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• Margaret, Margaretha, Margrete
• Mystic of Mödingen
Born wealthy. Received a thorough classical education at home. Dominican nun at Maria-Medingen, Germany convent in 1306. Dangerously ill from 1312 to 1322 during which time she was sent home to recover, and during which she began receiving visions, revelations and prophies. Visited by the Infant Christ. Spiritual student of Father Henry of Nördlingen from 1332 to her death. Their correspondence is the first collection of its kind in German. At his command she wrote a full account of her mystic experiences.
c.1291 at Donauwörth, Bavaria, Germany
20 July 1351 at Mödingen, Bavaria, Germany of natural causes
• 24 February 1979 by Pope John Paul II (cultus confirmation)
• the first beatification of John Paul's pontificate
O God, source of all goodness, you enkindled within Blessed Margaret the fire of the Holy Spirit and drew her into the secrets of your divine love. By the help of her prayers and filled with that same Spirit may we come to you by the paths of Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. - General Calendar of the Order of Preachers
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-margareta-ebner/
• Dermit
• Diarmaid Ó Hiarlatha
Born to a wealthy family, the son of William O'Brien O'Hurley and Honoria. Studied at the University of Leuven, Belgium where he obtained his law degree. Dean of the law school at Leuven for 15 years. Taught in Rheims, France for 4 years. Chosen archbishop of Cashel, Ireland by Pope Gregory XIII in 1581 while Dermot was still a layman; he received the pallium on 27 November of that year.
He returned to Ireland in secret and kept on the move as Protestant authorities were watching for him. However, to save one of his hosts from trouble with the authorities, he surrendered when they caught up with him. Imprisoned, tortured and executed in the persecutions of Elizabeth I for the treason of refusing to acknowledge her as head of the Church. One of the Irish Martyrs.
c.1530 in Emly, County Tipperary, Ireland
• hanged on 20 June 1584 at Hoggen Green, (modern College Green) Dublin, Ireland
• buried at the church of Saint Kevin in Dublin
27 September 1992 by Pope John Paul II in Rome, Italy
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-dermot-ohurley/
Apostle of the Slavs
Benedictine monk at the monastery of Saint Maximin at Trier, Germany. Missionary bishop. Leader of the band of missionaries sent into Russia in 961 by Emperor Otto I the Great on the request of Saint Olga, princess of Kiev. The band was violently opposed by an army of pagans led by Saint Olga's son Svyatoslav. Many of the missionaries were killed, and the remainder, still under the leadership of Adalbert, returned to Germany, spending four years in Mainz.
Abbot of a monastery at Weissenburg, Alsace. Noted for his support of education in general, and of his monks in particular. First archbishop of Magdeburg, Saxony in 968, which see he held for his remaining thirteen years. Worked with and sent missionaries to the pagan Wends, making many converts. Founded the dioceses of Naumberg, Neissen, Merseberg, Brandenburg, Havelberg, and Posen. Metropolitan of the Slavs.
Educated Saint Bruno of Querfurt. Healed, educated and converted Adalbert of Prague, who took the name Adalbert in memory of him.
c.910 at Lorraine region
20 June 981 at Merseburg, Germany of natural causes
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-adalbert-of-magdeburg/
• Giovanni di Matera
• Giovanni Scalcione
• John of Matera
• John of Mathera
Benedictine monk. Lived with such austerity that it brought on the enmity of his brothers who felt he was setting a standard that they could not meet, making them look bad, and drawing attention to himself. Monk at Montevergine Abbey under the spiritual direction of his friend Saint William of Vercelli, its founder. Popular preacher in Bari, Italy. Founded the Saint Mary of Pulsano Abbey at Pulsano, Italy where he served as abbot, and from which grew a new congregation.
c.1070 at Matera, Basilicata region, Italy
• 1139 at Pulsano, Italy of natural causes
• buried in a niche in a cave in the church at Saint Mary of Pulsano Abbey
• relics translated to Matera Cathedral in 1830
• relics enshrined in a new sarcophagus in 1939
1177 by Pope Alexander III
abbot driving away the devil with a rod
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-john-of-pulsano/
• William Barrow
• William Waring
Studied at the Jesuit College, Saint-Omer, France. Joined the Jesuits at Watten in 1632. Priest. Returned to England in 1644 to minister to covert Catholics. Worked in London for 35 years, using the names William Harcourt and/or William Waring. Jesuit superior for London in 1678. Arrested in May 1678, accused of being part of the Titus Oates Plot; lodged in Newgate prison. He went to trial on 13 June 1679, but since the verdict was already decided, and since the judge announced that no Catholic witness could be believed, he was quickly convicted. Martyr.
1610 in Kirkham, Lancashire, England
hanged, drawn, and quartered on 20 June 1679 at Tyburn, London, England
15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-william-harcourt/
John Gawen
Educated at the Jesuit College, Saint Omer, France. Priest. Returned to England to minister to covert Catholics in Staffordshire. Took his final vows as a Jesuit in 1678 in Boscobel, England. Eloquent and effective preacher. Betrayed to the English priest hunters by an apostate priest named Schibber, he was arrested on 29 January 1679 during the persecutions connected to the Titus Oates Plot, a non-existent plan to assassinate Charles II. He defended himself and four fellow Jesuits in their trial at the Old Bailey, but to no avail; the trial rules included the principal that no Catholic could be believed in court. Martyr.
1640 in London, England
hanged, drawn, and quartered on 20 June 1679 at Tyburn, London, England
15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-john-gavan/
This is the collective title given to the 260 or more persons who are credited with dying for the faith in Ireland between 1537 and 1714. Seventeen of them were beatified together on 27 September 1992 by Pope John Paul II.
• Blessed Conn O'Rourke
• Blessed Conor O'Devany
• Blessed Dermot O'Hurley
• Blessed Dominic Collins
• Blessed Edward Cheevers
• Blessed Francis Taylor
• Blessed George Halley
• Blessed John Kearney
• Blessed Matthew Lambert
• Blessed Maurice Eustace
• Blessed Patrick Cavanagh
• Blessed Patrick O'Healy
• Blessed Patrick O'Loughran
• Blessed Peter Higgins
• Blessed Robert Meyler
• Blessed Terrence Albert O'Brien
• Blessed William Tirry
https://catholicsaints.info/irish-martyrs/
Francesco, Francis
Born to the Portugese nobility. Joined the Jesuit in 1592. Priest. Missionary to the Far East in 1598, first in India, then Macao, and finally in 1604 in Japan. He returned to Macao to direct the Jesuit Institute, then back to Japan, and then was exiled in the first wave of an anti-Christian persecution. He immediately returned to Japan to assist his fellow missionaries and minister to covert Catholics. Imprisoned, abused and finally executed for his continued work for the faith. Martyr.
1566 in Ponte de Lima, Braga, Portugal
• burned at the stake on 20 June 1626 in Nagasaki, Japan
• ashes thrown into the sea and no relics remain
7 May 1867 by Pope Pius IX
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-francisco-pacheco/
John Caldwell
Born to a Protestant family who disowned him when he converted to Catholicism. Educated at Jesuit College in Saint-Omer, France, and then at Liege, Belgium. Entered the Jesuit in 1656, making his profession in 1676. Priest. Worked at the college of Saint-Omer. Returned to England in 1676 to minister to covert Catholics. Convicted for alleged complicity in the Titus Oates Plot; the trial rules included the principal that no Catholic could be believed in court. Martyr.
1628 at Durham, England as John Caldwell
• hanged, drawn, and quartered on 20 June 1679 at Tyburn, London, England
• buried in the churchyard of Saint Giles-in-the-Fields
15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-john-fenwick/
• Maighréad Ball
• Maighréad nic Fheorais
• Margaret Bermingham
• Margherita Ball
Lay women in the archdiocese of Dublin, Ireland. Married to wealth merchant Bartholomew Ball. Hid priests and bishops in her home during a period of state persecution of the Church. Her eldest son, Walter, gave in to the pressure from the authorities and became a Prostetant; when he became mayor of Dublin, assisted in the persecution of Catholics and had his mother imprisoned. Martyr.
c.1515 in Skreen, Meath, Ireland
1584 in Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland of general abuse and neglect
27 September 1992 by Pope John Paul II in Rome, Italy
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-margaret-ball/
Michelina Metelli
Born to the Italian nobility. Married to Duke Malatesta at age 12. Widowed at age 20. Her only child died, and she decided to take orders. Her family so strongly opposed this that they locked her up and declared her insane. When set free, she gave away her wealth and became a Franciscan tertiary.
1300 at Pesaro, Urbino, Italy
1356 of natural causes
13 April 1737 by Pope Clement XII (cultus confirmed)
• against death of children
• against mental illness; mentally ill people
• against in-law problems
• widows
young Franciscan tertiary kneeling in ecstasy in the midst of a storm with a pilgrim's hat and staff beside her
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-michelina-of-pesaro/
John Baptist Zola
Joined the Jesuits in 1595 in Brescia, Italy. Missionary to India in 1602. Missionary to Japan in 1606, settling in Tacacu. Banished to China in 1614, he later returned to his work in Japan where he was assisted by Blessed Monica Naisen and Blessed John Naisen. Martyr.
1 November 1575 in Brescia, Italy
• burned alive on 20 June 1626 in Nagasaki, Japan
• ashes thrown into the sea and no relics remain
7 May 1867 by Pope Pius IX
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-giovanni-battista-zola/
Born to the nobility. Priest. Bishop of Olympus in Lycia, Asia Minor. Bishop of Tyre. Theological writer admired by Saint Jerome. Martyr in the persecutions of Diocletian.
c.311 at Chalcis (in modern Greece)
• Banquet of the Ten Virgins
• On Free Will
• On the Resurrection of the Bodies
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-methodius-of-olympus/
Son of a Protestant minister. Educated at Cambridge University. Convert to Catholicism. Studied in Rome, Italy. Joined the Jesuits in Flanders, Belgium. Ordained in 1661. He returned to England and worked in Worcester. Arrested in the Titus Oates Plot, he was convicted of treason based on perjured evidence; one of the trial rules was that no Catholic could be believed in court. Martyr.
1628 in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England
hanged, drawn, and quartered on 20 June 1679 at Tyburn, London, England
15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-anthony-turner/
• Thomas Harcourt
• Thomas Harcott
Seminarian at Saint Omer, France. Joined the Jesuits in 1635. Priest. Using the alias Thomas Harcourt, he returned to England to minister to covert Catholics and serve as provincial of the Jesuit mission there. Falsely accused of conspiring to kill King Charles II. Martyr.
1618 in Essex, England
hanged, drawn and quartered on 20 June 1679 in Tyburn, London, England
15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-thomas-whitbread/
• Ioannes Kinsako
• Ioannes Kinsaco
• John...
Jesuit novice. Martyr.
c.1605 in Kuchinotsu, Nagasaki, Japan
• burned alive on 20 June 1626 in Nagasaki, Japan
• ashes thrown into the sea and no relics remain
7 May 1867 by Pope Pius IX
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-ioannes-kisaku/
• Gaspar Sadamazu
• Caspar...
Jesuit priest. Martyr.
c.1565 in Hasami, Nagasaki, Japan
• burned alive on 20 June 1626 in Nagasaki, Japan
• ashes thrown into the sea and no relics remain
7 May 1867 by Pope Pius IX
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-gaspar-sadamatsu/
Paul
Jesuit brother. Cathechist. Martyr.
c.1581 in Urada, Nagasaki, Japan
• burned alive on 20 June 1626 in Nagasaki, Japan
• ashes thrown into the sea and no relics remain
7 May 1867 by Pope Pius IX
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-paulus-shinsuke/
Jesuit priest. Martyr.
14 December 1563 in Granada, Spain
• burned alive on 20 June 1626 in Nagasaki, Japan
• ashes thrown into the sea and no relics remain
7 May 1867 by Pope Pius IX
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-baltasar-de-torres-arias/
Arius of Petra
Bishop of Petra. Attended the Council of Sardica. When the Arian heresy began to spread, Bishop Arius changed his name to Macarius to show his opposition. The Arians, gaining power in the area, exiled Macarius to Africa where he lived the rest of his days.
as Arius
c.350 in Africa of natural causes
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-macarius-of-petra/
Peter Rinsei
Jesuit priest. Martyr.
c.1588 in Hachirao, Nagasaki, Japan
• burned alive on 20 June 1626 in Nagasaki, Japan
• ashes thrown into the sea and no relics remain
7 May 1867 by Pope Pius IX
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-petrus-rinsei/
Bain, Bagnus
Spiritual student of Saint Wandrille. Benedictine monk at Fontenelle Abbey in Gaul (modern France). Bishop of Terouanne, France in 689. Missionary in the area of modern Calais. After twelve years he resigned his see and retired to Fontenelle. Elected abbot in 704. Abbot of Fleury Abbey.
c.711 of natural causes
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-bagne-of-terouanne/
Vincent
Jesuit priest. Martyr.
c.1579 in Korea
• burned alive on 20 June 1626 in Nagasaki, Japan
• ashes thrown into the sea and no relics remain
7 May 1867 by Pope Pius IX
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-vincentius-kaun/
Eadburh, Edburge, Idaberga, Ideberga
Daughter of the seventh-century pagan King Penda of Mercia, an area of modern England. Convert to Christianity. Nun at Caistor, England.
• interred at Caistor, England
• relics transferred to Peterborough, England
• relics transferred to Flanders, Belgium
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-edburga-of-caistor/
Jesuit priest. Martyr.
c.1588 in Chijiwa, Nagasaki, Japan
• burned alive on 20 June 1626 in Nagasaki, Japan
• ashes thrown into the sea and no relics remain
7 May 1867 by Pope Pius IX
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-michael-tozo/
Gavan, Gobain, Govan, Gobano
Spiritual student of Saint Fursey. Benedictine monk at Burgh-Castle, Suffolk, England. Travelled with Fursey to France where they lived as hermits in the forests of Oise. Murdered by non-Christian raiders.
in Ireland
murdered c.670 at Laon, Neuestria (modern Saint-Gobain, France)
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-goban/
Priest in the diocese of Down and Connor, Ireland. One of the Irish Martyrs.
Irish
1608 in Coleraine, Ireland
27 September 1992 by Pope John Paul II in Rome, Italy
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-donough-maccready/
Christian daughter of a pagan noble who beat her to death when she refused an arranged marriage to a young pagan man. Martyr.
from injuries received from a beating while in prison in Saintoge, France
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-gemma-of-saintonge/
Thirteenth-century Cistercian monk at Breslau, Silesia, Poland. Martyred with many of his brother monks for protecting litugical vessels from invading Tartars.
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-benignus-of-breslau/
Founded a community of nuns in Cluain-Bairenn, Ireland.
Cluain-Bairenn (Clonburren, Roscommon County), Ireland
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-guibsech-of-cluain-bairenn/
Elia, Eliada, Heliada, Helia
Benedictine nun and abbess of the convent of Oehren in Trier, Germany.
c.750 of natural causes
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-helen-of-oehren/
Martyr.
on the Black Sea at Lower Moesia (in modern Bulgaria), date unknown
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-cyriacus-of-lower-moesia/
Martyr.
on the Black Sea at Lower Moesia, date unknown (in modern Bulgaria)
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-paul-of-lower-moesia/
Son of Pudens, imperial Roman senator. Brother of Saint Praxedes and Saint Pudentiana.
c.151
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-novatus-of-rome/
Ettore
Martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian, possibly in Greece. No other information has survived.
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-hector/
No information about this subject has survived.
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-cassan-of-cluain-ratha/
• Our Lady of Consolation
• Martyrs of Salamis
• Latuinus of Seez
• Louis Matienzo
• Lucano of Saben
• Martin de Agreda
• Meinrich of Lübeck
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