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Blessed Nicholas Politi
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Blessed Nicholas Politi

1117 in Adrano (Aderno), Catania, Sicily, Italy

Saint Carloman
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Saint Carloman

707

Saint Drithelm
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Saint Drithelm

Northumbria, England

Saint Benedicta of Lorraine
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Saint Benedicta of Lorraine

No Information

Blessed Bartolomé Díaz Laurel
Blessed

Blessed Bartolomé Díaz Laurel

1599 in “El Pozo de la Nación”, Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico

Saint Beatrice Da Silva Meneses
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Saint Beatrice Da Silva Meneses

1424 at in Campo Maior, Portalegre, Portugal

Martyrs of Maspujols
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Martyrs of Maspujols

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Martyrs of Nagasaki
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Martyrs of Nagasaki

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Saint Jeroen of Noordwijk
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Saint Jeroen of Noordwijk

late 8th century Scotland

Blessed Florencio López Egea
Blessed

Blessed Florencio López Egea

27 August 1883 in Tahal, Almeria Spain

Martyrs of Málaga
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Martyrs of Málaga

No Information

Saint Donatus of Ripacandida
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Saint Donatus of Ripacandida

1179 at Ripacandida, diocese of Rapallo, Italy

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Saint Carloman

Saint Carloman, also known as Carlomanno, was born in the year 707 as the eldest son of Charles Martel, the famous...

707

Saint Drithelm

Saint Drithelm, also known as Drithelm Cuningham, Drithelm of Northumbria, and Drithelm of Melrose, was a wealthy and...

Northumbria, England

Saint Benedicta of Lorraine

Saint Benedicta of Lorraine, also known as Benedicte or Benedicta of Lorraine, was a tenth-century princess who...

No Information

Saint Beatrice Da Silva Meneses

Saint Beatrice Da Silva Meneses, also known as Brites, Beatrix da Silva, or Beatriz da Silva Meneses, was born in 1424...

1424 at in Campo Maior, Portalegre, Portugal

Martyrs of Maspujols

Martyr

The Martyrs of Maspujols, also known as Josep Mañé March, Magí Civit Roca, and Miquel Rué Gené, were three priests from...

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Martyrs of Nagasaki

Martyr

The Martyrs of Nagasaki, also known as the Nagasaki martyrs or the Martyrs of Japan, were a group of fourteen...

No Information

Saint Jeroen of Noordwijk

Saint Jeroen of Noordwijk, also known as Gerone, Hiero, Hieron, Iero, Ieron, Jero, Jeroen van Noordwijk, Jeron, or...

late 8th century Scotland

Martyrs of Málaga

Martyr

The Martyrs of Málaga, also known as the Martyrs of the Hospitallers of Saint John of God, were a group of eight...

No Information

Saint Donatus of Ripacandida

Saint Donatus of Ripacandida, also known as Donatello or Donato, was born into a humble and impoverished family in the...

1179 at Ripacandida, diocese of Rapallo, Italy

Saint Juliana of Ptolemais

Saint Juliana of Ptolemais, also known as Sister of Saint Paul of Ptolemais, was a Christian martyr who lived during...

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Saint Paul of Ptolemais

Martyr

Saint Paul of Ptolemais, also known as Paul of Thebes, was a devout Christian who was martyred for his faith during the...

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Saint Elias The Younger

Saint Elias The Younger, also known as Elias of Enna, Elias of Salinas, Elia, Elijah, and Giovanni Rachites, was born...

c.823 in Enna, Sicily, Italy as Giovanni Rachites

Saint Anastasius of Terni

Saint Anastasius of Terni, also known as Anastos, was a dedicated and revered Catholic saint who lived during the sixth...

Syrian

Saint Cecilia of Lorraine

Saint Cecilia of Lorraine, also known as Cecilia of Susteren, was a princess born in the tenth century.

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Saint Eusebius of Sicily

Saint Eusebius of Sicily, also known as "Eusebius Exul," was an early Christian martyr who lived during the 4th century.

Greece

Saint Jacobo Kyushei Gorobioye Tomonaga De Santa María

Saint Jacobo Kyushei Gorobioye Tomonaga De Santa María, also known as Giacomo Kyushei Gorobioye Tomonaga, Iacobus of...

1582 in Kyudetsu, Nagasaki, Japan

Saint Michaël Kurobyoie

Saint Michaël Kurobyoie, also known as Miguel Kurobyoie or Mikael Kurobyoie, was a Japanese lay catechist who dedicated...

Japanese

Saint Jeanne of The Cross Delanoue

Saint Jeanne of the Cross Delanoue, also known as Jeanne del Croi Delanoue, Johanna Delanoue, Ioanna Delanoue, or Joan...

18 June 1666 at Samur, Anjou, France as Jeanne Delanoue

Saint Myron of Cyzicus

Martyr

Saint Myron of Cyzicus, also known as Miron, was a courageous priest who valiantly defended his church during the...

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Pope Saint Eusebius

Pope Saint Eusebius, also known as Pope Eusebius of Vercelli, was born in Greece and is believed to have been the son...

Greek

Saint Amor of Amorbach

Saint Amor of Amorbach, also known as Amator or Amour, was an 8th-century missionary and saint in Germany.

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Saint James The Deacon

Saint James The Deacon, also known as simply James, was a Benedictine monk, deacon, and missionary who is best known...

7th century Italian

Saint Mamas

Saint Mamas, also known as Mammas, Mamans, Mamante, Mamede, Mamés, Mammes, Mammesius, and Mammet, was born in a prison...

No Information

Saint Clare of Montefalco

Saint Clare of Montefalco (c.

c.1268 at Montefalco, diocese of Spoleto, Italy

Blesseds

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Blessed Nicholas Politi

Blessed Nicholas Politi, also known as Nicolú Politi, was born in 1117 in Adrano (Aderno), Catania, Sicily, Italy.

1117 in Adrano (Aderno), Catania, Sicily, Italy

Blessed Bartolomé Díaz Laurel

Blessed Bartolomé Díaz Laurel, also known as Bartolomé Díaz de la Cruz, was a Catholic missionary and member of the...

1599 in “El Pozo de la Nación”, Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico

Blessed Florencio López Egea

Blessed Florencio López Egea, born on 27 August 1883 in Tahal, Almeria, Spain, was baptized just two days after his...

27 August 1883 in Tahal, Almeria Spain

Blessed Josep Puigdeséns Pujol

Blessed Josep Puigdeséns Pujol was born on January 14, 1877, in Vic, Barcelona, Spain.

14 January 1877 in Vic, Barcelona, Spain

Blessed Aniceto Lizasoain Lizaso

Blessed Aniceto Lizasoain Lizaso was a Redemptorist brother who dedicated his life to the service of God and the...

16 April 1877 in Irañeta, Navarra, Spain

Blessed Joan Prats Gibert

Blessed Joan Prats Gibert, also known as Joan Gibert i Romeu, was born on 26 October 1903 in Selva del Camp, Tarragona,...

26 October 1903 in Selva del Camp, Tarragona, Spain

Blessed Agustín Fernández Vázquez

Blessed Agustín Fernández Vázquez, also known as Agustín of Madrid, was a married layman and devoted Catholic from the...

25 January 1895 in San Lorenzo del Escorial, Madrid, Spain

Blessed Marieélisabeth Turgeon

Blessed Marie-Élisabeth Turgeon was born on 7 February 1840 in Beaumont, Quebec, Canada.

7 February 1840 in Beaumont, Quebec, Canada

Blessed Ramón Cervilla Luis

Blessed Ramón Cervilla Luis, also known as Ramón Cervilla, was born on 29 March 1865 in Almuñécar, Granada, Spain.

29 March 1865 in Almuñécar, Granada, Spain

Blessed Julio Aramendía Urquía

Blessed Julio Aramendía Urquía, also known as Father Julio Aramendía Urquía, was born on 5 December 1900 in Ovanos,...

5 December 1900 in Ovanos, Navarra, Spain

Blessed Alfonso López Morales

Blessed Alfonso López Morales, also known as Father Alfonso, was a devout Catholic priest of the diocese of Córdoba,...

23 January 1871 in El Viso de los Pedroches, Córdoba, Spain

Blessed Enric Canadell Quintana

Blessed Enric Canadell Quintana, also known as Father Enric of the Sacred Hearts, was born on 20 June 1890 in Olot,...

20 June 1890 in Olot, Diocese of Girona, Spain

Blessed Facundo Escanciano Tejerina

Martyr

Blessed Facundo Escanciano Tejerina, also known as Aurelio of Ocejo, was a Franciscan Capuchin monk who was martyred...

4 February 1881 in Ocejo, León, Spain

Blessed Diego Balmaseda López

Blessed Diego Balmaseda López was born on 27th August 1876 in Castuera, Badajoz, Spain.

27 August 1876 in Castuera, Badajoz, Spain

Blessed Antoni Carmaniú Mercarder

Martyr

Blessed Antoni Carmaniú Mercarder was a Vincentian priest who was martyred in the Spanish Civil War.

17 August 1860 in Rialp, Lleida, Spain

Blessed Eugenio Sanzorozco Mortera

Blessed Eugenio Sanzorozco Mortera, also known as José María of Manila, was born on 5 September 1880 in Manila,...

5 September 1880 in Manila, Philippines

Blessed Noëlhilaire Le Conte

Blessed Noëlhilaire Le Conte, son of a gardener, dedicated his life to the service of God within the Catholic Church.

3 October 1765 in Chartres, Eure-et-Loir, France