Saint of the day August 13
Saint of the day August 13
St. William Freeman, 1595 A.D. English martyr. Born in East Riding, Yorkshire, he studied at Oxford and was converted to Catholicism in 1586 by the martyrdom of Blessed Edward Stransahm at Tyburn. He went to Reims, France, where he was ordained in 1587. He went back to England the following year, and labored for the English mission in Worcestershire and Warwickshire until arrested in early 1595. Seven months later he was hanged, drawn, and quartered at Warwick on August 13. William was beatified in 1929.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Freeman_(martyr)#:~:text=William%20Freeman%20(c.,by%20Pius%20XI%20in%201929.
St. Wigbert, 738 A.D. Abbot and missionary. Originally an English monk, he traveled to Germany, where he accepted the invitation of St. Boniface, who wanted his help in the missionary field and who named him abbot of Fritzlar, near Cassel, France. After a number of years, he was transferred to Ohrdruf, in Thuringia, Germany, but Boniface gave him permission to return to Fritzlar, where he died.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wihtberht
St. Hippolytus, Roman Catholic Martyr of Rome with Concordia and other companions. Feastday Aug 13
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippolytus_of_Rome
ST. JOHN BERCHMANS,JESUIT,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Berchmans
ST. MAXIMUS THE CONFESSOR,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximus_the_Confessor
STS. PONTIAN, POPE ANd MARTYR
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Pontian
ST. CASSIAN, MARTYR-
https://www.bartleby.com/210/8/132.html https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/419897
St. William Freeman, 1595 A.D. English martyr. Born in East Riding, Yorkshire, he studied at Oxford and was converted to Catholicism in 1586 by the martyrdom of Blessed Edward Stransahm at Tyburn. He went to Reims, France, where he was ordained in 1587. He went back to England the following year, and labored for the English mission in Worcestershire and Warwickshire until arrested in early 1595. Seven months later he was hanged, drawn, and quartered at Warwick on August 13. William was beatified in 1929.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Freeman_(martyr)#:~:text=William%20Freeman%20(c.,by%20Pius%20XI%20in%201929.
St. Wigbert, 738 A.D. Abbot and missionary. Originally an English monk, he traveled to Germany, where he accepted the invitation of St. Boniface, who wanted his help in the missionary field and who named him abbot of Fritzlar, near Cassel, France. After a number of years, he was transferred to Ohrdruf, in Thuringia, Germany, but Boniface gave him permission to return to Fritzlar, where he died.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wihtberht
St. Hippolytus, Roman Catholic Martyr of Rome with Concordia and other companions. Feastday Aug 13
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippolytus_of_Rome
ST. JOHN BERCHMANS,JESUIT,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Berchmans
ST. MAXIMUS THE CONFESSOR,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximus_the_Confessor
STS. PONTIAN, POPE ANd MARTYR
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Pontian
ST. CASSIAN, MARTYR-
https://www.bartleby.com/210/8/132.html https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/419897
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