ENGLISH SPEAKING SAINTS WITH OTHERS February 19


 ENGLISH SPEAKING SAINTS WITH OTHERS February 19 


Bl. Lucy, Roman Catholic laywoman Martyr of China. She was a Catholic schoolteacher in China, where she was beheaded. Feb. 19


St. Belina, Roman Catholic virgin martyr. A peasant girl from Troyes, France, she was threatened with rape by the feudal lord of the district. She refused his advances and died in defense of her virginity. Feastday February 19


https://www.jesuit.org.sg/feb-19th-john-sullivan-sj/


St. Odran, 452 A.D. Martyr and friend of St. Patrick. According to tradition, he drove Patrick’s chariot. Odran died when he changed places with Patrick in the vehicle just before an ambush by pagans was sprung.  


ST. CONRAD CONFALONIERI, FRANCISCAN HERMIT

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