Saint Guido Maria Conforti

Profile

As a child he used to have conversations in his parish church with Christ crucified. Entered the seminary in Parma, Italy at age 17. Ordained on 22 September 1888. Professor at the seminary. Vice-rector of the seminary. Vicar of Clergy in the diocese of Parma. Founded the Xaverian Missionaries on 3 December 1895; they were assigned by Rome to evangelize China. Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy on 9 June 1902. Resigned as archbishop due to poor health in October 1904. Coadjutor bishop of Parma, Italy and titular archbishop of Stauropolis on 14 November 1904. Archbishop of Parma, Italy on 12 December 1907. He visited his parishes regularly, worked for religious formation, supported religious education for the laity and lay involvement with youth. In 1928 he travelled to China to visit the Xaverians working there.

Born

30 March 1865 at Ravadese, Parma, Italy

Died

• 5 November 1931 in Parma, Italy of natural causes
• buried in the center of the apse of the church of the motherhouse of the Xaverian Missionaries in Parma

Beatified

• 17 March 1996 by Pope John Paul II in Rome, Italy
• the beatification miracle involved the cure of 12 year old Sabina Kamariza's pancreatic cancer in Burundi, Africa in 1965

Canonized

23 October 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI

Patronage

Xaverian Missionaries

Readings

Christ is all things. - Saint Guido's personal motto

https://catholicsaints.info/saint-guido-maria-conforti/

Blessed Narcyz Putz

Also known as

Narcissus Putz

Additional Memorial

12 June as one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II

Profile

Priest at Saint Wojciech parish, Poznan, Poland. Arrested in the Nazi anti-Catholic sweeps of 1939 and sent to the Catholic clergy section of the Dachau concentration camp. There he continued his ministry by caring for other prisoners and suffering his own privations in quiet dignity. Martyr.

Born

28 October 1877 in Sieraków, Wielkopolskie, Poland

Died

5 December 1942 in the Dachau concentration camp, Oberbayern, Germany from disease and general abuse

Beatified

13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II

Readings

Father Putz belonged to the first transport of Polish prisoners to Dachau. A 65-year-old priest, emaciated and ailing, but young in heart and spirit, he sensed that he would not return to his country, but he comforted and uplifted his brothers with his optimism and the joyful reception of God’s experience. He enjoyed the sympathy of all Polish prisoners. - Father Gerard Mizgalski

https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-narcyz-putz/

Blessed Bernhard Lichtenberg

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Priest in the diocese of Berlin, Germany. He served in the Berlin Cathedral, and was well known in civic circles. An out-spoken critic of the Nazis and their anti-Semitism, Father Berhard organized protests outside the concentration camps, led public prayers for the Jews after the terrors of Krystallnacht, and filed formal complaints against the racist policies of the party. For these works he was imprisoned for two years. Upon his release he immediately resumed his ministry, both pastoral and social. He was arrested again, sentenced to the Dachau concentration camp, but died en route. Martyr.

Born

3 December 1875 at Ohlau, Germany

Died

martyred on 5 November 1943 in a cattle car at Hof, Germany while en route to the Dachau concentration camp

Beatified

23 June 1996 by Pope John Paul II at the Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany

Video

YouTube PlayList

https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-bernhard-lichtenberg/

Saint Gerald of Beziers

Also known as

• Gerald of Puissalicon
• Guiraud, Geraud, Geraldo

Profile

Augustinian canon regular. Deacon in 1094; ordained to the priesthood in 1101. Abbot of Cassan Abbey near Roujan, France in 1105. Bishop of Beziers, France in 1121. Spent all his diocese's revenues to care for the poor.

Born

c.1070 at Puissalicon, France

Died

• 5 November 1123 in Beziers, France of natural causes
• buried near Saint Aphrodise, first bishop of Beziers
• relics transferred to a nearby, but now defunct, Poor Clare convent in Beziers on 11 November 1259
• relics enshrined at the church of Saint Aphrodise in 1355
• relics destroyed in 1793 during the anti-Christianity excesses of the French Revolution
• a silver and amethyst ring that belonged to Gerald has survived, but was stolen in 1980

Representation

bishop distributing alms

https://catholicsaints.info/saint-gerald-of-beziers/

Blessed Hryhorii Lakota

Also known as

Gregor, Gregory, Hryhorij, Hryhory

Additional Memorial

27 June as one of the Martyrs Killed Under Communist Regimes in Eastern Europe

Profile

Greek Catholic. Studied theology at Lviv, Ukraine. Ordained in 1908 at Przemysl (in modern Poland). Doctor of theology at Vienna, Austria in 1911. Professor at the Ukrainian seminary at Przemysl in 1913. Rector of the seminary. Auxiliary bishop of Przemysl, Poland on 16 May 1926. Arrested for his faith on 9 June 1946; sentenced to ten years at Vorkuta, Russia. Died in prison. One of the Martyrs Killed Under Communist Regimes in Eastern Europe.

Born

31 January 1883 at Holodivka, Lviv District, Ukraine

Died

12 November 1950 at Abez, Vorkuta, Russia

Beatified

27 June 2001 by Pope John Paul II in Ukraine

https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-hryhorii-lakota/

Blessed María del Carmen Viel Ferrando

Profile

Lay woman in the archdiocese of Valencia, Spain. Baptized at the age of two days, and made her First Communion on 24 April 1904 in her home parish of Saint Peter the Apostle. Worked as a seamstress. Studied sociology; she worked with working young people, and brought the Salesian Sisters to the region in 1931 to help with the religious education of young people. She was devoted to Eucharistic adoration, regular Communion, and prayed the rosary every day. Member of Catholic Action. Martyred in the Spanish Civil War.

Born

27 November 1893 in Sueca, Valencia, Spain

Died

5 November 1936 in El Saler, Valencia, Spain

Beatified

11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II

https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-maria-del-carmen-viel-ferrando/

Saint Bertille

Also known as

Bertilla

Profile

French noble in the reign of King Dagobert I. Friend and spiritual student of Saint Ouen of Rouen. Bertille wanted to enter religious life, but delayed and worried, thinking her parents would oppose her choice; they did not. Benedictine nun at the convent at Jouarre, Brie, France, an abbey founded by Saint Owen's brother Ado under the strict rule of Saint Columbanus. Infirmarian. Convent school headmistress. Prioress. Abbess of the abbey at Chelles from 646, when it was restored by Saint Bathildis, until her death. During this time the convent attracted nuns that included a queen, several Merovingian princesses, and many Anglo-Saxon noble women.

Born

at Soissons, France

Died

c.703

https://catholicsaints.info/saint-bertille/

Blessed Gomidas Keumurjian

Also known as

• Gomida Keumurgian
• Cosma de Carboniano

Profile

Married at age 20. Priest in the Armenian church. In 1696 he and his family made complete submission to the authority of Rome. This angered Armenian officials who took this as an insult. Some of them falsely accused Gomidas of being a spy for Rome, which led to his arrest and execution by Turkish authorities. Considered a martyr as his death was the result of his faith.

Born

c.1656 at Constantinople

Died

beheaded 1707 at Parmark-Kapu, Constantinople

Beatified

23 June 1929 by Pope Pius XI

https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-gomidas-keumurjian/

Saints Epistemis and Galation

Profile

Saint Galation was a Christian married to Epistemis, and brought her to the faith. They both then retired to monasteries and were later martyred in the persecutions of Decius. It's possible they were fictional, the story of their lives being written as fiction but misunderstood as fact; however, married couples agreeing to enter religious life was not unusual at the time.

Died

251 at Emessa, Pheonicia

https://catholicsaints.info/saint-epistemis/
https://catholicsaints.info/saint-galation/

Saint Ðaminh Mau

Also known as

Dominic

Additional Memorial

24 November as one of the Martyrs of Vietnam

Profile

Dominican. Priest. Promoted the use of the Rosary to strengthen the faith of Christians. Imprisoned in the persecutions of emperor Tu-Duc, he ministered to other prisoners until he was executed. Martyr.

Born

c.1794 in Phú Nhai, Nam Ðinh, Vietnam

Died

beheaded 5 November 1858 by the river in Hung Yên, Vietnam

Canonized

19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II

https://catholicsaints.info/saint-daminh-mau/

Saint Comasia

Profile

Martyr.

Died

• 3rd century Rome, Italy
• buried in the catacombs of Saint Agnes, Nomentana, Rome
• relics enshrined in Martina Franca, Italy in 1646 by Cardinal Sacrati with the approval of Pope Innocent X
• rain is reported to have followed the procession that delivered her relics, which led to her patronage against drought

Patronage

• against drought
• Martina Franca, Italy

https://catholicsaints.info/saint-comasia/

Saint Laetus of Orléans

Also known as

Lie, Lié, Lyé, Laetus

Profile

Monk from age 12. Priest. Spiritual advisor to Saint Leonard of Noblac.

Born

region of Berry, France

Died

• 533 in the forest of Orléans, France of natural causes
• relics enshrined in Saint-Lié-la-Forêt, France

https://catholicsaints.info/saint-laetus-of-orleans/

Saint Mamete

Also known as

Mamet

Additional Memorial

17 August in the diocese of Saint-Flour, France

Profile

Priest. Evangelist in the region of Saint-Flour, France, assigned by Saint Astremonius of Clermont, France. The town of Saint-Mamet-la-Salvetat, France is named for him.

Died

4th century Auvergne, France of natural causes

https://catholicsaints.info/saint-mamete/

Saint Kea

Also known as

Kay, Ke, Kenan, Quay

Profile

Born to the nobility. Ministered in Devon and Cornwall, where Landkey is named for him, and in Brittany where he was known as Quay.

Born

at Glastonbury, England

Died

6th century

Patronage

against toothaches

Representation

with a stag

https://catholicsaints.info/saint-kea/

Saint Domninus the Physician

Also known as

Donnino

Profile

Physician condemned to work the mines during the persecutions of Maximian. Martyr.

Died

burned to death in 310 in Palestine

https://catholicsaints.info/saint-domninus-the-physician/

Saint Idda

Profile

Born to the southern German nobility, Idda spent as much of her time in prayer as possible. Married. Widowed, she spent her final days at the Benedictine abbey of Fischingen, Germany.

Died

12th century of natural causes

https://catholicsaints.info/saint-idda/

Saint Spinulus

Also known as

Spin, Spinula

Profile

Monk at Moyenmoutier, France. Friend of Saint Hidulf. Founded the monastery of Bégon-Celle (now known as Saint-Blasien) in France.

Died

c.714

https://catholicsaints.info/saint-spinulus/

Saint Hermenegild

Profile

Benedictine monk at Salcedo, diocese of Tui, Spanish Galatia. Helped Saint Rudesind spread the Benedictine Rule throughout northwest Spain.

Born

Spanish

Died

953

https://catholicsaints.info/saint-hermenegild/

Saint Augustine of Terracina

Profile

Sixth century Benedictine monk. Dispatched by Saint Benedict of Nursia to found a monastery in Terracina, Italy.

https://catholicsaints.info/saint-augustine-of-terracina/

Saint Sylvanus of Syria

Profile

Bishop condemned to work the mines during the persecutions of Maximian. Martyr.

Born

Syrian

https://catholicsaints.info/saint-sylvanus-of-syria/

Saint Fibitius

Also known as

Fibizio, Fibicio

Profile

Abbot of a monastery in Trier, Germany. Bishop of Trier.

Died

c.500

https://catholicsaints.info/saint-fibitius/

Saint Eusebius of Terracina

Profile

Martyr.

Died

1st century in Terracina, Italy

https://catholicsaints.info/saint-eusebius-of-terracina/

Saint Guetnoco

Profile

Brother monk of Saint Winwallus and Saint Giacuto at Landevennec monastery in Brittany, France. Abbot.

https://catholicsaints.info/saint-guetnoco/

Saint Kanten

Also known as

Cannen

Profile

Founder of Llanganten abbey, Powys, Wales.

Died

8th century

https://catholicsaints.info/saint-kanten/

Saint Dominator of Brescia

Profile

Bishop of Brescia, Italy.

Died

c.495

https://catholicsaints.info/saint-dominator-of-brescia/

Saint Felix of Terracina

Profile

Martyr.

Died

1st century in Terracina, Italy

https://catholicsaints.info/saint-felix-of-terracina/

Saint Canonica

Profile

Daughter of a prince of Constantinople. Hermitess in the desert of Jordan.

https://catholicsaints.info/saint-canonica/

Saint Marco of Troia

Profile

Bishop of Troia, Italy.

https://catholicsaints.info/saint-marco-of-troia/

Martyrs of Caesarea Maritima

Profile

Four young Christian men who were martyred together in the persecutions of Maximian - Aussenzius, Philotheus, Timothy and Theotimus.

Died

in the arena at Caesarea Maritima, Palestine

https://catholicsaints.info/martyrs-of-caesarea-maritima/

Martyred in the Spanish Civil War

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 Juan Antoni Burró Mas
• Blessed Juan Duarte Martín
• Blessed María del Carmen Viel Ferrando

All Jesuit Saints

Also known as

• Society of Jesus
• Company of Jesus

Founded

1534 by Saint Ignatius Loyola at Montmartre, Paris, France

Article

A body of clerics regular organized for Apostolic work, following a religious rule and relying on alms for their support. It was the chief instrument of the Catholic Reformation. Pope Paul III approved the new rule in 1540, and Ignatius was elected the first general of the order in 1541. The constitutions, drafted by him and based on his Spiritual Exercies were adopted in 1558. It was the first order which enjoined by its constitutions devotion to the cause of education. The ministry of the Society consists chiefly in preaching; teaching catechism; administering the sacraments; conducting missions in parishes; taking care of parishes; organizing pious confraternities; teaching in schools of every grade; writing books, pamphlets, periodical articles; going on foreign missions, and special missions when ordered by the pope. The general resides at Rome, Italy and has a council of assistants. The motto of the Society is Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam (For the greater glory of God).

Profiled Jesuit Saints, Beati and Venerables

• Blessed Aleixo Delgado • Blessed Alfredo Simón Colomina • Blessed Alonso de Baena • Blessed Alphonsus Pacheco • Blessed Álvaro Borralho Mendes • Blessed Amaro Vaz • Blessed Ambrose Fernandez • Blessed André Gonçalves • Blessed Anne-Alexandre-Charles-Marie Lanfant • Blessed Anthony Baldinucci • Blessed Anthony Turner • Blessed António Correia • Blessed Antônio Fernandes • Blessed António Soares • Blessed Antonius Kyuni • Blessed Antony Ixida • Blessed Augustine Ota • Blessed Baltasar de Torres Arias • Blessed Bartholomew Alvarez • Blessed Bento de Castro • Blessed Bernardo Francisco de Hoyos Seña • Blessed Brás Ribeiro • Blessed Camillus Costanzo • Blessed Carlo Spinola • Blessed Charles Spinola • Blessed Charles-François le Gué • Blessed Charles-Jéremie Bérauld du Pérou • Blessed Claude Cayx-Dumas • Blessed Claude-Antoine-Raoul Laporte • Blessed Claude-François Gagnières des Granges • Blessed Constantino Carbonell Sempere • Blessed Dario Hernández Morató • Blessed Didacus Yuki Ryosetsu • Blessed Diego Carvalho • Blessed Diego Luis de San Vitores-Alonso • Blessed Diogo de Andrade • Blessed Diogo Pires Mimoso • Blessed Dionysius Fugixima • Blessed Domingos Fernandes • Blessed Dominic Collins • Blessed Edmund Daniel • Blessed Edward Oldcorne • Blessed Éloy Herque du Roule • Blessed Emmanuel d’Abreu • Blessed Esteban Zuraire • Blessed Fernando Sánchez • Blessed Francis Page • Blessed Francisco Alvares • Blessed Francisco de Magalhães • Blessed Francisco Pacheco • Blessed Francisco Pérez Godoy • Blessed François Balmain • Blessed François Varheilhe-Duteil • Blessed François-Hyacinthe lé Livec de Trésurin • Blessed Gaspar Alvares • Blessed Gaspar Sadamatsu • Blessed Giovanni Battista Zola • Blessed Giovanni Fausti • Blessed Gonçalo Henriques • Blessed Gregorio Escribano • Blessed Guillaume-Antoine Delfaut • Blessed Gundisalvus Fusai Chozo • Blessed Gundisalvus Fusai Chozo • Blessed Ignatius de Azevedo • Blessed Ioannes Chugoku • Blessed Ioannes Kisaku • Blessed Iõao • Blessed Iulianus Nakaura • Blessed Jacques Friteyre-Durvé • Blessed Jacques Salès • Blessed Jacques-Jules Bonnaud • Blessed Jan Beyzym • Blessed Jean Charton de Millou • Blessed Jean-Antoine Seconds • Blessed Jean-François-Marie Benoît-Vourlat • Blessed Jean-Nicolas Cordier • Blessed Jerome de Angelis • Blessed João Fernandes • Blessed João Fernandes • Blessed John Baptist Machado de Tavora • Blessed John Bathe • Blessed John Cornelius • Blessed John Fenwick • Blessed John Gaspard Cratz • Blessed John Gavan • Blessed John Nelson • Blessed John Sullivan • Blessed Josep Tarrats Comaposada • Blessed Joseph Imbert • Blessed Juan Bautista Ferreres Boluda • Blessed Juan de Mayorga • Blessed Juan de San Martín • Blessed Juan de Zafra • Blessed Julian Maunoir • Blessed Leonardus Kimura • Blessed Loup Thomas-Bonnotte • Blessed Ludovicus Kawara Rokuemon • Blessed Luís Correia • Blessed Luís Rodrigues • Blessed Manuel Alvares • Blessed Manuel Fernandes • Blessed Manuel Pacheco • Blessed Manuel Rodrigues • Blessed Marcos Caldeira • Blessed Mathurin-Nicolas de la VilleCrohain le Bous de Villeneuve • Blessed Michaël Nakashima Saburoemon • Blessed Michaël Sato Shunpo • Blessed Michaël Tozo • Blessed Michel-François de la Gardette • Blessed Miguel Agustin Pro • Blessed Miguel Carvalho • Blessed Narcis Basté y Basté • Blessed Nicolau Dinis • Blessed Pau Bori Puig • Blessed Paulus Shinsuke • Blessed Pedro de Fontoura • Blessed Pedro Nunes • Blessed Pere Gelabert Amer • Blessed Peter Paul Navarro • Blessed Peter Wright • Blessed Petrus Rinsei • Blessed Petrus Sanpo • Blessed Pierre-Michel Guérin du Rocher • Blessed Ralph Ashley • Blessed Ralph Corby • Blessed Ramón Grimaltos Monllor • Blessed René-Marie Andrieux • Blessed Robert Middleton • Blessed Robert-François Guérin du Rocher • Blessed Roger Filcock • Blessed Rudolph Aquaviva • Blessed Sebastianus Kimura • Blessed Simão da Costa • Blessed Simão Lopes • Blessed Simon Yempo • Blessed Thomas Akahoshi • Blessed Thomas Cottam • Blessed Thomas Holland • Blessed Thomas Tsuji • Blessed Thomas Whitbread • Blessed Tomàs Sitjar Fortiá • Blessed Vicente Sales Genovés • Blessed Vincent de Cunha • Blessed Vincent-Joseph le Rousseau de Rosencoat • Blessed Vincentius Kaun • Blessed William Boyton • Blessed William Harcourt • Blessed William Ireland • Blessed William Saultemouche • Saint Alberto Hurtado Cruchaga • Saint Alexander Briant • Saint Alonso Rodriguez • Saint Alonso Rodriguez • Saint Aloysius Gonzaga • Saint Andrew Bobola • Saint Anthony Daniel • Saint Bernadine Realino • Saint Charles Garnier • Saint Claude de la Colombiere • Saint David Lewis • Saint Edmund Arrowsmith • Saint Edmund Campion • Saint Francis Borgia • Saint Francis of Girolamo • Saint Francis Xavier • Saint Gabriel Lalemant • Saint Henry Morse • Saint Henry Walpole • Saint Ignatius of Loyola • Saint Isaac Jogues • Saint István Pongrácz • Saint Jacques Berthieu • Saint Jacques Fermin • Saint James Kisai • Saint Jean-Pierre Néel • Saint John Berchmans • Saint John de Brébeuf • Saint John Francis Regis • Saint John Ogilvie • Saint John Soan de Goto • Saint José de Anchieta • Saint José María Rubio y Peralta • Saint Joseph Pignatelli • Saint Juan del Castillo Rodríguez • Saint Léon-Ignace Mangin • Saint Melichar Grodecký • Saint Modeste Andlauer • Saint Nicholas Owen • Saint Noel Chabanel • Saint Paul Denn • Saint Paul Miki • Saint Paul Suzuki • Saint Peter Canisius • Saint Peter Claver • Saint Peter Faber • Saint Philip Evans • Saint Rémi Isoré • Saint Robert Bellarmine • Saint Robert Southwell • Saint Rocco Gonzalez • Saint Stanislaus Kostka • Saint Thomas Garnet • Venerable Giacinto Alegre Pujals • Venerable Giuseppe Antonio Migliavacca • Venerable Jacques Sevin • Venerable Johann Philipp Jeningen • Venerable Leonard Lessius • Venerable Luis Lapuente • Venerable Petar Barbaric • Venerable Tiburcio Arnáiz Muñoz •

https://catholicsaints.info/jesuits/

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• Holy Relics
• Beatrice of Swabia
• Tigrino of Rome
• Trofimena of Sicily

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