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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 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, 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 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. 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 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, 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, 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 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, 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 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 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, one of the twelve Apostles, is the author of the first Gospel, Feastday Sept. 21

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 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 Roman Catholic Priest and Korean Martyrs. Feastday Sept. 20

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, 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, 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,  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, 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, 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 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...

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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 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, 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, Roman Catholic Priest and Archbishop of Constantinople. Feastday Sept 13

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 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, 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, 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, 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 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, 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, 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, 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 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, 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 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, 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, Roman Catholic Religious, Patron of World Youth Day. Feastday Sept 5

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, 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, 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, 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, Roman Catholic Abbot (Patron of Physically Disabled) Feast day - September 1

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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