SAINTS JANUARY 04

 SAINTS JANUARY 04

Martyrs of Egypt, Two groups of martyrs, otherwise 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

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 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.  Jan 4

ST. ANGELA OF FOLIGNO, FRANCISCAN, Jan 4