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 Saints of the day August 01 Bl. Thomas Welbourne, 1605 A.D. English martyr. Born in Hutton Bushel, Yorkshire, he worked as a schoolmaster until his arrest for preaching the Catholic faith. He was arrested and condemned with Blesseds John Fuithering and William Brown. He was hanged, drawn, and quartered at York.   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Welbourne The Blessed Martyrs of Nowogródek, also known as the Eleven Nuns of Nowogródek or Sister Stella and Companions were a group of Roman Catholic nuns from the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth killed by the Gestapo in August 1943 in present-day Belarus.Aug 1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martyrs_of_Nowogr%C3%B3dek#:~:text=The%20Martyrs%20of%20Nowogr%C3%B3dek%2C%20also,Gestapo%20in%20August%201943%20in   St. Almedha, sixth century. Virgin and martyr also called Aled or Filuned. The Welsh tradition reports that Almedha was the daughter of King Brychan. Having taken a vow of virginity and dedicated to Christ, Almedha fled from her

Saint of the day July 31 Bl. Everard Hanse, Roman Catholic Priest and English Martyr, raised a Protestant in Northhamptonshire, England, studied at Cambridge, and was ordained a minister. In 1568, he converted to the Church and went to Reims, France, where he was ordained in 1581. Returning as a missionary, Everard was arrested and condemned. He was hanged, drawn, and quartered at Tyburn on July 31 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everald_Hanse St. Neot, Hermit, and relative of King Alfred the Great. A monk of Glastonbury, England, he was ordained before he departed to become a hermit in Cornwall. Tradition states that King Alfred visited him for his counsel. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Neot_(monk) ST. IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA, PRIEST, FOUNDER OF THE JESUITS https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints/07/31/st--ignatius-of-loyola--priest--founder-of-the-jesuits.html ST. JUSTIN DE JACOBIS OF THE CONGREGATION OF THE MISSION, BISHOP OF ABISSINIA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giustino_de_Jacobis  

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Saint of the day July 30 Bl. Thomas Abel, 1540 A.D. English martyr. A graduate of Oxford University, Thomas served as chaplain to Queen Catharine of Aragon, proving intensely loyal to her cause during the ordeal of the divorce proceedings against her by King Henry VIII of England (r. 1509-1547). Arrested by English authorities for denying the spiritual supremacy of the king, he was incarcerated in the Tower of London for six years, finally receiving execution at Smithfield. He was beatified in 1886.   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Abel Bl. Edward Powell, 1504 A.D. English martyr, a councilor to Queen Catherine of Aragon, wife of King Henry VIII. A Welshman, Edward was a canon of Salisbury, England, and a fellow of Odd, noted for treatises opposing Martin Luther. He served Queen Catherine of Aragon and opposed the spiritual supremacy of Henry VIII. For this he spent six years in prison before being hanged, drawn, and quartered at Smithfield, London. He was beatified in 1886. http

 Saint of the day July 28 Fr. Stanley_Rother Martyr of Guatemala July 28 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Rother St. Samson, 565 A.D. Welsh bishop and evangelizer. Born at Glamorgan, Wales, he became a disciple of St. Illtyd at the monastery of Lianwit (Llantwit) in southern Glamorgan and then lived as a monk (and later abbot) of a community on Caldey Island (Ynys Byr). He was joined there by his uncle, Umbrafel, and his father, Amon. After a trip to Ireland, Samson became a hermit with Amon whom he cured of a mortal illness. During a trip to Cornwall, he was consecrated a bishop and appointed an abbot. He then departed England and went to Brittany where he spent the rest of his life as a missionary, even though he had long searched for solitude. Samson founded monasteries, including one at Dol and another at Pental, in Normandy. He was one of the foremost (if not relatively unknown) evangelizers of his century and has long been venerated with enthusiasm in Wales and Brittany. htt

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  Saint of the day July 27 Bl. Rudolf Acquaviva, Roman Catholic Jesuit Priest and  Martyr. he was the nephew of Claudius Acquaviva, the fifth master general of the Jesuits, and he followed his uncle into the Society of Jesus. In 1549, he was sent to India, going to the court of Mogul Akbar near Agra. He became superior of the Salsette mission. Rudolf was martyred at Salsette, near Goa, by Hindus, with four companions, including Alfonso Pacheco.  Feastday: July 27 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodolfo_Acquaviva St. Anthusa, Roman Catholic Abbess tortured by the Byzantine Emperor Constantine V. Anthusa was originally a hermitess, becoming abbess of the convent near Constantinople. Because of her veneration of sacred images, she was arrested by the emperor, who, as an ardent iconoclast, opposed such sacramentals. Anthusa was tortured severely until the empress intervened and secured her release.  Feastday: July 27 https://www.newmanministry.com/saints/saint-anthusa#:~:text=Anthusa%20was%2

Saint of the day July 26 Bl. William Ward, 1641 A.D. Martyr of England. Born in Westmorland, England, he went to Douai, France, in 1604, where he studied and received ordination in 1608. Upon returning home to England, William was forced to land in Scotland and was arrested and imprisoned for three years. He was released and went on to England, where he spent twenty of his thirty-three years as a missionary in prison. When Catholic priests were banished on April 7, 1641, William was arrested. On July 26, he was executed at Tyburn.   https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15552b.htm https://www.ncregister.com/blog/a-martyr-by-any-other-name-blessed-william-ward Bl. John Ingram, 1594 A.D. Martyr of Scotland. He was born in Stoke Edith, Herefordshire, in 1565, and became a convert at Oxford. After conversion, he went to Reims and Rome and was ordained in 1589. Sent to Scotland in 1592, John was arrested on the Tyneside and taken to the Tower of London, where he was tortured Martyred at Gateshea

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  Saint of the day July 25 St. James the Greater Roman Catholic Apostle and is the patron saint of Spain and, according to legend, his remains are held in Santiago de Compostela in Galicia. Feastday July 25 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_the_Great#:~:text=The%20son%20of%20Zebedee%20and,first%20disciples%20to%20join%20Jesus. St. Nissen . Abbot and an Irishman, he was converted by St. Patrick and later became abbot of Mountgarret monastery in Wexford. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Nissen St. Theodemir, Roman Catholic Monk and Martyr of Spain. He was martyred at Cordoba under  Muslim Emir Abd al-Rahman II (r. 822-852), because he would not recant his Christian faith. Feastday July 25 https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Theodemir_(saint) ST. CHRISTOPHER, MARTYR,  https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints/07/25/st--christopher--martyr.html

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  Saint of the day July 24 St. John Boste, 1594 A.D. One of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. He was born at Dufton, at Westmoreland, England, and studied at Oxford. Becoming a Catholic in 1576, he went to Reims and received ordination in 1581. John went back to England where he worked in the northern parts of the kingdom and became the object of a massive manhunt. He was betrayed, arrested, and taken to London. There he was crippled on the rack and returned to Dryburn near Durham. On July 24, he was hanged, drawn, and quartered. John was canonized by Pope Paul VI in 1970 as a martyr of Durham.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Boste Sts. Wulfhade and Ruffinus, 7th century.  Wulfhade and Ruffinus (d.c. seventh century). Martyrs of England. Little is known about them with any certainty, although according to tradition they were two princes of Mercia who were baptized by St. Chad and were swiftly executed by their pagan father. They were martyred at Stone, Staffordshire  https://

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  Saint of the day July 23 Sts. Rasyphus and Ravennus, 5th century. Martyrs. They came from Britain, fleeing the islands upon the invasions by the Anglo Saxons. Settling in Gaul, they became hermits and were martyred, perhaps by Arian Goths who were advancing through the West. Their relics are enshrined in the cathedral of Bayeux. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rasyphus_and_Ravennus#:~:text=Saints%20Rasyphus%20(Rasiphus)%20and%20Ravennus,in%20Gaul%20and%20became%20hermits Martyrs of Bulgaria, Roman Catholic Martyrs caught in the war between the Byzantine Empire and the pagan Bulgars. Many were slain in battle, while others were put to death for the faith. Feastday July 23 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martyrs_of_Adrianople#:~:text=The%20Martyrs%20of%20Adrianople%2C%20also,Orthodox%20Church%20on%2022%20January. Saint John Cassian (c. 360 – 435 AD), John the Ascetic, or John Cassian the Roman  was a Christian monk and theologian celebrated in both the Western and Eastern Churches for his

  Saint of the day July 22 Sts. Philip Evans and John Lloyd.  Philip Evans was born at Monmouth in 1645, was educated at SaintOmer, and joined the Society of Jesus at the age of twenty. In 1675 he was ordained at Liege and sent to South Wales. He was soon well known for his zeal, but no active notice was taken by the authorities until the scare of Oates plot, when in the November of 1678 John Arnold, of Llanvihangel Court near Abergavenny, a justice of the peace and hunter of priests, offered a reward of £200 for his arrest. Father Evans refused to leave his flock, and early in December was caught at the house of Christopher Turberville at Sker in Glamorgan. He refused the oath and was confined alone in an underground dungeon in Cardiff Castle. Two or three weeks afterwards he was joined by Mr. John Lloyd, a secular priest, who had been taken at Penlline in Glamorgan. He was a Breconshire man, who had taken the missionary oath at Valladolid in 1649 and been sent to minister in his own

 

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  Saint of the day July 21 St. Julia of Troyes, Roman Catholic Martyr of Troyes, France. Taken captive by the Romans, she was given to Claudius, a soldier. Julia converted him to Christ, and they were beheaded as martyrs. Feastday July 21 https://www.patheos.com/blogs/contemplatioculture/2020/07/julia-of-troyes-july-21-everyday-saints-series/ ST. LAWRENCE OF BRINDISI, CAPUCHIN AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH Lawrence entered the Capuchin order when he was only 16. He was entrusted with important missions by Popes as well as secular princes. He died in Lisbon in 1619, and was canonized by Leo XIII in 1881. In 1959, St John XXIII declared St Lawrence a Doctor of the Church.   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_of_Brindisi ST. PRAXEDES, MARTYR IN THE CHURCH SHE FOUNDED ON THE ESQUILINO https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praxedes ST. EZECHIEL, PROPHET, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezekiel

  Saint of the day July 20 St. Etheidwitha. Widowed queen of King Alfred the Great of England. She was an Anglo-Saxon princess, also called Ealsitha. Etheldwitha founded a convent at Winchester in the Benedictine rule and became the abbess there.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ealhswith St. Paul of St. Zoilus, Roman Catholic Spanish martyr. Paul was a deacon of Cordoba, Spain, and a member of the community of St. Zoilus in that city. He devoted much of his effort to bringing aid to those Christians imprisoned by Muslim officials. Seized by members of the ruling Islamic government, he was beheaded. Feastday July 20 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Zoilus ST. APOLLINARIS, BISHOP OF RAVENNA AND MARTYR, https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the-day/saint-apollinaris ST. AURELIUS, BISHOP OF CARTHAGE, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Aurelius ST. ELIJAH, PROPHET https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah

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  Saint of the day July 19 St. John Plessington, 1697 A.D. One of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. He was born at Dimples, Lancashire, England, and the son of a Royalist Catholic. Educated at Valladolid, Spain, and St. Omer’s in France. he was ordained in Segovia in 1662. John returned to England after ordination and served as a missionary in Cheshire. He became a tutor at Puddington Hall near Chester until his arrest and martyrdom by hanging at Barrowshill, Boughton. near Chester. Pope Paul VI canonized him in 1970. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Plessington Sts. Justa and Rufina,  Roman Catholic Virgins and Martyrs (Feast - July 19) These martyrs were two Christian women at Seville in Spain who maintained themselves by selling earthenware. Not to concur in idolatrous superstitions, they refused to sell vessels for the use of heathen ceremonies and when the worshipers broke up their stock-in-trade, Justa and Rufina retorted by overthrowing the image of a false goddess. Wher

 Saint of the day July 18 St. Edburga of Bicester, 7th century. Nun at Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, the daughter of Penda , the pagan king of Mercia. Her shrine is at Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, but her relics, originally at Bicester, were taken to Flanders, Belgium. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eadburh_of_Bicester St. Theneva, 7th century. Also called Thenova, the patron saint of Glasgow, Scotland, with her son St. Kentigern.  http://ww1.antiochian.org/node/19054 St. Minnborinus, 986 A.D.  Benedictine abbot. He was born in Ireland and became abbot of St. Martin Monastery in Cologne, Germany, in 974. There he promoted monastic reform and scholarly pursuits.   http://www.omniumsanctorumhiberniae.com/2014/07/saint-minnborinus-abbot-of-cologne-july.html St. Theodosia of Constantinople, Roman Catholic Nun and Martyr at the monastery of St. Anastasia. She led a group of nuns in defense of the icon of Christ which hung over the main door of the community when soldiers were sent t

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Saint of the day July 17 Roman Catholic Carmelite Nuns of Compiegne, Sixteen Carmelites caught up in the French Revolution and martyred.They went to the guillotine singing the Salve Regina. They were beatified in 1906 by Pope St. Pius X. The Carmelites were: Marie Claude Brard; Madeleine Brideau, the subprior; Maire Croissy, grandniece of Colbert Marie Dufour; Marie Hanisset; Marie Meunier, a novice; Rose de Neufville Annette Pebras; Anne Piedcourt: Madeleine Lidoine, the prioress; Angelique Roussel; Catherine Soiron and Therese Soiron, both extern sisters, natives of Compiegne and blood sisters: Anne Mary Thouret; Marie Trezelle; and Eliza beth Verolot. The martyrdom of the nuns was immortalized by the composer Francois Poulenc in his famous opera Dialogues des Carmelites. Feastday July 17 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martyrs_of_Compi%C3%A8gne#:~:text=The%20community%20of%20Carmelite%20sisters,for%20its%20fervor%20and%20fidelity%22. https://carmelitenuns.uk/the-blessed-carmelite-mart

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  Saint of the day July 16 St. Tenenan, 7th century. Hermit and bishop. A native of Britain, he lived for many years as a recluse in Brittany, France, and later served as bishop of Le6n, Spain.  https://lnkd.in/g4SVx__6 St. Helier, 6th century. Martyr on the island of Jersey, Britain. Also called Helerous, he was murdered by pagans he was evangelizing. He was born in Tongres, Belgium, and raised by a priest; later, he spent time with St. Marculf at Nanteuil. https://lnkd.in/gNi6CmJW. St. Athenogenes, Roman Catholic Bishop and Martyr, Burnt alive with ten disciples at Sebaste. He is the author of the earliest known Christian hymn recorded outside of the Bible that is still in use today. Feastday July 16 https://lnkd.in/gTYYpERC St. Mary Magdalen Postel, Roman Catholic Nun. When the French Revolution broke out https://lnkd.in/gDV383MT Our Lady of Mount Carmel pray for us--NOVENA to OUR LADY of MOUNT CARMEL Day 6 - TODAY HOLY ROSARY: TUESDAY, J... https://lnkd.in/gEzb7wKJ

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 Saint of the day July 15 St. Edith of Polesworth. St. Edith of Polesworth, whose feast day is July 15, was the sister of King Athelstan of England. She married Viking king Sihtric at York in 925, and when he died the next year, she became a Benedictine nun at Polesworth, Warwickshire, where she was noted for her holiness and may have become Abbess. She may also have been the sister of King Edgar and aunt of St. Edith of Wilton; or possibly these were two different woman of Polesworth  St. Swithun "Swithin". Swithun, also spelled Swithin, was born in Wessex, England and was educated at the old monastery, Winchester, where he was ordained. He became chaplain to King Egbert of the West Saxons, who appointed him tutor of his son, Ethelwulf, and was one of the King's counselors. Swithun was named bishop of Winchester in 852 when Ethelwulf succeeded his father as king. Swithun built several churches and was known for his humility and his aid to the poor and needy. He died on