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St. Cantius, Cantianus, Cantianilla, Sts. Cantius, Cantianus, Cantianilla, & Protus, Roman Catholic Martyrs. Cantius with his brother, Cantianus, and his Sister, Cantianilla. They belonged to the Roman Anicii family, nobles orphaned as children and raised as Christians by one Protus. They freed their slaves, sold their estates, gave to the poor, and fled to Aquileia, Italy, when Emperor Diocletian started his persecution of Christians. Captured at Aquae Gradatae they refused to sacrifice to the pagan gods and were beheaded. Feastday May 31

St. Joan of Arc - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Joan of Arc, Patron Saint of soldiers and France Feastday May 30

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St. Philip Neri - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Philip Neri, Roman Catholic Priest and known as the Apostle of Rome, founding a society of secular clergy called the "Congregation of the Oratory". Feast May 26

St. Mariana - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Mariana, Roman Catholic Holy recluse, Patron of Ecuador; Americas; bodily ills; loss of parents; people rejected by religious orders; sick people; sickness. Feastday May 26

Bl. Eva of Liege - Saints Bl. Eva of Liege, Roman Catholic Holy recluse, Feastday May 26

Bl. Jose Isabel Flores Varela - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Jose Isabel Flores Varela Roman Catholic Martyr, Seminarian and a parish priest. Jose was martyred for not accepting the anti-church government in Mexico. Feastday May 25

Bl. David Uribe-Velasco - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. David Uribe-Velasco, Roman Catholic Martyr of Mexico, along with;Saint David Galván Bermúdez, Roman Catholic Priest and Mexican Martyr.; Bl. Jose Isabel Flores Varela, Roman Catholic Priest and Mexican Martyr.; St. Manuel Moralez, Roman Catholic Semianian and Mexican Martyr. ;Bl. Miguel de la Mora, Roman Catholic Priest and Mexican Martyr.; Bl. Sabas Reyes Salazar,  Roman Catholic Priest and Mexican Martyr. ;St. Salvador Lara Puente, Roman Catholic Layman and Mexican Martyr.; Bl. Luis Batiz Sainz, Roman Catholic Priest and Mexican Martyr. Feastday May25

St. Urban - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Urban Roman Catholic Pope and Martyr. He succeeded St. Calixtus in the year 223. Though the church enjoyed peace under that mild reign, this was frequently disturbed by local persecutions raised by the people or governors. Feastday May25

Bl. Louis Moreau - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. Louis Moreau, Roman Catholic ordained a priest on December 19, 1846. He was named bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada on November 19, 1875. Founder of the Sisters of de Saint-Joseph of Saint-Hyacinthe and Sisters of Sainte-Martha. Feastday May 24

St. Joanna - Saints St. Joanna, Joanna was the wife of Chuza, steward of King Herod Antipas, tetrarch of Galilee. She was one of the women who helped provide for Jesus and the Apostles and was one of the three women who discovered the empty tomb of Jesus on the first Easter morning. Jennifer is a derivative of Joanna. Feastday May 24

St. Rita - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Rita, Roman Catholic Patron of impossible cases, Saint Rita's tomb with her incorrupt body at the Basilica of Cascia. Feastday May 22

St. Constantine the Great - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Constantine the Great, Roman Catholic emperor called the “Thirteenth Apostle” in the East he founded the Christian city of Constantinople to serve as his new capital, and undertook a long-sighted program of Christianization for the whole of the Roman Empire. Feastday May 21

St. Constantine the Great - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Constantine the Great, Roman Catholic emperor called the “Thirteenth Apostle” in the East he founded the Christian city of Constantinople to serve as his new capital, and undertook a long-sighted program of Christianization for the whole of the Roman Empire. Feastday May 21

St. Eugene de Mazenod - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Eugene de Mazenod, Roman Catholic Priest and Bishop of Marseille. Feastday May 21

Bl. Roman Adame Rosales - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. Roman Adame Rosales, Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr in Mexico, soldiers executed him. Feastday May 21

St. Mateo Correa - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Mateo Correa, Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr in Mexico, soldiers executed him. Feastday May 21

St. Mateo Correa - Saints St. Mateo Correa, Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr in Mexico, soldiers executed him. Feastday May 21

St. Jose Maria Robles Hurtado - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Jose Maria Robles Hurtado, Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr in Mexico, during the Cristero War. Feastday May 21

Bl. Jenaro Sanchez Delgadillo - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. Jenaro Sanchez Delgadillo, Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr in Mexico, soldiers executed him. Feastday May 21

St. Cristobal Magallanes Jara - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Cristobal Magallanes Jara, Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr in Mexico, soldiers executed him. Feastday May 21

St. Atilano Cruz Alvarado - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Atilano Cruz Alvarado, Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr in Mexico, soldiers executed him. Feastday May 21

Bl. Agustin Caloca Cortes - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. Agustin Caloca Cortes, Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr in Mexico, execution by fire squad. Feastday May 21

Bl. Agustin Caloca Cortes - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. Agustin Caloca Cortes, Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr in Mexico, execution by fire squad. Feastday May 21

St. Mateo Correa Magallanes - Saints St. Mateo Correa Magallanes, Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr in Mexico.  General Ortiz demanded of Father Correa, under pain of death, that he reveal the contents of the confessions. Father Correa refused, He was shot to death. Feastday May 21

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St. Bernardine of Siena - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Bernardine of Siena, Roman Catholic Franciscan missionary. He is known as “the Apostle of Italy” for his efforts to revive the country's Catholic faith during the 15th century. His preaching was frequently directed against gambling, witchcraft, sodomy and usury - particularly as practiced by Jews. Feast May 20

St. Bernardine of Siena - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Bernardine of Siena, Roman Catholic Franciscan missionary. He is known as “the Apostle of Italy” for his efforts to revive the country's Catholic faith during the 15th century. His preaching was frequently directed against gambling, witchcraft, sodomy and usury - particularly as practiced by Jews. Feast May 20

St. Basilissa - Saints St. Basilissa Roman Catholic Martyr. After her conversion to Christianity. She was beheaded for her faith when she was denounced to Emperor Galienus by Pompeius and remained steadfast in her refusal to marry him. Feastday May 20

Bl. Peter Wright - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. Peter Wright, Roman Catholic English Jesuit Martyr, put to death at Tyburn by Oliver Cromwell. Feastday May 19

St. Pope John I - Saints St. Pope John I, Roman Catholic Pope and Martyr. John was elected Pope while he was still an archdeacon upon the death of Pope Hormisdas in 523. Feast May 18

Bl. Antonia Mesina - Saints Bl. Antonia Mesina, Roman Catholic Martyr, she was murdered by a teenager when she resisted his rape attempt, Patron of martyrs; rape victims, Feastday May17

St. Dymphna - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Dymphna, Roman Catholic Laywoman Martyr, the patron of those suffering from nervous and mental afflictions. Feast May 15

St. Matthias - Saints St. Matthias, was the apostle chosen by the remaining eleven apostles to replace Judas Iscariot. Feast May 14

Sts. Nereus & Achilleus - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Sts. Nereus & Achilleus, Roman Catholic Martyrs, soldiers in the Roman army where they helped carry out the persecution of Christians. They probably had nothing against Christians and didn't carry for the bloody slaughter they were commanded to perform, but they obeyed these cruel orders out of fear of dying themselves. After all, that was what soldiers have always been expected to do. Prayer; Saints Achilleus and Nereus, pray for those in the military and armed forces throughout the world that they may always see God as their authority and obey God's orders first. Amen Feast May 12

St. Flavia Domitilla - Saints St. Flavia Domitilla, Roman Catholic Martyr with Euphrosyna and Theodora. She was related to Emperors Domitian and Titus and was a great-niece of St. Flavius Clemens. She was martyred with her two foster sisters. Feastday May12

St. Solange - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Solange, Roman Catholic Martyr, a shepherdess whose beauty attracted the lustful attention of a noble in Poitiers. He kidnapped her, but when she leaped from the horse on which he was carrying her off, he pursued and killed her. Feastday May 10

St. Peter Van - Saints St. Peter Van, Roman Catholic Catechist and Vietnamese Martyr. A native catechist, he was arrested by authorities and beheaded. Feastday May10

St. Peter of Tarantaise - Saints St. Peter of Tarantaise, Roman Catholic Monk and Archbishop.He was named the archbishop of Tarantaise against his wishes, and he devoted much energy to reforming the diocese, purging the clergy of corrupt and immoral members, aiding the poor, and promoting education. He is also credited with starting the custom of distributing bread and soup the so called May Bread just before the harvest, a custom which endured throughout France until the French Revolution. Feastday May8

St. Evodius - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Evodius, Roman Catholic Bishop and Martyr, the successor of St. Peter in Antioch. Tradition states that Evodius was the first person to identify the faithful as Christians. He was one of the seventy-two disciples of Jesus. He may have been consecrated bishop by St. Peter. Feastday May 6

St. Florian - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Florian, was an officer of the Roman army, who occupied a high administrative post in Noricum, now part of Austria, and who suffered death for the Faith in the days of Diocletian. His legendary "Acts" state that he gave himself up at Lorch to the soldiers of Aquilinus, the governor, when they were rounding up the Christians, and after making a bold confession, he was twice scourged, half-flayed alive, set on fire, and finally thrown into the river Enns with a stone around his neck. Feastday May 4

Sts. Timothy Sts. Timothy & Martha, Roman Catholic Martyrs, husband and wife, in Antinoe (modern Egypt). Timothy was a reader in the Egyptian Church who was ordered to hand over the Scriptures to Roman officials. When he refused, he was arrested and condemned with his wife of a mere three weeks, Martha. They were nailed to a wall and lingered for nine terrible days during which they gave encouragement to each other. Feastday May 3

St. Athanasius - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Athanasius, Roman Catholic Bishop and Doctor of the Church. His refusal to tolerate the Arian heresy was the cause of many trials and persecutions for St. Athanasius. He spent seventeen of the forty-six years of his episcopate in exile.Feastday May 2

St. Athanasius - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Athanasius, Roman Catholic Bishop and Doctor of the Church. . His refusal to tolerate the Arian heresy was the cause of many trials and persecutions for St. Athanasius. He spent seventeen of the forty-six years of his episcopate in exile.Feastday May 2

St. Zoe - Saints St. Zoe, wife of Exsuperius, also known as Hesperus, both Christians, and slaves. When they refused to eat food offered to the Gods by their master on the birth of their son, they and their two sons, Syriacus and Theodulus, were tortured and then roasted to death in a furnace. Feastday May 2nd

St. John-Louis Bonnard - Saints St. John-Louis Bonnard,Jean-Louis Bonnard, French Roman Catholic missionary to Vietnam, one of the Martyrs of Vietnam , beheaded 1 May 1852.