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• Edmund the Martyr
• King of the East Angles
29 April (translation of relics)
King of East Anglia at age 14, crowned on Christmas Day 855 by Bishop Saint Humbert of Elmham. Edmund was a model ruler, concerned with justice for his people and his own spirituality; he spent a year sequestered at Hunstanton learning the Psalter by heart. Following one of a series of armed engagement with invading Danes, he was captured. He was ordered to give his Christian people to the pagan invaders; he refused. Martyr.
c.841 probably at Nuremburg, Germany
• beaten, whipped, shot with arrows "until he bristled with them like a hedgehog", and beheaded at Hoxne, Suffolk, England 20 November 870
• buried at Hoxne
• relics moved to Beodricsworth, England (modern Bury Saint Edmunds (Borough of Saint Edmunds)) in the 915
• relics moved to the Cathedral of Saint Paul in London, England in 1010 ahead of an invading Viking force
• relics returned to Bury Saint Edmunds in 1113
• relics re-enshrined in a new church in a Benedictine monastery built by King Canute in 1020
• relics re-enshrined in a new Norman church in Bury Saint Edmunds in 1095
• following a fire, the relics re-enshrined in a new church in 1198
• following a battle in Lincoln, England in 1217, French troops claim to have taken the relics, but modern testing has disproved this; the real relics may have been hidden, destroyed, looted - we just don't know, and no authentic relics exist today
• against plague
• diocese of East Anglia, England
• kings
• torture victims
• wolves
• arrow
• king tied to a tree and shot with arrows
• wolf
• bearded king with a sword and arrow
• man with his severed head between the paws of a wolf
• sword
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-edmund-of-east-anglia/
Cipriano
Born to the to wealthy nobility; his father was a physician, and Cyprian studied medicine himself. Monk at Holy Saviour monastery in Calanna, Italy at age 25. Hermit on family lands in Pavigliana, Italy, spending 20 years in prayer, meditation and growing his own food. Word of his learning and holiness spread, and people came to him for medical help and spiritual advice; some tried to stay as spiritual students, but Cyprian sent them away. Abbot of the San Nicolas monastery in Calamizzi at age 60 at the request of the monks. There Cyprian became known for his austerity, adherance to the rule of his Order, his charity to poor, and his wise counsel to anyone who approached him. He rebuilt the monastery, restored its church, built a bell tower, expanded the library, worked to increase the education and spirituality of his monks, and worked during the day as a free physician to all comers. He once fell from a wagon and broke his leg, which was badly set and left him with a lifelong limp.
c.1125 in Reggio di Calabria, Italy
• 20 November 1190 at the monastery of San Nicola, Calamizzi, Italy of natural causes
• buried in the church of the monastery
• the monastery was destroyed by an earthquake in 1783
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-cyprian-of-calamizzi/
Anna Felicia Viti
Daughter of Luigi Viti, a gambler and heavy drinker, and Anna Bono, who died when Anna was fourteen. Raised her eight siblings after her mother's death, often working as a domestic servant to support them. Joined the Benedictines at the San Maria de'Franconi monastery in Veroli, Italy on 21 March 1851 at age 24, taking the name Sister Maria Fortunata. She was over 70 years in the Order, her days spent spinning, sewing, washing, mending - and praying the whole time. Sister Maria never learned to read or write, and never held any position in her house, but she had a great devotion to the Blessed Sacrament, and whole generations of nuns and local lay people learned from her quiet, humble, happy, prayerful example.
10 February 1827 in Veroli, Frosinone, Italy as Anna Felicia Viti
• 20 November 1922 in Veroli, Frosinone, Italy of natural causes
• interred in a mass grave at her house
• miracles reported at her grave site
8 October 1967 by Pope Paul VI
• against poverty; poor people
• against temptations
• loss of parents
• against mental illness; mentally ill people
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-maria-fortunata-viti/
• Ambrose Traversari
• Ambrogio...
Born to the Tuscan nobility. Studied assorted arts, sciences and languages in Venice, Italy, and would be considered a classic Renaissance man. Joined the Camaldolese in 1400 at the Santa Maria del Angelis monastery in Florence, Italy. A noted scholar and theologian, he read widely, wrote extensively, including lives of the saints, collected a large library, and translated much of it. Teacher of both religious and lay people. Superior-general of the Camaldolese in 1431. Negotiator between the pope and emperor Sigismond. Worked for re-unification with the Greek bishops at the Council of Florence in 1439, drawing up the final statement of the Council.
16 September 1386 in Portico di Romagna, Florence, Tuscany, Italy as Ambrose Traversari
21 October 1439 in Rome, Italy of natural causes
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-ambrose-of-camaldoli/
Berniero
Pilgrim to all the major shrines in Spain and then in Rome, Italy. Cave hermit in Eboli, Salerno, Italy.
c.1100 in Spain
• late 12th century of natural causes
• buried at the church of the Benedictine monastery of San Pietro in Eboli, Italy
• relics re-discovered on 16 October 1554
• relics enshrined under the altar of the crypt of the church of San Pietro in Eboli on 25 July 1930
Congregation of Rites approved an Office for the clergy of Eboli, Italy on 18 May 1602
Eboli, Italy
• pilgrim's staff
• defeating, standing or chastising a dragon, referring to his personal fight with sin
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-bernerio-of-eboli/
Phanxicô Xaviê Can
24 November as one of the Martyrs of Vietnam
Layman. Catechist. Worked to help the Paris Foreign Mission Society. Arrested for his faith, he was offered the chance for freedom if he would renounce his faith; he declined. Martyr.
c.1803 in Son Miêng, Hà Ðông, Vietnam
strangled to death on 20 November 1837 in prison in Ô Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam
19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-francis-xavier-can-nguyen/
Priest for 40 years. Bishop of Châlons-sur-Saône, France from c.484 to c.525. Saint Gregory of Tours describes him as "the glory of confessors".
c.525 in Châlons-sur-Saône, France of natural causes
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-sylvester-of-chalons-sur-saone/
• Dasius of Silistria
• Dasio of...
Bishop at Dorostorum (modern Silistra, Bulgaria). Fought against the immorality involved in the Saturnalia and other pagan festivals. Martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian.
c.303
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-dasius-of-dorostorum/
Missionary and evangelist in the areas of Artois, Hainault and Picardy, regions today in modern France and Belgium. He finally retired to end his days as a hermit near Laon, France.
Ireland
690
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-autbodus-of-valcourt/
Fourth century bishop of Ecija, Andalusia, Spain. Martyred in the persecutions of Maximian Herculeus. Has a special office in the old Mozarabic Breviary and Missal.
beheaded in the early 4th century in Ecija, Andalusia, Spain
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-crispin-of-ecija/
• Hippolytus of Condat
• Hippolytus of Saint-Oyend
• Ippolito of...
Monk. Abbot of Saint-Oyend abbey. Bishop of Belley, France.
c.772 in Jura, France
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-hippolytus-of-belley/
Apotemius, Apothème, Hypotheme
Hermit. Spritual student of Saint Martin of Tours. Priest. Bishop of Angers, France c.380.
Greece
c.389
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-apothemius-of-angers/
Bishop of Sahgerd in Persia. Arrested with 10 or 12 parishioners during the persecutions of Shapur II. They were offered their freedom if they would worship the sun; they declined. Martyr.
Persia
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-nerses-of-sahgerd/
Ninth century monk. Hermit. Pilgrim. An opponent of the iconoclasts, at whose hands he suffered.
at the Decapolis, Asia Minor
842 in Constantinople
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-gregory-decapolites/
Ninth-century bishop. Crowned Saint Edmund as king of East Anglia in 855. Martyred by pagan Danish raiders.
870 in East Anglia (in modern England
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-humbert-of-elmham/
Eudon, Eudes, Odo, Odon
Monk at Lerins Abbey in France. Founded the monastery of Corméry-en-Velay.
c.760
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-eudo-of-carmery/
Urval, Uvol, Urfol
Sixth century bishop in Cornwall, England. The village of St Eval, Cornwall was named in his honour.
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-eval-of-cornwall/
Anchoress near Senlis, France. Martyr.
Ireland
martyred in Pont-Sainte-Maxence, France
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-maxentia-of-beauvais/
Theoneste, Theonestus
Martyr.
c.313 in Vercelli, Piedmont, Italy
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-teonesto-of-vercelli/
Martyred in the persecutions of Emperor Maximinius the Thracian.
235 in Nicea, Asia Minor
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-eustachius-of-nicea/
Martyred in the persecutions of Emperor Maximinius the Thracian.
235 in Nicea, Asia Minor
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-thespesius-of-nicea/
Martyred in the persecutions of Emperor Maximinius the Thracian.
235 in Nicea, Asia Minor
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-anatolius-of-nicea/
Martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian.
c.302 in Messina, Sicily
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-ampelus-of-messina/
Martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian.
c.302 in Messina, Sicily
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-gaius-of-messina/
Fifth century bishop of Benevento, Italy.
Benevento, Italy
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-dorus-of-benevento/
Monk and later abbot of Nonantula Abbey near Modena, Italy.
1000
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-leo-of-nonantula/
Bishop of Verona, Italy.
c.535
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-simplicius-of-verona/
Martyr.
Antioch (Antakya, Turkey)
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-basil-of-antioch/
Group of three Christians executed together for their faith. No details have survived except their names - Basil, Dionysius and Rusticus.
Antioch (Antakya, Turkey)
https://catholicsaints.info/martyrs-of-antioch-20-november/
A group of 43 Christians martyred together. The only details about them to survive are three of their names - Agapitus, Bassus and Dionysius.
Heraclea, Thrace
https://catholicsaints.info/martyrs-of-heraclea-20-november/
20 January (translation of relics)
Three Christian martyrs whose original stories were lost, and somehow came to be associated with the Theban Legion. They are - Adventor, Octavius and Solutor.
beheaded in 297 in Turin, Italy
Turin, Italy
https://catholicsaints.info/martyrs-of-turin/
A group of 17 religious sisters, members all of the Sisters of the Christian Doctrine, who were martyred in two different incidents in 1936 during the anti-Catholic persecutions of the Spanish Civil War.
1 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II
https://catholicsaints.info/martyred-sisters-of-the-christian-doctrine/
Thousands of people were murdered in the anti-Catholic persecutions of the Spanish Civil War from 1934 to 1939. I have pages on each of them, but in most cases I have only found very minimal information. They are available on the CatholicSaints.Info site through these links:
• Blessed Ascensión Duart Roig
• Blessed Aurea Navarro
• Blessed Catalina Calpe Ibáñez
• Blessed Emilia Martí Lacal
• Blessed Francisca Desamparados Honorata Lloret Martí
• Blessed Gertrudis Rita Florència Surís Brusola
• Blessed Isabel Ferrer Sabrià
• Blessed Josefa Pascual Pallardó
• Blessed Josefa Romero Clariana
• Blessed Josepa Mongoche Homs
• Blessed María Antonia del Sufragio Orts Baldó
• Blessed Maria Dolors Llimona Planas
• Blessed María Isabel López García
• Blessed María Purificación Gómez Vives
• Blessed Milagros Ortells Gimeno
• Blessed Paula de San Antonio
• Blessed Teresa Jiménez Baldoví
• Blessed Teresa Rosat Balasch
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