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Fefvre, Fevre, Fiachrach, Fiacrius, Fiaker, Fiachra
Brother of Saint Syra of Troyes. Raised in an Irish monastery, which in the 7th century were great repositories of learning, including the use of healing herbs, a skill studied by Fiacre. His knowledge and holiness caused followers to flock to him, which destroyed the holy isolation he sought.
Fleeing to France, he established a hermitage in a cave near a spring, and was given land for his hermitage by Saint Faro of Meaux, who was bishop at the time. Fiacre asked for land for a garden for food and healing herbs. The bishop said Fiacre could have as much land as he could entrench in one day. The next morning Fiacre walked around the perimeter of the land he wanted, dragged his spade behind him. Wherever the spade touched, trees were toppled, bushes uprooted, and the soil was entrenched. A local woman heard of this, and claimed sorcery was involved, but the bishop decided it was a miracle. This garden, miraculously obtained, became a place of pilgrimage for centuries for those seeking healing.
Fiacre had the gift of healing by laying on his hands; blindness, polypus, and fevers are mentioned by the old records as being cured by his touch; he was especially effective against a type of tumour or fistula later known as "le fic de S. Fiacre".
Fiacre's connection to cab drivers is because the Hotel de Saint Fiacre in Paris, France rented carriages. People who had no idea who Fiacre was referred to the cabs as Fiacre cabs, and eventually just as fiacres. Those who drove them assumed Fiacre as their patron.
• 18 August 670 of natural causes
• his relics have been distributed to several churches and cathedrals across Europe
• against barrenness or sterility
• against fistula
• against haemorrhoids or piles
• against venereal disease
• box makers
• cab or taxi drivers
• costermongers
• florists
• gardeners
• hosiers
• pewterers
• tile makers
• shovel
• spade
• man carrying a spade and a basket of vegetables beside him, surrounded by pilgrims and blessing the sick
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-fiacre/
Alfredo Ludovico Luigi Schuster
Educated at Saint-Paul-Outside-the-Walls abbey, Rome, Italy from age 11. Entered the Cassinese Benedictine monastic noviate in 1896, taking the name Ildefonso. Made his formal monastic confession on 13 November 1900. Ordained on 19 March 1904 in Rome.
Novice master of his house from 1908 to 1916. Prior of the abbey from 1916 to 1918. Procurator general of the Congregation of Monte Cassino from 1914 to 1929. Abbot-ordinary of abbey nullius of Saint-Paul-Outside-the-Walls on 6 April 1918. President of the Pontifical Oriental Institute from 7 October 1919 to 4 July 1922, and teacher at several colleges and institutes. Consultor to the Sacred Congregation of Rites in the sections for the Liturgy and for the Causes of Saints. Censor of the Academy of Sacred Liturgy. President of the Commission for Sacred Art Apostolic Visitor to seminaries of Lombardy and Calabria. Appointed Archbishop of Milan on 26 June 1929 by Pope Pius XI. Created cardinal on 15 July 1929. Papal legate to several events and congresses in Europe. Participated in the conclave of 1939. Founded the Institute of Amrosian Chant and Sacred Music and the Ambrosianeum and Didascaleion cultural centres, and wrote for the daily publication L'Italia.
There was some controversy during the investigation of his Cause as some claimed he was sympathetic to Fascism. Evidence, however, shows that he denounced Fascism's meddling with the youth organization Catholic Action, refused to participate in ceremonies involving Mussolini, and condemned racist legislation. The cardinal was primarily concerned with the spiritual well-being of his flock, the physical needs of the poor, assistance to newly married couples in order to create strong marriages, and with the administration of the Archdiocese.
18 January 1880 at Rome, Italy as Alfredo Ludovico Luigi Schuster
30 August 1954 at Venegono, Italy of natural causes
buried in Metropolitan Cathedral, Milan, Italy
12 May 1996 by Pope John Paul II
You want something to remember me by. All I can leave you is an invitation to holiness. - Blessed Alfredo's parting words to the seminarians at Venegono a few days before his death
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-alfredo-ildefonso-schuster/
• Eustachius van Lieshout
• Hubertus van Lieshout
• Humberto van Lieshout
Eighth of eleven children in a deeply Catholic farm family. Baptized on the day he was born. A popular, cheerful child, he early felt a call to the priesthood. Neither his family nor his teachers thought he could handle the academic part of the vocation, but he studied in Gemert, and did well enough. After reading a biography of Father Damien de Veuster, Humberto decided to join the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary. He entered the novitiate in Tremeloo, Belgium on 23 December 1913, and was given the name Eustáquio; he made his permanent vows in 1918, and was ordained on 10 August 1919.
Assistant novice master in the Netherlands for five years. Notable minister to his charges and his parishioners. Feeling a call to be a missionary, he was sent to Spain in December 1924 to learn spanish; in 1925 he was sent to Portuguese speaking Brazil. Worked ten years in Agua Suja, six in Poá, and two in Belo Horizonte. Noted for his ministry to the poor and the sick. Had the gift of healing through the intercession of Saint Joseph. His reputation for holiness and miracles spread; so many people trekked to the towns to see him that the civil government complained. In 1942 his superiors transferred him to prevent him becoming the focus of the faithful instead of the faith itself, but thousands continued to seek him out.
3 November 1890 at Aarle-Rixtel, North Brabant, Netherlands as Humberto van Lieshout
• 30 August 1943 at Belo Horizonte, Brazil of typhoid fever
• buried at the church of Santo Domingo, Belo Horizonte
• re-interred at the church of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, Belo Horizonte in 1949
• 15 June 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI
• the recognition liturgy was celebrated in Belo Horizonte, Brazil by Monsignor Walmor de Oliveira de Azevedo, Metropolitan Archbishop of Belo Horizonte
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-eustaquio-van-lieshout/
Eldest of four brothers. Studied at the University of Valencia and the Institute for Criminal Studies. Joined the Capuchin Tertiary Fathers and Brothers of Our Lady of Sorrows on 12 March 1923. Ordained a priest in 1932 in the archdiocese of Madrid, Spain. Superior of the Prince of Asturias reform school in Madrid in September 1933; head of the psycho-pedagogic council of the reformatory in Amurrio, Spain in October 1934; in each place he used both psychology and spiritual direction to turn around the lives of young people.
Arrested by militiamen on 27 August 1936, about six weeks into the Spanish Civil War, for the crime of being a priest, His captors tried to force him to renounce his faith, but Father Vicente refused. They then propped him up beside a barn in the meadow of San Bartolome de Orduña, shot him several times with rifles, and left him for dead. Badly wounded, Father Vicente managed to reach a friend’s house, and was taken to hospital, but died three days later having made his final confession and forgiven his murderers. Martyr.
25 February 1908 in Torrent, Valencia, Spain
• 30 August 1936 in hospital in Bilbao, Vizcaya, Spain from gunshot wounds received on 27 August
• interred in the chapel of martyrs in the monastery of Mount Zion in Torrente, Valencia, Spain
11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II
Do not ask me these things, just talk about God. – Blessed Vicente's reaction when questioned about who had shot him
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-vicente-cabanes-badenas/
Studied at the seminary in Salamanca, Spain, and at the Universidad Pontificia de Commillas. Earned a doctorate in theology, and a degree in canon law. Ordained priest on 11 September 1921. Parish priest. As a member of the Diocesan Laborer Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Father Ángel missions and retreats, concentrating on supporting vocations to the priesthood. He served at the seminaries in Burgos from 1926 to 1930, in Valladolid from 1930 to 1933, and then taught at the Belchite seminary in 1934. Prefect and professor of logic at the seminary in Almería, Spain in 1934; he considered his most important task to be spiritual director of the seminarians. Captured by anti–Catholic forces on 10 July 1936, he was imprisoned for several weeks, and then executed in the Spanish Civil War. Martyr.
18 January 1897 in Valdunciel, Salamanca Spain
shot on 30 August 1936 in Barranco del Chisme, Almería, Spain
• 25 March 2017 by Pope Francis
• beatification celebrated in the Palacio de Exposiciones y Congresos de Aguadulce, Almería, Spain, presided by Cardinal Angelo Amato
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-angel-alonso-escribano/
Born to a working class family. After completing her education at a boarding school in Barcelona, Spain, she joined a group of twelve young women under the direction of Father Juan Bonal, who administered Our Lady of Grace Hospital in Zaragoza, Spain. The small community was dedicated to serving the most helpless: the sick, the mentally ill, abandoned children, and the disabled, and became the Sisters of Charity of Saint Anne.
At age of 23 Maria was appointed superior of the group, a position that often put her in conflict with hospital employees. During the Napoleonic wars, she worked in the bombed ruins to save the sick and children. She even ventured into the enemy camp to plead with the French general for help with the sick and wounded. She worked tirelessly for the approval of her small community, and in 1825 they took their first public vows. Victim of slander, she was imprisoned during the Carlist War, but later released.
5 November 1781 at Vilafranca del Penedès, Barcelona, Spain
30 August 1853 in Zaragoza, Spain of natural causes
16 October 1994 by Pope John Paul II
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-maria-rafols-bruna/
• Giovenale Ancina
• Juvenal Ancina
Born to a wealthy and politically connected family. Educated in medicine and philosophy. Noted scholar, musician, composer, music editor, and orator. Professor of medicine at the University of Turin, Italy. Private physician to the ambassador from Savoy to Rome in 1575. There he met Saint Philip Neri and decided to follow his call to the priesthood. Worked with Saint Philip at the Congregation of the Oratory in Naples, Italy. Introduced the use of the written catechism to Saluzzo, Italy, and brought a re-birth of faith and good works in that city. Bishop of Saluzzo in 1596. Reportedly poisoned by a monk that he had chastized.
19 October 1545 at Fossano, Piedmont, Italy
murdered on 30 August 1604 in the cathedral at Saluzzo, Italy
9 February 1890 by Pope Leo XIII
Fossano, Italy
Tempio Armonico della Beatissima Vergine, a collection of spiritual songs
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-giovanni-giovenale-ancina/
Didaco
16 November as one of the Martyrs of Almeria
Son of Juan Ventaja and Palmira Milán. Educated at Sacro Monte Granada, and both the Collegio San Giuseppe and Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, Italy. Priest, ordained in Rome in 1902. Chaplain, then church canon and then professor of moral theology at Sacro Monte Granada; member of the Academic Council at the Central Seminary of Granada. Bishop of Almería, Spain on 1 May 1935. Arrested by the anti-Catholic Popular Front forces in the Spanish Civil War, and executed for the crime of teaching Christianity. One of the Martyrs of Almeria killed during the Spanish Civil War.
22 June 1880 in Ohanes, Almería, Spain
shot on 30 August 1936 just outside Barranco de El Chisme, Almería, Spain
10 October 1993 by Pope John Paul II
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-diego-ventaja-milan/
Emmanuel
16 November as one of the Martyrs of Almeria
Son of Juan Medina Garzón and Pilar Olmos Núñez. A prodigy, he graduated at age 13, earned a doctorate in theology at 17, and before age 22 he had doctorates in canon law, philosophy and literature. Priest, ordained on 19 December 1891. Parish priest and prefect of seminarians in Guadix, Spain. Auxiliary bishop of and rector of Sacro Monte at Granada, Spain and titular bishop of Amorium on 14 December 1925. Bishop of Guadix on 2 October 1928. Published several book. Arrested by the anti-Catholic Popular Front forces in the Spanish Civil War, and executed for the crime of teaching Christianity. One of the Martyrs of Almeria killed during the Spanish Civil War.
9 August 1869 in Lanteira, Granada, Spain
shot on 30 August 1936 just outside Barranco de El Chisme, Almería, Spain
10 October 1993 by Pope John Paul II
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-manuel-medina-olmos/
• John Neele
• John Neale
Waterman, and servant of Saint Margaret Ward. He helped Father Richard Watson, a condemned priest, escape by meeting him outside the prison with a boat, then changing clothes with him to lead pursuers off his trail. Condemned to death for aiding a priest, he was offered freedom if he asked the Queen's pardon and promised to go to church; he answered that he had done nothing to offend her Majesty, and it was against his conscience to attend a Protestant church. One of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.
Irish
• hanged 1588 at Tyburn, London, England
• he was forbidden from speaking from the scaffold for fear he would inspire others
15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI
boatmen, mariners, sailors, watermen
man wearing Elizabethan working man's dress and carrying an oar or small boat
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-john-roche/
Father Joaquin of Albocácer
Franciscan Capuchin friar, making his profession on 3 January 1897. Ordained a priest on 19 December 1903. Missionary to Colombia where he served as superior of several convents. Rector of the Seraphic Seminary of Massamagrell, Spain where he encouraged Eucharastic Adoration and Marian devotion. When the persecutions of the Spanish Civil War began, Father Joaquin made sure that the seminarians were safe, and then went into hiding in Rafelbuñol, Valencia. Arrested and murdered on 30 August 1936 for the crime of being a priest. Martyr.
23 April 1879 in Albocácer, Diocese of Tortosa, Castellón, Spain
30 August 1936 on the road outside Villafamés, Castellón, Spain
11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-jose-ferrer-adell/
25 October as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales
Nothing is known of her early life. She first appears in the records working as a lady's companion to the Whittle family in London. She and her servant, Blessed John Roche were arrested for helping Father Richard Watson escape from Bridewell Prison by smuggling him a rope and then helping him once he was outside. Imprisoned, flogged, and tortured, she was offered freedom if she would surrender Father Watson and convert to the Church of England; she declined. One of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales
at Congleton, Cheshire, England
hanged, drawn, and quartered on 30 August 1588 at Tyburn, London, England
25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI
• martyrs
• torture victims
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-margaret-ward/
Pious and learned Roman senator and proconsul; member of the noble Fuii family. Studied rhetoric with Saint Jerome. Married to Paulina, one of the daughters of Saint Paula, in 385. Widower in 397, Paulina dying in childbirth. Following Paulina's death, Pammachius devoted his wealth and the rest of his life to study and charity. Cared for sick pilgrims to Rome, Italy working with Saint Fabiola to build a hospital for them, the first in the West, at Porto Romano. Built a church on the property next to his home, and on the site of his home now sits the church of Saint John and Paul in Rome. Friend of Saint Paulinus of Nola. Corresponded with Saint Jerome on matters of faith, and tried unsuccessfully to get Jerome to tone down the language he used when referring to opponents.
340
410 at Rome, Italy of natural causes
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-pammachius/
• Riccardo of Lotharingia
• Ricardo of...
Spiritual student of Radolfo in Laon, France. He was so moved by a sermon of Saint Norbert of Xanten that he followed Norbert back to his monastery and joined the new Premonstratensians. Noted for his austere, ascetic life. Assigned by Blessed Hugh of Fosse to be prior of the new abbey of Ste-Marie-aux-Boix at Pont-à-Mousson, France. Had the gift of prophecy, and skill as an exorcist.
Lorraine (in modern France)
30 August 1155
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-riccardo-of-lotaringia/
• Richard Floyd
• Richard Flud
• Richard Graye
• Richard Lloyd
22 November as one of the Martyrs of England, Scotland, and Wales
Born to the Welsh nobility. Layman in the apostolic vicariate of England. Imprisoned and executed in the persecutions of Queen Elizabeth I for the crime of helping priests; he had given some wine to Father William Horner.
c.1566 in Anglesey, Wales
hanged on 30 August 1588 in Tyburn, London, England
22 November 1987 by Pope John Paul II
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-richard-flower/
• Richard Garth
• Richard Earth
Educated at Rheims and Rome. Ordained at Rome in February 1586. Returned to England as a home missioner in 1586. Arrested in London in 1586 for his faith, and exiled. Undaunted, he returned, and was arrested in 1588 and imprisoned in the Tower of London in June. Convicted down the Old Bailey for the crime of priesthood. Martyr.
c.1561 at Cambridgeshire, England
hanged, drawn and quartered on 30 August 1588 at Tyburn, London, England
15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-richard-leigh/
Teodosio de Oria
Educated in Oria, Brindisi, Italy by Eastern hermits and monks. Young imperial courtier in Constantinople, Bishop of Oria in the latter 9th century. Held a synod of bishops in Oria in 881. Served as peace-maker between the Byzantines and the Lombards, and had both Latin and Greek churches in his diocese. Served as diplomat to Constantinople for Pope Stephen V. His diplomatic work led to the donation of the relics of Saint Cistanto and Daria from the Pope, and of Saint Barsanuphius from Palestine.
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-theodosius-of-oria/
• Fantinus of Calabria
• Fantinus the Younger
• Fantino....
Monk in Calabria, Italy. Manuscript copyist. Known for his severely ascetic life style, and for receiving visions of heaven and hell. Abbot of San Mercurius Abbey, a monastery that was destroyed by invading Saracens when Fantinus was an old man.
c.980
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-fantinus-of-san-mercurius/
Ronan, Roman
• 5 January (translation of relics)
• 1 June (Brittany)
• 22 July (Ireland)
• 28 August (England)
Bishop in England. Romansleigh, England is named for him.
• 6th century of natural causes
• relics translated from Ruan Lanihorne monastery to Tavistock, England on 5 January 981
• Tavistock, England
• Romansleigh, England
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-rumon-of-tavistock/
Benedictine monk at the Abbey of San Esteban in , Italy. Hermit near Cairo, Egypt, and then on Mount Sinai; even the Islamic authorities recognized that he was a holy man, and left him alone. Abbot of Lucedio Abbey near Trino, Italy at the request of Bishop Peter of Vercelli, Italy.
Bologna, Italy
30 August 1026 in Bologna, Italy of natural causes
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-bononius-of-lucedio/
• Estfan Nehmé
• Joseph Nehme
• Stephen Nehme
Lebanese Maronite monk.
March 1889 at Lehfed, Jabal Lubnan, Lebanon
30 August 1938 in Kfifane, Batrun, Ash Shamal, Lebanon of natural causes
27 June 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-yusuf-nehme/
Member of the Redemptorists, making his profession on 15 August 1889. Ordained a priest on 19 May 1894. Martyred in the Spanish Civil War.
11 December 1871 in Campo, León, Spain
30 August 1936 in Madrid, Spain
24 April 2021 by Pope Francis (decree of martyrdom)
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-antonio-giron-gonzalez/
Son of Edward Shelley of Warminghurst, Sussex and Joan of Penshurst, Kent. Lifelong layman. Arrested in April 1584 for possessing the banned book My Lord Leicester's Commonwealth, for assisting Blessed William Dean, and for harbouring priests. Martyr.
c.1530 in Warminghurts, Sussex, England
hanged, drawn and quartered in the evening of 30 August 1588 at Tyburn, London, England
15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-edward-shelley/
Priest in Rome. Ordered to offer sacrifice to the pagan gods, he refused and prayed instead; the idols shattered. Arrested, tortured, and martyred.
• beheaded c.303 in Rome, Italy
• buried on the Ostian Way outside Rome
• relics in the Cathedral of Vienna, Austria
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-felix-of-rome-30-august/
Adautto
As Saint Felix of Rome was being dragged to his martyrdom, Adauctus, a bystander, was moved to proclaim his own faith. Martyr.
• beheaded c.303 in Rome, Italy
• buried on the Ostian Way outside Rome
• relics in the Cathedral of Vienna, Austria
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-adauctus-of-rome/
Shropshire gentleman. Educated at Broadgates Hall, Oxford, England. Condemned to death for sheltering priests. Martyr.
Shropshire, England
hanged, drawn and quartered on 30 August 1588 at Tyburn, London, England
15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-richard-martin/
Agilo, Ayeul, Aisle, Ail, Aile
Frankish nobleman and courtier. Monk at Luxeuil Abbey. Spiritual student of Saint Columbanus. Missionary to Bavaria, Germany. Abbot of Rebais monastery near Paris, France.
c.580 in Gaul (modern France)
c.650 at Rebais, France of natural causes
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-agilus/
Benedictine monk. Founded the Armenteira monastery in the Diocese of Compostela, Spain in 1153. Introduced the Cistercian reform to the monastery in 1162.
1167
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-ero-di-armenteira/
Young woman in Rome, Italy who made personal vows, dedicating herself to God. Martyred with three companions whose names have not come down to us.
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-gaudentia-of-rome/
Mercedarian friar in the convent of San Tommaso in Tortosa, Spain. Theologian. Abbot of his house.
https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-raimondo-of-santa-grazia/
Married to Saint Thecla of Hadrumetum. Father of the Twelve Holy Brothers. Martyred in the persecutions of Maximian Herculeaus.
c.250 in Hadrumetum, North Africa (modern Soussa, Tunisia)
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-boniface-of-hadrumetum/
Married to Saint Boniface of Hadrumetum. Mother of the Twelve Holy Brothers. Martyred in the persecutions of Maximian Herculeaus.
c.250 in Hadrumetum, North Africa (modern Soussa, Tunisia)
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-thecla-of-hadrumetum/
Evangelist who preached to peasants in the Tivoli, Anagni and Subiaco areas of Italy.
Carsoli, Italy
1050 in Trevi, Italy
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-peter-of-trevi/
Hermit near Burgos, Old Castile, Spain. Martyred by Saracens.
c.950
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-arsenius-the-hermit/
Hermit near Burgos, Old Castile, Spain. Martyred by Saracens.
c.950
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-pelagius-the-hermit/
Hermit near Burgos, Old Castile, Spain. Martyred by Saracens.
c.950
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-sylvanus-the-hermit/
Loaran
Fifth-century spiritual student of Saint Patrick.
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-loarn/
A group of 60 Christians martyred for destroying a statue of Hermes.
Colonia Suffetulana, Africa
https://catholicsaints.info/martyrs-of-colonia-suffetulana/
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 Alberto José Larrazábal Michelena
• Blessed Antonio María Arriaga Anduiza
• Blessed Carles Canyes Santacana
• Blessed Caterina Margenat Roura
• Blessed Diego Ventaja Milán
• Blessed Eleuterio Angulo Ayala
• Blessed Josefa Monrabal Montaner
• Blessed Manuel Medina Olmos
• Blessed Maria Dolores Oller Angelats
• Blessed Nicasio Romo Rubio
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