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  SAINTS JANUARY 31 St. Marcella, Roman Catholic Widowed noblewoman of Rome , the hostess of St. Jerome and other dignitaries. She was scourged in the invasion of Rome in 410 by the Visigoths Under King Alaric who wished to extract knowledge of her wealth, which had in fact been given away. While she survived the vicious beating, she died soon after from the severity of her ordeal. Widowed nine months of marriage, she gave her wealth to the poor and founded a community of pious noble women. . Feastday January 31 St. Adamnan of Coldingham, 680 A.D. Confessor and prophet who was born in Ireland and undertook a series of penitential pilgrimages. Adamnan arrived on the southwest coast of Scotland where he met St. Ebba at the Monastery of Coldingham. He became a monk in this monastery and lived a life of severe austerity. Adamnan was noted for the gift of prophecy until his death.    St. Eusebius, 884 A.D. Martyred Irish Benedictine. While traveling from Ireland to Switzerland, Eusebius b

  SAINTS JANUARY 30 St. Martina of Rome, Roman Catholic Virgin Martyr of Rome . A basilica was erected in her honor at the Roman Forum. Her remains were discovered there in 1634, Feastday January 30 ST. HYACINTHA MARESCOTTI, ROMAN VIRGIN Saint Hyacintha of Mariscotti (1585 - 1640 ) was a religious of the Third Order of St. Francis and foundress of the Sacconi. At length she was touched by God's grace, and the earnest exhortations of her confessor at the time of serious illness made her see the folly of the past and brought about a complete change in her life. Jan. 30

  SAINTS JANUARY 29 STS. PAPIAS AND MAURUS, SOLDIERS, MARTYRS ON THE VIA NOMENTANA. At Rome , on the Via Nomentana, the holy martyrs Papias and Maurus, soldiers, in the time of the Emperor Diocletian. At their first confession of Christ, Laodicius, the prefect of the city, ordered their mouths to be pounded with stones. Jan. 29 Sts. Sarbelius & Barbea, Roman Catholic Martyrs. Brother and sister, who were put to death at Edessa during the persecutions of Emperor Trajan. Sarbelius, also called Sharbel, was a high priest at Edessa, in Mesopotamia. They were arrested for converting to the faith, and were tortured with red-hot irons prior to execution. Feastday January 29 ST. CONSTANTINUS, BISHOP OF PERUGIA , Saint Constantine, first Bishop of Perugia in Central Italy, together with numerous Christians of his flock, is stated to have been put to death on account of his religion under the Emperor Marcus Aurelius, about A.D. 178. Jan. 29 St. Voloc, 724 A.D. Irish missionary bishop. He w

SAINTS JANUARY 28 St. Richard of Vaucelles, 1169 A.D. English Cistercian abbot. He was appointed the head of Vaucelles Abbey, France, by St. Bernard.   St. Glastian, 830 A.D. Bishop and patron of Kinglassie, Fife, and Scotland . He served as mediator between the Scots and Picts.   St. Cannera , 530 A.D. An Irish hermitess, a friend of St. Senan. She is also called Cainder or Kinnera. She lived as a recluse near Bantry, Ireland, and was buried on St. Senan's Island, Enniscarthy. St. Thomas Aquinas, Roman Catholic Dominican friar, priest and Doctor of The Church. Feastday January 28 St. Jerome Lou-Tin-Mei, Roman Catholic Layman and Chinese Martyr . The Roman Catholic Church recognizes 120 Catholics who died between 1648 and 1930 as its "Martyr Saints of China". Jan. 28 Bl. Lawrence Wang, Roman Catholic Layman and Chinese Martyr . Lawrence was beheaded by anti-Christian forces and received beatification in 1909. Feastday Jan28

SAINTS JANUARY 27 St. Julian of Le Mans, 3rd century. First bishop of Le Mans, France. Tradition states that he was a noble Roman. Julian performed extravagant miracles and was honored during the Middle Ages as the patron of churches in England.   St. Natalis . A founder of monasticism in Northern Ireland and a disciple of St. Columba also called Naal. He served as abbot of the monasteries of Naile, Daunhinis, and Cill. A well in that region honors his memory. St. Angela Merici, Roman Catholic Saint. She founded the Order of Ursulines in 1535 in Brescia. Feastday January 27 ST. VITALIAN, POPE

SAINTS JANUARY 26 St. Robert of Newmister, 1000-1159 A.D. Cistercian abbot. Born in Yorkshire, England, he entered the Benedictines at Whitby and soon joined the monks at Fountains Abbey who were adopting the harder rule which was gaining prominence at the time. This community embraced the Cistercian rule, and the monastery became one of the spearhead communities for the Cistercians in England. In 1137, Robert helped to found Newminster Abbey, in Northumberland, serving as its first abbot. St. Conan , 648 A.D. A bishop of Ireland, possibly from Scotland. It is believed that Conan taught St. Fiacre before going to the Isle of Man, where he served as a missionary and was consecrated bishop.  Bl. Michal Kozal, Roman Catholic Priest and Bishop. Polish Martyr and 220 other priests of the diocese, who died in Dachau Concentration camp .Feastday Jan 26 STS. TIMOTHY AND TITUS, BISHOPS, DISCIPLES OF ST. PAUL . Closest collaborators of Saint Paul, St. Timothy, born to a pagan father and a Jewis

SAINTS JANUARY 25 St. Dwynwen. A Welsh saint credited with the saying: “Nothing wins hearts like cheerfulness.” A member of the family of Brychan of Brecknock, she is venerated throughout Wales and Cornwall, England.  St.  Eochod, 697 A.D. The Apostle of the Picts of Galloway, Scotland. He was one of the twelve chosen by St. Columba to evangelize northern Britain. St. Peter Thomas, At the behest of Pope Urban V, he journeyed to Serbia, Hungary, and Constantinople in an effort to organize a crusade against the Turks. He took part in a military operation against Alexandria, Egypt, in 1365 during which he was severely wounded. He died from his injuries at Cyprus a few months later. While never formally canonized, his feast was permitted to the Carmelites in 1608. Feastday Jan 25 CONVERSION OF SAINT PAUL THE APOSTLE, Saint Paul’s conversion on the road to Damascus was to be the turning point in his spiritual life. There he met Jesus and nothing was the same after, Jan 25 ST. ANANIAS OF

SAINTS JANUARY 24 Bl. William Ireland, 1679 A.D. Jesuit martyr of England. He was born in Lincolnshire and studied at St. Omer, France, where he joined the Jesuits in 1655. He was professed in 1673 and was a confessor to nuns until he was sent to England, where he became known as William Ironmonger or Iremonger. William worked for the English mission until his arrest at the London Jesuit house and his subsequent execution at Tyburn for supposed complicity in the Popish Plot. He was beatified in 1929.    Bl. John Grove, 1697 A.D. English martyr, the servant of Blessed William Ireland. He served several Jesuits at a London house until his arrest. John was martyred at Tyburn with Blessed William Ireland for alleged involvement in the Titus Oates Plot. He was beatified in 1929.   St. Cadoc, 580 A.D. A Welsh bishop and martyr, a companion of St. Gildas. Cadoc is also called Docus, Cathmael, and Cadvael. He founded Llancarfan Monastery near Cardiff, Wales, before becoming a missionary on t

SAINTS JANUARY 23 St. Marianne Cope, Roman Catholic Nun.  a member of the Sisters of Saint Francis of Syracuse, New York. Known for her charitable works and virtuous deeds, she spent many years caring for lepers on the island of Molokaʻi in Hawaiʻi. Despite direct contact with the patients over many years, Cope was not afflicted by the disease, which some faithful consider miraculou. Feastday January 23 St. Colman of Lismore , 702 A.D.  Abbot Bishop of the monastery of Lismore, Ireland. He succeeded St. Hierlug in 698.   St. Maimbod. Irish martyr, also called Mainboeuf, missionary to o them. St. Emerentiana Roman Catholic Martyr Feastday Jan 23 sister of St Agnes ST. ILDEFONSUS, BISHOP OF TOLEDO, Archbishop of Toledo ; died 23 January, 667. He was born of a distinguished family and was a nephew of St. Eugenius, his predecessor in the See of Toledo. At an early age, despite the determined opposition of his father, he embraced the monastic life in the monastery of Agli, near Toledo. Ja

SAINTS JANUARY 22 Bl. William Patenson, 1592 A.D. English martyr. Born at Durham, he departed his homeland and studied at Reims before receiving ordination there in 1587. The following year he sailed home and worked to promote the Catholic cause in the dangerous atmosphere of Elizabethan England. Arrested in 1591, he was tried and condemned for being a priest and was hanged, drawn, and quartered at Tyburn. During his imprisonment, he converted six other prisoners to the Catholic faith. Beatified in 1929. St. Brithwald, 1045 A.D. Benedictine bishop and a benefactor of Glastonbury Abbey in England. Brithwald was a monk at Glastonbury when he was named bishop of Ramsbury in 1005. He eventually moved his see to Old Sarum. Both Glastonbury and Malmesbury abbeys were under his patronage. Brithwald had visions and was a true prophet.  Bl. William Joseph Chaminade , French Roman Catholic priest who survived persecution during the French Revolution. He founded the Society of Mary, also called t

SAINTS JANUARY 21 St. Agnes, Roman Catholic Virgin Martyr. She is one of seven women, excluding the Blessed Virgin, commemorated by name in the Canon of the Mass. She is the patron saint of chastity, gardeners, girls, engaged couples, rape victims, and virgins.Jan.21  

SAINTS JANUARY 20 St. Alban Bartholomew Roe, 1642 A.D. Missionary and martyr, one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. Alban is believed to have been born in Bury St. Edmund's, England, about 1580. He converted to Catholicism and went to the English College at Douai, where he was dismissed for an infraction of discipline. In 1612 he became ordained Benedictine at Dieulouard, France. From there he was sent to England. In 1615 he was arrested and banished. In 1618 he returned to England and was imprisoned again. This imprisonment lasted until 1623, when the Spanish ambassador obtained his release. In 1625, once again having returned to England to care for Catholics, Alban was arrested for the last time. For seventeen years he remained in prison and was then tried and condemned. Alban was sentenced with Thomas Reynolds, another English martyr. They were hanged, drawn, and quartered at Tyburn on January 21, 1642.   Bl. Thomas Reynolds, 1642 A.D. English martyr . Born Thomas Gree

SAINTS JANUARY 19 St. Branwallader, 6th century.  Bishop of Jersey, England. A part of his remains were translated by King Athelstan in 935.   St. Wulfstan, 1095 A.D. Wulfstan (1008-1095)  A Bishop and reformer, also called Wulstan and Wolstan. Born at Long-Itch ington, Warwickshire, England, he studied at the abbeys of Evesham and Peterborough, received ordination, and joined the Benedictines at Worcester. Wulfstan served as treasurer of the church at Worcester, was prior of the monastery, and finally was named bishop of Worcester in 1062. After overcoming initial doubts about his ability to hold the office of bishop, he demonstrated such skill after the Norman Conquest that he was the lone bishop to be kept in his post by William the Conqueror (r. l066-l087). For the next three decades, Wulfstan rebuilt his cathedral, cared for the poor, and struggled to alleviate the harsh decrees of the Normans upon the vanquished Saxons. Wulfstan died while engaged in the daily ritual of washing

SAINTS JANUARY 18 St. Day. A saint patron of a Comish church near Redruth, England. Nothing else is known. St. Ulfrid, 1028 A.D. Missionary and martyr. Originally from England, he journeyed to the Continent to participate in the missionary efforts of the era in Germany and Sweden. He was martyred by pagans after chopping down an idol of the god Thor, an act also performed by St. Boniface. St. Deicola, 625 A.D. Monk and companion of St. Columbanus, also called Deicolus, Desle, Dichul, Deel, Delle, or Deille. He was an elder brother of St. Gall, born in Leinster, Ireland. As one of St. Columbanus’ twelve disciples, Deicola accompanied him to France in 567 and worked with him in Austrasia and in Burgundy, France. In 610, St. Columbanus was exiled by Thierry II. Deicola, too old to accompany him, founded the monastery of Lure in the Vosges, France, and lived there as a hermit. Bl. Victoire Gusteau, Roman Catholic Laywoman and Martyr during the French Revolution. Bl. Marie de la Dive d

SAINTS JANUARY 17 St. Nennius . One of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland, he was a disciple of St. Finian. The only other thing known about him is that he was born in Ireland.   St. Mildgytha, 676 A.D. Benedictine nun, daughter of St. Ermenburga, a princess, and Merewald. Her sisters were Sts. Milburga and Mildred. She received the veil from her mother at Minster on the Isle of Thanet and later became abbess of a Northumbrian convent. Bl. Gonzalo de Amarante, Roman Catholic Dominican Priest. Feastday Jan. 17 Bl. Gregory Khomyshyn, Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr. Arrested for his faith in 1939. Arrested again in April 1945; deported to Kiev, Ukraine. Died in prison. One of the Martyrs Killed Under Communist Regimes in Eastern Europe  Feastday January 17 Saint Anthony of Egypt  Abbot. St  Father of monasticism, protector of animals and model of Christian life. Saint Anthony was born in Coma in Egypt, c. AD 250. He is one of the greatest hermits in the history of the Church. His liturgica

SAINTS JANUARY 16 St. Fursey, 648 A.D. Irish monastic founder, the brother of Sts. Foillan and Ulan, praised by St. Bede. Fursey was born on the island of Inisguia en Lough Carri, Ire-land, as a noble. He founded Rathmat Abbey, now probably Killursa. In 630 Fursey and his friends went to East Anglia, England, where he founded a monastery near Ugremouth on land donated by King Sigebert. In his later years, Fursey went to France to build a monastery at Lagny, near Paris, France. He was buried in Picardy. St. Bede and others wrote about Fursey’s intense ecstasies.   St. Henry of Cocket, 1127 A.D. A Danish hermit who had a hermitage on Cocket, an island off the coast of Northumbria, England. He lived under the director of the monks of Tynemouth. St. Dunchaid O'Braoin , 988 A.D. Abbot on Clanmocnoise, near Westmeath, Ireland. He was a hermit until circa 969, when he became abbot. He died in Armagh.   ST. MARCELLUS I, POPE AND MARTYR an 16, 2018 · In Rome on the Via Salaria, the natal

SAINTS JANUARY 15 St. Teath. Possibly a daughter of Brychan of Brecknock in Wales. A Cornwall church bears her name. She may also be St. Ita.   St. Sawl , 6th century. Welsh chieftain and the father of St. Asaph, the great Welsh saint  St. Ceolwulf, 764 A.D. King of Northumbria, England, and patron of St. Bede. He resigned in 738 and became a monk at Lindisfame. St. Bede dedicated his Ecclesiastical History to “the most gracious King Ceolwulf.”   St. Liewellyn & Gwrnerth, 6th century. Welsh monks of Welshpool and Bardsey, Wales.                                                                                   St. Lleudadd, 6th century. Welsh abbot, companion of St. Cadfan to Brittany, France, also listed as Laudatus. He was formerly the abbot of Bardsey, in Gwynedd, Wales. St. Blaithmaic, 823 A.D. Irish abbot who sought martyrdom among the Danes, he went to England and encountered the Danes and was murdered on the altar steps of the abbey church at lona.   St. Ita. Ita was rep

SAINTS JANUARY 14 St. Deusdedit, 664 A.D. Benedictine archbishop of Canterbury, England. He was a Southern Saxon, originally called Freithona. In 653, Deusdedit succeeded Honorius, becoming the first Anglo-Saxon to become a primate of England. He died, probably on October 28, during a plague. ST. MALACHY, PROPHET Saint Malachy was born in 1094 at Armagh, Ireland and died on November 2, 1148. St. Malachy was canonized in 1190 by Pope Clement III. This was the first papal canonization of an Irish saint. Jan.14 ST. FELIX OF NOLA, PRIEST, Felix was the son of Hermias, a Syrian who had been a Roman soldier. He was born on his father's estate at Nola near Naples, Italy. On the death of his father, Felix distributed his inheritance to the poor, was ordained by Bishop St. Maximus of Nola, and became his assistant. Jan 14

SAINTS JANUARY 13 St. Elian , 6th. Century.  Perhaps a Breton, he was related to Ismael and labored in the missions of Cornwall England.  St.  Erbin , 5th century. Saint of the Comish and Devonshire regions of England. He is also listed as Ervan, Ernie, Erbyn, or Hermes. Churches in Cornwall are dedicated to Erbin  St. Kentigern Mungo , 603  A.D. First bishop of the Strathclyde Britons. By tradition, he was the son of a British princess. His nickname, Mungo, means "dear one" or "darling." He was raised by St. Serf and be. came a hermit near Glasgow, Scotland. Driven into exile after being consecrated a bishop circa 540, Kentigern went to St. David in Wales. There he possibly founded St. Asaph Monastery at Llanelwy. In 553, he returned to Scotland to continue his labors. With St. Theneva, he is patron of Glasgow. He is also venerated as the Apostle of Northwestern England and Southwestern Scotland.  ST REMIGIUS, BISHOP OF REIMS Remigius was Bishop of Reims, in Gaul i

SAINTS JANUARY 12 St Ailred of Rievaulx Abbot and writer. St Ailred was the son of a priest, born in Hexham in 1110. After being educated at Durham he joined the household of David I, king of Scotland as a steward. In 1134 he joined the newly-founded abbey at Rievaulx. St. Margaret Bourgeoys, Roman Catholic Nun, foundress of the Congregation of Notre Dame of Montreal in the colony of New France, now part of Canada. Feastday January 12 Ephesus Roman Catholic Martyrs, Forty-two monks put to death by Byzantine Emperor Constantine V in 762 AD. for opposing the Iconoclasts. Jan 12 St. Tatiana of Rome, Roman Catholic Martyr, put to death by beheading in Rome during the reign of Emperor Severus Alexander. Jan 12 ST. ARCADIUS, MARTYR, Arcadius, seeing his city in great confusion, left his estate and withdrew to a solitary place in the neighboring country, serving Jesus Christ in watching, prayer, and other exercises of a penitential life. His flight could not be long a secret; for his not ap

SAINTS JANUARY 11 Blessed William Carter (c. 1548 – 11 January 1584) was a Roman Catholic English printer and martyr. He established his own printing press in London to publish Catholic literature for England’s persecuted Catholic population. His captors tortured him on a rack, questioning him about several chalices and vestments that had been entrusted to him for safekeeping, and about the books found in his possession, which contained Catholic prayers, meditations, and spiritual exercises. He was executed on the following day. Feastday Jan. 11 St. Boadin. Benedictine monk from Ireland who joined that order in France. He was revered for his impeccable observance of the Holy Rule and for his kindness.    St. Brandan , 5th century. An Irish monk who went to England and confronted the Pelagian heretics. Fleeing to Gaul because of the cruel treatment he received, he later became an abbot.  St.  Ethenea and Fidelmia. Two of the first converts of St. Patrick, the daughters of King Laogha

SAINTS JANUARY 10 St. Saethryth, 660 A.D. Benedictine abbess , also called Sethrida. The stepdaughter of a local king of the Angles, she entered a convent in Gaul (modem France) eventually becoming abbess. Sts. Ethelburga and Ethelfreda were half-sisters.Jan 10 St. Thomian , 660 A.D. Sometimes called Toiman, Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland, from about 623. He is remembered for a letter he composed to the Holy See concerning the paschal controversy, namely the date to be followed for the celebrating of Easter.    St. Dermot , 6th century. Abbot and founder of a monastery on Innis-Closran Island, Ireland. He is listed also as Diarmis or Diarmaid. Dermot trained St. Kiernan of Clonrnacnois.   St. Agatho,Roman Catholic Pope . St. Agatho was born c. 577 and was elected to the Roman see in 678. He had been a monk before his election and was well-versed in Latin and Greek. Although the exarch of Ravenna, Theodore, desired independence from Rome, he eventually submitted to Agatho's rule. In

SAINTS JANUARY 09 ST. ANDREW CORSINI, CARMELITAN PRIEST, BISHOP OF FIESOLE St. Andrew Corsini, Bishop (Feast) He was appointed Provincial of Tuscany in 1348 by the General Chapter meeting in Metz and the following year he was named bishop of Fiesole, near Florence. He governed his diocese well, becoming a model of charity and an eloquent preacher. He was distinguished by his zeal for the apostolate,...Jan 9 Saints Julian and Basilissa (died ca. 304) were husband and wife. They were Christian martyrs who died at either Antioch or, more probably, at Antinoe, in the reign of Diocletian, early in the fourth century, on 9 January, according to the Roman Martyrology, BD ANTONY FATATI, BISHOP OF ANCONA . Born of a noble family, Antonio studied in Bologna to become a priest. Returning to his home, he engaged in various pastoral ministries, ultimately being named Bishop of Ancona in 1463. He was a prudent pastor, generous to the poor and severe towards himself. He was beatified in 1765.  Jan 9

SAINTS JANUARY 08 St. Athelm, 923 A.D. Archbishop of Canterbury and uncle of St. Dunstan. Benedictine, Atheim served as a monk at Glastonbury, England, becoming abbot of the famous monastery. In 909, Athelm was named the first bishop of Wells. He became the archbishop of Canterbury in 914.   St, Pega Roman Catholic Laywoman , was sister to St. Guthlac and she lived a retired life not far from her brother's hermitage at Croyland, just across the border of what is now Northamptonshire, on the western edge of the great Peterborough Fen. The place is now called Peakirk, i.e. Pega's church. She attended her brother's funeral, making the journey by water down the Welland, and is reputed on that occasion to have cured a blind man from Wisbech. She is said to have then gone on pilgrimage to Rome, where she died about the year 719. Ordericus Vitalis says  her relics were honored with miracles, and kept in a church which bore her name at Rome, but this church is not now known. Feast

SAINTS JANUARY 07 Bl. Edward Waterson, 1593 A.D. An English martyr and a convert. He was born in London, England, and ordained in Reims, France. In 1592, he was returned to England to  serve hidden Catholics. Edward was arrested the following year and executed at Newcastle. He was beatified in 1929.7 St. Brannock .  A Welsh monk who migrated to Devon, England. He founded a monastery at Braunton,  and was famed for his holiness and zeal.   St. Cronan Beg, 7th century. A bishop of Aendrum, County Down, Ireland. He is mentioned in connection with the controversy of 640.   St. Kentigerna, 734 A.D. Widowed hermitess, mother of St. Coellan and daughter of Kelly. The prince of Leinster, Ireland. When her husband died she went to Inchebroida Island in Loch Lomond, Scotland. A church there is dedicated to her memory.   ST. LUCIAN, ANTIOCHIAN PRIEST, MARTYR A scholarly and austere priest of Antioch in Syria, a precise exegete of the Old and New Testaments, Lucian died a martyr at Nicomedia on 7

SAINTS JANUARY 06 St. Peter of Canterbury , 607 A.D. A Benedictine abbot. Peter was originally a monk in the monastery of St. Andrew’s, Rome, and was chosen by Pope St. Gregory I the Great to embark with St. Augustine of Canterbury and other monks on the missionary enterprise to England in 596. Peter became the first abbot of the monastery of Sts. Peter and Paul at Canterbury in 602. He died by drowning at Ambleteu, near Boulogne while on a mission to France.   St. Eigrad, 6th century. Founder of a church in Anglesey, Wales, the brother of St. Samson of York, trained by St. Illtyd.   St. Hywyn , 516 A.D. Welsh founder and patron of churches in western England. He was a disciple of St. Cadfan, who founded monasteries in Wales. Hywyn founded Aberdaron in Gwynedd, Wales. He is sometimes called Ewen or Owen.   St. Merinus , 6th century.  Titular patron of churches in Wales and Brittany. He was a hermit of Bangor and a disciple of Abbot Dunawd. St. Schotin , 6th century. He was also known

SAINTS JANUARY 05 ST. EDWARD, KING OF ENGLAND, Crowned King of England in 1043, beloved by the people, he was a mild and gentle sovereign of profound prayer: he promoted peace, abolished war taxes to help the poorest of the poor, and built a monastery out of which would grow the Abbey of Westminster Jan 5 St. Cera , 7th century. An Irish abbess also called Ciar, Cior, Cyra, or Ceara. She was born in Tipperary and served as abbess of a monastery at Kilkeary and another one at Tehelly.   Martyrs of Egypt, Two groups of martyrs, o therwise unknown, who were slain in Egypt. There were many other known martyrs who were put to death in Egypt, a large number of them dying in Alexandria Feastday January 5 Bl. Jacques Ledoyen, Roman Catholic Priest, in Angers, France and was martyred during the French Revolution. Feastday Jan.5 St. Cera , 7th century. An Irish abbess also called Ciar, Cior, Cyra, or Ceara. She was born in Tipperary and served as abbess of a monastery at Kilkeary and another o

SAINTS JANUARY 04 Bl. Thomas Plumtree, Roman Catholic Priest and English Martyr . He was offered his freedom if he abjured the faith and he refused. He was hanged in Durham Castle. Feastday January 4 ST. ELIZABETH ANN BAYLEY SETON, FOUNDRESS, SISTERS OF CHARITY OF ST. JOSEPH'S, A Protestant New York socialite and mother of five who became a Catholic religious sister, she founded the first community of women religious in the United States. A widow with 5 children, St. Elizabeth was a convert to Catholicism from Episcopalianism, who founded the first religious Congregation for women in the country. She dedicated herself to the service of the poor and promoted the nascent parochial school movement. Her feast day is celebrated on January 4.   https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints/01/04/st--elizabeth-ann-bayley-seton--foundress--sisters-of-charity-of.html  ST. ANGELA OF FOLIGNO, FRANCISCAN , She is one of the greatest mystics in the history of the Church whose spirituality inspired giant

SAINTS JANUARY 03 St. Wenog . A Saint of Wales who is mentioned in several liturgical calendars. No other details of his life are extant.   St. Finlugh, 6th century. An Irish abbot, the brother of St. Fintan. He trained in Scotland as a disciple of St. Columba and returned to Ireland to become abbot of a monastery in County Deify.   St. Fintan, 6th century. Abbot, he is Patron of Doon, in Limerick, Ireland. He was a disciple of St. Comgall, and a well in Limerick is revered in his name. Saint Genevieve Roman Catholic patron saint of Paris Her feast is kept on 3 January. Sts. Zosimus and Athanasius (d.303) + Martyrs in Cilicia (modern Turkey). They were executed during the persecutions of Emperor Diocletian (r. 284-305). According to one account, Zosimus was tortured and Athanasius, a witness, was so moved that he converted to the faith. Both were then tortured but survived and died in peace after being released. They became hermits. Feast day: January 3. ST. JOSEPH MARY TOMASI, THEA

SAINTS JANUARY 02 Bl. Marie-Anne Vaillot, Roman Catholic Nun and French Martyr, during the French Revolution. Jan 2 Bl. Guillaume Repin, Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr.During the French revolution Brought before the Revolutionary Committee of Angers, he was sentenced to the guillotine and executed January 2, 1794. Bl. Odilia Baumgarten, Roman Catholic Nun and French Martyr, during the French Revolution .Jan 2 STS. BASIL THE GREAT AND GREGORY NAZIANZUS, BISHOPS AND DOCTORS OF THE CHURCH. Two Saints who in life were bound by a deep friendship and whose liturgical memory falls on the same day: St. Basil (to whom the Cathedral of Moscow is dedicated) and St. Gregory Nazianzen are celebrated on January 2.   https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints/01/02/sts--basil-the-great-and--gregory-nazianzus--bishops-and-doctors.html 

SAINTS JANUARY 01 Bl. Jean-Baptiste Lego, Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr in Angers, France. Martyred during the French Revolution along with his brother Blessed René Lego. Feastday Jan.1 MOST HOLY MARY, MOTHER OF GOD. The Council of Ephesus in 431 confirmed a truth very dear to the Christian people: Mary is the true Mother of God, insofar as she is mother of Jesus, true God and true man: two natures in one Divine person, without confusion, without change, without division.  Jan 1 ST. VINCENT MARIA STRAMBI , A native of Civitavecchia (1745-1824), he became a Passionist priest, over the objection of his father. A great preacher, he became bishop of Macerata. He cared for seminarians’s formation and helped the poor. After refusing to swear loyalty to Napoleon, the Pope called him as his advisor in Rome.  Jan 1