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St. Hilary, Pope - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Hilary, Roman Catholic, Pope from 461-468 and guardian of Church unity. Hilary rebuilt many Roman churches and erected the chapel of St. John Lateran. Feastday February 28

St. Porphyry of Gaza - Saints St. Porphyry of Gaza, Roman Catholic Priest and bishop of Gaza, known from the account in his Life for Christianizing the recalcitrant pagan city of Gaza. Feastday Feb26.

Bl. Maria Adeodata Pisani - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. Maria Adeodata Pisani Roman catholic Nun, had "a difficult childhood as her parents did not live together. She renounced and disposed of her wealth, willingly living as a cloistered nun." Feastday Feb.25

St. John Theristus - Saints St. John Theristus, Roman Catholic Benedictine Monk. John's Calabrian mother had been captured by the Saracens (Islamic Raiders) and brought to Sicily. He contrived to escape to Calabria while still a child, and there he became a Benedictine Feastday February 24

St. Polycarp - Saints St. Polycarp, Roman Catholic Priest Bishop and Martyr. He was bound and burned at the stake, then stabbed when the fire failed to touch him. Feastday February 23

Bl. Stefan Wincenty Frelichowski - Saints Bl. Stefan Wincenty Frelichowski, Roman Catholic Priest. Arrested by the Gestapo on October 18, 1939, he was imprisoned in the German concentration camps Stutthof, Grenzdorf, Sachsenhausen and Dachau, where he died. Feastday Feb.22

St. Severian - Saints St. Severian, Roman Catholic Priest, Bishop and martyr. The bishop of Scythopolis in Galilee. He attended the Council of Chalcedon (451) and took part in the complete triumph of the orthodox Christian cause against the heretics of the era. Feastday February 21

Martyrs of Tyre - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Roman Catholic Martyrs of Tyre, An unknown number of Roman Catholic martyrs who suffered in Tyre, modern Lebanon. Feastday February 20

Bl. Jacinta Marto - Saints Blessed Francisco Marto and Blessed Jacinta Marto, together with their cousin, Lúcia dos Santos (1907–2005) were the Roman Catholic children from Aljustrel near Fátima, Portugal, who said they witnessed three apparitions of an angel in 1916 and several apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary in 1917. Feastday, Feb.20

Bl. Lucy - Saints Bl. Lucy, Roman Catholic laywoman Martyr of China. She was a Catholic schoolteacher in China, where she was beheaded. Feastday Feb19

St. Agatha Lin - Saints St. Agatha Lin, Roman Catholic Chinese martyr. She was born in 1817 at Ma-Tchang, China. A teacher at a Christian school, Agatha was beheaded for the faith. Feastday February 18

St. Elias St. Elias & Companions, Egyptian martyr with Daniel, Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Samuel. They went to the mines in Cilicia, to comfort the Christians held there. They were arrested at the gate of the mine and martyred. The historian Eusebius was in Caesarea, in Israel, and gave a vivid account of their martyrdom by torture and beheading. Two others, St. Pamphilus and St. Seleucus, were also caught up in the martyrdom, sharing Elias fate. Porphy, the servant of Pamphilus, demanded that the bodies of the martyrs be buried and was burned to death as a Christian. Feastday Feb,16

St. Jovita - Saints  St Jovita and Faustinus. For their fearless preaching of the Gospel, they were arraigned before the Roman Emperor Hadrian, who at Brescia, Rome and Naples, subjected them to frightful torments, after which they were beheaded at Brescia in the year 120.Feastday Feb 15

St. Valentine - Saints St. Valentine, Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr. He assisted the martyrs in the persecution under Claudius II. He was apprehended, and sent by the emperor to the prefect of Rome, who, on finding all his promises to make him renounce his faith ineffectual, commanded him to be beaten with clubs, and afterwards, to be beheaded, which was executed on February 14, Feastday February 14

Bl. John Lantrua of Triora - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. John Lantrua of Triora, Roman Catholic Franciscan Martyr of China, he was arrested, imprisoned, and strangled on February 7. Feastday Feb 13

St. Catherine de Ricci - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Catherine de Ricci, Roman Catholic Dominican Religious, she experienced an "Ecstacy of the Passion" every Thursday from noon until Friday at 4:00 p.m. for twelve years. Feastday Feb 13

Bl. Archangela Girlani - Saints Bl. Archangela Girlani, Roman Catholic Carmelite mystic. She was gifted with ecstasies and levitation and was reported to have performed miracles. Feastday Feb.13

St. Febronia - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Febronia, Roman Catholic Martyr, known as a Holy Virgin Martyr and is one of the 140 Colonnade saints which adorn St. Peter's Square. Feastday February 12

St. Paschal - Saints St. Paschal, Roman Catholic Pope, from 25 January 817 to his death in 824.  A native of Rome and son of Bonosus and Lady Theodora  Feastday Feb 11

St. Paschal - Saints St. Paschal, Roman Catholic Pope, from 25 January 817 to his death in 824.  A native of Rome and son of Bonosus and Lady Theodora  Feastday Feb 11

Bl. Pierre Fremond - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. Pierre Fremond, Bl. Louise Bessay de la Voute, Bl. Louise Poirier Barre Roman Catholic Martyrs during the French Revolution. Feastday February 10

St. Paul and Ninety Companions - Saints St. Paul and Ninety Companions, Roman Catholic Dominican Priest and Martyrs. wild pagan Cumans tribesman refused to hear his words and slaughtered Paul and his fellow missionaries. Feastday February 10

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St. Dorothy - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Dorothy, Roman Catholic Martyr, when she refused to sacrifice to the gods during Emperor Diocletian's persecution of the Christians, was tortured by the governor and ordered executed. On the way to the place of execution, she met a young lawyer, Theophilus, who mockingly asked her to send him fruits from "the garden" she had joyously announced she would soon be in. When she knelt for her execution, she prayed, and an angel with a basket of three roses and three apples, which she sent to Theophilus, telling him she would meet him in the garden. Theophilus was converted to Christianity and later was martyred. Her feast day is February 6th.

St. Paul Miki - Saints St. Paul Miki and the Roman Catholic Martyrs of Japan, Feastday Feb 6

St. Agatha - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Agatha, Roman Catholic Martyr. She is also the patron saint of breast cancer patients, martyrs, wet nurses, bell-founders, bakers, fire, earthquakes, and eruptions of Mount Etna. Feastday February 5

Bl. John Speed - Saints Bl. John Speed, Roman Catholic Layman and English Martyr. He was executed at Durham for befriending Catholic priests. Feastday Feb.4

Bl. John Nelson - Saints Bl. John Nelson, Roman Catholic Jesuit Priest and English Martyr. He was arrested in London and martyred at Tyburn by being hanged, drawn, and quartered. Feastday February 3

St. Joan de Lestonnac - Saints St. Joan de Lestonnac, Roman Catholic Nun and founderess of the order The Company of Mary Our Lady. Although she lived in the 17th century her body remains incorrupt. Patron of abuse victims, people rejected by religious orders, widows .Feastday Feb.2

Bl. Anne Hmard - Saints Roman Catholic Women Martyred during the French Revolution.Feastday Feb.1 Bl. Anne Hmard, Bl. Anne-Francoise de Villeneuve, Bl. Catherine Cottenceau, Bl. Francoise Bonneau, Bl. Francoise Michau, Bl. Francoise Pagis Roulleau, Bl. Gabrielle Androuin, Bl. Jeanne Bourigault Bl. Jeanne Fouchard Chalonneau, Bl. Jeanne Gruget Doly, Bl. Jeanne-Marie Sailland d'Epinatz, Bl. Louise Rallier de la Tertiniere Dean de Luigne, Bl. Louise-Aimee Dean de Luigne, Bl. Madeleine Blond, Bl. Madeleine Cady, Bl. Madeleine Perrotin Rousseau, Bl. Madeleine Sailland d'Epinatz, Bl. Madeleine Salle, Bl. Marguerite Riviere Huau, Bl. Marguerite Robin, Bl. Marie Cassin, Bl. Marie Grillard, Bl. Marie Lenee Lepage Varance, Bl. Marie Leroy Brevet, Bl. Marie Pichery Delahaye, Bl. Marie Roualt Bouju, Bl. Marie-Genevieve Poulain de la Forestrie, Bl. Marie-Jeanne Chauvigne Rorteau, Bl. Marthe Poulain de la Forestrie, Bl. Marie-Jeanne Chauvigne Rorteau, Bl. Marthe Poulain de la Forestrie, Bl