at about ages 30 and 41 in 1773 [beatified 1906, canonized in 1988]) St. John Baptist Con of Ke
Bang
(Vietnamese, married layman, catechist, martyred by beheading at about age 35 in
1840 [beatified 1900, canonized 1988]) Bl. Lucy of Bologna
[Lucia] (Italian, Camaldolese nun, 12th Century) Bl. Margaret Colonna
of Palestrina
[Margherita] (Italian, noblewoman, abbess, died at age 26 in 1284 [beatified
1847]) [commemorated by some on December 30] Sts. Melasippus, Carina, and Antoninus, of
Ancyra
(Turkish, parents and son, martyred [parents under torture, child by beheading]
in 360) Bl. Patrick Fleming of Lagan
[baptized Christopher] (Irish, Franciscan priest, ecclesiastical historian,
teacher, martyred in Bohemia [Czech Republic] by Lutheran peasants in 1631 at
age 32) St. Peter Wu
Guo-sheng of
Long-ping
(Chinese, layman, catechist of 600 converts, martyred by strangulation at age
46 in 1814 [beatified 1900]) St. Prosdocimus of
Padua
(Greek, bishop in Italy, c. 100) St. Raverranus of Sez
(French, Benedictine
monk, bishop, d. 682) St. Rufus of Metz
(French, bishop, c. 400) St. Tremorus of
Brittany
(French, infant, martyred [with mother, beheaded by stepfather] in 6th Century) St. Vincent Grossi of Pizzighettone
[Vincenzo] (Italian, parish priest, founded the Institute of the Sons of the
Oratory, died at age 72 in 1917 [beatified 1975, canonized 2015])
St. Willibrord of
Northumbria
["Apostle of Frisians"] (British, Benedictine missionary in Germany, bishop in
Luxembourg, died at about age 81 in 739) [On English and Irish "particular calendars"] ------------------- St. Cler of Marmoutier
(French, priest, hermit, c. 397) Bl. Columbus of
Toulouse
[Colombe] (French, Dominican prior, died while preaching in 1229) Bl. Conceptionist Martyrs of Madrid [also
known as Bl. Mary of Carmel Lacaba Andía and Companions]
(Spanish, fourteen religious of the Franciscan
Order of the Immaculate Conception, virgins during Civil War, martyred
[shot] in 1936 [beatified 2019]) ~~~~~ Bl. Mary of Carmel Lacaba
Andía of Borja
[María del Carmen] [baptized Isabel (Elizabeth)] (died at age 54) ~~~~~ Bl. Mary Petra Pilar de
los Desamparados Peirós
Benito of Pamplona
[María] [baptized Petra] (died at age 73) ~~~~~ Bl. Mary of the
Assumption Monedero
of Anaya
[María] [baptized Eustaquia] (died at age 72) ~~~~~ Bl. Mary of the Blessed
Sacrament Prensa
Cano of El Toboso
[María] [baptized Manuela] (died at age 49) ~~~~~ Bl. Mary of Saint Joseph
Rodríguez
Higuera of Madrid
[María] [baptized Balbina] (died at age 50) ~~~~~ Bl. Mary Guadalupe of
the Ascension Rodríguez
Higuera of Madrid
[María] [baptized María de las Nieves (Mary of the Snows)] (died at age 44) ~~~~~ Bl. Mary Joan of St.
Michael Ochotorena
Arniz of Arraiza
[María Juana de San Miguel] [baptized/confirmed Juana Josefa (Joan Josepha)]
(died at age 65) ~~~~~ Bl. Mary of Jesus Diez
Recio of Moradillo del Castillo [María de Jesus] [baptized Basilia] (died
at age 47) ~~~~~ Bl. Mary of the Pillar Campos
Urdiales of Valdealcón
[María del Pilar] [baptized Clotilde] (died at age 39) ~~~~~ Bl. Mary Beatrice of St.
Teresa García
Villa of Navas de los Caballeros [María Beatriz de Santa
Teresa] [baptized Narcisa] (died at age 28) ~~~~~ Bl. Mary Agnes of St.
Joseph Rodríguez
Fernández of Puebla de Sanabria [María Inés de San José] [baptized Inés (Agnes)]
(died at age 46) ~~~~~ Bl. Mary of Carmel of the Most Pure Conception Rodríguez Fernández of Puebla de Sanabria [María del Carmen de la Purísima Concepción]
[baptized María de la Concepción] (died at age 49) ~~~~~ Bl. Mary of St. Joseph Ytóiz
of Pamplona
[María de San José] (baptized Josefa [Josepha]) (died at age 65) ~~~~~ Bl. Mary of the
Assumption Pascual
Nieto of Villorobe
[María Asunción] (died at age 46) St. Cybi of Carnarvon
(Cornish, abbot, missionary bishop, 6th Century) Pope St. Deusdedit I of Rome [name
means "God has given" -- also known as Adeodatus, "given by
God"] (Italian, reigned from 615, tireless servant of plague victims, d.
618) St. Drouet of Auxerre
(French, bishop, d. 532) St. Elizabeth of the Trinity Catez of Avord
[Élisabeth de la Trinité] [baptized Marie-Élisabeth-Josephine] (French, Discalced Carmelite nun,
spiritual director, writer of letters, died [Addison's Disease] at age 26 in
1906 [beatified 1984, canonized 2016]) St. Gervadius of
Elgin
(Irish, hermit, c. 934) St. Godfrey of Soissons
[Geofroi] (French, Benedictine monk, bishop of Amiens, died at about
age 49 c. 1115) St. Gregory of Einsiedeln
(British, Benedictine
abbot in Switzerland, d. 996) Bl. John of Duns
[better known as John Duns
Scotus]
(Scottish, Franciscan
priest, theologian [noted for work concerning the Immaculate
Conception], visionary, died at about age 43 in 1308 [beatified 1992])
[commemorated by some on May 19, by others on November 7] Sts. Joseph Nguyen Din
Nghi of Ke
Voi,
Martin Ta Duc
Thinh of
Ke Sat,
and Martin Tho of Ke Bang
(Vietnamese, two priests and a layman, martyred by beheading at about ages 69,
80, and 53 in 1840 [beatified 1900, canonized in 1988]) Bl. Mary of the Crucifix Satellico
of Venice
[Maria Crocifissa] [baptized Elisabetta Maria (Elizabeth Mary)] (Italian,
religious of the Order of St. Clare, died at age 38 in 1745 [beatified
1993]) St. Maurus of Verdun
(French, bishop, d. 383) St. Moroc of Dunblane
(Scottish, abbot, bishop, 9th Century) St. Tysilio of Meifod
(Welsh, abbot, died at about age 40 c. 640) St. Willehad of
Bremen
(British, Benedictine
monk, missionary on continent, bishop, d. 789) St. Wiomad of Trier
(French, Benedictine
abbot, bishop, c. 790) [from St. Elizabeth of the Trinity] "Make a little cell in your heart for
Jesus of the Agony. Take refuge there, when you hear Him outraged by men. Try
to make reparation. You, at least, love Him and keep your heart quite pure for
Him. Oh, if you only knew how the good God loves pure hearts! It is there that
He loves to reign." ---------------------- St. Alexander of
Salonica
(Greek, martyred in 4th Century) St. Benignus of
Meath
(Irish, disciple of [and episcopal successor to] St. Patrick, abbot, bishop, d.
457) Sts. Eustolia and Sopatra of
Constantinople
(Turkish, virgins, 7th Century) Bl. George Napper of
Oxford
(English, priest, martyred [drawn, hanged, and quartered] under James I at
about age 60 in 1610 [beatified 1929]) Bl. Helen of Veszprem
[Ilona] (Hungarian, Dominican nun, stigmatist, c. 1270) Bl. Mary of Mt. Carmel of the Child Jesus Muñoz
del Caño of Antequera
[María del Carmen del Niño Jesús] [nee Gonzalez
Ramos y Garcia Prieto]
(Spanish, ill-treated wife, childless widow [at age 47], founded Franciscan
Sisters of the Sacred Hearts, died at age 65 in 1899 [beatified 2007]) St. Orestes of Cappadocia (from
Asia Minor [now called Turkey], tortured and martyred in 304) St. Pabo of Anglesey
(Scottish, soldier, monk in Wales, c. 510) St. Theodore of Amasea
(from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], soldier, tortured and martyred [burned] in 306) St. Ursinus of Bourges
(French, bishop, 3rd Century) St. Vitonus of Verdun
(French, monk, bishop, c. 525) Pope St. Leo I of
Tuscany
["Leo the Great"] (Italian, eloquent writer/homilist, confronter of
Attila the Hun, Doctor of the Church, elected 440, died at about age 60 in 461) St. Andrew Avellino of Castronuovo
[baptized Lorenzo (Lawrence)] (Italian, doctor of civil and ecclesiastical law,
Theatine priest
and superior, died at about age 87 in 1608 [beatified 1625, canonized 1712]) Bl. Andrew of Baudiment
[Andre] (French, Cistercian abbot, d. 1142) St. Baudolin of
Tanaro
(French, hermit, 8th Century) Sts. Demetrius, Anianus, Eustosius, and
twenty companions, of
Antioch
(Syrians, bishop, deacon, and other early martyrs)
Bl. Edward Müller of Neumünster
[Eduard], Bl. John
Prassek of Hamburg
[Johannes], and Bl. Herman
Lange of Leer
[Hermann] (German, priests, martyred by Nazis [at ages 32, 32, and 31] in
Hamburg [beatified 2011]) St. Elaeth of Anglesey
(British, royalty, monk, 6th Century) Bl. Eugene Bossilkov of Belene
[Yevgeniy] [baptized Vincent] (Bulgarian, member of Congregation of the Passion
of the Immaculate Conception, bishop, martyred at age 52 in 1952 [beatified
1998]) St. Guerembaldus of
Hirschau
(German, Benedictine
monk, d. 965) St. Hadelin of Seez
(French, Benedictine
abbot, bishop, c. 910) St. John of Ratzenburg
(Irish or Scottish, missionary to Germany, bishop, martyred by beheading in
1066) St. Justus of Rome
(Italian, Benedictine
monk, archbishop of Canterbury in England, d. 627) St. Monitor of Orleans
(French, bishop, c. 490) St. Natalene of
Pamiers
(French, martyr) St. Probus of Rome
(Italian, bishop of Ravenna, c. 175) St. Spes of Eure
(French, martyr) St. Theoctista of
Lesbos
(Greek, nun, hermitess, 10th Century) Sts. Tiberius, Modestus, and Florence, of Agde (French,
martyred in 303) Sts. Tryphenna and Tryphosa, of
Iconium
(Greek, converts of St. Paul [Romans 16:12], 1st Century) Sts. Tryphon, Respicius, and Nympha of Campsada
(Syrian, martyred c. 251) [From
a sermon by St. Leo the Great, on the common royalty and universal priesthood
of Christians:] "For all, regenerated in Christ, are
made kings by the sign of the cross. They are consecrated priests by the oil of
the Holy Spirit [in Baptism], so that beyond the special service of our
ministry as priests, all spiritual and mature Christians know that they are a
royal race and are sharers in the office of the priesthood. For what is more
king-like than to find yourself ruler over your body after having surrendered
your soul to God? And what is more priestly than to promise the Lord a pure
conscience and to offer him in love unblemished victims on the altar of one's
heart?" --------------------------- Bl. Alicia Kotowska of Warsaw
[Alicja] [baptized Maria Jadwiga (Mary Hedwig)] (Polish, Resurrectionist sister, martyred by Nazis at Piasnica
nine days before her 40th birthday in 1939 [beatified 1999]) Bl. Alradus of Isenhagen
(German, knight, Cistercian brother, c. 1250) St. Athenodorus (Mesopotamian [Iraqi],
martyred c. 304) Bl. Bartholomew of
Marmoûtier
[Bartelemy] (French, Benedictine abbot, archbishop of Tours, d. 1067) St. Bartholomew of
Rossano
[Bartolomeo] (Italian, Basilian abbot, hymn writer, d. 1065) St. Bertuin of Malonne
(Anglo-Saxon, Benedictine monk, missionary bishop in France, c.
698) St. Cynfran (Welsh, 5th Century) St. Menas (Egyptian, soldier, hermit,
tortured and martyred by beheading c. 295) St. Mennas of Santomena (from
Asia Minor [now called Turkey], hermit in Italy, 6th Century) St. Rhedius (Welsh) St. Theodore the Studite of
Constantinople
(Turkish, abbot, champion of Church's religious independence of civil power,
defender of legitimacy of sacred images, monastic reformer, died at about age
67 in 826) Sts. Valentine, Felician, and Victorinus, of Ravenna
(Italian, martyred c. 304) St. Veranus of Lyons
(French, bishop, 5th Century) Bl. Vincenza Maria Poloni
of Verona
[baptized Luigia (Louise)] (Italian, virgin, founded Institute of the Sisters of Mercy, died at age 53 in 1855
[beatified 2008]) St. Josaphat Kunsevich
of Vladimir
[baptized Jan (John)] (Ukrainian/Lithuanian born in Poland, Basilian monk, convert from Ruthenian Orthodoxy,
bishop of Vitebsk in Russia, bishop of Polotsk, sought unity of Eastern schismatics
with pope, martyred [beaten and shot] by an Orthodox mob at about age 43 in
1623 [beatified 1643, canonized 1867] [incorrupt]) Sts. Aurelius and Publius (bishops,
martyred in 2nd Century) Sts. Benedict [Benedetto], John
[Giovanni], Matthew [Matteo], Isaac [Isacco], and Cristino (Italian, Benedictine monks,
missionaries to the Slavs, martyred in 1005) St. Cadwallador (Welsh, chieftain, died at
about age 30 c. 689) Bl. Christopher of
Portugal
[Cristvo] (Portuguese, missionary, martyred by Moslems in Sri Lanka, c. 1500) St. Cumian the Tall (Irish, abbot, died at
about age 75 c. 665) St. Cunibert of
Trier
(Frankish, archbishop of Cologne, c. 633) St. Emilian Cucullatus of La
Rioja
(Spanish, shepherd, hermit, abbot, d. 574) St. Evodius of Le Puy
(French, bishop, c. 560) Bl. Gabriel Ferretti of Ancona
(Italian, nobleman, Franciscan provincial, died at about age 80 in 1465
[beatified 1753]) St. Himerius (Swiss, monk, hermit, abbot,
missionary, c. 610) Bl. John Cini of Pisa
[Giovanni] [nicknamed "della pace" (of peace)] (Italian, Franciscan tertiary,
d. 1433 [beatified 1856]) Bl. Kamen Vitsjev of Strem
[baptized Petr], Bl. Paul Djidjov
of Plovdiv [Pavel]
[baptized Josef], and Bl. Josaphat Chichkov of Plovdiv
[baptized Rober Matej (Robert Matthew)] (Bulgarian, priests [Augustinians of
the Assumption], martyred by Communists in 1952 [beatified 2002])
[Approximate ages at death: 59, 33, and 68] St. Lebuin of Deventer
(British, Benedictine
missionary monk in Netherlands, c. 773) St. Livinus (Irish, bishop of Ghent in
Belgium, tortured and martyred c. 650) St. Machar of Iona
(Irish, missionary, bishop of Aberdeen in Scotland, 6th Century) St. Namphasius (French, soldier, Benedictine monk, c. 800) St.
Nilus the Elder of
Byzantium
(from what is now Turkey, abbot on Mt. Sinai, theologian, bishop of Ankara, c.
430) St. Paternus of
Saint-Pierre-le-Vif
(French, Benedictine
monk, martyred c. 729) St. Renatus of Angers
(French, bishop in France and Italy, c. 422) St. Rufus of Avignon
(bishop, c. 200) St. Sinell of Cleenish
(Irish, abbot, 6th Century) St. Ymar of Reculver
(British, Benedictine
monk, martyred in Denmark c. 830) [St.
Josaphat, not long before being martyred:] "You people of Vitebsk want to put me
to death. You make ambushes for me everywhere, in the streets, on the bridges,
on the highways, and in the marketplace. I am here among you as a shepherd, and
you ought to know that I would be happy to give my life for you. I am ready to
die for the holy union, for the supremacy of Saint Peter, and of his successor
the Supreme Pontiff." --------------------- Sts. Antoninus, Zebinas, Germanus, and
Ennatha (three men [beheaded] and a virgin [burned alive] martyred in 297) Sts. Arcadius, Paschasius, Probus,
Eutychian, and Paulillus (Spanish, martyred in Africa in 437) St. Augustina Pietrantoni
of Pozzaglia Sabina
[Agostina] [baptized Livia] (Italian, nurse, member of Sisters of Charity,
martyred in defense of chastity [stabbed by a patient] at age 30 in 1894
[beatified 1972, canonized 1999]) St. Brice of Tours
(French, orphan, bishop, d. 444) St. Caillin of Ferns
(Irish, bishop, 7th Century) Bl. Carl Lampert of Göfis
(Austrian, diocesan priest and official, martyred [guillotined] by Nazis at
Halle an der Saale [Germany] at age 50 in 1944 [beatified 2011]) St. Columba of Cornwall
(British, virgin, martyred) St. Dalmatius of
Rodez
(French, bishop, d. 580) St. Devinicus of
Caithness
(Scottish, bishop, 6th Century) St. Eugenius of
Toledo
(Spanish, bishop, d. 657) St.
Gredifael of
Whitland
(French or Welsh, abbot, 7th Century) St. Homobonus of
Cremona
[Omobono] (Italian, tailor, married layman, supporter of the poor, died at
about age 47 in 1197 [canonized 1199]) St. James of Alcala
[Diego] (Spanish, hermit, Franciscan brother, missionary, died at about age
63 in 1463 [canonized 1588]) [commemorated by some on November 7] St. Kilian of Aubigny
(Irish, missionary in France, 7th Century) Sts. Louis Versiglia of Oliva Gessi
[Luigi] and Callistus Caravario
of Cuorgné Canavese
[Callisto] (Italian, Salesian missionary bishop and priest in China,
martyred by gunfire [at ages 57 and 27] in 1930 [beatified 1983, canonized
2000]) Bl. Mark of Scala
[Marco] (Italian, Benedictine abbot, c. 1280) St. Maxellendis of
Caudry
(French, virgin, martyred [stabbed] by her betrothed c. 670) St. Mitrius of Aix
(Greek, slave, martyred by beheading in France in 314) St. Narbonne (priest, martyr) Pope St. Nicholas I of Rome
["Nicholas the Great"] (Italian, deacon, elected to papacy in 858,
reigned until death at about age 42 in 867) St. Quintain of
Rodez
(African, bishop in France, c. 527) St. Stanislaus Kostka
of Rostkovo
[Stanislaw] (Polish, nobleman, Jesuit novice, died at age 17 in 1568 [beatified
1605, canonized 1726]) [From
Mother Cabrini:] "We must pray without tiring, for the
salvation of mankind does not depend on material success, nor
on sciences that cloud the intellect. Neither does it depend on arms and human
industries, but on Jesus alone." ---------------------- St. Adaltrude of
Saint-Cirgues
(French, mother of St. Gerald, 9th Century) St. Alberic of Utrecht
(Dutch, Benedictine
monk, bishop, d. 784) Sts. Clementinus, Theodotus, and
Philomenus, of
Heraclea
(Greek, martyred) St. Dubricius of
Madley
[Dyfrig] (British, archbishop of Caerleon in Wales, monastic founder, c. 545) [On Welsh "particular calendar"] Holy Martyrs of Emesa (Syrian, many virgins captured by an Arab chieftain, barbarously tortured and martyred) St. Hypatius of
Gangra
(Paphlagonian [from part of what is now Turkey], bishop, martyred [stoned] by
heretics c. 325) Bl. John Liccio of Caccamo
[Giovanni] (Sicilian, Dominican for 96 years, priest, miracle-worker, died
at about age 111 in 1511 [beatified 1753]) St. Joseph Mary Pignatelli
of Zaragoza
[Jose Maria] (Spanish, Jesuit priest in Italy, teacher, died at
about age 74 in 1811 [beatified 1933, canonized 1954]) St. Jucundus of
Bologna
(Italian, bishop, d. 485) St. Lawrence O'Toole
of Castledermot
[also spelled Laurenc ... Lorcan Ua
Tuathail
(in Gaelic)] (Irish, Augustinian abbot, archbishop of Dublin, died in
France at about age 52 in 1180 [canonized 1225]) [On Irish "particular calendar"] Bl. Mary Louise Merkert
of Nysa
[Maria Luisa] (Polish, virgin, co-founded Congregation
of St. Elizabeth [of Hungary], died at age 55 in 1872 [beatified 2007]) Bl. Mary Teresa of Jesus Scrilli
of Montevarchi
[Maria Teresa di Gesù] [baptized Maria] (Italian, directress of girls' school,
foundress of the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Carmel, died
at age 64 in 1889 [beatified 2006]) St. Modanic of Aberdeen (Scottish, bishop, 8th Century?) St. Montan of Lorraine
(hermit, bishop) Sts. Nicholas Tavelic of Sibenik [Nikola],
Adeodatus Aribert
[Deodat], Stephen of
Cueno
[Stefano], and Peter of
Narbonne
[Pierre] (Croatian, French, Italian, French ... Franciscan friars in Jerusalem ... martyred by Moslems
in 1391 [beatified 1889, canonized 1970]) [St. Nicholas died at about age 51.]
[commemorated by some on December 5] Bl. Serapion of
London
(English, Mercedarian
priest in Spain, hostage in Algeria, martyred [crucified] by Moslems
at about age 61 in 1240 [beatified 1728]) St. Serapion of
Alexandria
(Egyptian, tortured and martyred [thrown from a height] in 252) St. Sidonius of
Saint-Saëns
(French, Benedictine
abbot, c. 690) St. Veneranda of Gaul
(French, virgin, martyred in 2nd Century) St. Venerandus of
Troyes
(French, martyred in 275) -------------------- St. Albert the Great of
Lauingen
[Albrecht] ["Doctor Universalis"] (German, Dominican priest, teacher of St. Thomas Aquinas, bishop
of Regensburg, theologian, Doctor of the Church, died at about age 74 in 1280
[beatified 1622, canonized 1931]) St. Arnulfus of Toul
(French, bishop, d. 871) St. Ceronne of Corneilhan
(French, virgin, 5th Century) St. Desiderius of
Cahors
(French, bishop, c. 655) St. Eugene of Paris
(French, bishop, martyred) St. Felix of Nola
(Italian, bishop, martyred in 287) St. Fintan of Rheinau
(German, Benedictine
hermit, d. 879) Sts. Gurias the Ascetic and Samonas the
Faithful, of
Edessa
(Syrians, martyred by beheading in 305) Bl. Hugh Faringdon, Bl.
John Eynon, and
Bl. John Rugg, of
Reading
(English, Benedictine
abbot [close friend of the king] and two monk-priests, martyred
[probably drawn, hanged, and quartered] under Henry VIII in 1539 [beatified
1895]) St. Leopold the Good of Melk
(Austrian, grandson of emperor, father of eleven surviving children, founder of
many monasteries, died at about age 63 in 1136 [canonized 1486]) Bl. Lucy Brocolelli of Narni
[Lucia] (Italian, wife, Dominican tertiary, visionary from childhood,
stigmatist, died at about age 68 in 1544 [beatified 1720]) St. Luperius of
Verona
(Italian, bishop, first millennium) St. Machudd of Lianfechell
(abbot, 7th Century) St. Malo of Aleth
(Welsh, monk, bishop, died at about age 100 c. 620) Bl. Mary of the Passion de
Chappotin de Neuville of Nantes [Marie de la Passion] [baptized
Hélène-Marie-Philippine] (French, virgin, founded Franciscan Missionary
Sisters of Mary, died at age 65 in 1904 [beatified 2002]) St. Paduinus of Le
Mans
(French, Benedictine
abbot, c. 703) St. Raphael Kalinowski of Vilnius
[Rafal] [baptized Józef] (Polish/Lithuanian, military officer, prisoner in
Siberia, tutor, Carmelite parish
priest in Pope John Paul II's hometown, spiritual director, died at age 72 in
1907 [beatified 1983, canonized 1991]) [commemorated by some on the 19th] Bl. Richard Whiting of Somerset, Bl.
Roger James
of Glastonbury,
and Bl. John Thorne
of Glastonbury
(English, Benedictine
abbot and two monks, martyred [drawn, hanged, and quartered]
under Henry VIII in 1539 [beatified 1895]) Sts. Secundus, Fidentian, and Varicus
(African, early martyrs) -------------------- St. Gertrude the Great of
Eisleben
(German, Benedictine
nun, visionary, mystic, died at about age 46 in 1302 [canonized
1677]) St. Margaret of
Scotland
(British [born in Hungary], wife of Scottish king, mother of eight, died at
about age 48 in 1093) St. Africus of Comminges
(French, 7th Century) St. Agnes Offreduccio di Favarone
of Assisi
[Agnese] (Italian, younger sister of St. Clare, second Poor Clare nun [at age 15], abbess, died [three months
after Clare] at about age 56 in 1253 [canonized 1753]) [commemorated by some on November 19]
St. Alfrick of Canterbury
(British, Benedictine
abbot, archbishop, d. 1006) Blessed Martyrs of Almeria (Spanish, 9 men
[2 bishops, 7 Brothers of the Christian Schools], martyred [shot] by
Civil War revolutionaries in 1936 [beatified 1993]) St. Balsamie (French, nurse, 5th Century) St. Edmund Rich of Abingdon
(English, theologian, teacher at Oxford, archbishop of Canterbury, adviser to
king, died at about age 62 in 1242 [canonized 1246]) [On English "particular calendar"]
[Commemorated by some on November 20th] Bl. Edward Osbaldeston of Lancaster (English,
priest, martyred under Elizabeth I in 1594 [beatified 1987]) Sts. Elpidius, Marcellus, Eustochius, and
companions (dragged by horses and martyred by burning in 362) St. Eucherius of
Lyons
(French, monk, hermit, bishop, c. 450) St. Fidentius of
Padua
(Italian, 2nd Century) St. Gobrian of Vannes
(French, bishop, hermit, d. 725) Bl. Grace of Cattaro
[Grazia] (Dalmatian [from part of what is now Croatia], fisherman, Augustinian brother,
died at about age 71 in 1509 [beatified 1889]) St. Joseph Mkasa Balikuddembe
of Buganda
(Uganda, prefect of royal pages, companion of St. Charles Lwanga, martyred by
beheading in 1885 [beatified 1920, canonized 1964]) Bl. Louis Morbioli of Bologna
[Luigi] (Italian, Carmelite tertiary, died at about age 56 in 1495
[beatified 1842]) St. Matilda von Hackenborn-Wippra
of Helfta [Mechtilde]
(German [Saxon], Cistercian nun,
mystic, spiritual guide of St. Gertrude, died at about age 57 in 1298) [commemorated
by some on the 19th] St. Othmar of Saint-Gall
(Swiss, Benedictine
abbot, d. 759) Sts. Rufinus, Marcus, Valerius, and
companions (African, early martyrs) Bl. Simeon of La Cava
(Italian, Benedictine
abbot, died at about age 60 in 1141 [beatified 1928]) [Prayer
by St. Gertrude:] O Sacred Heart of Jesus, fountain of
eternal life, Your Heart is a glowing furnace of Love. You are my refuge and my
sanctuary. O my adorable and loving Savior, consume
my heart with the burning fire with which Yours is
aflamed. Pour down on my soul those graces which flow from Your
love. Let my heart be united with Yours. Let my will
be conformed to Yours in all things. May Your Will be
the rule of all my desires and actions. Amen. --------------------- St. Elizabeth of
Hungary
[Erzsebet] (Hungarian [born in Slovakia], princess, mother of four, widow, Franciscan tertiary, champion of the poor and sick, died
in Germany at about age 24 in 1231 [canonized 1235]) Sts. Alphaeus of Caesarea and Zachaeus of
Gadara
(Palestinian, lector and deacon, martyred by beheading in 303) St. Anianus of Orléans
(French, bishop, d. 453) St. Dionysius of
Alexandria
(Egyptian, patriarch [bishop], died at about age 75 in 265) St. Eugene of Florence
(Italian, deacon, d. 422) St. Gregory of Clermont
[baptized George Florentius] (French, historian, wrote lives of saints, bishop
of Tours, died at about age 54 in 594) St. Gregory Thaumaturgus of
Neocaesarea
["The Wonder Worker"] (from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], student
of Origen, bishop, theologian, miracle-worker, died at about age 57 c. 270) St. Hilda of Northumbria
(British, Benedictine
abbess, died at about age 66 in 680) [On English "particular calendar"]
St. Hugh of Avalon
[Hugues] (French, Carthusian abbot in England, bishop of Lincoln,
died at about age 60 in 1200 [canonized 1220]) [On English "particular calendar"]
St. Hugh of Noara [Ugo]
(Sicilian, Cistercian
abbot, c. 1170) Bl. Jane of Segna
[Giovanna] (Italian, shepherdess, virgin, died at about age 62 in 1307
[beatified 1798]) St. Namasius of
Vienne
(French, bishop, c. 559 [canonized 1903]) Holy Martyrs of Paraguay (Jesuit priests,
missionaries mainly in Paraguay, martyred by indigenous savages in Brazil in
1628 [beatified 1934, canonized in 1988]) St. Raverranus of Séez
(French, bishop, 8th Century) Bl. Salome of Skala
[Salomea] (Polish, married at 13 to prince of Hungary, widow, Poor Clare abbess, died at about age 57 in 1268
[beatified 1673]) [commemorated by some on November 18] ------------------ We
also honor, in a special way, the following friends of God --
"saints" and "blesseds" whose souls are now in heaven: St. Rose-Philippine Duchesne
of Grenoble
(French, Visitation sister and
later missionary sister in the Society of the Sacred Heart in Missouri and other states, died at age 83 in 1852 [beatified 1940, canonized 1988]) [On
U.S. "particular calendar"] Bl. Caroline Kózkówna
of Wal-Ruda
[Karolina] ["The Maria Goretti of Poland"] (Polish, virgin, resisted
rape by Russian soldier, martyred at age 16 in 1914 [beatified 1987]) St. Constant of
Lough Erne
(Irish, priest, hermit, martyred in 777) Bl. Grimoald of the Purification Santamaria
of Pontecorvo
[Grimoaldo della Purificazione] [baptized Ferdinando] (Italian, Passionist seminarian,
died at age 19 in 1902 [beatified 1995]) St. Guilminus of
Thouace
(French, Benedictine
monk, c. 1065) St. Hesychius of Antioch
(Roman, soldier, martyred by drowning c. 303) Bl. John Xoun of Maeco and
Bl. Leonard Kimura
of Nagasaki
(Japanese ... [John] lay member of Confraternity of the Holy Rosary ...
[Leonard] Jesuit brother,
catechist, cook, and tailor ... martyred by roasting over slow fire before
20,000 witnesses in 1619 [beatified 1867]) St. Keverne of Cornwall
(British, c. 530) St. Mawes of Brittany
(Welsh, hermit, abbot in Britain and France) St. Maximus of Mainz
(German, bishop, persecuted by Arian heretics, d. 378) St. Mummolus of
Lagny
(French, abbot, c. 690) St. Nazarius of
Lerins
(French, monk, abbot) St. Odo of Cluny
(French, nobleman, Benedictine abbot, reformer of monasteries,
religious author, champion of the poor, died at about age 63 in 942) St. Oriculus and companions, of
Carthage
(North African, martyred by Arian Vandals in 430) Sts. Romanus and Barula (Palestinian and
Syrian, deacon and seven-year-old boy, martyred [Romanus burned, strangled, and
beheaded] in Syria in 304) St. Thomas of Antioch
(Syrian? hermit, d. 782) -------------------- St. Atto of Tordino
(Italian, Benedictine
abbot, d. 1010) St. Azas and companions, of
Isauria
(about 150 people martyred in 304) St. Barlaam of Antioch
(Syrian, peasant, tortured and martyred in Cappadocia [part of Turkey today] in
304) St. Crispin of Ecijia
(Spanish, bishop, martyred [beheaded] in 4th Century) St. Ebbe of Minster-in-Thanet
(British, Kentish queen, sister of four saints, widow, abbess, d. 694) Sts. Exuperius, Felician, and Severinus, of Vienne
(French, martyred in 170) St. Faustus of Alexandria
(Egyptian, deacon, martyred in 4th Century) Bl. James Benefatti of Mantua
[Giacomo] (Italian, Dominican friar, bishop, d. 1332 [beatified
1859]) [incorrupt] [commemorated by some on the 26th] St. James of Constantinople
(Turkish, army officer, priest and hermit in France, c. 865) St. Maximus of Rome
(martyred in 255) St. Medana of Galloway
(Irish, virgin in Scotland, 8th Century) St. Nerses the Great of
Cappadocia
(from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], married, catholicos [bishop] of
Armenians, martyred by poisoning in 373) St. Obadiah (Israelite, Old Testament
prophet, several centuries B.C.) ------------------- Sts. Adventor, Octavius, and Solutor, of
Turin
(martyred in Italy c. 297) St. Agapius of Caesarea
(Palestinian, martyred by drowning or beheading c. 306) Bl. Ambrose Traversari of Portico
[Ambrogio] (Italian, Camaldolese abbot, died at about age 63 in 1439) Sts. Ampelius and Caius of
Messina
(Sicilians, martyred c. 302) Bl. Anna Kolesarova of Vysoka nad
Uhom
(Slovak, lay adolescent, martyred at age 16 by a drunken Russian soldier [shot
in the face and chest, in the presence of family members, while defending her
virginity] in 1944 [beatified 2018]) St. Autbodus of Laon
(Irish, missionary priest in France, hermit, d. 690) Sts. Bassius, Dionysius, Agapitus, and
forty companions, of
Heraclea
(Greek, early martyrs) St. Benignus of
Milan
(Italian, bishop, c. 477) St. Bernward of
Utrecht
(German, nobleman, emperor's tutor, bishop of Hildesheim, died at about age 62
in 1022 [canonized 1193]) Blessed "Christian Doctrine"
Martyrs of Spain (Spanish, 17 members of Congregation of the Sisters of
Christian Doctrine, martyred during Civil War in 1936 [beatified 1995]) St. Colman of Dalriada
(Welsh) St. Dasius of Dorostorum
(Roman, soldier, martyred c. 303) St. Edmund of East Anglia
(British, king at age 14, martyred by arrows at about age 29 in 869) St. Eudon of Corméry
(French, Benedictine
abbot, c. 760) Sts. Eustace, Thespesius, and Anatolius, of
Nicaea
(from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], martyred in 235) St. Eval of Cornwall
(British, bishop, 6th Century) St. Felix of Amiens
(French, hermit, Trinitarian priest, died at about age 85 in 1212
[canonized 1666]) St. Francis Xavier Cân of
Sou-Mieng
(Vietnamese, catechist, martyred by strangling at about age 34 in 1837
[beatified 1900, canonized 1988]) St. Gregory of Decapolis (from
Asia Minor [now called Turkey], 9th Century) St.
Humbert of
East Anglia
(British, bishop who crowned St. Edmund, martyred c. 870) St. Leo of Nonantula
(Italian, Benedictine
abbot, d. 1000) Bl. Maria Fortunata Viti of
Veroli
[baptized Anna Felice] (Italian, Benedictine nun, died at age 95 in 1922 [beatified
1967]) St. Maxentia of
Beauvais
(Irish or Scottish, virgin, martyred in France) Sts. Nerses of Sahgerd, John
of
Beth-Seleucia,
and companions (Persian ... bishops, priests, and laymen ... martyred by stabbing,
stoning, and in other ways c. 343) [The companions included Sts. Joseph of
Sahgerd,
Isaac of
Hulsar,
Papa of
Herminum,
Uhanam, Guhsciatezades, Sasannes, Mares, Timaeus, Zaron, Bahutha, Tecla,
Danacla, Tatona, Mama Mazachia, Anne, Abiatha, Hathes, and Mamlacha] St. Silvester of
Châlons-sur-Saône
(French, bishop, c. 525) St. Simplicius of
Verona
(Italian, bishop, c. 535) ---------------------- We
also honor, in a special way, the following friends of God --
"saints" and "blesseds" whose souls are now in heaven: St. Albert of Louvain
(Belgian, bishop of Liege, martyred by the sword at about age 36 in 1192
[canonized 1613]) St. Amelberga of
Susteren
(French, Benedictine
abbess, c. 900) Sts. Celsus and Clement of Rome
(Italian, early martyrs) Bl. Clelia Merloni of Forli
(Italian, virgin, founded Apostles of the
Sacred Heart of Jesus, died at age 69 in 1930 [beatified 2018]) St. Columbanus the Younger of
Luxeuil
(French, monk, martyred c. 616) Sts.
Demetrius and Honorius of
Ostia
(Italian, early martyrs) St. Digain of Cornwall
(British, 5th Century) Pope St. Gelasius I of Rome
(Italian, secretary to two popes, elected to papacy in 492, reigned
until death in 496) St. Heliodorus and companions of
Pamphylia
(from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], martyred c. 270) St. Hilary of Volturno
[Hilario] (Italian, Benedictine abbot, c. 1045) Sts. Honorius, Eutychius, and Stephen, of Asta
(Spanish, martyred c. 300) Bl. Mary of Jesus the Good Shepherd Siedliska
of Roszkowa-Wola
[Maria od Pana Jezusa Dobrego Pasterza] [baptized
Franciszka (Frances)] (Polish, virgin, founded Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth, died at age 60 in 1902 [beatified 1989]) St. Maurus of Verona
(Italian, bishop, c. 600) Bl.
Nicholas Giustiniani
of Venice
[Niccola] (Italian, father of nine, Benedictine monk, c. 1180) St. Rufus of Cyrene
(Libyan, son of St. Simon of Cyrene, greeted by St. Paul [Romans 16:13], c. 90) ---------------------- St. Cecilia of Rome
(Italian, virgin, martyred by beheading c. 117 [incorrupt]) Blessed Martyrs of Armenia (one Italian
and seven Armenians, Franciscans, tortured and martyred by Moslem Turks in 1895
[beatified 1982]) Bl. Benedict de
Ponte
(Dominican missionary to Poland, martyred in 13th
Century) Bl. Christian of
Auxerre
(French, bishop, c. 873) St. Dayniol the Younger of
Bangor
(British, abbot, d. 621) Bl. Eugenia of Matera
(Italian, Benedictine abbess, c. 1093) Sts. Mark and Stephen of
Antioch
(from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], martyred c. 305) St. Maurus (North African, martyred while on pilgrimage to Rome c. 283) Sts. Philemon and Apphia of
Phrygia
(from Asia Minor, subject of Pauline epistle and his wife, martyred by stoning
in 1st Century) St. Pragmatius of
Autun
(French, bishop, c. 520) St. Savinian of
Ménat
(French, Benedictine abbot, 8th Century) St. Trigidia of Oña
(Spanish, Benedictine abbess, c. 925) ---------------------- Pope St. Clement I of Rome
(Italian, disciple of Christ's Apostles, probably ordained to priesthood by St.
Peter, chosen fourth pope c. 88, reigned until martyrdom [possibly by drowning]
c. 97) Bl. Michael Augustine Pro of
Guadalupe
[Miguel Agustin] (Mexican, ordained Jesuit priest in Europe, master of disguise in
persecuted homeland, martyred by firing squad at age 36 in 1927 [beatified
1988]) [On U.S. "particular calendar"] St. Amphilochius of
Iconium
(from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], bishop, c. 392) St. Clement of Metz
(French, bishop) St. Columban of West
Leinster
(Irish, Benedictine
abbot in France, died at about age 72 in 615) [On Irish "particular calendar"]
St. Felicity of Rome
(Italian, widow, martyred in 165) St. Gregory of Girgenti
(Sicilian, Byzantine Catholic bishop, c. 638) St. Guy of Casauria
[Guido] (Italian, Benedictine abbot, d. 1045) Bl. Henrietta Alfieri
of Borgovercelli
[Enrichetta] [baptized/confirmed Maria Angela Domenica] (Italian, virgin, religious of Daughters of Charity, died at age 60 in
1951 [beatified 2011]) St. Lucretia of
Mérida
(Spanish, virgin, martyred in 306) Bl. Margaret of
Pinerolo
[Marguerite] (French, queen of Savoy, widow, Dominican tertiary, nurse of plague victims, visionary,
died at about age 82 in 1464 [beatified 1669]) St. Paternian of
Fermo
(Italian, bishop, c. 343) St. Paulinus of
Caermarthen
(Welsh, abbot, c. 505) St. Rachildis of
Saint-Gall
(Swiss, Benedictine
hermitess, c. 946) St. Sisinius of
Cyzicus
(from Asia Minor, bishop, c. 325) St. Trudo (northern European, Benedictine abbot,
c. 695) St. Wilfetrudis of
Nivelle
(Belgian, Benedictine
abbess, c. 670) [Thoughts
and prayers of Bl. Miguel Pro:] “Viva Cristo Rey - Long live Christ the
King!” "We ought to speak, shout out against
injustices, with confidence and without fear. We proclaim the principles of the
Church, the reign of love, without forgetting that it is also a reign of
justice." "Does our life become from day to day
more painful, more oppressive, more replete with
sufferings? Blessed be He a thousand times who desires it so.
If life be harder, love makes it also stronger, and only this love, grounded on
suffering, can carry the Cross of my Lord, Jesus Christ. " "I believe, O Lord, but strengthen my
faith... Heart of Jesus, I love Thee; but increase my love. Heart of Jesus, I
trust in Thee; but give greater vigor to my confidence. Heart of Jesus, I give
my heart to Thee; but so enclose it in Thee that it may never be separated from
Thee. Heart of Jesus, I am all Thine; but take care of my promise so that I may
be able to put it in practice even unto the complete sacrifice of my
life." ------------------------------ Holy Martyrs of Vietnam [also called
"St. Andrew Dung Lac and companions"] [Click
here to see the martyrs' names and other facts about
them.] Bl. Balsamo of Cava
(Italian, Benedictine abbot, d. 1232 [beatified 1928]) St. Bieuzy of Brittany
(British, martyred in France in 7th Century) St. Chrysogonus of
Aquileia
(Italian, teacher, martyred by beheading in 304) St. Colman MacLenin of Munster
(Irish, bishop of Cloyne, died at about age 70 c. 600 [canonized 1903]) [Commemorated in Ireland on December 25] Bl. Conrad of Frisach
[Corrado] (Italian, Dominican priest in Germany, d. 1239) Sts. Crescentian, Cyriacus, Largus, and
Smaragdus, of
Rome
(Italian, martyred on the rack in 309) St. Eanfleda of
Whitby
(British, princess, widow, Benedictine nun, c.
700) St. Felicissimus of
Perugia
(Italian, martyred c. 303) St. Firmina of Amelia
(Italian, virgin, martyred c. 303) Sts. Flora and Maria, of
Cordoba
(Spanish, friends, converts from Islam, virgins, tortured and beheaded by
Moslems c. 856) Sts. Joachim Hao
Kai-zhi of
Zha-zuo
and Lawrence Bai
Xiao-man of Shui-cheng
(Chinese, laymen, martyred by beheading [at ages 65 and 35] in 1839 and 1856
[beatified 1900, canonized 2000]) St. Kenan of Damleag
(Irish, bishop in Meath, c. 500) St. Leopardinus of
Vivaris
(French, abbot, martyred in 7th Century) Bl. Mary Ann Sala of
Brivio
[Maria Anna] (Italian, member of Sisters
of St. Marcellina, died at age 62 in 1891 [beatified 1980] [incorruptible]) St. Marinus of Maurienne
(French, Benedictine hermit, martyred by Moslems in 731) St. Protasius of
Milan
(Italian, bishop, d. 352) St. Romanus of Rome
(Italian, missionary bishop in France, d. 385) Holy Martyrs of Vietnam – CONTINUED [also called
"St. Andrew Dung Lac and companions"]
(117 people whose names and stories are known ... --
[Bishops:] St. Katherine of
Alexandria
(Egyptian, virgin, martyred by beheading c. 310) St. Alnoth of Weedon
(British, herder, hermit, martyred in 700) Bl. Beatrice of
Ornacieux
[Beatrix] (French, Carthusian nun, mystic, died at about age 45 c.
1309 [beatified 1869]) Bl. Bernold of Ottobeuren
(Bavarian, Benedictine
priest, c. 1050) Bl. Conrad of Heisterbach
(German, soldier, Cistercian monk, c. 1200) Bl. Ekbert of Muensterschwarzach
(German, Benedictine
abbot, d. 1075) Bl. Elizabeth Achler
of Waldsee
[Elisabeth] (German, Franciscan tertiary, mystic, visionary,
stigmatist, died on her 34th birthday in 1420 [beatified 1766]) St. Erasmus of Antioch
(Syrian, martyred) St. Imma of Würzburg
(German, Benedictine
abbess, died at about age 52 in 752) St. Jucunda of Reggio
(Italian, virgin, d. 466) Bl. Louis Beltrame-Quattrocchi of
Catania
[Luigi] and Bl. Maria Beltrame-Quattrocchi
of Florence
[nee Corsini]
(Italian, husband and wife for fifty years, parents of four, died at age 71 in
1951 and at age 81 in 1965 [beatified 2001, with three children present]) St. Mercury of Cappadocia (from
Asia Minor [now called Turkey], soldier, tortured and martyred c. 250) St. Mesrop of Taron
(Armenian, hermit, translated Bible, patriarch [bishop], d. 441) St. Moses of Rome
(Italian, priest, martyred c. 251) Bl. Nicholas Steensen
of Copenhagen
[Niels] (Danish, bishop, died in Germany at age 48 in 1686 [beatified 1988]) ----------------------- Bl. Albert of Haigerloch
(German, nobleman, Benedictine prior, parish priest, d. 1311) St. Alypius Stylianus of Adrianopolis (from Asia Minor, deacon,
stylite hermit [atop pillar] for over 60 years, 5th Century?) St. Amator of Autun
(French, bishop, 3rd Century) St. Basolus of Limoges
(French, soldier, monk, hermit, miracle-worker, died at about age 65 c. 620) St. Bellino of Padua
(Italian, bishop, martyred in 1151) St. Conrad of Constance
(German, nobleman, bishop, d. 975 [canonized 1123]) St. Egelwine of
Athelney
(British, prince, 7th Century) Sts. Faustus of
Alexandria,
Didius, Ammonius, Phileas, Hesychius, Pachomius, Theodore, and over 650
companions (Egyptians ... priest, six bishops, and others ... martyred c. 311) Bl. Gaetana Sterni of Cassola
(Italian, Canossian
sister, founder of Sisters of the Divine Will, died at age
62 in 1889 [beatified 2001]) Bl. Hugh Taylor of Durham (English,
priest, martyred [drawn, hanged, and quartered] under Elizabeth I at about age
25 in 1585 [beatified 1987]) Bl. James Alberione of San Lorenzo
di Fossano
[Giacomo] (Italian, parish priest, co-founder of the Pauline family of
congregations [Society of Saint Paul, Daughters of Saint Paul, Sisters
Disciples of the Divine Master, and Sisters of Jesus Good Shepherd],
died at age 87 in 1971 [beatified 2003]) St. John Berchmans of Diest [Jan]
(Belgian, poor son of shoemaker, Jesuit
seminarian, died at age 22 in 1621 [beatified 1865, canonized 1888]) St. Leonard Casanuova of Port
Maurice
[Leonardo ... da
Porto Maurizio]
[baptized Paolo Girolamo (Paul Jerome)] (Italian, Franciscan priest, missionary, prolific spiritual writer,
foremost promoter of Via Crucis [Stations of the Cross], died at age 74 in 1751
[beatified 1796, canonized 1867]) St. Marcellus of
Nicomedia
(from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], priest, martyred [hurled from a height]
by Arian heretics in 349) Bl. Marmaduke Bowes
of Ingram Grange
(English, layman, martyred by hanging under Elizabeth I in 1585 [beatified
1987]) St. Martin of Arades
(French, Benedictine
monk, d. 726) St. Nikon Metanoiete of
Pontus
(Armenian, monk, missionary on Crete and in Greece, d. 998) St. Peter of Alexandria
(Egyptian, patriarch [bishop], martyred in 311) Bl. Pontius of Faucigny
[Ponce] (French, Benedictine abbot, died at about age 78 in 1178
[beatified 1806]) St. Sylvester Gozzolini
of Osimo
[Silvestro] (Italian, nobleman, hermit, founder and abbot of Blue
Benedictines [Silvestrines], died at about age 90 in 1267 [canonized 1598]) Pope St. Siricius I of Rome
(Italian, deacon, elected in 384, reigned until death
at about age 65 in 399) Bl. Walter of Aulne
(Belgian, Cistercian
prior, c. 1180) --------------------------- Sts. Acacius, Hirenarchus, and seven
female companions, of
Sebaste
(Armenian, priest and laity, martyred c. 305) St. Acharius of
Noyon
(French, bishop, d. 640) Bl. Angel Sinesio of Carania
[Angelo] (Sicilian, Benedictine abbot, c. 1386) St. Apollinaris of
Monte Cassino
(Italian, Benedictine
abbot, d. 828) Sts. Basileus, Auxilius, and Saturninus
(Syrian, bishop and companions, early martyrs) Bl. Bernardine Amici
of Fossa
[Bernardino] [baptized Giovanni (John)] (Italian, Franciscan friar, missionary, died at about age
82 in 1503 [beatified 1828]) St. Bilhild of Altenmünster
(German, duchess, widow, Benedictine abbess, died at about age 80 c. 710) St. Cungar of Devon
(British, abbot, 6th Century) St. Edwold of Cerne
(British, hermit, d. 871) Sts. Facundus and Primitivus of León
(Spanish, martyred by beheading c. 300) St. Fergus of Downpatrick
[Ferga] (Irish, missionary, bishop, c. 721) [On Irish "particular calendar"]
Blessed Martyrs of the House of Firando
(Japanese, 11 lay members of royal family, converts to Catholicism, martyred by
beheading in Nagasaki in 1619 [beatified 1867]) St. Francis Anthony Fasani
of Lucera
[Francesco Antonio] [baptized Donato Antonio Giovanni Niccolo (Donatus Anthony
John Nicholas)] (Italian, Franciscan priest, theologian, preacher, writer
of hymns, champion of the downtrodden, died at age 61 in 1742 [beatified 1951,
canonized 1986]) St. Gallgo of Anglesey
(Welsh, abbot, 6th Century) St. Goustan of Ouessant
(French, Benedictine
monk, d. 1040) St. Humilis of Bisignano
(Italian, Franciscan
brother, advisor to two popes, noted for holiness, wisdom, and
miracles, died at about age 55 in 1637 [beatified 1882, canonized 2002]) [commemorated by some on November 25]
St. James Intercisus (Persian [Iranian],
military officer in court of king, tortured and martyred by beheading in 421) St. John Angeloptes of
Ravenna
(Italian, bishop, d. 433) St. Maximus of Decomer
(French, abbot, bishop of Riez, d. 460) St. Seachnall of
Dunshauglin
(French, nephew of St. Patrick, composer of hymns, bishop in Ireland, d. 447) St. Severinus of
Paris
(French, hermit, monk, c. 540) St. Siffred of Albano
(Italian, monk, bishop of Carpentras, 6th or 7th Century) St. Valerian of
Aquileia
(Italian, bishop, d. 389) St. Virgil of Salzburg
(Irish, Benedictine
abbot, bishop in Austria, c. 784 [canonized 1233]) [One
of today's saints, James Intercisus, experienced a most remarkable martyrdom. I
mentioned above that he was beheaded, but the tortures that preceded his death
were amazing. His nickname, "intercisus," means "cut to
pieces."] Under evil King Yezdigerd I's persecution of
Christians, James apostacized. Later, regretting what he had done, he openly
expressed his faith to the new king, Bahram. For this he was slowly cut into 28
pieces before a crowd of Christians, finally dying when his head was cut off.
He had survived the slow loss of (1) each of his fingers, (2) each of his toes,
(3) his hands, (4) his feet, (5) his arms to the elbows, (6)
his legs to the knees, (7) his ears, (8) and his nose. Upon losing one part of his body, St.
James Intercisus prayed: "O Savior,
receive a branch of this tree. Let it die, corrupt in the grave and bud again,
before being covered in glory." Just before the fatal blow, he prayed: "O God, you see me here with my limbs
scattered. I have no fingers to clasp in prayer to you; I have no hands to
stretch towards you. I have no feet nor legs nor arms. I am like a ruined
house, whose walls are all that remain. O Lord, turn your anger from me and
from your people! Give peace and rest to your flock that are persecuted and
scattered by tyrants. Gather them together from the ends of the earth. Then I,
the least of your servants, will bless and praise you with all the martyrs and
confessors, from the East and from the West, from the North and from the South.
Praise be to God, the Son, and Holy Spirit, world
without end. Amen!" ------------------------- Bl. Calimerio of
Montechiaro
(Italian, Dominican
priest, died at about age 91 in 1521) St. Catherine Labouré
of Fain-les-Moûtiers
[baptized Zoë] (French, peasant, member of Sisters of Charity, visionary
of the "Miraculous Medal," died at age 70 in 1876 [beatified 1933,
canonized 1947]) [incorruptible] Bl. Christopher Wharton
of Middleton
(English, priest, martyred under Elizabeth I at about age 60 in 1600 [beatified
1987]) St. Fionnchu of
Bangor
(Irish, abbot, 6th Century) St. Hippolytus of
Saint-Claude
(French, Benedictine
abbot, bishop, c. 775) St. James Gangala of Montebrandone [also
called James of the Marches] [Giacomo] [baptized Domenico (Dominic)] (Italian,
Doctor of Law, Franciscan priest,
wandering missionary, preached daily for 40 years, died at age 85 in 1476
[beatified 1624, canonized 1726]) Bl. James Thompson of York
[alias Hudson]
(English, priest, martyred by hanging under Elizabeth I in 1582 [beatified
1895]) Blessed Missionary Oblate Martyrs of Spain
(Spanish, one layman and twenty-two Missionary
Oblates of Mary Immaculate [5
priests, 13 seminarians, 3 brothers -- nuns' chaplains or parish priests],
martyred [shot] during Spanish Civil War in 1936 [beatified 2011]) [The martyrs
may be commemorated locally, and by the Oblate Congregation, on their date of
martyrdom (eight on July 24 and two on November 7 -- as noted below -- and the remaining
sixteen on November 28).] [More about
the martyrs:] -----
Bl. Angel Francis Bocos
Hernández of Ruijas-Valderrible [Ángel Francisco] (coadjutor brother,
died at age 53) -----
Bl. Cándido Castán
San José of Benifayó
(married layman, died at age 41 on July 24) -----
Bl. Cecil Vega
Domínguez of Villamor de Obrigo [Cecilio] (seminarian, subdeacon, died at
age 22 on July 24) -----
Bl. Clement Rodríguez
Tejerina of Santa Olaja de la Varga [Clemente] (seminarian, died
at age 18) -----
Bl. Daniel Gómez
Lucas of Hacinas
(seminarian, died at age 20) -----
Bl. Eleutherius Prado
Villaroel of Prioro
[Eleuterio] (coadjutor brother, died at age 21) -----
Bl. Emmanuel Gutiérrez
Martín of Fresno del Río
[Manuel] (seminarian, subdeacon died at age 23 on July 24) -----
Bl. Francis Esteban
Lacal of Soria
[Francisco] (priest, provincial superior, died at age 48) -----
Bl. Francis Polvorinos
Gómez of Calaveras de Arriba [Francisco] (seminarian, died at age 26
on July 24) -----
Bl. Gregory Escobar
García of Estella
[Gregorio] (priest [newly ordained], died at age 24) -----
Bl. John Anthony Pérez
Mayo of Santa Marina del Rey [Juan Antonio] (priest, professor, died
at age 28 on July 24) ----- Bl. John Joseph Caballero Rodríguez of Fuenlabrada de los Montes [Juan José] (seminarian, died at age 26) -----
Bl. John Peter del
Cotillo Fernández of Siero de la Reina [Juan Pedro] (seminarian, died
at age 22 on July 24) -----
Bl. Joseph Guerra
Andrés of León
[José] (seminarian, died at age 22) -----
Bl. Joseph Vega
Riaño of Siero de la Reina [José ] (priest, teacher, died at about age
32 on November 7) -----
Bl. Justus Fernández
González of Huelde
[Justo] (seminarian, died at age 20) -----
Bl. Justus Gil
Pardo of Lúquin
[Justo] (seminarian, died at age 25) -----
Bl. Justus González
Lorente of Villaverde de Arcayos [Justo] (seminarian, died at age
20 on July 24) -----
Bl. Marcellinus Sánchez
Fernández of Santa Marina del Rey [Marcelino] (coadjutor brother,
died at age 25) -----
Bl. Paschal Aláez
Medina of Villaverde de Arcayos [Pascual] (seminarian, died at age 19 on
July 24) -----
Bl. Publius Rodríguez
Moslares of Tiedra
[Publio] (seminarian, died at age 24) -----
Bl. Servilian Riaño
Herrero of Prioro
[Serviliano] (seminarian, died at age 20 on November 7) -----
Bl. Vincent Blanco
Guadilla of Frómista
[Vicente] (priest, local superior, died at age 54) Sts. Papinianus and Mansuetus (African,
bishops, martyred in 5th Century) Sts. Quieta and Hilary of
Dijon
(French, senator and wife, martyred in 5th Century) Sts. Rufus and companions, of Rome
(Italian, household, martyred in 304) St. Sosthenes of
Corinth
(Greek, leader of Jews at synagogue [Acts 18:17], bishop in Asia Minor [now
called Turkey], 1st Century) Sts. Stephen the Younger, Basil, Peter,
Andrew, and over 300 companions, of Constantinople (from
Asia Minor, abbot and monks, martyred c. 765) [St. Stephen died at about age
50.] Sts. Valerian, Urban, Crescens, Eustace,
Cresconius, Crescentian, Felix, Hortulanus, and Florentian (African, bishops,
defenders of the faith, banished by Arian king, 5th Century) ------------------------ Bl. Bernard Francis de
Hoyos of Torrelobatón
[Bernardo Francisco] (Spanish, Jesuit
priest, visionary of the Sacred Heart,
died at age 24 in 1735 [beatified 2010]) Sts. Blaise and Demetrius of
Veroli
(Italian, early martyrs) St. Brendan of Birr
(Irish, abbot, c. 573) Bl. Dennis of the Nativity Berthelot
of Honfleur
[Denis de la Nativité] and Bl. Redeemed-by-the-Cross Rodrigues
da Cunha of Lizouros
[Redento da Cruz] [baptized Pierre (Peter) and Tomás (Thomas)] (French and
Portuguese ... originally shipmaster and military officer ... later Carmelite priest
and brother ... tortured and martyred by Moslems of the Malay archipelago at
about ages 38 and 40 in 1638 [beatified 1900]) Bl. Edward Burden of Durham
(English, priest, martyred [drawn, hanged, and quartered] at about age 48 under
Elizabeth I in 1588 [beatified 1987]) Bl. Frederick of
Ratisbon
[Friedrich] (German, Augustinian brother, carpenter and wood-chopper,
d. 1329 [beatified 1909]) Bl. George Errington of Hirst
(English, layman, martyred under Elizabeth I at about age 42 in 1596 [beatified
1987]) St. Gulstan of Rhuys
(French, Benedictine
monk, c. 1010) St. Hardoin of Pol-de-Leon
(French, bishop, 7th Century) St. Illuminata of Todi
(Italian, virgin, c. 320) Bl. Jutta of Heiligenthal
(German, Cistercian
abbess, c. 1250) Bl. Nicolino Magalotti
(Italian, Franciscan
tertiary, hermit near Camerino, d. 1370 [beatified 1856]) Sts. Paramon and 374 companions (Greek,
martyred in 250) St. Philomenus of
Ancyra (Galatian
[from part of what is now Turkey], martyred in 275) St. Radbod of Utrecht
(Dutch, Benedictine
monk, bishop, d. 918) St. Sadwen (Welsh, hermit, 6th Century) Sts. Saturninus and Sisinius of
Carthage
(from North Africa [Tunisian], priest and deacon in Rome, martyred c. 309) St. Saturninus of Rome
(Italian, bishop of Toulouse in France) St. Sernin of Toulouse
(Roman, missionary to France and Spain, bishop, martyred [dragged by a bull] c.
257) St. Walderic of
Murrhardt
(German, Benedictine
abbot, c. 817) Bl. William Gibson of Ripon and
Bl. William Knight
of South Duffield
(English, laymen, martyred under Elizabeth I in 1596 [beatified 1987]) ----------------------- St. Andrew of Bethsaida
(Galilean [Israelite], fisherman, brother of St. Peter, Apostle of Jesus,
missionary, martyred by crucifixion in Greece in 1st Century) Bl. Andrew of Antioch
(Syrian, Augustinian priest, died at about age 80 in 1348) St. Arnold of Gemblours
[Arnaud] (French, Benedictine abbot, d. 1155) Sts. Castulus and Euprepis of Rome
(Italian, early martyrs) St. Constantius of Rome
(Italian, priest, martyred by Pelagian heretics c.
418) St. Cuthbert Mayne
of Youlston
(English, Protestant minister turned Catholic priest, martyred [drawn, hanged,
quartered] under Elizabeth I at about age 33 in 1577 [beatified 1886, canonized
in 1970]) Bl. Josbert Rose of Saint-Bertin
(French, Benedictine
monk, d. 1186) St. Joseph Marchand of Passavant
(French, priest of the Society of Foreign Missions of Paris in Indochina
[modern Vietnam], martyred [flesh torn from body with red-hot tongs] at about
age 32 in 1835 [beatified 1900, canonized 1988]) Sts. Justina and Maura of
Constantinople
(from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], virgins, early martyrs) Bl. Louis Roch Gietyngier
of Zarki
[Ludwik] (Polish, diocesan priest, martyred by Nazis at Dachau [Germany] at age
37 in 1941 [beatified 1999]) Sts. Sapor of Beth-Nictor,
Isaac of
Beth-Seleucia,
Mahanes, Abraham, and Simeon (Persians [Iranians], two bishops and three
laymen, martyred by pagans in 339) St. Thaddeus Liu
Rui-ting of
Qunglai
(Chinese, priest, martyred at age 50 in 1823 [beatified 1900, canonized 2000]) Sts. Trojan and Tual of
Tréguier
(French, bishop of Saintes and abbot, 6th Century) ...
Vincentian priests: -----
Bl. Agapitus Alcalde
Garrido of Rubena
[Agapito] (died at age 69 in 1936) -----
Bl. John Puig
Serra of Sant Martí De Centelles [Joan] (died at age 57 in
1936) -----
Bl. Joseph Acosta
Alemán of Cartagena
[José] (died at age 56 in 1937) -----
Bl. Louis Berenguer
Moratona of Santa Maria D’horta [Luis] (died at age 67 in 1937) -----
Bl. Emmanuel Binimelis
Cabré of Reus
[Manuel] (died at age 44 in 1936) -----
Bl. Raphael Vinagre
Torres Muñoz of Feria
[Rafael] (died at age 68 in 1936) -----
Bl. Vincent Queralt
Lloret of Barcelona
[Vicenç] (died at age 42 in 1936) ...
Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de
Paul : -----
Bl. Dorinda Sotelo
Rodríguez of Lodoselo (died at age 21 in 1936) -----
Bl. Toribia Marticorena
Sola of Murugarren (died at age 54 in 1936) ...
Diocesan priests: -----
Bl. Cajetan García
Martínez
of Jumilla [Cayetano] (died at age 41 in 1936) -----
Bl. Joseph Sánchez
Medina
of Archena [José] (died at age 36 in 1936) -----
Bl. John Joseph Martínez
Romero of Totana
[Juan José] (died at age 47 in 1937) -----
Bl. Peter Gambín
Pérez of Cartagena
[Pedro] (died at age 50 in 1936) -----
Bl. Peter Joseph Rodríguez
Cabrera of Totana
[Pedro José] (died at age 33 in 1937) ...
Laymen (young single men and fathers of families, died in 1936): -----
Bl. Henry Peter Gonzálvez
Andreu of Cartagena
[Enrique Pedro] (died at age 26) -----
Bl. Francis García
Balanza of Cartagena
[Francisco] (died at age 35) -----
Bl. Francis Roselló
Hernández of Cartagena
[Francisco] (died at about age 29) -----
Bl. Isidore Juan
Martínez of Cartagena
[Isidore John] (died at age 37) -----
Bl. Joseph Ardil
Lázaro of Cartagena
[José] (died at age 22) -----
Bl. Modesto Allepuz
Vera of Cartagena (died at about age 30) ----- Bl. Raphael Lluch
Garín of Valencia
[Rafael] (died at age 19) Bl. William de Paulo of Catania
[Guglielmo] (Italian, Benedictine abbot, d. 1423) St. Zosimus the Wonder-Worker
(Palestinian, hermit, 6th Century) [More
about today's Chaldean Catholic martyrs of Persia ...] The day after their capture, all five were
brought before the king, who inquired: "Have not you heard that I derive
my pedigree from the gods? Yet I sacrifice to the sun, and pay divine honors to
the moon. And who are you who resist my laws, and despise the sun and
fire?" The martyrs with one voice answered:
"We acknowledge one God, and Him alone we worship." The
king asked: "What God is better than Hormisdatas, or stronger than the
angry Armanes? And who is ignorant that the sun is to be worshipped." Bishop St. Sapor replied: "We confess
one only God, who made all things, and Jesus Christ born of him." At this the king commanded that he should
be beaten on the mouth; all the bishop's teeth were knocked out. Then he was
beaten with clubs, until his whole body was bruised and his bones broken. After
this he was loaded with chains. Eventually he died of his wounds. St. Abraham died after his eyes were bored
out with a hot iron. St. Mahanes died after being flayed from
head to navel. St. Simeon was shot with arrows and buried
alive. Bishop St. Isaac was stoned to death. (Sts. Isaac and Sapor, pray for our
bishops, especially the wavering ones, that their faith may be strengthened.) ----------------------------------------
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On
November 2, we members of the Catholic Church family celebrate All Souls Day, a time of prayer for the faithful
departed who are undergoing final purification before entering heaven.
[From a letter by Blessed John Bodey, in a letter written to Dr.
Humphrey Ely, while in prison:]
On
November 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
November 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. Birnstan of
Winchester
(British, Benedictine monk,
bishop, died at about age 64 in 934)
On
November 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
November 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:
[In Ireland, November 6 is celebrated as "All Saints of Ireland Day."]
On
November 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:
On
November 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
November 9, we members of the Catholic Church family celebrate the Feast of the
Dedication of the Basilica of St. John Lateran in
Rome (i.e., the Basilica of St. John the Baptist on the Lateran Hill). This
ancient house of God (not the Basilica of St. Peter) is the catheral church of
the Bishop of Rome (the pope).
We also honor, in a special way, the following friends of God --
"saints" and "blesseds" whose souls are now in heaven:
St. Agrippinus of
Naples
(Italian, bishop, c. 3rd Century)
--------------
On
November 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. Aedh MacBricc
of Westmeath
(Irish, bishop, d. 589)
On
November 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. Martin of
Sabaria
[better known as Martin of
Tours]
(Pannonian [Hungarian], cavalry officer, hermit, bishop of Tours in France,
died at about age 81 in 397 [first non-martyr honored as a saint by the whole
Church])
Bl. Agnes of
Munich
(Bavarian, noblewoman, Poor Clare
nun, d. 1532)
-----------------------
On
November 12, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way,
the following friends of God -- "saints" and "blesseds" whose
souls are now in heaven:
St. Anastasius of
Pannonhalma
[Astrik] [baptized Radla] (Bohemian [from what is now part of Czech Republic], Benedictine abbot, missionary in Hungary, archbishop, c.
1040)
On
November 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. Frances Xavier Cabrini
of Sant'Angelo Lodigiano [Francesca
Saverio] [baptized Maria Francesca (Mary Frances)] ["Mother Cabrini"]
(Italian, foundress of Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
... founded 67 schools, hospitals, orphanages in Europe and Americas ... died
at age 67 in 1917 [beatified 1938, first U.S. citizen canonized (1946)]) [On
U.S. "particular calendar"] [commemorated
elsewhere on December 22]
St. Abbo of
Fleury
(French, Benedictine
abbot, teacher, writer (on astronomy, grammar, philosophy,
mathematics, canon law, theology, biography, etc.), ambassador to Vatican,
martyred by stabbing at about age 65 in 1004)
On
November 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
November 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. Abibus of
Edessa
(Syrian, deacon, martyred by burning in 322)
On
November 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. Afan (Welsh, bishop, 6th
Century)
-- Bishops:
----- Bl. Emmanuel Medina
Olmos of Lanteira
[Manuel] (bishop of Guadix, died at age 67)
----- Bl. James Ventaja
Milán of Ohanes
[Diego] (bishop of Almeria, died at age 56)
-- Christian Brothers:
----- Bl. Amalio Zariquiegui
Mendoza of Salinas de Oro
[baptized Justo] (died at age 50)
----- Bl. Aurelius Mary Villalón
Acebrón of Zafra de Zancara [Aurelio María] [baptized Benvenuto]
(died at age 46)
----- Bl. Edimigio Primo
Rodríguez of Adalia
[baptized Isidro (Isidore)] (died at age 55)
----- Bl. Evencio Ricardo Alonso
Uyarra of Viloria de Rioja [baptized Eusebio (Eusebius)] (died at
age 29)
----- Bl. Joseph Cecil Rodríguez
González of Molina de Ubierna [José Cecilio] [baptized Bonifacio
(Boniface)] (died at age 51)
----- Bl. Theodomir Joachim Sáinz Sáinz of Puéntedey [Teodomiro
Joaquín] [baptized Adriano (Adrian)] (died on his 29th birthday)
----- Bl. Walter Bernard Herrero
Martínez of Santa María de Porquera de los Infantes
[Valerio Bernardo] [baptized Marciano] (died at age 27)
On
November 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. Acisclus and Victoria of
Cordova
(Spanish, brother and sister, martyred by arrows in 304)
----- St. Alphonse Rodriguez
of Segovia
[Alonso] and St. Rocco Gonzalez
of Asunción
[Roque] (Spanish and Paraguayan, hacked to death by tomahawk at about ages 30
and 52)
----- St. John de
Castillo of Belmonte
[Juan] (Spanish, stoned to death at about age 32)
On
November 18, we members of the Catholic Church family celebrate the feast of
the dedication of the Roman basilicas of Sts. Peter and
Paul.
St. Amandus of
Lérins
(French, abbot, d. 708)
On
November 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
November 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:
----- Bl. Angela of St. Joseph Lloret Marti of Villa Joyosa
[Angela de San José] [baptized Francisca (Frances)] (died at age 61)
----- Bl. Elizabeth Ferre
Sabria of Villanueva y Geltrú [Isabel] (died at age 84)
----- Bl. Heart of Jesus Gomez
Vives of Valencia
[Corazon de Jesus] (died at age 55)
----- Bl. Ignatia of the Most Blessed Sacrament Pascual Pallardo of Valencia
[Ignacia del Santisimo Sacramento] (died at about age 74)
----- Bl. Marcella of St. Thomas Aurea Navarro of Albacete
[Marcela de San Tomás] (died at about age 37)
----- Bl. Mary Grace of St. Anthony of Valencia [Maria
Gracia de San Antonio] (died at age 67)
----- Bl. Mary of Calvary Clariana of
Carlet
[Maria del Calvario] (died at age 65)
----- Bl. Mary of Help Jimenez
Baldovi of San Martín de Provensals [Maria del Socorro] (died at
age 51)
----- Bl. Mary of Help Orts
a Baldo of Altea
[Maria del Socorro] (died at age 48)
----- Bl. Mary of Monserrat Llimona Planas of Molina del Rey
[Maria de Monserrate] (died at age 76)
----- Bl. Mary of Peace Lopez
Garcia of Turís
[Maria de la Paz] (died at age 51)
----- Bl. Mary of Refuge Rosat
Balasch of Mislata
[Maria del Refugio] (died at age 63)
----- Bl. Mary of Sorrows Suris
Brusola of Barcelona
[Maria de los Dolores] (died at age 37)
----- Bl. Mary of the Assumption Mongoche Homs of Uldecona [Maria
de la Asuncion] (died at age 77)
----- Bl. Mary of the Conception Marti Local of Carlet
[Maria de la Concepcion] (died at age 75)
----- Bl. Mary of the Rosary Calpe Ibanez of Sueca
[Maria del Rosario] (died at age 80)
----- Bl. Teresa of St. Joseph Duart Roig of Benifayó de Espioca
[Teresa de San Jose] (died at age 60)
On
November 21, we members of the Catholic Church family commemorate the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, by her
parents, to God in the Temple.
On
November 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:
----- Bl. Salvatore Lilli
of Cappadocia
(Italian, Franciscan missionary priest in Palestine and Armenia,
died at age 42)
--- [In the names of the Armenians, the word "Oghlou" means "Son
of"]:
----- Bl. Baldji Oghlou Ohannes
----- Bl. David Oghlou David
----- Bl. Dimbalac Oghlou Wartavar
----- Bl. Geremia Oghlou Boghos
----- Bl. Khodianin Oghlou Kadir
----- Bl. Kouradji Oghlou Tzeroum
----- Bl. Toros Oghlou David
On
November 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
Casauria
[Adalberto] (Italian, Benedictine
monk, c. 1045)
On
November 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:
(117 people whose names and stories are known ...
... consisting of 96 Indochinese, 10 French [members of the Paris Society
for Foreign Missions (MEP)], and 11 Spanish [Dominicans] ...
including 8 bishops (6 Spanish, 2 French), 50 priests (37 Indochinese, 8
French, 5 Spanish --- i.e., 15 Dominicans, 8 MEP, and 27 diocesan clergy), 1
Indochinese seminarian, 57 Indochinese lay men (including 9 Dominican
tertiaries and 17 catechists) and 1 Indochinese lay woman ... of whom 9 were
tortured to death, 21 were suffocated/strangled, 76 were beheaded, 6 were
burnt, and 5 were mutilated ...
beatified in 1900 (64), 1906 (8), 1909 (20), and 1951 (25) ... all canonized in
1988 ...
representative of thousands of Catholic clergy, religious, and laity martyred
between 1625 and 1886 in what is today Vietnam)
{Many of these martyrs (who died between 1745 and 1862), are remembered
individually or in small groups on other days during the year -- e.g., on the anniversary
of the day they died.}
St. Alexander of
Corinth
(Greek, martyred in 361)
... consisting of 96 Indochinese, 10 French [members of the Paris Society
for Foreign Missions (MEP)], and 11 Spanish [Dominicans] ...
including 8 bishops (6 Spanish, 2 French), 50 priests (37 Indochinese, 8
French, 5 Spanish --- i.e., 15 Dominicans, 8 MEP, and 27 diocesan clergy), 1
Indochinese seminarian, 57 Indochinese lay men (including 9 Dominican
tertiaries and 17 catechists) and 1 Indochinese lay woman ... of whom 9 were
tortured to death, 21 were suffocated/strangled, 76 were beheaded, 6 were
burnt, and 5 were mutilated ...
beatified in 1900 (64), 1906 (8), 1909 (20), and 1951 (25) ... all canonized in
1988 ...
representative of thousands of Catholic clergy, religious, and laity martyred
between 1625 and 1886 in what is today Vietnam)
{Many of these martyrs (who died between 1745 and 1862), are remembered
individually or in small groups on other days during the year -- e.g., on the
anniversary of the day they died.}
----- St. Dominic Henárez
of Baena
[Domingo] (Spanish, Dominican, auxiliary bishop, beheaded at about age
73 in 1838 [beatified 1900])
----- St. Ignatius Delgado
y Cebrián of Villa Felice
[Ignacio] [baptized Clemente (Clement)] (Spanish, Dominican, died [of
dysentery and starvation in a cage] at age 76 in 1838 [beatified 1900])
----- St. Jerome Hermosilla
of San Domingo de la Calzada [Jeronimo] (Spanish, Dominican,
beheaded at about age 81 in 1861 [beatified 1906])
----- St. Joseph Mary Díaz
Sanjurjo of Santa Eulalia de Suegos [José María] (Spanish, Dominican,
beheaded at about age 39 in 1857 [beatified 1951])
----- St. Melchior García
Sampedro Suárez of Cortes
(Spanish, Dominican, hacked to pieces at about age 37 in 1858 [beatified
1951])
----- St. Peter Rose Ursula Dumoulin-Borie of Cors
[Pierre-Rose-Ursule] (French, MEP [appointed bishop, but not yet
consecrated], beheaded at about age 30 in 1838 [beatified 1900])
----- St. Stephen Theodore Cuenot of Beaulieu
[Étienne-Théodore] (French, MEP, died [dysentery] at about age 59 in
1861 [beatified 1909])
----- St. Valentine Berrio
Ochoa of Ellorio
[Valentín] (Spanish, Dominican, beheaded at about age 34 in 1861
[beatified 1906])
-- [Priests (diocesan, unless otherwise noted):]
----- St. Alphonse Leciniana
of Navas del Rey
[Alonso] [baptized Mateo (Matthew)] (Spanish, Dominican, beheaded at about age
43 in 1745 [beatified 1906])
----- St. Andrew Tran An
Dung of
Bac Ninh
[alias Lac] [better known as Andrew Dung Lac]
[Anrê Tran An
Dung (alias Lac)] (beheaded at about age 44 in 1839 [beatified 1900])
----- St. Augustine Schoeffler
of Mittelbronn
(French, Dominican tertiary,
beheaded at about age 29 in 1851 [beatified 1900])
----- St. Bernard Vo Van
Due of
Quan Anh
[Bênadô Võ Van
Due] (beheaded at age 83 in 1838 [beatified 1900])
----- St. Dominic Cam of Cam
Chýõng
[Ðaminh Cam] (Dominican tertiary, d. 1859 [beatified 1951])
----- St. Dominic Du of Nang
A
[alias Dominic Nguyen Van
Hanh] [Ðaminh Du (alias
Ðaminh Nguyen Van
Hanh)] (Dominican, died at age 66 in 1838 [beatified 1900])
----- St. Dominic Mau
of Phú Nhai
[Ðaminh Mau] (Dominican,
died at about age 50 in 1858 [beatified 1951])
----- St. Dominic Nguyen Van
Xuyen of
Hýng Lap
[Ðaminh Nguyen Van Xuyên]
(beheaded at about age 52 in 1839 [beatified 1900])
----- St. Dominic Trach of
Ngoai Voi
[alias Doai]
[Ðaminh Trach
(alias Ðoài)] (Dominican,
beheaded at about age 48 in 1840 [beatified 1900])
----- St. Dominic Tuoc of
Trung Lao
[Ðaminh Tuoc] (Dominican tertiary, died [of wounds] at about age 64 in
1839 [beatified 1900])
----- St. Emmanuel Nguyen Van
Trieu of
Saigon
[Emmanuel Nguyen Van
Trieu] (beheaded at about age 42 in 1798 [beatified 1900])
----- St. Francis Gil
de Federich of Tortosa
[Francisco] (Spanish, Dominican, beheaded at about age 43 in 1745
[beatified 1906])
----- St. Francis Isidore Gagelin
of Montperreux
[François-Isidore] (French, MEP, strangled at about age 34 in 1833
[beatified 1900])
----- St. Francis Jaccard
of Onnion
[François] (French, MEP, strangled at about age 39 in 1838 [beatified
1900])
----- St. Hyacinth Castañeda
of Sétavo
[Jacinto] (Spanish, Dominican, imprisoned 3 years, beheaded at about age
30 in 1773 [beatified 1906])
----- St. James Do Mai
Nam of Ðông
Biên
[Giacôbê Ðo Mai
Nam] (MEP, beheaded at about age 57 in 1838 [beatified 1900])
----- St. John Charles Cornay
of Loudon
[Jean-Charles] (French, MEP, caged and tortured, cut to pieces at about
age 28 in 1837 [beatified 1900])
----- St. John Dat
of Ðong Chuoi
[Gioan Ðat]
(beheaded at about age 33 in 1798 [beatified 1900])
----- St. John Doan Trinh
Hoan of
Kim-Long
[Gioan Ðoàn Trinh
Hoan] (beheaded at about age 62 in 1860 [beatified 1909])
----- St. John Louis Bonnard
of Saint-Christo-em-Jarez
[Jean-Louis] (French, MEP, beheaded at about age 28 in 1852 [beatified
1900])
----- St. Joseph Dang Dinh
Vien of
Tiên Chu
[Giuse Ðang Ðình
Viên] (beheaded at about age 51 in 1838 [beatified 1900])
----- St. Joseph Do Quang
Hien of
Ðong Chuoi
[Giuse Ðo Quang
Hien] (Dominican, beheaded at about age 65 in 1840 [beatified 1900])
----- St. Joseph Fernández
of Ventosa de la Cueva
[José] (Spanish, Dominican, beheaded at about age 63 in 1838 [beatified
1900])
----- St. Joseph Marchand
of Passavant
(French, MEP, died [flesh torn from body with red-hot tongs] at about age 32 in
1835 [beatified 1900])
----- St. Joseph Nguyen Din
Nghi of
Ke Voi
[Giuse Nguyen Ðình
Nghi] (MEP, beheaded at about age 69 in 1840 [beatified 1900])
----- St. Joseph Tran Van
Tuan of
Tran Xá
[Giuse Tran Van
Tuân] (Dominican, died at about age 40 in 1861 [beatified 1951])
----- St. Lawrence Nguyen Van
Huong of
Ke Sai
[Lôrensô Nguyen Van
Huong] (beheaded at about age 52 c. 1855 [beatified 1909])
----- St. Luke Vu Ba
Loan of
Trai Bút
[Luca Vu Bá
Loan] (beheaded at about age 84 in 1840 [beatified 1900])
----- St. Martin Ta Duc
Thinh of
Ke Sat
[Mactinô Ta Ðuc
Thinh] (MEP, beheaded at about age 80 in 1840 [beatified 1900])
----- St. Paul Le Bao
Tinh of
Trinh-Hà
[Phaolô Lê Bao
Tinh] (beheaded at about age 64 in 1857 [beatified 1909])
----- St. Paul Le Van
Loc of
An Nhõn
[Phaolô Lê Vãn
Loc] (beheaded at about age 29 in 1859 [beatified 1909])
----- St. Paul Nguyen Ngan of Ke
Biên
[Phaolô Nguyen Ngân]
(died at about age 69 in 1840 [beatified 1900])
----- St. Paul Pham Khac
Khoan of
Duyên Mau
[Phaolô Pham Khac
Khoan] (MEP, beheaded at about age 69 in 1840 [beatified 1900])
----- St. Peter Almató
Ribera of San Feliz
[Pedro] (Spanish, Dominican, beheaded at about age 33 in 1861 [beatified 1906])
----- St. Peter Doan Cong
Quy of
Búng
[Phêrô Ðoàn Công
Quý] (beheaded at about age 33 in 1859 [beatified 1909])
----- St. Peter Francis Néron
of Bornay
[Pierre-François] (French, MEP, beheaded at about age 42 in 1860
[beatified 1909])
----- St. Peter Khanh
of Hoa Due
[Phêrô Khanh]
(beheaded at about age 62 in 1842 [beatified 1909])
----- St. Peter Le Tuy of Bang
So
[Phêrô Lê Tùy]
(beheaded at about age 60 in 1833 [beatified 1900])
----- St. Peter Nguyen Ba
Tuan of
Ngoc Ðong
[Phêrô Nguyen Bá Tuan]
(died of wounds in prison at about age 72 in 1838 [beatified 1900])
----- St. Peter Nguyen Van
Luu of
Gò Vap
[Phêrô Nguyen Van
Luu] (died at about age 49 in 1861 [beatified 1909])
----- St. Peter Nguyen Van
Tu of
Ninh Cuong
[Phêrô Nguyen Van
Tu] (Dominican, died at about age 42 in 1838 [beatified 1900])
----- St. Peter Truong Van
Thi of
Ke So
[Phêrô Trýõng Vãn
Thi] (beheaded at about age 76 in 1839 [beatified 1900])
----- St. Peter Vo Dang
Khoa of
Thuan Nghia
[Phêrô Võ Ðang
Khoa] (strangled at about age 50 in 1840 [beatified 1900])
----- St. Philip Phan Van
Minh of Cái
Mon
[Philiphê Phan Van
Minh] (MEP, beheaded at about age 38 in 1853 [beatified 1900])
----- St. Theophany Vénard of
Saint-Loup-sur-Thouet
[Théophane] (French, MEP, beheaded at about age 32 in 1861 [beatified
1900]) [His letters from prison and his example inspired the young St. Thérèse of
Lisieux
to volunteer for the Carmel at Hanoi (Hà Noi) when her tuberculosis was in
remission.]
----- St. Thomas Dinh Viet
Du of
Nam Ðinh
[Tôma Ðinh Viet
Du] (Dominican tertiary, beheaded
at about age 56 in 1839 [beatified 1900])
----- St. Thomas Khuong
of Nam Hòa
[Tôma Khuông]
(mandarin's son, Dominican
tertiary, died at about age 72 in 1861 [beatified 1951])
----- St. Vincent Do Yen of Trao
Lu
[Vinh-sõn Ðo Yen]
(Dominican, beheaded at about age 73 in 1838 [beatified 1900])
----- St. Vincent Le Quang
Liem of
Trà Lu
[Vinh-sõn Lê Quang
Liêm] (Dominican, beheaded at about age 41 in 1773 [beatified 1906])
----- St. Vincent Nguyen The
Diem of
An Do
[Vinh-sõn Nguyen The
Ðiem] (beheaded at about age 77 in 1838 [beatified 1900])
-- [Seminarian:]
----- St. Thomas Tran Van
Thien of
Trung Quán
[Tôma Tran Van
Thien] (MEP, strangled at about age 18 in 1838 [beatified 1900])
-- [Laity:]
----- St. Agnes Le Thi
Thanh of
Bái-Ðien
[Anê Lê Thi
Thành] (mother of 6, died in prison at about age 60 in 1841 [beatified 1909])
----- St. Andrew Nguyen Kim
Thong of
Gò Thi
[Anrê Nguyen Kim
Thông (alias Nam Thuông)] (village mayor, died [dehydration, exposure, and
exhaustion on forced march] at about age 65 in 1855 [beatified 1909])
----- St. Andrew Tran Van
Trong of
Kim Long
[Anrê Tran Van
Trông] (military officer, beheaded at about age 27 in 1835 [beatified 1900])
----- St. Andrew Tuong of Ngoc
Cuc
[Anrê Tuong]
(catechist, died at about age 50 in 1862 [beatified 1951])
----- St. Anthony Nguyen Huu
Quynh-Nam of
My Hýõng
[Antôn Nguyen Huu
Quynh-Nam] (physician, catechist, strangled at about age 72 in 1840 [beatified
1900])
----- St. Anthony Peter Nguyen Dich of Chi
Lang
[Antôn Nguyen Ðích]
(farmer, sheltered priests, beheaded in 1838 [beatified 1900])
----- St. Augustine Nguyen Van
Moi of Phú
Trang
[Augustinô Nguyen Van
Moi] (laborer, Dominican
tertiary, strangled at about age 33 in 1839 [beatified 1900])
----- St. Augustine Phan Viet
Huy of
Ha Linh
[Augustinô Phan Viet
Huy] (soldier, stretched on rack and sawn in half at about age 44 in 1839
[beatified 1900])
----- St. Dominic Bui Van
Uy of
Tiên Môn [Ðaminh
Bùi Van
Úy] (catechist, Dominican
tertiary, strangled at about age 38 in 1839 [beatified 1900])
----- St. Dominic Nicholas Dinh Dat of Phú
Nhai
[Ðaminh Ðinh Ðat]
(military officer, strangled at about age 36 in 1839 [beatified 1900])
----- St. Dominic Huyen of Ðông
Thành
[Ðaminh Huyen]
(died at about age 45 in 1862 [beatified 1951])
----- St. Dominic Mao
of Ngoc Cuc
[Ðaminh Mao]
(died at about age 44 in 1862 [beatified 1951])
----- St. Dominic Nguyen
of Ngoc Cuc
[Ðaminh Nguyên]
(died at about age 60 in 1862 [beatified 1951])
----- St. Dominic Nhi
of Ngoc Cuc
[Ðaminh Nhi] (d. 1861
[beatified 1951])
----- St. Dominic Ninh
of Trung Linh
[Ðaminh Ninh]
(died at about age 27 in 1862 [beatified 1951])
----- St. Dominic Pham Trong
Kham of
Quan Cong
[Ðaminh Pham Trong
Kham] (wealthy judge, prior of Dominican tertiaries, died at about age
60 in 1859 [beatified 1951])
----- St. Dominic Toai of Ðông
Thành
[Ðaminh Toái]
(fisherman, burnt at about age 51 in 1862 [beatified 1951])
----- St. Emmanuel Le Van
Phung of
Ðau-Nuc
[Emanuel Lê Van
Phung] (mandarin [high official], catechist, strangled at about age 63 in 1859
[beatified 1909])
----- St. Francis Do Van
Chieu of
Trung Le
[Phanxicô Ðo Van
Chieu] (Dominican tertiary,
catechist, beheaded at about age 41 in 1838 [beatified 1900])
----- St. Francis Tran Van
Trung of
Phan-Xá
[Phanxicô Tran Van
Trung] (army corporal, beheaded at about age 33 in 1858 [beatified 1909])
----- St. Francis Xavier Can
of Son Miêng
[Phanxicô Xaviê Can]
(catechist, strangled at about age 34 in 1837 [beatified 1900])
----- St. Francis Xavier Ha Trong
Mau of
Ke Rieng
[Phanxicô Xaviê Hà Trong
Mau] (Dominican tertiary,
catechist, strangled at about age 49 in 1839 [beatified 1900])
----- St. John Baptist Con of Ke
Báng
[Gioan Baotixita Con]
(married man, catechist, beheaded at about age 35 in 1840 [beatified 1900])
----- St. John Baptist Dinh Van
Thanh of
Nông Khê
[Gioan Baotixita Ðinh Van
Thành] (catechist, beheaded at about age 44 in 1840 [beatified 1900])
----- St. Joseph Hoang Luong
Canh of
Làng Van
[Giuse Hoàng Lýõng
Canh] (physician, Dominican
tertiary, beheaded at about age 75 in 1838 [beatified 1900])
----- St. Joseph Le Dang
Thi of
Ke Van
[Giuse Lê Ðang
Thi] (army captain, strangled at about age 35 in 1860 [beatified 1909])
----- St. Joseph Peter Nguyen Dinh
Uyen of
Ninh Cuong
[Giuse Nguyen Ðình
Uyen] (strangled at about age 63 in 1838 [beatified 1900])
----- St. Joseph Nguyen Duy
Khang of
Trà Vi
[Giuse Nguyen Duy
Khang] (servant of Bishop St. Jerome
Hermosilla, Dominican tertiary,
after 120 lashes was beheaded at about age 29 in 1861 [beatified 1906])
----- St. Joseph Nguyen Van
Luu of
Cái-Nhum
[Giuse Nguyen Van
Luu] (catechist, died of torture and abuse at about age 64 in 1854 [beatified
1909])
----- St. Joseph Pham Trong
Ta of
Quan Cong
[Giuse Pham Trong
Ta] (tortured to death at about age 59 in 1859 [beatified 1951])
----- St. Joseph Tuan
of Nam Ðien
[Giuse Tuân]
(died at about age 37 in 1862 [beatified 1951])
----- St. Joseph Tuc
of Hoàng Xá
[Giuse Túc]
(died at age 9 in 1862 [beatified 1951])
----- St. Lawrence Ngon
of Luc Thuy
[Lôrensô Ngôn] (d.
1862 [beatified 1900])
----- St. Luke Pham Trong
Thin of
Quan Cong
[Luca Pham Trong
Thìn] (died at about age 40 in 1859 [beatified 1951])
----- St. Martin Tho
of Ke Báng
[Máctinô Tho] (tax
collector, beheaded at about age 53 in 1840 [beatified 1900])
----- St. Matthew Le Van
Gam of
Gò Công
[Matthêô Lê Van
Gam] (merchant, beheaded at about age 34 in 1847 [beatified 1900])
----- St. Matthew Nguyen Van
Dac of
Ke Lai
[alias Phuong]
[Matthêô Nguyen Van
Ðac (alias Phuong)]
(catechist, beheaded at about age 60 in 1861 [beatified 1909])
----- St. Michael Ho Dinh
Hy of
Nhý Lâm
[Micae Ho Ðình
Hy] (mandarin [high official], superintendent of royal silk mills, beheaded at
about age 49 in 1857 [beatified 1909])
----- St. Michael Nguyen Huy
My of
Ke Vinh
[Micae Nguyen Huy
My] (farmer, village mayor, beheaded at about age 34 in 1838 [beatified 1900])
----- St. Nicholas Bui Duc
The of
Kiên Trung
[Nicôla Bùi Ðuc
The] (soldier, hacked to pieces at about age 47 in 1839 [beatified 1900])
----- St. Paul Hanh of Quán
[Phaolô Hanh] (beheaded
at about age 33 in 1859 [beatified 1909])
----- St. Paul Nguyen Van
My of
Ke Non
[Phaolô Nguyen Van
My] (strangled at about age 40 in 1838 [beatified 1900])
----- St. Paul Tong Viet
Buong of
Phu Cam
[Phaolô Tong Viet Buong]
(captain of emperor's bodyguard, beheaded in 1833 [beatified 1900])
----- St. Paul Vu Van
Duong of
Vuc Ðuong
[alias Dong] [Phaolô Vu Van
Duong (alias Ðong)] (died at about age 47 in 1839 [beatified 1951])
----- St. Peter Da
of Ngoc Cuc
[Phêrô Ða] (catechist,
burnt in 1862 [beatified 1951])
----- St. Peter Doan Van
Van of
Ke Bói
[Phêrô Ðoàn Van
Vân] (beheaded at about age 77 in 1857 [beatified 1909])
----- St. Peter Dinh Van
Dung of
Ðông Phú
[Phêrô Ðinh Van
Dung] (catechist, d. 1862 [beatified 1951])
----- St. Peter Nguyen Khac
Tu of
Ninh Binh
[Phêrô Nguyen Khac
Tu] (catechist, beheaded at about age 29 in 1840 [beatified 1900])
----- St. Peter Nguyen Van
Hieu of
Ðong Chuoi
[Phêrô Nguyen Van
Hieu] (catechist, beheaded at about age 57 in 1840 [beatified 1900])
----- St. Peter Thuan
of Ðông Phú
[Phêrô Thuan]
(fisherman, burnt in 1862 [beatified 1951])
----- St. Peter Truong Van
Duong of
Ke So
[Phêrô Trýõng Vãn
Ðuong] (catechist, strangled at about age 30 in 1838 [beatified 1900])
----- St. Peter Vu Van
Truat of
Ke Thiec
[Phêrô Vu Van
Truat] (catechist, died at about age 22 in 1838 [beatified 1900])
----- St. Simon Phan Dac
Hoa of
Mai Vinh
[Simon Phan Ðac
Hòa] (father of 12, physician, village mayor, beheaded at about age 62 in 1840
[beatified 1909])
----- St. Stephen Nguyen Van
Vinh of
Phú Trang
[Stêphanô Nguyen Van
Vinh] (catechist, Dominican
tertiary, strangled at about age 25 in 1839 [beatified 1900])
----- St. Thomas Nguyen Van
De of
Bo Trang
[Tôma Nguyen Van
Ðe] (tailor, Dominican tertiary,
strangled at about age 29 in 1839 [beatified 1900])
----- St. Thomas Toan of Can
Phán
[Tôma Toán] (Dominican tertiary, catechist, repentant apostate, died
[scourged, starved, and exposed to insects for 12 days] at about age 73 in 1840
[beatified 1900])
----- St. Vincent Duong of Doãn
Trung
[Vinh-sõn Dýõng] (d.
1862 [beatified 1951])
----- St. Vincent Tuong
of Ngoc Cuc [Vinh-Sõn
Tuong]
(judge, died at about age 48 in 1862 [beatified 1951])
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On
November 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. Alanus of
Lavaur
(French, Benedictine
abbot, 7th Century)
On
November 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:
On
November 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:
----- Bl. Alexis Nakamura
of Figen
----- Bl. Anthony Kimura
of Nagasaki
(died at about age 24)
----- Bl. Bartholomew Sheki
----- Bl. John Ivananga
----- Bl. John Montahana
----- Bl. Leo Nakanishi
of Amanguchi
----- Bl. Matthias Kosaka
of Omura
----- Bl. Matthias Nakano
----- Bl. Michael Takesh'ita (died
at about age 25)
----- Bl. Roman Matevoka
of Omura
----- Bl. Thomas Kotenda
On
November 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:
On
November 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:
On
November 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:
Bl. Alexander Crow of Howden
(English, priest, martyred [drawn, hanged, and quartered] under Elizabeth I at
about age 36 in 1586 [beatified 1987])
Bl. Vincent Queralt
Lloret
and Companions (Spanish, 21 people [7 priests of the Congregation of the Mission (Vincentian) ... 2 sisters of the Daughters of Charity ... 5 diocesan
priests ... and 7 laymen belonging to Association of the Miraculous Medal],
martyred during Civil War in 1936 and 1937 [beatified 2017])
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