| 1 May |
• yesterday • tomorrow |
| Optional Memorial of Saint Joseph the Worker |
• Joseph of Nazareth
• Joseph the Artisan
• Joseph the Betrothed
• 19 March
• 3rd Wednesday after Easter (patronage of Saint Joseph of the Universal Church)
• 3 January on some local calendars
• 29 October (Armenian)
• 20 July (Coptic)
Descendant of the house of David. Layman. Builder by trade; traditionally a carpenter, but may have been a stone worker. Earthly spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Foster and adoptive father of Jesus Christ. Visionary who was visited by angels. Noted for his willingness to immediately get up and do what God told him to do.
1st century, prior to the Passion, of natural causes
whom the Lord adds (Joseph)
against doubt, against hesitation, accountants, attornies, barristers, bursars, cabinetmakers, carpenters, cemetery workers, children, civil engineers, confectioners, craftsmen, dying people, educators, emigrants, exiles, expectant mothers, families, fathers, furniture makers, grave diggers, happy death, holy death, house hunters, immigrants, interior souls, joiners, laborers, lawyers, married people, orphans, people in doubt, people who fight Communism, pioneers, pregnant women, social justice, solicitors, teachers, travellers, unborn children, wheelwrights, workers, working people, Catholic Church, Oblates of Saint Joseph, for protection of the Church, Universal Church, Vatican II, Americas, Austria, Belgium, Bohemia, Canada, China, Croatian people, Korea, Mexico, New France, New World, Peru, Philippines, Vatican City, Viet Nam, Canadian Armed Forces, Papal States, 46 dioceses, 26 cities, states and regions
• bible
• branch
• carpenter's square
• carpenter's tools
• chalice
• cross
• hand tools
• infant Jesus
• ladder
• lamb
• lily
• monstrance
• old man holding a lily and a carpenter's tool such as a square
• old man holding the infant Jesus
• plane
• rod
He was chosen by the eternal Father as the trustworthy guardian and protector of his greatest treasures, namely, his divine Son and Mary, Joseph's wife. He carried out this vocation with complete fidelity until at last God called him, saying 'Good and faithful servant, enter into the joy of your Lord.' - from a sermon by Saint Bernardine of Siena
What emanates from the figure of Saint Joseph is faith. Joseph of Nazareth is a "just man" because he totally "lives by faith." He is holy because his faith is truly heroic. Sacred Scripture says little of him. It does not record even one word spoken by Joseph, the carpenter of Nazareth. And yet, even without words, he shows the depth of his faith, his greatness. Saint Joseph is a man of great spirit. He is great in faith, not because he speaks his own words, but above all because he listens to the words of the Living God. He listens in silence. And his heart ceaselessly perseveres in the readiness to accept the Truth contained in the word of the Living God. We see how the word of the Living God penetrates deeply into the soul of that man, that just man. And we, do we know how to listen to the word of God? Do we know how to absorb it into the depths of our human personalities? Do we open our conscience in the presence of this word? - Pope John Paul II from Daily Meditations
Saint Joseph, guardian of Jesus and chaste husband of Mary, you passed your life in loving fulfillment of duty. You supported the holy family of Nazareth with the work of your hands. Kindly protect those who trustingly come to you. You know their aspirations, their hardships, their hopes. They look to you because they know you will understand and protect them. You too knew trial, labor and weariness. But amid the worries of material life, your soul was full of deep peace and sang out in true joy through intimacy with God's Son entrusted to you and with Mary, his tender Mother. Assure those you protect that they do not labor alone. Teach them to find Jesus near them and to watch over Him faithfully as you have done. Amen. - Blessed Pope John XXIII
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-joseph/
• Erminio Filippo Pampuri
• Herminio Felipe Pampuri
• Riccardo Pampuri
• Ricardo Pampuri
Tenth of the eleven children born to Innocenzo and Angela Pampuri. His mother died of tuberculosis when Erminio was three, and he was raised by his maternal grandparents and an aunt. His father died in a traffic accident when Erminio was ten.
Though he wanted to become a missionary priest, one of the great influences on the boy was his uncle Carlo, a village doctor. When Erminio's health proved to be too weak for the rigors of missionary work, he studied medicine at Pavia University. Franciscan tertiary, member of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul, and involved in Catholic Action, he attended Mass daily while in school.
Drafted into the Italian army medical corps in World War I in 1917, Erminio was a sergeant; he spent his duty in field hospitals, sickened by the misery of war. He resumed his studies in 1920, and graduated at the top of his medical school class on 6 July 1921. Rural health officer in Morimondo in the Po Vally, a poor area near Milan, Italy. Secretary for his parish missionary society; he organized retreats for local laymen, and worked area youth. He treated the poor for free, coordinated charity drives for them, and founded the Band of Pius X, a group dedicated to medical care for the poor.
Feeling a call to religious life, Erminio joined the Hospitaller Order of Saint John of God on 22 June 1927, taking the name Riccardo, and making his formal profession on 24 October 1928. He ran a free dental clinic for the Order in Brescia, treating those in need, and giving them money and food in the bargain if they needed it.
2 August 1897 at Trivolzio, Pavia, Italy as Erminio Filippo Pampuri
1 May 1930 in Milan, Italy of pleurisy, tuberculosis and pneumonia
1 November 1989 by Pope John Paul II
The short but intense life of Brother Richard is an incentive for all the People of God, but especially for the young, for doctors and for religious. He is an extraordinary figure, close to us in time but even closer still to us in the midst of our problems and our needs. - Pope John Paul II in the canonization homily for Saint Richard
Pray that neither self indulgence nor pride, nor any other evil passion, prevent me from seeing in my patients Jesus who suffers, and from healing and comforting Him. - Saint Richard in a letter to his sister, a missionary nun
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-richard-pampuri/
• Peregrinus Laziosi
• Pellegrino Laziosi
• Peregrinus Latiosi
• Pellegrino Latiosi
• Peregrine Latiosi
Born wealthy, he spent a worldly youth, and became involved in politics. Peregrine was initially strongly anti-Catholic. During a popular revolt, he struck the papal peace negotiator, Saint Philip Benizi, across the face. Saint Philip calmly turned the other cheek, prayed for the youth, and Peregine had a conversion.
He received a vision of Our Lady who told him to go to Siena, Italy, and there to join the Servites. After training and ordination, they assigned him to his home town. He lived and worked, as much as possible, in complete silence, in solitude, and without sitting down for 30 years in an attempt to do penance for his early life. When he did speak, he was known as a fervant preacher, excellent orator, and gentle confessor. Founded a Servite house at Forli, Italy.
A victim of a spreading cancer in his foot, Peregrine was scheduled for an amputation. He spent the night before the operation in prayer; he received a vision of Christ who touched the diseased area. The next morning, Peregrine found his cancer completely healed.
1260 at Forli, Italy
• 1 May 1345 at Forli, Italy of natural causes
• body incorrupt
27 December 1726 by Pope Benedict XIII
• against cancer
• against breast cancer
• against open sores
• against skin diseases
• AIDS patients
• cancer patients
• sick people
• diocese of Forli-Bertinoro, Italy
• city of Forli, Italy
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-peregrine-laziosi/
King Sigismund
Son of Gunebald, the Vandal king of Burgundy. Spiritual student of bishop Saint Avitus of Vienne. Built the monastery of Saint-Maurice at Agaune in Valais, Switzerland in 515. Married; father of Saint Gistaldo and Saint Gundebado. King of Burgundy in 516.
A Christian by faith, Sigismund had a hot temper, and was still close to his pagan roots. When his son opposed and insulted his second wife during a political dispute in 517, Sigismund ordered the young man strangled to death. Consumed with remorse, Sigismund retired to the monastery of Saint-Maurice to live for years in penance, surrounded by the singing of praise to God, giving largely to the poor, and praying for a way to atone of his act.
Called to lead his troops against invading Franks, the king lost in the field, and Burgundy was over-run. Sigismund put on a monk's habit, and hid in a cell near the abbey of Agaunum. He was eventually found, captured, taken to Orléans, and murdered. Honoured by his people as a martyr.
• executed in 523 at Orleans, France
• his body was thrown down a well at Columelle
• his relics were recovered, and a shrine developed near the abbey of Agaunum
• relics translated to the cathedral of Prague (in the modern Czech Repubic) by Emperor Charles IV
• against fever
• Czech Repubic
• Freising, Germany
• king enthroned with a greyhound at his feet
• king holding a sword and palm with his armour nearby
• king with his two sons nearby
• old king with a sword and well or font nearby
• young king holding an orb and scepter
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-sigismund-of-burgundy/
Breock, Briach, Brieg, Brigomalos, Brimael, Brioc, Brioch, Briock, Brioco, Briocus, Briog, Briomaglus, Bru, Bryan
• 30 April (Scotland)
• 18 October (translation of relics)
• formerly on the second Sunday after Easter
Born and raised a pagan in a family of the Welsh nobility, but converted to Christianity as a young adult. Educated in France by Saint Germanus of Auxerre. Priest; a column of fire was reported seen near him at his ordination. He then returned to the British Isles as an evangelist, preaching in the Cardigan area. Founded two abbeys in Brittany. Bishop in upper Brittany. Venerated in Cornwall. Many churches in England and Scotland are dedicated to him.
c.420 at Dyfed, Cardiganshire, Wales
• c.510 at Saint-Brieuc-des-Vaux, France of natural causes
• relics in the abbey of Saint Sergius, Angers, and in the Cathedral of Saint Brieuc
• purse makers (from the legendary size of his alms-giving)
• Saint-Brieuc-des-Vaux, France
• alms-box
• purse
• cleric treading on a dragon
• priest with a column of fire
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-brieuc-of-brittany/
• Vivald of San Geminiano
• Ubaldo, Vivaldo, Waldo
Spiritual student of Blessed Bartolo da San Gimignano. Following the death of Blessed Bartolo in 1300, Vivald withdrew from the world to live 20 years as a hermit in a hollow chestnut tree. Well known for his personal piety and spiritual wisdom, his counsel was sought by rich and poor, and he dealt with all alike. The site of his tree later became the site of a chapel devoted to the Blessed Virgin Mary.
mid-13th century in Gimignano, Italy
• May 1320 of natural causes, apparently while in prayer
• legend says that his body was discovered when all the church bells in the nearby town began ringing at once by themselves; the locals went to the holy man in a tree to ask him what it could mean and found that he had passed on
13 February 1908 by Pope Saint Pius X (cultus confirmation)
man praying in or beside a hollow tree
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-vivald-of-gimignano/
Born a princess, the daughter of King Sancho I of Portugal. Sister of Saint Theresa of Portugal and Saint Sancha of Portugal. Portugal was involved in a war to reclaim the Iberian peninsula from the Moors, and to seal an alliance with the neighboring kingdom of Castile, a marriage was arranged between Mafalda and King Henry I of Castile even though he was a small boy and she was around 30. They were married in 1215, but Pope Innocent III annuled the marriage in 1216 because they were actually related. Mafalda returned to Portugal in 1222, entering the Benedictine convent in Arouca. In 1223 she helped introduce the Cistercian Rule to the convent, and was known for her strict adherence to the Cistercian way. Helped restore the cathedral in Oporto, Portugal, and founded a hospice for pilgrims and a hospital for poor widows in Arouca.
1184 in Portugal
• 2 May 1257 in Arouca, Portugal
• body found incorrupt when exhumed in 1617
14 March 1792 by Pope Pius VI (cultus confirmation)
Lord, I hope for you. - Blessed Mafalda's dying words
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-mafalda-of-portugal/
Stojislav
Benedictine monk at the Saint Hippolyte monastery on Mount Zobor outside Nitra in modern Slovakia, taking the name Benedict. Spiritual student of Saint Andrew Zorard. With his abbot's permission, Benedict withdrew from communal life to live nearby as a hermit. Noted for his ascetic lifestyle. Killed by a gang of thieves who believed he was hiding treasure in his cave. His biography was written by Saint Maurus of Pécs.
10th century Nitra (in modern Slovakia) as Stojislav
• strangled by thieves in 1012 on Mount Zobor, Slovakia
• body throw into the River Váh
• a year later his perfectly perserved body was found in the river, watched over by an eagle
• relics transferred to the Cathedral of Saint Emmeram in Nitra, Slovakia in 1083
1085 by Pope Saint Gregory VII
sailors on the River Váh
eagle by a river
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-benedict-of-szkalka/
Born to the nobility. Joined the Franciscans as a teenager. Priest. Noted preacher throughout the region. Known for his austere lifestyle, strict devotion to the Franciscan rule, and charity to the poor.
late 13th century at Valle, Istria, Venetian Republic (in modern Croatia)
• c.1349 at Valle, Istria, Venetian Republic (in modern Croatia) of natural causes
• buried at the convent of Michael the Archangel near Valle where he had lived all his adult life
• the convent was abandoned in 1418
• residents of the nearby town of Porec tried to steal his relics in 1564; legend says that the cask containing them grew heavier and heavier the farther they went until it was too heavy to move; only the residents of Valle were able to pick it up, taking the relics back to Julian's home town
• 26 February 1793 by Pope Pius VI (plenary indulgence granted for celebrating his memorial)
• 23 February 1910 by Pope Pius X (cultus confirmed)
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-julian-cesarello-de-valle/
Aldebrand, Aldebrando, Hildebrand
Studied at Santa Maria de Porto near Ravenna, Italy. Priest. Prior of the monastery of Rimini, Italy. Known for his bold preaching against sinful lives, which put him afoul of some local authorities; he once had to flee from death threats. Bishop of Fossombrone, Italy in 1170. Built the cathedral there. Once when in bed with an illness, he was brought a cooked partridge; it happened to be a day of fasting, so Aldebrandus prayed over the cooked bird which returned to life and flew away.
1119 in Sorrivoli, Italy
• 30 April 1219 in Fossombrone, Italy of natural causes
• interred on 1 May 1219 in the Fossombrone cathedral
• Fossombrone, Italy
• bishop in his episcopal robes holding the cathedral he built
• old, ill bishop in bed raising to life a cooked partridge
• young priest who is preaching to a crowd, which is sometimes portrayed as angry
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-aldebrandus-of-fossombrone/
• Andeolus of Vivarais
• Andeolus of Vals
• Andeol, Andéolo, Andreolus
• 4 May (diocese of Viviers, France)
• 10 May (Lyon and Avignon in France)
• 13 May (Valencia, Spain)
Sub-deacon in Smyrna. Spiritual student of Saint Polycarp of Smyrna who sent him with Saint Benignus, Saint Andochius, and Saint Thyrsus to evangelize the Vivarais in Gaul. Scourged with thorny sticks and executed. Martyr.
Smyrna
• knifed in the head in the shape of a cross in 208 near Viviers, Gaul (modern France) near the river Rhone
• his body was thrown into the river, but a pagan woman found it, received miraculous knowledge of holiness of the victim, converted to Christianity, and helped give the body a proper burial
• relics at Saint Andéol, France
deacon or sub-deacon, holding in his hand a book and palm of martyrdom, his head pierced by a wooden knife
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-andeolus-of-smyrna/
Giovanni Ludovico Bonnard
Studied at seminaries in Aix and Lyons. Ordained in 1848. Missionary priest with the Paris Society of Foreign Missions, assigned to Hong Kong. Re-assigned to Annam, Indo-China (modern Vietnam) in May 1850, working in the districts of Kebang and Ketrinh. Arrested at Boasujan in 1852 for the crime of being a missionary and baptizing children. Imprisoned and tried at Nadinh. Martyred with Saint Augustine Schoffler; one of the Martyrs of Vietnam.
1 March 1824 at Saint Christot-en-Jarret, Loire, France
• beheaded on 1 May 1852 at Tonkin, Indo-China (modern Vietnam)
• body thrown into the river, but immediately recovered by local Christians
• interred in the college of Vinhtri
• his blood-covered garments, links of his chains, his hair and his beard were kept by heathen soldiers and sold to Christians
19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-john-louis-bonnard/
Amatre, Amadour
Born to the upper class. Convert, brought to the faith by Saint Helladius of Auxerre. Amator felt a call to the priesthood, and studied theology, but his family objected and he withdrew. Married to a woman named Martha from Langres, France; her reputation for holiness led to the locals calling her Saint Martha, and the two lived as brother and sister. Soon after the marriage, Martha entered religious life and Amator joined the clergy. Bishop of Auxerre, France in 388. During his 30 years he converted the remaining pagans in the diocese. Ordained Saint Germanus of Auxerre. Known as a miracle worker.
344 in Auxerre, Gaul (modern France)
• 1 May 418 in the cathedral of Auxerre, France of natural causes
• relics destroyed during the French Revolution
bishop with an axe and tree
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-amator-of-auxerre/
Marcellus, Marcolfo, Marcoul, Marcou, Marculfus, Marcouf, Marculphe, Markulf, Marcoen, Marculphus, Marculfo, Marcoult
• 11 May (diocese of Bayeux and Dijon, France)
• 17 July (translation of relics)
• 11 September (translation of relics)
Born to the nobility. Priest. Successful missionary to the pagans of Gaul, but his heart was not in public life. Hermit. Founded a monastery at Nanteuil, France. After touching his relics, French kings were reported to be able to cure scrofula, a disease known for centuries as The King's Evil.
at Bayeux, France
• 558 of natural causes
• relics taken Corbigny, Leon, France in 906
• relics re-enshrined in 1229
• relics taken to the hospice of St-Marculfo in Rheims, France in 1825
• against scrofula
• against skin diseases
• against skin rashes
• against struma
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-marculf/
• Augustus Schoffler
• Agostino Schoeffler
• 2 May (France)
• 24 November as one of the Martyrs of Vietnam
Studied in the seminary at Pont a Mousson and the Grand Seminary of Nancy. Priest. Member of the Paris Society of Foreign Missions in 1846. Missionary to Viet Nam beginning in 1848, preaching first in Hong Kong, and then in the Vietnamese province of Sudoa, then in the Christian area of Bono. There he was betrayed to soldiers who, as part of a persecutions of Emperor Tu-Duc, were hunting Christians. One of the Martyrs of Vietnam.
22 November 1822 at Mittelbronn, Moselle, France
• beheaded on 1 May 1852 at Son-tai, Tonkin, Vietnam
• his head was thrown into the Song-Ka River, his body buried in a nearby village
19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-augustine-schoffler/
• Clement Sheptytsky
• Clemente Septyckyj
• Klymentij Sheptyckyj
Greek Catholic. Younger brother of the Servant of God Metropolitan Roman Oleksandr Maria Sheptytskyi. Klymentii entered the monastery of Saint Theodore the Studite in 1911 at age 42. He studied theology at Innsbruck, Austria. Ordained on 28 August 1915. Prior of the Studite monastery at Univ. Abbot in 1944. During World War II, he gave refuge to persecuted Jews. Arrested for his faith on 5 June 1947 by the NKVD; sentenced to eight years in the forced labour camps. He died in prison, one of the Martyrs Killed Under Communist Regimes in Eastern Europe.
17 November 1869 at Prylbychi, Lviv District, Ukraine
1 May 1951 in the prison at Volodymyr-Volynskyi, Ukraine
27 June 2001 by Pope John Paul II in Ukraine
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-klymentii-sheptytskyi/
Fourth-century cavalry centurian in the imperial Roman army. Tortured and executed for his faith in the persecutions of Diocletian.
There is a long tradition of the people of Ferentino, Italy caring for the relics of Ambrose, and of Ambrose protecting Ferentino. Legend says that prayers for his intervention once resulted in a group of snails turning into soldiers who fought against Saracen invaders.
Liguria, Italy
• thrown into a fire, it had no effect on him
• drowned in a well 16 August 304 at Ferentino, Italy
• body recovered that night and given decent burial by local Christians
• later in the 4th century the relics were re-interred in the nearby church of Saint Agatha
• relics later moved to the church of Saint Maria Maggiore to protect them from invading Saracens
soldier on a horse
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-ambrose-of-ferentino/
Audard, Teodardo
Born to a wealthy family of the French nobility. Excellent student in both secular and Church topics; as a sub-deacon he helped settle a dispute at a synod at Toulouse, France. Benedictine monk at the Saint Martin monastery in Montauriol, France; it was later renamed Saint Audard in his honour. Arch-deacon of Narbonne, France where he became known as a great minister to the poor and suffering. Archbishop of Narbonne, France, consecrated on 15 August 885. Received the pallium from Pope Stephen VI in 886. Spent largely to ransom Christians captured by Saracens, and to re-build suffragan dioceses damaged by the invaders.
c.840 at Montauban, France
1 May 893 at Montauban, France of natural causes
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-theodard-of-narbonne/
Old Testament prophet. Son of Helcias, of a priestly race of Anathoth, a little village of the tribe of Benjamin. Raised to love and respect Jewish traditions, and studied previous prophets, especially Isaias and Micheas. Tough and unconcerned about the opinions and threats of others when carrying out his mission of prophecy. Prophesied the destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem. The crowd sought to kill him for this, but he was saved through the intervention of Ahicam. Prophesied the Babylonian captivity of the Jews. Imprisoned with Baruch. Killed by people angered over his prophecies.
c.760 BC
• stoned to death c.705 BC at age 55 in Egypt
• relics at Venice, Italy
https://catholicsaints.info/jeremiah-the-prophet/
Ipolisto
Priest, wandering preacher and miracle worker from Antioch. In the area of Abellinum (near modern Atripalda, Italy), he converted many from the worship of the pagan goddess Diana. Seeing that the region was fertile ground for the faith, Hippolytus stayed to work as a missionary, which led to strong opposition from local pagan priests. Whipped, tortured and executed in the persecutions of Diocletian. Martyr.
• beheaded on 1 May 303 on the banks of the Sabato River near Abellinum (near modern Atripalda, Italy)
• his body was left exposed to be eaten by animals
• two local Christian women later recovered the body and gave it proper burial in the area that became Atripalda
Atripalda, Italy
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-hippolytus-of-atripalda/
Torquato
First century spiritual student of the Apostles. One of the first group of missionaries to Spain. Bishop of Guadix.
• early 2nd century; records vary on whether he was a martyr
• buried in Guadix, Spain
• relics moved to the church of San Torquato in the early 8th century ahead of Muslim invasion
• relics moved to Celanova, Spain in the 10th century
• some relics returned to Guadix in 1592
• some relics taken to Compostella, Spain in 1592
• some relics taken to Orense, Spain in 1592
• some relics taken to the Jesuit College of Guadix and Granada in 1627
Guadix, Spain
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-torquatus-of-guadix/
Arnold von Hiltensweiler
Married, lifelong layman. Soldier. Knight who fought in the First Crusade. Founded a monastery at Langnan, Germany c.1122.
11th century at Hiltensweiler, Germany
• some time after 1127
• buried in the Chapel of Saint Arnold in the parish church in Hiltensweiler, Germany
• during construction in 1886 his relics were un-earthed and were moved to a wall niche reliquary
knight holding a model of the church at Hiltensweiler, and a Crusader's banner
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-arnold-of-hiltensweiler/
Bertha of Val d'Or
Married to Saint Gundebert of Gumber. When Gundebert retired to a monastery in Ireland, Bertha became Benedictine nun. Founder and abbess of the convent at Avenay in the diocese of Châlons-sur-Marne, France. When a drought hit the region, a vision of Saint Peter the Apostle led her to a spring of water which became a healing well. Widowed, she was murdered by her in-laws for distributing Gumbert's estate to the poor, and is considered a martyr.
c.685
against insanity
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-bertha-of-avenay/
• Isidora the Simple
• Isidora the Stolta
• Isidora the Fool
• Isidora of Tabenna
Nun in the monastery at Tabenna, Egypt who worked in the kitchen and pretended to be a simpleton so she could concetrate on her personal piety and prayer life, and not have to teach her sisters. To avoid being honoured by her house, she fled to a desert hermitage where she spent the rest of her days.
c.365
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-isidora-of-egypt/
9 August (translation of relics)
Widowed lay woman who zealously pursued a mission of giving Christian burial for martyrs. This included the body of Saint Alexander of Bergamo; as she carried his severed head, lilies sprang from the earth from every spot where a drop of his blood fell. She is reputed to have built three churches and a hospital for the poor in Bergamo, Italy.
c.307 in Bergamo, Italy
Grassobbio, Italy
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-grata-of-bergamo/
• Asaph of Llan-Elwy
• Asa of...
Related to Saint Deiniol of Bangor and Saint Tysilo. Hermit near Tenegal, Wales. Servant to and spiritual student of Saint Kentigern. Second bishop of the Welsh diocese now known as Saint Asaph. At Tengenel, near Holywell, Wales, there are an ash-tree, well, and valley that tradition says belonged to Asaph.
c.550 of natural causes
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-asaph-of-llanelwy/
Monk in Bithynia. While out on business for his monastery, he was captured by Saracens and sent to Baghdad. He was accused of being a spy, but a local Christian paid a ransom to have Romanus released with the condition that he remain in Baghdad to insure that he did not return to "spying". There he worked with apostate Christians who wanted to return to the Church. For this crime, he was murdered. Martyr.
early 8th-century in Galatia
throat cut in 780
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-romanus-of-baghdad/
Mercedarian friar. Sent by Blessed Antonio Morell to Muslim-occupied Granada, Spain to ransom Christians enslaved by the Moors. While working there in 1482, he was imprisoned, tortured, put on public display for abuse, and then murdered in revenge for Catholic military victories in Alhama, Spain. Martyr.
stoned to death by Moors in 1482 in Granada, Spain
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-juan-de-zorroza/
Born a princess, the daughter of Charibert and Ingoberga. Married to the pagan King Ethelbert of Kent, she became the first Christian queen of England. She brought Ethelbert to the faith, and they welcomed Saint Augustine of Canterbury to England in 596, and supported his work.
539 in modern France
612 of natural causes
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-bertha-of-kent/
Mercedarian friar. Sent by Blessed Antonio Morell to Muslim-occupied Granada, Spain to ransom Christians enslaved by the Moors. While working there in 1482, he was imprisoned, tortured, put on public display for abuse, and then murdered in revenge for Catholic military victories in Alhama, Spain. Martyr.
stoned to death by Moors in 1482 in Granada, Spain
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-juan-de-huete/
Giselades, Giselahad, Gisgald, Siglad
Son of Saint Sigismund of Burgundy. With his parents, he was captured and murdered by invading Franks in 523. Martyr.
• drowned in a well in La Beauce d'Orléans (in modern France) in 523
• relics transferred to the abbey of Saint Maurice in Valais, France in 523
• relics re-enshrined in a silver urn in the church of the abbey of Saint Maurice in the 12th century
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-gistaldo/
Gundebaldo
Son of Saint Sigismund of Burgundy. With his parents, he was captured and murdered by invading Franks in 523. Martyr.
• drowned in a well in La Beauce d'Orléans (in modern France) in 523
• relics transferred to the abbey of Saint Maurice in Valais, France in 523
• relics re-enshrined in a silver urn in the church of the abbey of Saint Maurice in the 12th century
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-gundebado/
Aray, Aredius, Arey, Arige, Érige
Bishop of Gap, France for 20 years. Known for the support he gave to his priests. Helped Saint Columbanus of Luxeuil harmonize the dates of celebration of Easter.
535
604 of natural causes
9 December 1903 by Pope Saint Pius X
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-arigius-of-gap/
• Orentius of Huesca
• Orenzio of...
Married to Saint Patientia of Loret. Lived near Huesca, Spain. An old Spanish tradition makes him the father of Saint Lawrence of Rome. Martyr.
c.240
against vermin
praying farmer
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-orentius-of-loret/
• Patientia of Huesca
• Pazienza of...
• Patience of...
Married to Saint Orentius of Loret. Lived near Huesca, Spain. An old Spanish tradition makes her the mother of Saint Lawrence of Rome. Martyr.
c.240
against vermin
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-patientia-of-loret/
Orientius of Auch
Hermit in the Lavendan Valley of France. His reputation for holiness was such that the people of Auch, France insisted that he be their bishop; he served in that capacity for over 40 years.
c.439
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-orentius-of-auch/
Kellach of Killala
Spiritual student of Saint Kieran of Clonmacnoise. Bishop of Killala, Ireland. In his old age he retired from his see to live as a hermit.
6th century
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-ceallach-of-killala/
Acheul
Sub-deacon who was studying for the priesthood when he was arrested and martyred as part of the persecutions of Emperor Diocletian.
303 near Amiens, France
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-aceolus-of-amiens/
Ach, Ache
Sub-deacon who was studying for the priesthood when he was arrested and martyred as part of the persecutions of Emperor Diocletian.
303 near Amiens, France
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-aceolus-of-amiens/
Franciscan. One of the Irish Martyrs.
Irish
martryed on 1 May 1582 in Moyne, Cork, Ireland
27 September 1992 by Pope John Paul II in Rome, Italy
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-felim-ohara/
• Evermarus of Tongres
• Evermar of...
Pilgrim.
murdered by robbers c.700 in Rousson, Belgium
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-evermarus-of-rousson/
Priest. Bishop. Monk. Abbot of Fobhar Abbey, Fobhar, Westmeath, Ireland.
766
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-aedhgein-of-fobhar/
Worked as a shepherdess most of her life. Lived as a hermitess late in life. In both states she spent most of her time in prayer.
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-thorette/
Nun in Moncel, France. First abbess of a Poor Clare monastery in Moncel.
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-petronilla-of-moncel/
Monk. Abbot at Tir-da-ghlas (Terryglass), Ireland.
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-nathchaoimhe-of-terryglass/
Early missionary and bishop of Illiberis (modern Elvira, Granada, Spain).
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-cecilio-of-illiberis/
Early missionary and bishop of Iliturgi (modern Andújar, Spain).
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-eufrasio-of-ilitirgi/
Early missionary and bishop of Bergium (modern Berja, Spain).
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-tesifonte-of-bergium/
Early missionary and bishop of Ábula (modern Abla, Spain).
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-segundo-of-abula/
Early missionary and bishop of Urci (modern AlmerÃa, Spain).
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-indalecio-of-urci/
Early missionary and bishop of Carcer (modern Carcesa, Spain).
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-esicio-of-carcer/
Martyr.
in Catania, Sicily
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-cominus-of-catania/
Banbhan
Priest.
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-banban/
Bishop.
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-brecan-of-ara/
• Madonna of Giubino
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