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Saint Ethelbert of Eastry
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Saint Ethelbert of Eastry

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Saint John The Short
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Saint John The Short

c.339 at Basta, Egypt

Saint Louthiern
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Saint Louthiern

Ireland

Saint Nothelm of Canterbury
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Saint Nothelm of Canterbury

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Saint Severina
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Saint Severina

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Blessed Battista De Bonafede
Blessed

Blessed Battista De Bonafede

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Blessed Contardo Ferrini
Blessed

Blessed Contardo Ferrini

4 April 1859 at Milan, Italy

Saint Florentius of Orange
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Saint Florentius of Orange

Tours, France

Blessed Gilbert The Theologian
Blessed

Blessed Gilbert The Theologian

in England

Blessed Peter Casani
Blessed

Blessed Peter Casani

8 September 1570 in Lucca, Tuscany (in modern Italy)

Saint Françoisisidore Gagelin
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Saint Françoisisidore Gagelin

10 May 1799 in Montperreux, Doubs, France

Saint Solina of Chartres
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Saint Solina of Chartres

Gascony, France

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Saint Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop and Martyr

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Saint Ethelbert of Eastry

Saint Ethelbert of Eastry, also known as Aethelbert, was a remarkable figure in early Christianity during the 7th...

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Saint John The Short

Saint John the Short, also known as John Colobus, John Kolobos, John the Little, John the Dwarf, and Yoannis Pi...

c.339 at Basta, Egypt

Saint Louthiern

Saint Louthiern, also known by various names such as Ludowanus, Ludgvan, Ludewan, Ludgran, Luchtighem, Louthiem, and...

Ireland

Saint Nothelm of Canterbury

Saint Nothelm of Canterbury, also known as Nothhelm, was a prominent figure in the early medieval Church.

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Saint Severina

Saint Severina, also known as Septimia Severina, was a devout follower of the Catholic faith and is remembered for her...

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Saint Florentius of Orange

Saint Florentius of Orange, also known as Fiorenzo, Florence, or Florencio, was a renowned Bishop of Orange in France...

Tours, France

Saint Françoisisidore Gagelin

Saint Françoisisidore Gagelin, also known as Francis Isidore Gagelin or Frans Isidor Gagelin, was born on 10 May 1799...

10 May 1799 in Montperreux, Doubs, France

Saint Solina of Chartres

Saint Solina of Chartres, also known as Solina of Gascony, was a Roman Catholic martyr who fled to Chartres, France to...

Gascony, France

Saint Colman of Kilroot

Saint Colman of Kilroot, also known as MacCathbad Colman, was a revered Catholic figure in Ireland during the 6th...

6th century Irish

Martyrs of Volitani

Martyr

The Martyrs of Volitani, also known as the Martyrs of Bolitani, were a group of heroic individuals who gave their lives...

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Saint Berarius I of Le Mans

Saint Berarius I of Le Mans, also known as Berarius of Le Mans, was a notable figure in the early Christian Church as...

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Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque

Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, also known as Margarita Mary Alacoque, Margherita Mary Alacoque, or Marguerite Mary...

22 July 1647 at L’Hautecourt, Burgundy, France

Saint Ethelred of Eastry

Saint Ethelred of Eastry, also known as Aethelred, was a prominent figure in early Christianity and a martyr who lived...

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Saint Mamelta of Persia

Saint Mamelta of Persia was a remarkable figure who started his spiritual journey as a pagan priest in Bethfarme, Persia.

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Saint Heron of Antioch

Saint Heron of Antioch, also known as Herodion, was a prominent figure in the early Christian Church.

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Saint Rudolph of Gubbio

Saint Rudolph of Gubbio, also known as Rodolph, was a prominent Catholic figure of the 11th century.

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Saint Dulcidius of Agen

Saint Dulcidius of Agen, also known as Dulcet, Dulcidio, or Doucis, was a renowned Catholic Bishop who lived during the...

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Saint Anstrudis of Laon

Saint Anstrudis of Laon, also known as Anstrudis of Picardy, was born in the seventh century to Saint Blandinus of Laon...

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Saint Bassus

Saint Bassus, also known as Basso, was a significant figure in the early Christian history.

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Saint Catervus

Saint Catervus, also known as Catervo or Flavius Julius Catervus, was born into the imperial Roman nobility.

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Saint Ignatius of Antioch

Saint Ignatius of Antioch, also known as Ignatius Theophorus (Bearer of God), was a pivotal early Christian leader and...

c.50 in Syria

Saint Zosimus of Rome

Saint Zosimus of Rome, a devoted disciple of Christ, is commemorated for his steadfast witness during the persecutions...

Greek

Saint Rufus of Rome

Saint Rufus of Rome, a devoted disciple of Christ, is commemorated for his steadfast witness during the persecution of...

Philippi, Greek

Saint Richard Gwyn

Saint Richard Gwyn (c.

c.1537 at Llanidloes, Powys, Wales

Blesseds

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Blessed Battista De Bonafede

Blessed Battista De Bonafede was a Mercedarian friar at the Sant’Anne convent in Palermo, Sicily.

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Blessed Contardo Ferrini

Blessed Contardo Ferrini, born on 4 April 1859 in Milan, Italy, was a lifelong layman who made significant...

4 April 1859 at Milan, Italy

Blessed Gilbert The Theologian

Blessed Gilbert The Theologian, also known as Gilbert of Citeaux, Gilbert of Ourscamp, or Gilbert the Great, was a...

in England

Blessed Peter Casani

Blessed Peter Casani, also known as Peter of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, was born on September 8, 1570, in...

8 September 1570 in Lucca, Tuscany (in modern Italy)

Blessed Balthassar Of Chiavari

Blessed Balthassar of Chiavari, also known as Baldassare Ravaschieri, was born in 1420 in the town of Chiavari, near...

1420 in Chiavari, Genoa, Italy

Blessed Battista Di Piacenza

Blessed Battista Di Piacenza, also known as Baptista, was a revered Franciscan tertiary in the diocese of...

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Blessed Jacques Burin

Blessed Jacques Burin was a priest in the diocese of Le Mans, France, during the turbulent period of the French...

6 January 1756 in Champfleur, Sarthe, France

Blessed José Sánchez Medina

Martyr

Blessed José Sánchez Medina, also known as Blessed José Sánchez Medina of Archena, was a Spanish Catholic priest in the...

3 August 1900 in Archena, Murcia, Spain

Blessed Perfecto Carrascosa Santos

Blessed Perfecto Carrascosa Santos, born on 18 April 1906, was a Franciscan Friar Minor priest who became a martyr...

18 April 1906 in Villacañas, Toledo, Spain

Blessed Ramón Esteban Bou Pascual

Blessed Ramón Esteban Bou Pascual, also known as Father Ramón Bou Pascual, was a Catholic priest in the archdiocese of...

12 October 1906 in Polop de la Marina, Alicante, Spain

Blessed Társila Córdoba Belda De Girona

Blessed Társila Córdoba Belda De Girona was a lifelong lay woman in the archdiocese of Valencia, Spain.

8 May 1861 in Sollana, Valencia, Spain

Blessed Fidel Fuidio Rodriguez

Blessed Fidel Fuidio Rodriguez, a devoted member of the Society of Mary (Marianists), stands as a witness to faith...

24 April 1880 in Yécora, Alava, Spain