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Leandro
Son of Severianus and Theodora, known for their piety. Elder brother of Saint Isidore of Seville, Saint Fulgentius of Ecija, and Saint Florentina of Cartagena. Monk at Seville, Spain. Bishop of Seville.
Converted Saint Hermengild and Prince Reccared, sons of the Arian Visigoth king Leovigild, who then exiled Leander to Constantinople from 579 to 582. There he became close friends with the papal legate who later became Pope Saint Gregory the Great; he recommended that Gregory write his famous commentary (Moralia) on the Book of Job.
When Reccared ascended the throne, Leander was allowed to return to Seville. He worked against Arianism, and presided over the Third Council of Toledo in 589. He revised and unified the Spanish liturgy, and his boundless energy and steady faith led the Visigoths back to orthodox Christianity. Leander wrote an influential Rule for nuns. He introduced the Nicene Creed to Mass in the west. Honored as a Doctor of the Faith by the Church in Spain.
c.534 at Cartagena, Spain
c.600 at Seville, Spain of natural causes
Seville, Spain
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-leander-of-seville/
Rodrigo, Rodriguez, Rudericus, Roderic, Ruderic
A Christian priest in Moorish Spain, Roderick had a brother who became Moslem and another with no religion. One day he tried to break up a fight between his brothers; they turned on him and beat him into a coma. The Moslem brother, seeking further revenge, announced to authorities that Roderick had converted to Islam. When Roderick awoke, he was questioned about it, and denied the allegation, claiming allegiance to Christ. The Moslem authorities took this to be apostasy, deciding Roderick was denying his new Moslem faith. He was imprisoned for several months, and then martyred with Saint Salomon of Cordoba.
9th century southern Spain
beheaded in 857 in Cordoba, Spain
priest in Mass vestments holding a palm of martyrdom as an angel brings him a wreath of roses
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-roderick-of-cordoba/
Ansovino, Ansuinus, Answin, Oswin
Priest. Hermit at Castel Raimondo near Torcello, Italy. Bishop of Camerino, Italy, consecrated by Pope Leo IV; he accepted the vocation on the condition that his parishioners did not have to recruit soldiers, an obligation imposed on most bishops of the time. Confessor to Emperor Louis the Pious. Attended the Council of Rome called by Pope Saint Nicholas I in 861. Miracle worker. His association with crops come from his work of feeding the poor. Once when the granary was empty, but there were still poor people to feed, he prayed for help; the granary was found to be full, and everyone ate their fill.
at Camerino, Italy
• 868 at Camerino, Italy from a fever contracted at Rome, Italy
• relics enshrined in a 14th century sarcophagus in the crypt of the cathedral in Camerino, Italy
• gardeners
• protection of crops
• Camerino-San Severino Marche, Italy, diocese of
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-ansovinus-of-camerino/
Francesca
21 January as one of the Blessed Martyrs of Laval
Born to the nobility, she grew up in a family of wealthy land-owners. Joined of the Soeurs de la Charité de Notre-Dame d'Evron (Sisters of Charity of Our Lady of Evron), dedicated to education of children and care of the sick. She began teaching at the parish school of St-Pierre-des-Landes in 1783. Martyred in the French Revolution for refusing to take the oaths of allegience to the state, and helping to hide priests who had also refused. Sister Francesca sang the Salve Regina as she climbed the scaffold to the guillotine.
8 April 1756 in Saint-Mars-sur-la-Futaie, Mayenne, France
• guillotined on 13 March 1794 in Laval, Mayenne, France
• relics enshrined at the church of St-Pierre-des-Landes where she had taught
19 June 1955 by Pope Pius XII at Rome, Italy
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-francoise-trehet/
Agnello
7 May (Franciscan)
Born to the Italian nobility. Received into the Franciscans by Saint Francis himself. Deacon. Custos of Saint-Denis, the first Franciscan friary in Paris, France. Worked with the University of Paris. Appointed by Saint Francis to introduce the Franciscans into England in 1224. With eight associates he established houses in Canterbury and London, then a school for friars in Oxford. Friend of King Henry III. Helped prevent civil war between Henry and Earl Marshall. Known for his personal piety and his strict adherence to the Franciscan Rule, especially on the matter of poverty.
c.1195 in Pisa, Italy
• 7 May 1236 at Oxford, England of dysentery
• body reported incorrupt up to the time the Oxford house was dissolved by King Henry VIII
4 September 1892 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmed)
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-agnellus-of-pisa/
Aldradus, Eldrad, Eldrado, Eldradus, Heldradus, Heltrodus
31 October (Benedictines)
Born wealthy, he spent his fortune on charity, then made a pilgrimage to Rome, Italy as a mendicant. Benedictine monk at the Abbey Saints Peter and Andrew at Novalese in the Alps in 726, a community with many former pilgrims. Abbot of the house for 30 years during which he greatly expanded the library and built a hospice for the safety of travellers on Mount Cenis.
in Provence, France
• 842 at the Novalesa Abbey of natural causes
• relics transferred to the parish church in Novalesa, Italy in 1794
9 December 1904 by Pope Saint Pius X (cultus confirmed)
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-heldrad-of-novalese/
• Enrico di Danimarca
• Henry of Perugia
Related to the Danish royal family, Henrik became a Franciscan tertiary and became a penitent pilgrim. In Perugia, Italy, while en route to Assisi as part of a pilgrimage to the sites of Saint Francis, his health failed, and he died in the local hospital. However, he had apparently been in town long enough to have developed a local reputation for holiness and wisdom as devotion to him developed immediately, rewarded by healing miracles.
• 13 March 1415 at the Hospital of Saints Cosmas and Damian in Perugia, Italy of natural causes
• legend says that at the moment of his death the town's church bells rang without being moved by anyone
• relics re-enshrined in an urn in the 18th century
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-henrik-of-denmark/
Pietro
Benedictine monk at Santissima Trinita monastery, Cava dei Tirreni, Salerno, Campania, Italy under the leadership of Blessed Benincasa. Abbot of the house in 1195. Obtained the support of Emperor Henry VI for the house. Involved in the region's politics of the day. Founded the hospice of Vietri sul mare in 1202.
12th-century Italy
• 13 March 1208 at Santissima Trinita monastery, Cava dei Tirreni, Italy of natural causes
• buried in the Arsicia cave crypt near the monastery
• relics transferred to the chapel of Santi Padri at La Cava abbey on 20 October 1675
16 May 1928 by Pope Pius XI (cultus confirmation)
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-peter-ii-of-la-cava/
Monk at Lindisfarne, England. Friend of Saint Colman of Lindesfarne. Monk at Innisboffin, Ireland in 668. Abbot at Mayo of the Saxons abbey in 670, a house for English monks in Ireland; he there served until 697 when he resigned in favour of Saint Adamnan. Saw the supplanting of the Celtic rite with the Roman rite in his abbey. Founded the abbey of Elytheria in Connaught, Ireland; of Teaghna-Saxon; and a convent led by his sister Segretia. May have been bishop of Mayo, Ireland, but records vary.
Northumbria, England
• 13 March 731 in Galway, Ireland of natural causes
• buried at Mayo, Ireland
against plague
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-gerald/
• Sabinus of Al-Ashmunayn
• Sabinus of Hermopolis
• Sabino of...
Born to the nobility, he lived in Hermopolis (modern Al-Ashmunayn), Egypt. With other Christians, he retreated into the wilderness to escape the persecutions of Diocletian, but was betrayed to the authorities by a beggar he had helped. Martyr.
drowned in the River Nile in Egypt c.307
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-sabinus-of-egypt/
• Caomhán Leith
• Mo Chóemóc mac Béoáin
• Mochaemhog, Mochaomhog, Mo-Chaomhog, Mochaomhóg, Mochoemhoc, Pulcherius, Vulcanius
Nephew of Saint Ita, who raised him. Monk at Bangor Abbey in Ireland under Saint Comgall of Bangor. Founder and abbot of Liath-Mochoemoc monastery.
at Munster, Ireland
c.656
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-mochoemoc/
A group of 17 Christians who were martyred in Nicomedia, date unknown, and about whom we know nothing but the names – Callidus, Concessus, Dionius, Domitian, Duonius, Felix, Fronimus, Hilarius, Julian, Lukas, Martial, Pacta, Petronius, Pionius, Salvianus, Scalleria and Severinus.
in Nicomedia, Bithynia, Asia Minor (modern Izmet, Turkey)
https://catholicsaints.info/martyrs-of-nicomedia-13-march/
Monk and then prior of the Saint Claudius Abbey in Léon, Spain. He and all his brother monks were martyred by Arian Visigoths.
• murdered c.600 while chanting the Nicene Creed in the choir of the church at the Saint Claudius Abbey in Léon, Spain
• relics transferred to the cathedral of León, Spain on 26 April 1596
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-ramirus-of-leon/
Giuditta
Sister of Saint Bernward of Hildesheim. All traces of her history were destroyed by Protestants.
• 13 March, year unknown, based on tomb inscription
• relics enshrined in 1497 following many years of public devotion at her tomb
• relics destroyed by Protestants
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-judith-of-ringelheim/
Unmarried lay woman arrested, tortured and martyred for her faith in the persecutions of Diocletian.
breasts cut off and beaten until she received internal injuries, then returned to her prison cell to die of the wounds, c.304 at Zaragoza, Spain
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-grace/
Patritia
Married of Saint Macedonius of Nicomedia and mother of Saint Modesta of Nicomedia. The whole family was martyred with several other Christians whose names have not come down to us.
martyred c.304 at Nicomedia (in modern Turkey)
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-patricia-of-nicomedia/
• Beatrice of Kochem
• Beatrice of Kocheim
• Beatrix...
A Premonstratensian nun who lived her entire religious life in the monastery of Porta Angelica in Kochem, Rhineland-Palatinate (in modern Germany).
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-beatrice-of-cochem/
Married to Saint Patricia of Nicomedia; father of Saint Modesta of Nicomedia. The whole family was martyred with several other Christians whose names have not come down to us.
c.304 at Nicomedia (in modern Turkey)
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-macedonius-of-nicomedia/
Eldest of the sons of Blessed Ivetta of Huy, he was eventually brought to the faith by her. Cistercian monk at the Orval monastery (in modern Belgium). He later served as abbot of the house.
latter 12th century in Huy, Belgium
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-eustachius-of-huy/
Daughter of Saint Patricia of Nicomedia and Saint Macedonius of Nicomedia. The whole family was martyred with several other Christians whose names have not come down to us.
martyred c.304 at Nicomedia (in modern Turkey)
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-modesta-of-nicomedia/
Theusetas
Father of Saint Horres of Nicaea. Martyred with his son and several other Christians.
at Nicaea, Bithynia (modern Iznik, Turkey), date unknown
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-theusitas-of-nicaea/
Pien, Pient, Pienzio, Pienzo
6 March in Lucon, France
Bishop of Poitiers, France. Helped Saint Radegunde to found her convent.
c.561 of natural causes
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-pientius-of-poitiers/
Solomon
Martyr.
martyred in 857 in Cordoba, Spain
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-salomon-of-cordoba/
Martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian.
beheaded c.300 in Nicomedia (modern Izmet, Turkey)
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-eufrasia-of-nicomedia/
Ilorres
Son of Saint Theusitas of Nicaea. Martyred with his father and several others.
at Nicaea, Bithynia (modern Iznik, Turkey), date unknown
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-horres-of-nicaea/
Berengario
Mercedarian monk. Abbot of the convent of Santa Maria in Avignon, France.
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-berengar-de-alenys/
Christian member of the imperial household of Roman emperor Diocletian in Nicomedia (in modern Turkey). Martyred for his faith.
burned alive in 295 in Nicomedia (in modern Turkey)
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-urpasian-of-nicomedia/
Kristina
Martyred in the persecutions of Khosrau I of Persia.
Persian
scourged to death
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-christina-of-persia/
Evox, Kennotha, Mochoemoc, Quivoca, Quivox
Seventh century saint honored in Kyle, Scotland; I have found no other reliable information.
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-kevoca/
Nymphodora
Martyr.
at Nicaea, Bithynia (modern Iznik, Turkey), date unknown
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-nymphora-of-nicaea/
Mark
Martyr.
at Nicaea, Bithynia (modern Iznik, Turkey), date unknown
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-marcus-of-nicaea/
Martyr.
Egypt
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-abibus-of-egypt/
Martyr.
at Nicaea, Bithynia (modern Iznik, Turkey), date unknown
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-theodora-of-nicaea/
Martyr.
at Nicaea, Bithynia (modern Iznik, Turkey), date unknown
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-arabia-of-nicaea/
Leone
Early bishop of Chieti, Italy.
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-leon-of-chieti/
Martyr.
France
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-abundantius/
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