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St. Sylvester - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Sylvester - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Sylvester, Roman Catholic Priest and was Pope for twenty-four years and eleven months. The Council of Nice was assembled during his reign, in the year 325,Feastday Dec.31

St. Melania - Saints

St. Melania - Saints St. Melania, The life of St. Melania reminds us of the fleeting character of earthly wealth. We should strive to emulate her use of wealth as well as talents to further the cause of Christ. Feastday Dec.31

Bl. John Alcober - Saints

Bl. John Alcober - Saints The Martyr Saints of China, or Augustine Zhao Rong and his 119 companions, are saints of the Roman Catholic Church. The 87 Chinese Catholics and 33 Western missionaries, from the mid-17th century to 1930, were martyred because of their ministry and, in some cases, for their refusal to apostatize. Many died in the Boxer Rebellion, in which xenophobic peasants slaughtered 30,000 Chinese converts to Christianity along with missionaries and other foreigners. Feastday Dec.30

Bl. William Howard - Saints

Bl. William Howard - Saints Bl. William Howard, Roman Catholic English Martyr. He was arrested on the false accusation of complicity in the so-called Popish Plot and imprisoned for two years before finally being beheaded on Tower Hill. Feastday Dec.29

St. Eutychius

St. Eutychius Sts. Eutychius & Domitian, Roman Catholic Martyrs of Ancyra, in Galatia. Eutychius was a priest and Domitian a deacon, and they died for defending the faith. Feastday Dec.28

St. John the Apostle - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. John the Apostle - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. John the Apostle, The Church Fathers consider him the same person as John the Evangelist, John of Patmos, and the Beloved Disciple. The tradition of many Christian denominations holds that he is the author of several books of the New Testament. Feastday Dec27

St. Fabiola - Saints

St. Fabiola - Saints St. Fabiola, Roman Catholic laywoman, devoted herself to charitable works and aiding churches, and built the first Christian public hospital in the West, where she personally tended the sick. Feastday December 27

St. Pope Dionysius - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Pope Dionysius - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Pope Dionysius, Pope from 259-268, who rebuilt the Church after the persecution conducted by Emperor Valerian. Dionysius was a Greek who served as a priest in Rome. He was elected pope on July 22, 259, after a year�s delay caused by the persecution. In 260, Dionysius defended the doctrine of the Holy Trinity against the heresy of Sabellianism. He also condemned Paul of Samosata for heretical teaching. Dionysius sent large sums of money to Cappadocia, which had been ravaged by the Goths. He rebuilt many areas after Emperor Gallienus issued an edict of toleration of Christians. Dionysius died in Rome, was the first pope not listed as a martyr, and was buried in the cemetery of Callistus. Feastday Dec 26

St. Stephen - Saints

St. Stephen - Saints St. Stephen, Stephen's name means "crown," and he was the first disciple of Jesus to receive the martyr's crown. Feastday Dec.26

St. Eugenia - Saints

St. Eugenia - Saints St. Eugenia, Roman Catholic Martyr,Eugenia converted many others, including her mother, Claudia, and suffered martyrdom by sword for her faith in Rome, where she had gone with her mother. Her feast day is December 25th.

St. Lucian - Saints

St. Lucian - Saints St. Lucian, Roman Catholic African martyr with Drusus Metrobius, Paul, Theotirnus, and Zenobius. They were martyred at Tripoli, Libya. Feastday Dec.24

St. Chaeromon - Saints

St. Chaeromon - Saints St. Chaeromon, Roman Catholic Bishop of Nilopolis, in Egypt. When the persecution was instituted by Emperor Trajanus Decius, Chaeromon Was quite elderly. He and several companions fled into the Arabian desert and were never seen again. The bishop and his companions are listed as martyrs. Feastday Dec. 22

Letter from Mauritania - Independent Catholic News

Letter from Mauritania - Independent Catholic News

Bl. Adrian - Saints

Bl. Adrian - Saints Bl. Adrian, Roman Catholic Dominican martyr in Dalmatia. Adrian and twenty-seven others were executed by Muslims for confessing Christ. Feastday Dec.21

Bl. Peter de la Cadireta - Saints

Bl. Peter de la Cadireta - Saints Bl. Peter de la Cadireta, Roman Catholic Martyr, Dominican martyr. A Spaniard, he entered the Dominicans and devoted his time to preaching to the heretics, including the Albigensians, in the area around Urgell, Spain. A group of heretics stoned him to death.Feastday Dec 20

St. Nemesius - Saints

St. Nemesius - Saints St. Nemesius, Roman Catholic Martyr of Egypt. He was burned alive in Alexandria, Egypt, during the persecutions under Emperor Trajanus Decius. Nemesius was arrested and scourged and then burned to death. Like Christ, he was executed between two criminals. Feastday Dec.19

St. Begga - Saints

St. Begga - Saints St. Begga, Roman Catholic Laywoman, Feastday Dec.17

St. Albina - Saints

St. Albina - Saints St. Albina, Roman Catholic Martyr and a young witness for Christ. Albina was born in Caesarea and was martyred there. Feastday Dec.16

St. Virginia Centurione Bracelli - Saints

St. Virginia Centurione Bracelli - Saints Saint Virginia Centurione Bracelli,  Roman Catholic Nun, Feastday Dec. 15

St. John of the Cross - Saints

St. John of the Cross - Saints St. John of the Cross, Roman Catholic Carmelite friar and Priest. Co-founder of the Discalced Carmelites and also known for his writings. Feastday Dec.14

St. Lucy - Saints

St. Lucy - Saints St. Lucy, was a young Roman Catholic Martyr who died  in defense of the faith during the Diocletian persecution. Feastday Dec. 13

Bl. Thomas Holland - Saints

Bl. Thomas Holland - Saints Bl. Thomas Holland, Roman Catholic Priest and English Martyr. Thomas was hanged, drawn, and quartered at Tyburn. Feastday Dec.12

St. Julia of Merida - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Julia of Merida - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Julia of Merida, Roma Catholic Martyr of Merida, Spain. She died with St. Eulalia in Merida for the faith. Feastday Dec.10

Bl. Thomas Somers - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Bl. Thomas Somers - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. Thomas Somers, Roman Catholic Priest and English Martyr. Arrested for being a priest, he was hanged, drawn, and quartered at Tyburn with Blessed John Roberts. Feastday Dec.10

St. Eustace White - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Eustace White - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Eustace White, Roman Catholic Priest and English Martyr, hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn. Feastday Dec.10

St. Polydore Plasden - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Polydore Plasden - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Polydore Plasden, Roman Catholic Priest and English Martyr. hanged, drawn, and quartered at Tyburn. Feastday Dec.10

Bl. John Mason - Saints

Bl. John Mason - Saints Bl. John Mason, Roman Catholic Layman and English Martyr. hanged, drawn, and quartered with Sts. Edmund Gennings, Palydore Plasden. and Blessed Sidney Hodgson. Feastday Dec.10

Martyrs of Saragossa - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Martyrs of Saragossa - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Martyrs of Saragossa, Two groups of Roman Catholic martyrs put to death at Saragossa, Spain, by the Romans during the persecutions of Emperor Diocletian.  Roman prefect named Dacian. exiled all Christians from the city, and when they started toward the gates of Saragossa, they were massacred by Dacians Roman troops. Feastday Dec.9

Martyrs of Saragossa - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Martyrs of Saragossa - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Martyrs of Saragossa, Two groups of Roman Catholic martyrs put to death at Saragossa, Spain, by the Romans during the persecutions of Emperor Diocletian.  Roman prefect named Dacian. He exiled all Christians from the city, and when they

Martyrs of Samosata - Saints

Martyrs of Samosata - Saints Martyrs of Samosata, Seven Roman Catholic martyrs who refused to join in co-Emperor Maximian’s pagan rites at Samosata. The martyrs were local magistrates Hipparchus and Philotheus and their converts: James, Paragrus, Abibus, Romanus, and Lollian. They were crucified for not celebrating Maximian’s victory over the Persians. Feastday Dec.9

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Pope | Catholic Answers

Pope | Catholic Answers Bishop of Rome, who, in virtue of his position as successor of St. Peter, is the chief pastor of the whole Church, the Vicar of Christ upon earth

St. Peter Pascual - Saints

St. Peter Pascual - Saints St. Peter Pascual, Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr. he became bishop of Jaen, although the diocese was technically under the dominion of the Islamic Moors. Nevertheless, he preached extensively to promote the Christian faith in Islamic communities and sought to ransom Christian captives being held by  Islamic Moorish captors. He was martyred in Granada. Feastday Dec.6

St. John Almond - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. John Almond - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. John Almond, Roman Catholic Priest and English Martyr. He was hanged, drawn, and quartered at Tyburn. Feastday Dec.5

St. Crispina - Saints

St. Crispina - Saints St. Crispina, Roman Catholic Martyr. Arrested for being a Christian, she was taken before Proconsul Anulinus at Thebaste, in Numidia, and was ordered to deny Christ. Crispina refused and was tortured and publicly ridiculed then she was beheaded. Feastday Dec.5

Bl. Jerome de Angelis - Saints

Bl. Jerome de Angelis - Saints Bl. Jerome de Angelis, Roman Catholic Jesuit Priest and Martyr in Japan. He was burned alive in Edo(Tokyo) Feastday Dec.4.

Bl. Edward Coleman - Saints

Bl. Edward Coleman - Saints Bl. Edward Coleman, Roman Catholic layman and English Martyr. he converted to the faith and served as secretary to the duchess of Thrik. Condemned falsely of conspiring to restore Catholicism to England, He was executed at Tyburn. Feastday Dec.3

English - Scottish - Welsh - Irish Martyrs: Prayer for the Conversion of England

English - Scottish - Welsh - Irish Martyrs: Prayer for the Conversion of England

English - Scottish - Welsh - Irish Martyrs: Feast of All Martyrs of Oxford University

English - Scottish - Welsh - Irish Martyrs: Feast of All Martyrs of Oxford University

English - Scottish - Welsh - Irish Martyrs: The Lancashire Martyrs and dates of execution

English - Scottish - Welsh - Irish Martyrs: The Lancashire Martyrs and dates of execution

English - Scottish - Welsh - Irish Martyrs: Blessed JOHN BECHE, Benedictine, 1539

English - Scottish - Welsh - Irish Martyrs: Blessed JOHN BECHE, Benedictine, 1539

St. Bibiana - Saints

St. Bibiana - Saints St. Bibiana, Roman Catholic Virgin and Martyr, Apronianus ordered her to be tied to a pillar and beaten with scourges, laden with lead plummets, until she expired. Feastday December 2

China: Anti-Christian persecution intensifies - Independent Catholic News

China: Anti-Christian persecution intensifies - Independent Catholic News

I Was An Evangelical Minister Minding My Own Business - Conversion Story of Deacon Joe Allison - The Coming Home Network

I Was An Evangelical Minister Minding My Own Business - Conversion Story of Deacon Joe Allison - The Coming Home Network

St. Edmund Campion - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Edmund Campion - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Edmund Campion, Roman Catholic Jesuit Priest and English Martyr. He refused to apostatize when offered rich inducements to do so, was tortured and then hanged, drawn, and quartered at Tyburn. Feastday Dec 1

Bl. John Beche - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Bl. John Beche - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. John Beche, Roman Catholic English Martyr  and a friend of St. John Fisher and St. Thomas More. John was abbot of Colchester Abbey. A Benedictine, he received a doctorate from Oxford in 1515 . He took the Oath of Supremacy in 1534 , but then saw his own abbey being plundered. The deaths of Sts. John Fisher and Thomas More horrified him as well. When he refuted King Henry VIIIs right to suppress the English monasteries, he was arrested for treason and hanged, drawn, and quartered at Colchester. Feastday Dec 1

Bl. Richard Langley - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Bl. Richard Langley - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. Richard Langley, Roman Catholic English Martyr. A member of the gentry, he was born at Grimthorpe, where he had extensive estates, as he did in Riding. He was arrested for giving shelter to Catholic priests and hanged, drawn, and quartered at York on December 1. Now his feastday.Dec 1

St. Alexander Briant - Saints

St. Alexander Briant - Saints St. Alexander Briant, Roman Catholic Jesuit Priest and English Martyr, tortured and then hanged, drawn, and quartered at Tyburn. Feastday Dec.1

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Pope Francis Discusses The End Of The World - International Business Times

Pope Francis Discusses The End Of The World - International Business Times

Bl. James Thompson - Saints

Bl. James Thompson - Saints Bl. James Thompson, Roman Catholic Priest and English Martyr. He was hanged at York. Feastday Nov.28

St. Dominic Doan Xuyen - Saints

St. Dominic Doan Xuyen - Saints St. Dominic Doan Xuyen, Roman Catholic Martyr of Vietnam, beheaded with St. Thomas Du. He was a Vietnamese Dominican. Feastday Nov.26

Dr. Thomas C. Reeves: Former Episcopalian - The Journey Home Program - The Coming Home Network

Dr. Thomas C. Reeves: Former Episcopalian - The Journey Home Program - The Coming Home Network

St. Catherine of Alexandria - Saints

St. Catherine of Alexandria - Saints St. Catherine of Alexandria, Roman Catholic Virgin and Martyr whose feast day is November 25th. She is the patroness of philosophers and preachers. Condemned to death. She was put on a spiked wheel, and when the wheel broke, she was beheaded. Feastday Nov.25

Why Be Catholic?: Apostolic Succession

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St. Flora & Mary - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Flora & Mary - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Flora & Mary, Roman Catholic women and Martyrs at Cordoba, Spain. They surrendered to Muslim authorities and were placed in a brothel. Still clinging to the faith, Flora and Mary were beheaded. Feastday Nov.24

Pope Francis: All Christians are called to be missionaries - Independent Catholic News

Pope Francis: All Christians are called to be missionaries - Independent Catholic News

Bl. Miguel Pro - Saints

Bl. Miguel Pro - Saints BL. José Ramón Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez Roman Catholic Jesuit Priest and Martyr also known as Blessed Miguel Pro (born January 13, 1891 – executed November 23, 1927), was a Mexican Jesuit Catholic priest executed under the presidency of Plutarco Elías Calles on trumped up charges of bombing and attempted assassination against former Mexican President Álvaro Obregón. Feastday: Nov.23

Bl. Baldji Oghlou Ohannes - Saints

Bl. Baldji Oghlou Ohannes - Saints Bl. Baldji Oghlou Ohannes, Roman Catholic Monk and Martyr. A group of eight Franciscan martyred in the region of Mujuk-Dersi, Armenia by invading Islamic Turks who tortured them, demanded they convert to Islam, and murdered them when they did not convert. Feastday Nov. 22

St. Gelasius - Saints

St. Gelasius - Saints St. Gelasius I, Pope (Feast day - November 21) Gelasius was born in Rome, in the fifth century, the son of an African named Valerius. Later, ordained a priest, he was elected Pope on March 1st, 492.

St. Edmund the Martyr - Saints

St. Edmund the Martyr - Saints St. Edmund, Roman Catholic English King and Martyr, he refused the Danes' demand that he renounce Christ: the Danes beat him, shot him with arrows and then beheaded him. Feastday Nov.20

Bl. Salvatore Lilli - Saints

Bl. Salvatore Lilli - Saints Bl. Salvatore Lilli, Roman Catholic Fransican Monk and Martyr. Missionary to Mujuk-Deresa, Armenia in 1894. In 1895 the area was occupied by Islamic Turks who captured Salvatore and fellow Franciscans Baldji Oghlou Ohannes, David Oghlou David, Dimbalac Oghlou Wartavar, Geremia Oghlou Boghos, Khodianin Oghlou Kadir, Kouradji Oghlou Tzeroum, and Toros Oghlou David. They were tortured and ordered to convert; they refused. One of the Martyrs of Armenia Feastday Nov. 19

Bl. John Shoun - Saints

Bl. John Shoun - Saints Bl. John Shoun, Roman Catholic Martyr of Japan. Died: 1619. He was a Japanese from Meako and was baptized at Nagasaki. Seized for being a Christian, he was burned alive at Nagasaki. Feastday Nov.18

Martyrs of Paraguay - Saints

Martyrs of Paraguay - Saints Martyrs of Paraguay, Roman Catholic Jesuit Priests and Martyrs. Three Spanish Jesuits - Roch Gonzalez, Aiphonsus Rodriguez, Juan de Castilo - who were slain in missions called “reductions,” including the main site on the Jiuhi River in Paraguay. They were at All Saints Mission there when they were murdered Feastday: Nov. 17

St. Margaret of Scotland - Saints

St. Margaret of Scotland - Saints St. Margaret of Scotland, Feastday Nov.16

Bl. Hugh Green - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Bl. Hugh Green - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. Hugh Green, Roman Catholic Priest and English Martyr. His executioner was quite unskilled and could not find Green's heart; the butchery, with appalling cruelty, was prolonged for nearly half an hour. After his execution, the mob played football with his head. Feastday Nov 15

Bl. John Eynon - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Bl. John Eynon - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. John Eynon, Roman Catholic Benedictine Priest and English Martyr. John served as the pastor of the local parish in St. Giles. He refused to surrender the parish to the authorities and was taken to Reading Abbey. He was executed at the abbey gateway with Blessed Hugh Farington and Blessed John Rugg Feastday Nov 15

Bl. Richard Whiting - Saints

Bl. Richard Whiting - Saints Bl. Richard Whiting, Roman Catholic Benedictine Martyr of England. Abbot of Glastonbury Abbey, he refused to surrender his celebrated abbey into the hands of the crown, he was condemned as a traitor and hanged on Tor Hill, overlooking Glastonbury, with Blesseds Roger James and John Thorne. Feastday Nov. 15

St. Venaranda - Saints

St. Venaranda - Saints

Bl. Vincent Bossilkov - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Bl. Vincent Bossilkov - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. Vincent Bossilkov, Roman Catholic Passionist Priest, bishop of Nicopolis and martyr in the Communist campaign in Bulgaria against religion. Feastday: November 13

Pope Francis: What qualities are required of ministers of the Church? - Independent Catholic News

Pope Francis: What qualities are required of ministers of the Church? - Independent Catholic News

St. Josaphat of Polotsk - Saints

St. Josaphat of Polotsk - Saints St. Josaphat of Polotsk, Eastern Rite bishop, is held up as a martyr to church unity because he died trying to bring part of the Orthodox Church into union with Rome. Feastday: Nov. 12

Remembrance Day film: Priest who gave his life for his flock - Independent Catholic News

Remembrance Day film: Priest who gave his life for his flock - Independent Catholic News

Justus of Canterbury - Saints

Justus of Canterbury - Saints St. Justus of Canterbury, Roman Catholic Priest. the fourth Archbishop of Canterbury. He was sent from Italy to England by Pope Gregory the Great, on a mission to Christianize the Anglo-Saxons from their native paganism, probably arriving with the second group of missionaries dispatched in 601. Justus became the first Bishop of Rochester in 604. Feastday Nov 10

Bl. Kamen Vitchev - Saints

Bl. Kamen Vitchev - Saints Bl. Kamen Vitchev, Byzantine-Slavonic Rite Catholic priest falsely charged with heading a Catholic conspiracy against the government. On November 11, 1952, he was executed by gunfire

St. Theodore Tyro - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Theodore Tyro - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Theodore Tyro, Roman Catholic Martyr, considered to be virtually identical with St. Theodore Stratelates. According to custom, he was a recruit (tiro) in the Roman army at Pontus, on the Black Sea. After refusing to participate in a pagan ceremony, he was brought before the tribune of the legion and the governor of the region. Freed temporarily, he immediately went out and set fire to the temple of Cybele near Amasea in Pontus. For this crime, he was burned to death in a furnace. Feastday Nov. 9

St. Castorius - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Castorius - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Four Crowned Roman Catholic Martyrs, Castorius, Claudius, Nicostratus, and Symphorian were tortured and slain in Pannonia, having been carvers from Sirmium. They refused to carve a pagan statue and were martyred by retired co-Emperor Diocletian. A martyr named Simplicius died with them. The second group of Four Holy Crowned Ones died at Albano, Italy. They were Carpophorus, Secundius, Severian, and Victorinus. Feastday Nov 8

Sunday Reflection with Fr Robin Gibbons - 9 November 2014 (i) Dedication of Lateran Basilica - Independent Catholic News

Sunday Reflection with Fr Robin Gibbons - 9 November 2014 (i) Dedication of Lateran Basilica - Independent Catholic News 9 November 2014  Dedication of Lateran Basilica

St. Hyacinth Castaneda - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Hyacinth Castaneda - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Hyacinth Castaneda, Roman Catholic Dominican Martyr of Vietnam. Born in Setavo, Spain, he was sent to China and then Vietnam. Hyacinth was beheaded in Vietnam. Feastday Nov. 7

St. Hyacinth Castaneda - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Hyacinth Castaneda - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Hyacinth Castaneda, Roman Catholic Dominican Martyr of Vietnam. Born in Setavo, Spain, he was sent to China and then Vietnam. Hyacinth was beheaded in Vietnam. Feastday Nov. 7

St. Hyacinth Castaneda - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Hyacinth Castaneda - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Hyacinth Castaneda, Roman Catholic Dominican Martyr of Vietnam. Born in Setavo, Spain, he was sent to China and then Vietnam. Hyacinth was beheaded in Vietnam. Feastday Nov. 7

The Gunpowder Plot - why? - Independent Catholic News

The Gunpowder Plot - why? - Independent Catholic News The Gunpowder Plot - why?

Pope Francis: Rivalry and pride weaken the Church - Independent Catholic News

Pope Francis: Rivalry and pride weaken the Church - Independent Catholic News

Pope Francis: Rivalry and pride weaken the Church - Independent Catholic News

Pope Francis: Rivalry and pride weaken the Church - Independent Catholic News

St Henry Morse (film) Priest of the Plague, English Martyr, (30 minutes)

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St. Peter Francis Neron - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Peter Francis Neron - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Peter Francis Neron, Roman Catholic Priest and Vietnamese Martyr. He served as the director of the main seminary until he was arrested and beheaded by authorities. Feastday Nov. 2

Bl. John Bodey - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Bl. John Bodey - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. John Bodey, Roman Catholic English Martyr. When he repudiated King Henry VIII’s claim of supremacy in spiritual matters, he was arrested in 1550. John was imprisoned at Winchester until 1583, when he was taken on November 2 to Andover where he was hanged. Feastday: Nov. 2

Saint Polydore Plasden, English Martyr (film), priest of Tyburn

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Bl. Teodor Romza - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Bl. Teodor Romza - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. Teodor Romza, Roman Catholic priest and bishop, he was tireless in his defence of the rights of the Catholic Church there. On 27 October 1947, the Soviets attempted to kill Bishop Romzha. Heavily wounded, he was taken to the hospital in Mukachiv, where he was subsequently poisoned and died on 1 November 1947. Feastday: Nov. 1

St. Valentine Berrio-Ochoa - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Valentine Berrio-Ochoa - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Valentine Berrio-Ochoa. Roman Catholic Bishop and Martyr of Vietnam. A native of Ellorio, Spain, he entered the Dominican Order and was sent to the Philippines. From there he went to Vietnam in 1858, serving as a vicar apostolic and titular bishop until betrayed by an apostate. He was martyred by beheading with St. Jerome Hermosilla and Blessed Peter Amato, by enemies of the Church. Feastday Nov. 1

'St Edmund Gennings' - English Martyr (film)

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St. Arnulf - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Arnulf - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Arnulf  Roman Catholic Benedictine Monk Martyred by the Muslim Saracens at Novalese, in Piedmont, Italy. When the area was overrun by the Saracens, he was put to death. Feastday: Oct.31

Bl. John Slade - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Bl. John Slade - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. John Slade, Roman Catholic layman and English Martyr. John denied King Henry Viii’s supremacy in religious matters and was arrested and tried with Blessed John Bodey. They were hanged, drawn, and quartered at Winchester. Feastday: October 30

Pope Francis tells Christians: don't hover at the door, come in - Independent Catholic News

Pope Francis tells Christians: don't hover at the door, come in - Independent Catholic News

St. Joachim Royo - Saints

St. Joachim Royo - Saints St. Joachim Royo, Roman Catholic Priest and Dominican martyr in China. A Spaniard, Joachim was sent to China with Blessed Peter Sanz and was ordained there. He was strangled to death in a prison after horrible atrocities. Feastday Oct 28

St. Capitolina - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Capitolina - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Capitolina A Roman Catholic martyred woman of Cappadocia, with her handmaid, Erotheis. They died in the persecutions conducted by Emperor Diocletian. Feastday Oct 27

Bl. Thomas Thwing - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Bl. Thomas Thwing - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. Thomas Thwing, Roman Catholic Priest and English Martyr. He was condemned and hanged, drawn, and quartered at York. Feastday Oct 23

St. John of Capistrano - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. John of Capistrano - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. John of Capistrano, Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr. In 1456 at age 70 he led a crusade against the invading Ottoman Empire at the siege of Belgrade with the Hungarian military commander John Hunyadi. St. John, at the age of seventy, was commissioned by Pope Callistus III to preach and lead a crusade against the invading Turks. Marching at the head of seventy thousand Christians, he gained victory in the great battle of Belgrade against the Turks in 1456. Three months later he died at Illok, Hungary. His feast day is October 23. He is the patron of jurists.

St. Bertharius - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Bertharius - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Bertharius, Roman Catholic Monk and Martyr. In 883, the monastery was again attacked by Muslims, and Bertharius was killed along with some other monks at the altar of St. Martin on October 22 of that year in the church of Saint Salvator at the foot of the hill. Feastday Oct 22

Pope: We cannot resign ourselves to a Middle East without Christians - Independent Catholic News

Pope: We cannot resign ourselves to a Middle East without Christians - Independent Catholic News Pope: We cannot resign ourselves to a Middle East without Christians

St. Caprasius of Agen - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Caprasius of Agen - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Caprasius of Agen, Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr. The death of St. Faith prompted Caprasius to declare openly his Christianity. He was joined by his mother, Alberta, his brothers Primus and Felician, and by companions. They were put to death when they refused to deny the faith. Feastday Oct 20

St. Theofrid - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Theofrid - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Theofrid, Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr. He was killed by Muslim raiders who had crossed into southern France. Feastday October 19

St. Theofrid - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Theofrid - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Theofrid, Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr. He was killed by Muslim raiders who had crossed into southern France. Feastday October 19

St. Laura - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Laura - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Laura Roman Catholic Spanish Martyr. Born in Cordova, Spain, she became a nun at Cuteclara after she was widowed, and was scalded to death by her Muslim captors. Feast Day Oct. 19.

St. Philip Howard - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Philip Howard - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Philip Howard, Roman Catholic layman and English Martyr. One of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. Feastday October 19

St. John de Brebeuf & Companions - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. John de Brebeuf & Companions - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Jean de Brebeuf, Roman Catholic Jesuit Priest and Martyr of New France. Patron saint of Canada Brebeuf and his assistant, Gabriel Lalemant, were captured and tortured to death by the Iroquois. Feastday Oct 19

Sts. Isaac Jogues and Rene Goupil - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Sts. Isaac Jogues and Rene Goupil - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Sts. Isaac Jogues and Rene Goupil, Roman Catholic Jesuit Priests and Martyrs. Two of the six North American Martyrs. Captured and tortured to death at the hands of the Indians. Feastday Oct 19

St. Gwen - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Gwen - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Gwen, Roman Catholic Widowed Martyr. She is sometimes called Blanche, Wenn, or Candida. She was the daughter of a Chieftain, Brychan or Brecknock. Saxon pagans martyred Gwen at Talgrarth Feast day is October 18th.

Mexico: Large increase in attacks on Catholic priests - Independent Catholic News

Mexico: Large increase in attacks on Catholic priests - Independent Catholic News Mexico: Large increase in attacks on Catholic priests

St. Marie Magdalen Desjardin - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Marie Magdalen Desjardin - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bls. Marie Magdalen Desjardin and Marie Louise Vanot, Roman Catholic Nuns and Martyrs. Ursuline martyrs of the French Revolution. She was guillotined in Valenciennes with Marie Louise Vanot. In religion, Marie Magdalen was called Marie-Augustine. Marie Louise was called Natalie. Feast day is October 17th.

Bl. Jane Louise Barre and Jane Reine Prin - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Bl. Jane Louise Barre and Jane Reine Prin - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. Jane Louise Barre and Jane Reine Prin, Roman Catholic Nuns. Ursuline martyrs. Known in the religious life as Sisters Cordula and Laurentina respectively, the 3 were guillotined by officials of the French revolutionary government at Valenciennes and were members of the Ursuline nuns martyred during the French Revolution. Feast day is October 17th.

St. Richard Gwyn - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Richard Gwyn - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Richard Gwyn, Roman Catholic Layman and English Martyr. He Converted from Protestantism, he returned to Wales in 1562, married, had six children, and opened a school. Arrested in 1579, he spent four years in prison before his execution by being hanged, drawn, and quartered at Wrexham on October 15, for being a Catholic.Feastday Oct-17

St. Richard Gwyn - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Richard Gwyn - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Richard Gwyn, Roman Catholic Layman and English Martyr. He Converted from Protestantism, he returned to Wales in 1562, married, had six children, and opened a school. Arrested in 1579, he spent four years in prison before his execution by being hanged, drawn, and quartered at Wrexham on October 15, for being a Catholic.Feastday Oct-17

St. Richard Gwyn - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Richard Gwyn - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Richard Gwyn, Roman Catholic Layman and English Martyr. He Converted from Protestantism, he returned to Wales in 1562, married, had six children, and opened a school. Arrested in 1579, he spent four years in prison before his execution by being hanged, drawn, and quartered at Wrexham on October 15, for being a Catholic.Feastday Oct-17

St. Richard Gwyn - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Richard Gwyn - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Richard Gwyn, Roman Catholic Layman and English Martyr. He Converted from Protestantism, he returned to Wales in 1562, married, had six children, and opened a school. Arrested in 1579, he spent four years in prison before his execution by being hanged, drawn, and quartered at Wrexham on October 15, for being a Catholic.Feastday Oct-17

St. Ethelbert and Etheired - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Ethelbert and Etheired - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Sts. Ethelbert and Etheired, Roman Catholic English Martyrs. Martyred great grandsons of King Ethelbert of Kent, England (d. 616), at Eastery near Sandwich. Their shrine is at Ramsey Abbey in Huntingdonshire. Feastday is October 17th.

St. Teresa of Avila - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Teresa of Avila - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Saint Teresa of Avila Foundress of the reformed (Discalced) Carmelites. St Teresa was born in 1515 to an aristocratic family in Avila.  As a child she showed precocious piety by playing at hermitages with her younger brother.  The pair once ran away from home, hoping to go to Morocco and die as martyrs. After her mother's death when she was just 14, Teresa went through a spell of being very interested in boys and clothes.  She was sent to be educated by the Augustinian nuns and soon decided she wanted to become a nun.  Her father at first objected, but later gave his consent and she entered a Carmelite convent at the age of 20. The convent was a relaxed place, where many visitors came and went and the sisters were often allowed out in the town.  Teresa struggled with her prayer life, abandoned it and then returned once again.  After about 25 years of living the unreformed Carmelite life, she decided she wanted to foun

St. Callistus I - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Callistus I - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Pope Callixtus I Roman Catholic Priest and Pope, also called Callistus I, was the bishop of Rome from c. 218 to his death in 223. He lived during the reigns of the Roman Emperors Elagabalus and Alexander Severus. He was martyred for his Christian faith.Feastday Oct 14

St. Edward the Confessor - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Edward the Confessor - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Edward the Confessor, Roman Catholic King of England. He built St. Peter's Abbey at Westminster, the site of the present Abbey, where he is buried. His piety gained him the surname "the Confessor". Feastday Oct. 13

Mass of Thanksgiving for two new Canadian saints - Independent Catholic News

Mass of Thanksgiving for two new Canadian saints - Independent Catholic News

Mass of Thanksgiving for two new Canadian saints - Independent Catholic News

Mass of Thanksgiving for two new Canadian saints - Independent Catholic News

St. Paulinus of Capua - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Paulinus of Capua - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Paulinus of Capua http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=5328 Feastday: October 10 843 A.D. Bishop of Capua. Paulinus was from England and, according to tradition, he was on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem when he stopped at Capua, Italy. For whatever reason, the inhabitants of the city compelled him to become their bishop. His term as bishop was deeply troubled by the predations of Saracen raiders, and he died at Sicopolis, the city to which he fled when Capua was overrun by the Saracens.

Sts. Eulampius and Eulampia - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Sts. Eulampius and Eulampia - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Sts. Eulampius and Eulampia, Roman Catholic Martyrs. Eulampius was arrested by the Roman authorities during an attempt to buy supplies for Christians who were hiding in caves on the outskirts of Nicomedia. After Eulampius was whipped, his sister Eulampia was arrested after she identified herself by emerging from a crowd to embrace and comfort him. Eulampius and Eulampia were executed the next day.According to Christian tradition, two hundred soldiers, moved by the courage of the two siblings, converted to Christianity and were themselves martyred. Feastday October 10

London: Tyburn Martyrs memorial restored - Independent Catholic News

London: Tyburn Martyrs memorial restored - Independent Catholic News London: Tyburn Martyrs memorial restored

Sts. Denis, Rusticus, and Eleutherius - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Sts. Denis, Rusticus, and Eleutherius - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Sts. Denis, Rusticus, and Eleutherius. Roman Catholic Martyrs. After a long imprisonment and several aborted executions, the three martyrs were beheaded with a sword and their bodies were thrown into the river. Denis' body was retrieved from the Seine by his converts and buried. The chapel that was built over his tomb grew into the abbey of Saint-Denis. Feastday Oct 9

Martyrs of Trier - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Martyrs of Trier - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Roman Catholic Martyrs of Trier, Innumerable martyrs slain in Trier, modem Germany. They were put to death under Roman Governor Rictiovarus during the persecution of Emperor Diocletian. Feastday Oct 6

Bl. William Hartley - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Bl. William Hartley - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. William Hartley, Roman Catholic Priest and English Martyr. He was an Anglican minister before his conversion to Catholicism. Going to Reims, France, he received ordination in 1580 and went back to the English mission to aid St. Edmund Campion. William was hanged at Shoreditch. Feastday Oct. 5

Bl. Robert Sutton - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Bl. Robert Sutton - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. Robert Sutton, Roman Catholic English Martyr. He was an Anglican minister before his conversion to Catholicism. In 1575, he converted and went to Douai, France. He returned to England and was arrested in London and hanged at Clerkenwell. Feastday Oct.5

Bl. Lucy Chakichi - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Bl. Lucy Chakichi - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. Lucy Chakichi, Roman Catholic laywoman and Japanese Martyr, the wife of Blessed Louis Chakichi. She was beheaded with her sons, Andrew and Francis, at Nagasaki, Japan.  Feastday Oct 2

St. Thomas of Hereford - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Thomas of Hereford - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Thomas of Hereford, Roman Catholic Priest and Bishop of Hereford England. Feastday Oct 2

St. Therese of Lisieux - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Therese of Lisieux - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Therese of Lisieux Roman Catholic Religious, Patron of the Missions  "Little Flower",  Feastday Oct 1

Bl. Robert Wilcox - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Bl. Robert Wilcox - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. Robert Wilcox. Roman Catholic English Martyr. He studied for the priesthood at Reims, France, and received ordination in 1585. Sent to England the following year, he worked in Kent. Robert was arrested in Marshsea. He was hanged, drawn, and quartered with Blessed Robert Widmerpool at Canterbury. Feastday Oct 1

Bl. Robert Widmerpool - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Bl. Robert Widmerpool - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. Robert Widmerpool. Roman Catholic English Martyr. He was arrested for giving aid to a Catholic priest. Robert was executed by being hanged, drawn, and quartered at Canterbury with Blessed Robert Wilcox. Feastday Oct 1

Bl. John Robinson - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Bl. John Robinson - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. John Robinson, Roman Catholic Priest and English Martyr. Ordained in 1585, John went back to England and was executed at Ipswich. Feastday Oct 1

Bl. John Robinson - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Bl. John Robinson - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. John Robinson, Roman Catholic Priest and English Martyr. Ordained in 1585, John went back to England and was executed at Ipswich. Feastday Oct 1

Bl. Edward James - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Bl. Edward James - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. Edward James, Roman Catholic Priest and English Martyr. Returning as a missionary to England, he was arrested and martyred at Chichester. Feastday Oct.1

St. Ralph Crockett - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Ralph Crockett - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Ralph Crockett, Roman Catholic Priest and English Martyr. Ralph was martyred at Chichester by being hanged, drawn, and quartered. Feastday Oct.1

St. Jerome - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Jerome - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Saint Jerome (c. 347 – 30 September 420) was a Roman Catholic Latin Christian priest, confessor, theologian and historian, who also became a Doctor of the Church. He was the son of Eusebius, of the city of Stridon, on the border of Dalmatia and Pannonia. He is best known for his translation of the Bible into Latin (the Vulgate), Feastday Sept 30

Bl. Magdalena of Nagasaki - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Bl. Magdalena of Nagasaki - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. Magdalena Roman Catholic Martyr of Nagasaki, Japan. Magdalene turned herself into the authorities and declared herself a follower of Jesus Christ. At age 23, she died on October 16, 1634 after thirteen days of torture, suffocated to death and suspended upside down in a pit of offal on a gibbet (??? tsurushi, "reverse hanging"). Feastday Sept. 28

Bl. Thiemo - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Bl. Thiemo - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. Thiemo, Roman Catholic  Benedictine bishop and Martyr. Journeying to Palestine to aid the crusading movement, he was captured by the Muslims and imprisoned at Ascalon (modern Israel). Tortured for a long time, he was finally killed for refusing to abjure the faith. Feastday Sept 28

Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Sts. Adolphus and John, Roman Catholic Martyrs of Spain, brothers. Both men were residents of Seville, the sons of an Islamic father and a Christian mother. Caught in the persecutions conducted by the Muslim Caliph of Córdoba, Abdal-Rahman II, Adolphus and John were martyred in Córdoba. Feastday Sept 27

St. Neol - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Neol - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Noel Roman Catholic Martyr, was born on February 2 near Mende, France. He joined the Jesuits in 1630 and in 1643 was sent as a missionary to the Huron Indians in France. He became assistant to Father Charles Garnier at the Indian village of Etarita in 1649 and was murdered on December 8 by an apostate Indian while returning from a visit to neighboring Ste. Marie. He was canonized in 1930 by Pope Pius XI as one of the martyrs of North America. His feast day is September 26th.

Saint of the Day for Friday, September 26th, 2014 - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Saint of the Day for Friday, September 26th, 2014 - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Sts. Cosmas & Damian, Roman Catholic Martyrs, Being Christians, they were filled with the spirit of charity and never took money for their services. At Egaea in Cilicia, where they lived, they enjoyed the highest esteem of the people. When the persecution under Diocletian broke out, their very prominence rendered them marked objects of persecution. Being apprehended by order of Lysias, governor of Cilicia, they underwent various torments about the year 283. Their feast day is September 26th. They are patron saints of pharmacists.

Bl. Mark Criado - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Bl. Mark Criado - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. Mark Criado, Roman Catholic Trinitarian martyr. He was born in Andujar, Spain, in 1522, and joined the Trinitarians in 1536 . Mark was martyred by the Muslim Moors in Almeria. Feastday Sept.25

Martyrs of Chalcedon - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Martyrs of Chalcedon - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Martyrs of Chalcedon, Roman Catholic Martyrs. A group of forty-nine Christians slain in Chalcedon during the reign of Emperor Diocletian . Records indicate that the martyrs were members of the choir in the church of Chalcedon.  Feastday Sept. 23

St. Andrew and Companions - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Andrew and Companions - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Sts. Andrew and Companions, Roman Catholic Priest Martyrs. Martyred by the Saracens. Andrew, with John, Peter, and Anthony, were deported from Sicily to Africa by the Saracens (Muslims), who occupied that land at the time. In Africa, they were tortured brutally and martyred for defending the faith.  Feastday Sept. 23

Bl. William Way - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Bl. William Way - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. William Way, Roman Catholic Priest and English Martyr, executed at Kingston-on-Thames by being hanged, drawn, and quartered.  Feastday Sept. 23

Bl. Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Bl. Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online The Roman Catholic Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War is the name given by the Catholic Church to the people who were killed by Republicans during the war because of their faith. As of July 2008, almost one thousand Spanish martyrs have been beatified or canonized. For some two thousand additional martyrs, the beatification process is underway. Feastday Sept 22

St. Maurice - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Maurice - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Saint Maurice and Companions.The patron of soldiers, the Swiss Guards, weavers and dyers. St Maurice was a black soldier in the 2nd century Roman army. In around 287AD, he served under General Maximian Herculius, in a legion that had been recruited entirely from Christians in Upper Egypt.  They were sent to Gaul to put down a revolt by Bagaudae tribe. When the army reached the River Rhone, the General ordered every soldier to make a sacrifice to the pagan gods before the battle. The Legion refused to a man. Maurice was their primicerius, or principal officer. In a form of Christian mutiny the men withdrew from the army and set up camp at Agaunum, now called Saint Maurice-en-Valaise.  When Maximian could not persuade them to make sacrifices to the gods, he ordered them to be killed. At first he had every tenth man executed. Then the entire legion was put to death. "We have seen our comrades killed," they said. "Rathe

St. Matthew - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Matthew - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Matthew, one of the twelve Apostles, is the author of the first Gospel, Feastday Sept. 21

St. Eusebia - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Eusebia - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Eusebia, Roman Catholic Benedictine abbess and Martyrs, slain with her community by the Muslim Saracens at Saint-Cyr, France. Forty nuns died with Eusebia. Feastday Sept. 20

St. Eustace - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Eustace - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Sts. Eustace, Roman Catholic Martyr with Theophistes, Agapitus, and Theophistus. Eustace was a Roman military officer called Placida, When he refused to take part in the pagan ceremony and they were roasted to death. Feastday Sept. 20

Sts. Andrew Kim Taegon, Paul Chong Hasang, and Companions - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Sts. Andrew Kim Taegon, Paul Chong Hasang, and Companions - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Sts. Andrew Kim Taegon, Paul Chong Hasang, and Companions Roman Catholic Priest and Korean Martyrs. Feastday Sept. 20

St. Januarius - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Januarius - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Januarius, Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr. St. Januarius was bishop of Benevento during the Emperor Diocletian persecution. Bishop Januarius went to visit two deacons and two laymen in prison. He was then also imprison along with his deacon and lector. They were thrown to the wild beasts, but when the animals did not attack them, they were beheaded. What is believed to be Januarius' blood is kept in Naples, as a relic. It liquefies and bubbles when exposed in the cathedral. Scientists have not been able to explain this miracle to date. Feastday Sept. 19

St. Ludmilla of Bohemia - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Ludmilla of Bohemia - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Ludmilla of Bohemia, is a Roman Catholic Czech saint and martyr venerated by the Orthodox and the Roman Catholics. She was born in Mělník as daughter of a Slavic prince Slavibor. Saint Ludmila was the grandmother of Saint Wenceslaus, who is widely referred to as Good King Wenceslaus. Feastday sept. 18

St. Columba of Spain - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Columba of Spain - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Columba, A Roman Catholic virgin and martyr of Cordoba Spain. She served as a nun at Tabanos until the Moorish persecution started in 852. Going to Cordoba, she refused to deny the faith and was beheaded. Feastday Sept. 17

St. Cyprian - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Cyprian - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Cyprian,  One of the early writers of the Primacy of the Pope as stated in :The Unity of the Catholic Church". A very important writer which shows that the Protestant view that the Chair of Peter was a later invention, is false. Feastday, September 16

Bl. Michael Fimonaya - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Bl. Michael Fimonaya - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. Michael Fimonaya, Roman Catholic Martyr of Japan and a Dominican tertiary. A native of Japan and a convert, he was beheaded at Nagasaki for refusing to abjure the faith. Feastday, September 16

St. Euphemia - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Euphemia - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Euphemia, Roman Catholic Martyred virgin of Chalcedon. The traditions surrounding her death state that she was tortured and then slain by a wild lion because she refused to attend a pagan ceremony. A church was erected in her honor in the fifth century. Feastday, September 16

St. Cornelius - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Cornelius - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Saint Cornelius, Pope and Martyr. A Roman Catholic priest, Cornelius was elected Pope to succeed Fabian in an election delayed fourteen months by Decius' persecution of the Christians.One of the main issues of his pontificate was the treatment of Christians who had abandoned their faith during the persecution.He condemned those confessors who were lax in not demanding penance of these Christians. On the other hand, he also denounced the Rigorists, headed by Novatian, a Roman priest, who declared that the Church could not pardon lapsed Christians, and declared himself Pope - the first antipope.Cornelius proclaimed that the Church had the authority and the power to forgive repentant lapsed Christians and could readmit them to the sacraments and the Church after they had performed proper penances.A synod of Western bishops in Rome in October 251 upheld Cornelius, condemned the teachings of Novatian, and excommunicated him and his

Nigeria: Bishop says Boko Haram has killed 2,500 Catholics in his diocese - Independent Catholic News

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St. Valerian - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Valerian - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Valerian, Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr. The massacre of the martyrs of Lyons with their bishop, St. Pothinus, took place during the persecutions of Marcus Aurelius in the year 177. Marcellus, a priest, we are told, by Divine intervention, managed to escape to Chalon-sur-Saone, where he was given shelter. His host was a pagan, and seeing him offer incense before images of Mars, Mercury, and Minerva, Marcellus remonstrated with and converted him. While journeying toward the North, the priest fell in with the governor Priscus, who asked him to a celebration at his house. Marcellus accepted the invitation, but when he found that Priscus was preparing to fulfill religious rites, he asked to be excused on the ground that he was a Christian. This raised an outcry, and the bystanders tried to kill Marcellus there and then by tying him to the tops of two young trees in tension and then letting them fly apart. The governor ordered h

Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Sts. Emilas & Jeremiah, Roman Catholic Spanish martyrs of Muslim controlled Cordoba, Spain, by Caliph Abd-al-Rahman II . Emilas was a deacon. The young men were beheaded. Feastday Sept. 15

St. Caerealis & Sallustia - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Caerealis & Sallustia - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Caerealis & Sallustia, Roman Catholic Martyrs.  A soldier and his wife martyred in Rome. They were converted by Pope St. Cornelius. Caerealis and Sallustia were slain during the persecution conducted by Emperor Trajanus Decius. Feastday Sept 14

St. John Chrysostom - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. John Chrysostom - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. John Chrysostom, Roman Catholic Priest and Archbishop of Constantinople. Feastday Sept 13

Bl. Thomas Zumarraga - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Bl. Thomas Zumarraga - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. Thomas Zumarraga, Dominican martyr of Japan. Born in Vitoria, Spain, he entered the Dominicans and was dispatched to the missions in Japan. There he worked to advance the Christian cause until his imprisonment at Omura. After three years of confinement, he was burned alive with several companions. Feastday Sept 12

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St. John Gabriel Perboyre - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. John Gabriel Perboyre - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. John-Gabriel Perboyre, Martyr of China: He was a Vincentian from Puech, France, who was ordained in 1826. In 1835 he volunteered for the missions of China and went to Honan, where he rescued abandoned children. When the persecution started, John was arrested and tortured for a year. On September 11, he was strangled to death. Pope Leo XIII beatified him in 1889, making him the first martyr in China to be so honored.

Bl. Mary Tanaura - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Bl. Mary Tanaura - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. Mary Tanaura, and companions Roman Catholic Martyrs of Japan. with Mary Tanaka and Magdalen Sanga. Mary and her companions were beheaded at Nagasaki. Mary Tanaka was married to Blessed Paul Tanaka. Magdalen Sanga was the wife of Blessed Anthony Sanga. Feastday Sept 10

Bl. Mary Tokuan & Mary Choun - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Bl. Mary Tokuan & Mary Choun - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. Mary Tokuan & Mary Choun, Roman Catholic Martyrs of Japan. They were slain with their husbands for refusing to give up the Christian faith. Feastday Sept 10

Bl. Lucy de Freitas - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Bl. Lucy de Freitas - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. Lucy de Freitas, Roman Catholic Martyr of Japan. A native Japanese, she was the widow of Philip de Freitas. Lucy, a Franciscan tertiary, was arrested for sheltering Blessed Richard of St. Anne, a Franciscan priest. Although advanced in age, Lucy defended the faith before the authorities and was burned to death for it at Nagasaki, Japan, on September 10 Feastday Sept 10

Bl. Agnes Tsao-Kou Ying - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Bl. Agnes Tsao-Kou Ying - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. Agnes Tsao-Kou Ying Roman Catholic Martyr of China. Agnes was a widow when she faced persecution for being a missionary catechist. She was executed by being placed in a cage at Sy-Lin-Hien. Feastday Sept 10

Bl. Agnes Takea - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Bl. Agnes Takea - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. Agnes Takea, Martyr of Japan. She was the wife of Blessed Cosmas Takea. They were martyred with Blessed Charles Spinola by beheading at Nagasaki. Feastday Sept 10

St. Peter Claver - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Peter Claver - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Peter Claver, Roman Catholic Priest and Missionary. After his ordination in 1616, he dedicated himself by special vow to the service of the Negro slaves-a work that was to last for thirty-three years. He labored unceasingly for the salvation of the African slaves and the abolition of the Negro slave trade, Feastday Sept 9

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St. Adrian - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Adrian - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Adrian, Roman Catholic Martyr. Adrian was a pagan officer at the imperial court of Nicomedia. Impressed by the courage of a group of Christians who were being tortured, he declared himself a Christian and was imprisoned with them and suffered excruciating tortures before he was put to death. His young wife, Natalia, who was present at his death, comforted him in his agony, recovered one of his severed hands, and took it to Argyropolis near Constantinople, where she fled to escape the importunities of an imperial official of Nicomedia who wanted to marry her. She died there peacefully on December 1. Adrian is the patron of soldiers and butchers. Feastday Sept 8

Bl. Ralph Corby - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Bl. Ralph Corby - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. Ralph Corby Roman Catholic Jesuit  Priest and English Martyr. Arrested and martyred on September 7 at Tyburn with Blessed John Duckett. They were hanged, drawn, and quartered. Feastday, September 7. 

Bl. John Maid - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Bl. John Maid - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. John Maid, Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr of Japan, the adopted son of Blessed Louis Maki. A Christian, he refused to abjure the faith when arrested and was burned alive at Nagasaki. Feastday, September 7.

Bl. John Duckett - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Bl. John Duckett - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. John Duckett Roman Catholic Priest and English Martyr. Arrested and martyred on September 7 at Tyburn with Blessed Ralph Corby. They were hanged, drawn, and quartered. Feastday, September 7. 

Bl. Thomas Tsughi - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Bl. Thomas Tsughi - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. Thomas Tsughi, Roman Catholic Priest and Japanese Martyr. A native, he was educated by the Jesuits, and entered the Society of Jesus in 1589. Forced to leave Japan, he went to Macao but then returned to Japan in disguise. Giving in to temptation, he left the Jesuits for one dark day but then repented and gave himself utterly to the Christian cause in the islands. Seized by authorities, he was burned alive at Nagasaki with several companions after authorities refused to allow his family to buy his freedom.  Feastday Sept 6

Bl.Teresa of Calcutta - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Bl.Teresa of Calcutta - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl.Teresa of Calcutta, Roman Catholic Religious, Patron of World Youth Day. Feastday Sept 5

Bl. William Browne - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Bl. William Browne - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. William Browne, Roman Catholic Layman and English Martyr executed at Ripon for being a catholic.  Feastday Sept 5.

Bl. Dina Belanger - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Bl. Dina Belanger - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. Dina Belanger, Roman Catholic Religious, died on 4 Sept in the Couvent de Jesus-Marie, Sillery , Quebec Canada. Feastday Sept 4.

Martyrs of September - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Martyrs of September - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Martyrs of September, A group of 190 martyrs who were massacred on September 2 and 3, during the French Revolution. One hundred twenty were martyred at the Carmelite Church on the rue de Rennes in Paris Feastday Sept 2

Bl. Michael Ghebre - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Bl. Michael Ghebre - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. Michael Ghebre, Roman Catholic Vincentian Priest Martyr of Ethiopia also listed as Mikael Gabra. A native of that country, Michael became a Catholic in 1844 - converted by a Vincentian and was ordained in 1851. Theodore II, the Negus of Ethiopia, launched a persecution of Catholics in 1855. Michael and four companions were arrested. Michael was dragged from place to place and died from abuse in prison on August 28 Feast day - September 1

St. Giles, Abbot - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Giles, Abbot - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Giles, Abbot, Roman Catholic Abbot (Patron of Physically Disabled) Feast day - September 1

St. Anna the Prophetess - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Anna the Prophetess - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Anna the Prophetess, Roman Catholic A widow and seeress, described in St. Luke's Gospel. Feastday Sept 1

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Bl. William Guntei - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Bl. William Guntei - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. William Guntei, Roman Catholic Priest and English Welch Martyr hanged at Shoreditch, Feastday is August 28

Bl. William Dean - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Bl. William Dean - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. William Dean, Roman Catholic Priest and English Martyr executed in Nile End Green, London.  Feast day is August 28

Bl. Thomas Holford - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Bl. Thomas Holford - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. Thomas Holford, Roman Catholic Priest and English Martyr hanged at Clerkenwell in London. Feast day is August 28

Bl. Thomas Felton - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Bl. Thomas Felton - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. Thomas Felton,  Roman Catholic Priest and English Martyr hanged at lsleworth, London. Feast day is August 28

Bl. Robert Morton - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Bl. Robert Morton - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. Robert Morton,  Roman Catholic Priest and English Martyr executed at Lincoln's Inn Fields, London. Feast day is August 28

Bl. Hugh More - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Bl. Hugh More - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. Hugh More, Roman Catholic Priest and English Martyr. martyred at Lincolns Inn Fields by hanging. Feast day is August 28

Bl. John Roche & Margaret Ward - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Bl. John Roche & Margaret Ward - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bls. John Roche & Margaret Ward, Roman Catholic English Martyrs. They were offered their liberty if they would ask the Queen's pardon and promise to go to church; to which they replied that they had done nothing that could reasonably offend her Majesty, and that it was against their conscience to attend a protestant church. So they were condemned. These martyrs, who suffered with such firm constancy and patience, were forbidden to speak to the people from the scaffold because their persecutors were afraid of the impression they would make; "but the very death of so many saint-like innocent men (whose lives were unimpeachable), and of several young gentlemen, which they endured with so much joy, strongly pleaded for the cause for which they died." Their feast day is August 28. .

St. Edmund Arrowsmith - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Edmund Arrowsmith - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Edmund Arrowsmith, Roman Catholic Priest and English Martyr convicted of being a Catholic priest, sentenced to death, and hanged, drawn, and quartered at Lancaster. Feastday Aug. 28

Bl. Laurentia Herasymiv - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Bl. Laurentia Herasymiv - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. Laurentia Herasymiv, was a nun who joined the Sisters of Saint Joseph in 1933 and was Martyred Under Communist Regimes in Eastern Bloc. feastday 8-28

St. Monica - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Monica - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Monica, Roman Catholic Laywoman and was married by arrangement to a pagan official in North Africa, who was much older than she, and although generous, was also violent tempered. His mother Lived with them and was equally difficult, which proved a constant challenge to St. Monica. She had three children; Augustine, Navigius, and Perpetua. feastday Aug 27

St. Margaret the Barefooted - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Margaret the Barefooted - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Margaret the Barefooted-Roman Catholic Laywoman Wife and model of charity. She was born into a poor family at San Severino, Ancona, Italy. Married at fifteen, she suffered through ill treatment from her husband with prayer, while begging alms for the poor and sick. She walked as barefooted as the lowliest beggar. Feastday Aug 27

St. Patricia - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Patricia - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Patricia Roman Catholic patron of Naples, and like St. Januarius there, a vial believed to be filled with her blood reportedly liquefies thirteen hundred years after her death. Feast Aug. 25

St. Louis King of France - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Louis King of France - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Louis IX, Roman Catholic King of France. He was well known for protecting the French clergy from secular leaders and for strictly enforcing laws against blasphemy.  He established the Sorbonne (1252) and the monasteries of Rayaumont, Vavert, and Maubuisson. Louis led two crusades, the Sixth and the Seventh Crusades. Feastday Aug 25

St. Genesius of Arles - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Genesius of Arles - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Genesius, During a stage performance before Emperor Diocletian in Rome, the actor Genesius portrayed a catechumen about to be baptized in a play satirizing the Christian sacrament. In the midst of the ceremony he was suddenly converted to Christianity. When presented to the Emperor, he declared his Christianity. Enbraged, Diocletian had him turned over to Plautian, prefect of the praetorium, who tortured him in an effort to force him to sacrifice to the pagan gods. When Genesius persisted in his faith, he was beheaded. Genesius is the patron of actors. Feast day is Aug. 25.

St. Bartholomew - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Bartholomew - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Bartholomew, one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Feastday Aug. 24

St. Philip Benizi - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Philip Benizi - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Philip Benizi,  Roman Catholic Servite cardinal and preacher. Feastday Aug. 23

St. Rose of Lima - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Rose of Lima - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Rose of Lima, Roman Catholic Dominican Nun the patroness of Latin America and the Philippines. Feastday Aug. 23

Bl. William Lacey - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Bl. William Lacey - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. William Lacey,  Roman Catholic Priest and English Martyr. He was arrested in York Prison while participating in the Eucharistic ceremony being sung in the cell of Blessed Thomas Bell. Condemned, he was executed at Knavesmaire,just outside of York with Blessed Richard Kirkman. Feastday Aug. 22

Bl. Richard Kirkman - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Bl. Richard Kirkman - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. Richard Kirkman, Roman Catholic Priest and English Martyr. He was hanged, drawn, and quartered near York with Blessed William Lacey, on August 22, for denying the supremacy of Queen Elizabeth I as head of the Church of England. Feastday Aug. 22

St. John Kemble - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. John Kemble - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. John Kemble, Roman Catholic Priest and English Martyr. At the age of eighty-one, he was arrested at Pembridge Castle, the home of his brother. He was falsely charged in the Titus Qates Plot and condemned for being a Catholic. He was hanged, drawn, and quartered at Hereford. Feastday Aug. 22

St. Antoninus - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Antoninus - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Antoninus (died 186) was a public executioner in Rome. It is believed that during the trial of St Eusebius he had a vision and converted to Christianity. The proclamation of faith cost his life and he was beheaded in 186. His feast day is 22 August.

St. Cyriaca - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Cyriaca - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Cyriaca, Roman Catholic Widowed Martyr and patroness of St. Laurence, sometimes called Dominica. St. Laurence, deacon and martyr, used Cyriacas villa in Rome to distribute alms to the poor. She was scourged to death for the faith. The church of St. Mary in Dominica was named after her. Feastday Aug. 21

St. Pius X - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Pius X - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Pius X, Roman Catholic Priest and became the two hundred fifty-ninth Pope, Feastday Aug. 21

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Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Sts. Leovigild and Christopher, Martyrs of Cordoba, Spain, put to death under the Muslim ruler of Cordoba, Abd al-Rahman II. Leovigild was a priest and Christopher was a monk. Feastday Aug. 20

St. Bernard of Clairvaux - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Bernard of Clairvaux - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Bernard of Clairvaux, Roman Catholic Abbot and Doctor of the Church.  Feastday Aug. 20

Martyrs of Thrace - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Martyrs of Thrace - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Roman Catholic Martyrs of Thrace, A group of thirty-seven martyrs who suffered in Thrace, in modem northern Greece. Their feet and hands were sliced off and then they were cast into a furnace. Feastday Aug. 20

Saint of the Day for Tuesday, August 19th, 2014 - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Saint of the Day for Tuesday, August 19th, 2014 - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Andrew the Tribune, The "Great Martyr," and the leader of converts in the Roman army,  his men faced a battle with a Persian host. Calling upon Christ for aid, the Romans were victorious. Andrew and some of his troops became Christians as a result and were discharged from military service.  they were arrested by the military governor and executed in the Taurus Mountains of Cilicia. Feastday 8-19

Bl. Peter Zuniga - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Bl. Peter Zuniga - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. Peter Zuniga, Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr of Japan. A Spaniard from Seville, he grew up in Mexico, where his father was the sixth Viceroy of the Spanish colony. Upon his return to Spain, he joined the Augustinians, and, after ordination, he requested to be sent to Japan and the missions there. Going first to the Philippines in 1610, he was later assigned to Japan, arriving there in 1620. Two years later, he was arrested and, with Blesseds Louis Flores, Joachim, Firayama, and the captain and crew which had transported them, was put to death. The crew was beheaded while the others were burned alive. Feastday Aug. 19

Bl. Joachim Firayama Diz - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Bl. Joachim Firayama Diz - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. Joachim Firayama Diz, Roman Catholic Martyr of Japan, a ship captain. He brought Blessed Peter Zuniga and Louis Flores to Japan on his ship but was captured by Dutch Protestant pirates and taken to Firando, Japan. He and his crew, all members of the Confraternity of the Most Holy Rosary, were beheaded at Nagasaki. Feastday Aug. 19

St. Leo & Juliana - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Leo & Juliana - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Sts. Leo & Juliana, ,Roman Catholic Martyrs. Leo suffered martyrdom at Lycia. Juliana was martyred at Stribylum, in Asia Minor. Feastday Aug. 18

St. Helena - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Helena - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Helena, Roman Catholic Empress mother of Constantine the Great. Her porphyry sarcophagus is in the Vatican Museum.  Feastday Aug. 18

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Bl. Caspar and Mary Vaz - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Bl. Caspar and Mary Vaz - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. Caspar and Mary Vaz, Roman Catholic Martyrs of Japan. They were husband and wife and tertiaries of St. Francis. Both were martyred in Nagasaki. Caspar was burned alive, and Mary was beheaded. Feastday Aug. 17

St. Paul and Juliana - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Paul and Juliana - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Sts. Paul and Juliana, Roman Catholic Martyred brother and sister, they were put to death at Ptolemais, in Palestine, during the persecution launched by Emperor Aurelian.  Feastday Aug. 17

St. Michael My - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Michael My - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Michael My, Roman Catholic Martyr of Vietnam. He was the mayor of a town in Vietnam when the persecution of Christians started. Michael was martyred with Blessed Anthony Dich, his son-in-law, and with St. James Nam. Feastday Aug. 12

Bl. William Freeman - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Bl. William Freeman - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. William Freeman, Roman Catholic Priest and English Martyr. he was hanged, drawn, and quartered at Warwick on August 13

St. Otranto Martyrs ~ Antonio Primaldo - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Otranto Martyrs ~ Antonio Primaldo - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online t.s Antonio Primaldo and  The Otranto Martyrs, Roman Catholic Priests and Martyrs.  Feastday Aug. 14 Antonio Primaldo was martyred in 1480 by Ottoman invaders after he refused along with approximately 800 others, to convert to Islam. In 1480, an Ottoman force arrived by sea in the southern tip of the Italian boot, at the town of Otranto. Ontranto at that time was a small, fortified town of about 6,000 inhabitants. The Ottomans immediately attacked the town, bombarding it indiscriminately. The asked for the town�s surrender the next day, which was summarily refused. Thus scorned, the Ottomans resumed their bombardment compelling the civilians to retreat into the small citadel there. That retreat and the subsequent entry into the town by the Ottoman invaders, initiated a 15-day siege during which the inhabitants remained steadfast. A final assault was ordered on the citadel by the Ottoman commander, Gedik

Bl. Mary Magdalen Kiota - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Bl. Mary Magdalen Kiota - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. Mary Magdalen Kiota, Roman Catholic Dominican tertiary and Japanese Martyr. A princess of Japan and relative of a local lord, she was a Dominican tertiary. Arrested for sheltering missionaries, she was burned alive at Nagasaki. Feastday Aug. 16

St. Stephen the Great - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Stephen the Great - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Stephen the Great, Roman Catholic King. He gave his patronage to Church leaders, helped build churches, and was a proponent of the rights of the Holy See. Stephen also crushed the pagan counter reaction to Christianity, forcibly converting the so-called Black Hungarians after their failed rebellion. In recognition of his efforts, Stephen was anointed king of Hungary in 1000, receiving the cross and crown from Pope Sylvester II.  Feastday Aug. 16

St. Clare - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Clare - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Clare, Roman Catholic Nun. Foundress of an order of nuns now called "Poor Clares." Patron of sore eyes. Feastday Aug. 11

St. Philomena - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Philomena - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Saint Philomena, Roman Catholic Virgin and Martyr. Patroness of the Living Rosary and the Patroness of the Children of Mary, is the only person recognized as a saint solely on the basis of her powerful intercession, although pertinent revelations regarding her life have been recorded. Her relics are now preserved in Mugnano. Feastday Aug. 11

St. Lawrence - Martyr - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Lawrence - Martyr - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Saint Lawrence was one of seven deacons who were in charge of giving help to the poor and the needy. When a persecution broke out, Pope St. Sixtus was condemned to death. As he was led to execution, Lawrence followed him weeping, "Father, where are you going without your deacon?" he said. "I am not leaving you, my son," answered the Pope. "in three days you will follow me." Full of joy, Lawrence gave to the poor the rest of the money he had on hand and even sold expensive vessels to have more to give away. The Prefect of Rome, a greedy pagan, thought the Church had a great fortune hidden away. So he ordered Lawrence to bring the Church's treasure to him. The Saint said he would, in three days. Then he went through the city and gathered together all the poor and sick people supported by the Church. When he showed them to the Prefect, he said: "This is the Church's treasure!&q

St. Asteria - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Asteria - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Asteria, Roman Catholic laywoman and Virgin Martyr, sister of St. Grata. Asteria and her sister were martyred at Bergamo, in Sicily, according to tradition. They were also associated with the burial of the martyr Alexander. Feastday Aug. 10

St. Edith Stein - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Edith Stein - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Edith Stein, Roman Catholic Nun. Teresa was arrested, and was sent to the concentration camp Teresa died in the gas chambers of Auschwitz. Feastday Aug. 9

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St. Mary of the Cross MacKillop - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Mary of the Cross MacKillop - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Mary of the Cross MacKillop,  Roman Catholic Nun. together with Father Julian Tenison Woods, founded the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart and a number of schools and welfare institutions throughout Australasia with an emphasis on education for the poor, particularly in country areas. She is the only Australian until now, to be recognised by the Roman Catholic Church as a saint. Feastday Aug. 8

Bl. John Felton - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Bl. John Felton - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. John Felton, Roman Catholic Priest and English Martyr. John nailed a copy of the Bull of Pope St. Pius V excommunicating Queen Elizabeth I to the doors of the bishop of London’s residence. Arrested and imprisoned, he was racked three times before being martyred in St. Paul’s churchyard. Feastday Aug.8

St. Dominic - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Dominic - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Dominic, Roman Catholic Priest. Dominic preached against the Albigensians (heresy) and helped reform the Cistercians. Dominic founded an institute for women at Prouille in Albigensian territory in 1206 and attached several preaching friars to it. When papal legate Peter of Castelnan was murdered by the Albigensians in 1208, Pope Innocent III launched a crusade against them headed by Count Simon IV of Montfort which was to continue for the next seven years. Dominic followed the army and preached to the heretics but with no great success. In 1214 Simon gave him a castle at Casseneuil and Dominic with six followers founded an order devoted to the conversion of the Albigensians  Feastday Aug. 8