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St. Jerome - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Saint Jerome (c. 347 – 30 September 420) was a Roman Catholic Latin Christian priest, confessor, theologian and historian, who also became a Doctor of the Church. He was the son of Eusebius, of the city of Stridon, on the border of Dalmatia and Pannonia. He is best known for his translation of the Bible into Latin (the Vulgate), Feastday Sept 30

Bl. Magdalena of Nagasaki - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. Magdalena Roman Catholic Martyr of Nagasaki, Japan. Magdalene turned herself into the authorities and declared herself a follower of Jesus Christ. At age 23, she died on October 16, 1634 after thirteen days of torture, suffocated to death and suspended upside down in a pit of offal on a gibbet (??? tsurushi, "reverse hanging"). Feastday Sept. 28

Bl. Thiemo - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. Thiemo, Roman Catholic  Benedictine bishop and Martyr. Journeying to Palestine to aid the crusading movement, he was captured by the Muslims and imprisoned at Ascalon (modern Israel). Tortured for a long time, he was finally killed for refusing to abjure the faith. Feastday Sept 28

Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Sts. Adolphus and John, Roman Catholic Martyrs of Spain, brothers. Both men were residents of Seville, the sons of an Islamic father and a Christian mother. Caught in the persecutions conducted by the Muslim Caliph of Córdoba, Abdal-Rahman II, Adolphus and John were martyred in Córdoba. Feastday Sept 27

St. Neol - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Noel Roman Catholic Martyr, was born on February 2 near Mende, France. He joined the Jesuits in 1630 and in 1643 was sent as a missionary to the Huron Indians in France. He became assistant to Father Charles Garnier at the Indian village of Etarita in 1649 and was murdered on December 8 by an apostate Indian while returning from a visit to neighboring Ste. Marie. He was canonized in 1930 by Pope Pius XI as one of the martyrs of North America. His feast day is September 26th.

Saint of the Day for Friday, September 26th, 2014 - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Sts. Cosmas & Damian, Roman Catholic Martyrs, Being Christians, they were filled with the spirit of charity and never took money for their services. At Egaea in Cilicia, where they lived, they enjoyed the highest esteem of the people. When the persecution under Diocletian broke out, their very prominence rendered them marked objects of persecution. Being apprehended by order of Lysias, governor of Cilicia, they underwent various torments about the year 283. Their feast day is September 26th. They are patron saints of pharmacists.

Bl. Mark Criado - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online Bl. Mark Criado, Roman Catholic Trinitarian martyr. He was born in Andujar, Spain, in 1522, and joined the Trinitarians in 1536 . Mark was martyred by the Muslim Moors in Almeria. Feastday Sept.25