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ENGLISH SAINTS Feb. 13 St. Dyfnog. Welsh confessor of the Caradog family. He was venerated in Clwyd, Wales.  St. Ermengild, 700 A.D. Queen and Benedictine nun, also called Ermenilda. The daughter of a king of Kent, England, and St. Sexburga, Ermengild married the king of Mercia. She helped spread the faith in Mercia until her husband's death in 675. She then became a nun at Milton at Minster, Sheppey. When her mother, who had served as abbess, retired, Ermengild succeeded to that Office. She then followed St. Sexburga to Ely, becoming abbess there also.  St. Huno, 690 A.D. Monk priest of Ely, England, who aided St. Aetheldreda. Attending her in her last hours, Huna became a hermit in the Fens.  St. Modomnoc, 550 A.D. Irish bishop and a disciple of St. David of Wales. Sometimes called Domnoc or Dominic, he was a member of the royal Irish family of O’Neil and ended his years as a hermit at Tibraghny in Kilkenny When Modomnoc returned to Ireland after studying with St. David...

Bl. Archangela Girlani, Roman Catholic Carmelite Religious,  Feb. 13.  She was gifted with ecstasies and levitation and was reported to have performed miracles. Feastday Feb 13 Bl. John Lantrua of Triora, Roman Catholic Franciscan Martyr of China,  he was arrested, imprisoned, and strangled on February 7. Feastday Feb 13 St. Catherine de Ricci, Roman Catholic Dominican Religious, she experienced an "Ecstacy of the Passion" every Thursday from noon until Friday at 4:00 p.m. for twelve years. Feastday Feb 13

B. JORDAN OF SAXONY, DOMINICAN Jordan of Saxony  The Order of Preachers celebrates the  memorial of Blessed Jordan of Saxony , the Second Master of the Order and Successor to  St Dominic , today (February 13th.)

Babylon Is Falling - Crisis Magazine : As the plague in Europe had its occasional years of acute virulence, so in the United States the election season is upon us again. And as the plague arrived in 1348 and would not be eliminated for five hundred years, and Europe was more or less always beset by plague, so the United States is …

St. Febronia, Roman Catholic Martyr, known as a Holy Virgin Martyr and is one of the 140 Colonnade saints which adorn St. Peter's Square. Feastday February 12

ENGLISH SPEAKING SAINTS February 12 Bl. Thomas Hemerford, 1584 A.D. English martyr. A native of Dorsetshire, he was educated at Oxford and then studied for the priesthood at English College, Rome. He was ordained in Rome in 1583, and returned to England, where he was swiftly arrested. Condemned for being a priest, he was hanged, drawn, and quartered at Tyburn with four companions. He was beatified in 1929.   St.  Ethelwald. Bishop of Lindisfame, England, a disciple of St. Cuthbert. Ethelwald served as prior and then abbot of Old Melrose in Scotland. St. Bede praised Etheiwald, who succeeded St. Eadfrith at Lindisfame in 721. St. James Feun, Blessed, 1584 A.D. Martyr in England. Born in Somerset, he studied at Oxford and became a fellow until he refused to take the Oath of Supremacy and was removed. James married and became a school-master in Somerset. After the passing of his wife, he went to Reims where he studied for the priesthood and received ordination in 1580. Retur...

Bl. James Feun, Roman Catholic Priest and English Martyr. He refused to take the Oath of Supremacy and named a conspirator of a bogus assassination plot. was hanged, drawn, and quartered at Tyburn. Feastday Feb.12 Bl. Thomas Hemerford, Roman Catholic Priest and English Martyr. Condemned for being a priest was hanged, drawn, and quartered at Tyburn. Feastday February 12