Saint Herculanus of Perugia November 7

 Saint Herculanus of Perugia

Also known as

Ercolano, Herculan

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Bishop of Perugia, Italy. Martyred under orders of Ostro-Gothic leader Totila.

Died

beheaded 549 by Ostro-Gothic soldiers

Patronage

Perugia, Italy

Saint Ernest of Mecca November 7

 Saint Ernest of Mecca

Also known as

Ernest of Zwiefalten

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Benedictine monk and then abbot at Zwiefalten Abbey in southern Germany. Crusader, making it to Arabia. Martyr.

Born

Steißlingen, Germany

Died

1148 in Mecca

Saint Gébétrude of Remiremont November 7

 Saint Gébétrude of Remiremont

Also known as

Gertrude of Remiremont

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Grandaughter of Saint Romaricus. Niece of Saint Clare. Sister of Saint Adolphus. Educated at the convent at Saint-Mont where she became a Benedictine nun. Third abbess of Remiremont Abbey.

Died

c.680

Beatified

1051 by Pope Saint Leo IX (cultus confirmation)

Saint Florentius of Strasbourg November 7

 Saint Florentius of Strasbourg

Also known as

Florent

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Immigrated to Alsace (in modern France), and built a monastery at Haselac. Bishop of Strasbourg, France in 678.

Born

Ireland

Died

c.693

Patronage

• against gall stones

• against ruptures

Saint Tremorus of Brittany November 7

 Saint Tremorus of Brittany

Also known as

Trémeur

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Son of Saint Triphina. Educated by Saint Gildas the Wise. Murdered as a child by his step-father, Count Conmore due to his hatred of the faith.

Died

6th century at a monastery at Carhaix, Brittany (in modern France)

Patronage

Carhaix, France

Representation

child holding his own severed head and a palm branch of martyrdom

Blessed Lucia of Settefonti November 7

Blessed Lucia of Settefonti

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Twelfth-century nun in the Camaldolese monastery of Santa Cristina in Ozzana Emilia, Italy. Abbess of her house. Noted for her personal piety, and as a pious and charitable leader of her sisters.

Died

• 12th century Italy of natural causes
• relics enshrined in the church of Sant’Adrea di Ozzano by Cardinal Paleotti on 7 November 1573

Beatified

1779 by Pope Pius VI (cultus confirmation)

Saint Prosdocimus of Padua November 7

 Saint Prosdocimus of Padua

Also known as

Prosdecimus, Prosdocimo, Prosdozimus

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First bishop of Padua, Italy; he evangelized the entire region. Baptized Saint Daniel of Padua, who served him as deacon. Tradition says Prosdocimus was sent Saint Peter the Apostle.

Died

• c.100

• entombed is situated at the basilica of Santa Giustina at Padua, Italy

Patronage

• Asolo, Italy

• Cittadella, Italy

• Padua, Italy

Saint Jacinto Castañeda Puchasóns November 7

Saint Jacinto Castañeda Puchasóns

Also known as

Hyacint, Hyacinth

Additional Memorial

24 November as one of the Martyrs of Vietnam

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Dominican priest. Missionary to the Philippines, China, and Tonkin. Martyr.

Born

13 November 1743 in Xàtiva, Valencia, Spain

Died

beheaded on 7 November 1773 in Ðong Mo, Ha Tay, Vietnam

Canonized

19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II

Saint Vincenzo Grossi November 7

 Saint Vincenzo Grossi

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One of seven children born to Baldassare Grossi and Maddalena Capellini. Ordained a priest in the diocese of Lodi, Italy on 22 May 1869. Noted for this simple austere life style, and the humour and trust in Christ that he brought to it. Founded the Daughters of the Oratory for the Christian eduction of young people.

Born

9 March 1845 in Pizzighettone, Cremona, Italy

Died

7 November 1917 in Vicobellignano, Cremona, Italy of natural causes

Canonized

18 October 2015 by Pope Francis at Rome, Italy

Saint Vincent Liêm November 7

 Saint Vincent Liêm

Also known as

• Vincent Liêm Quang Lê

• Vinh-son Le Quang Liem

• Vinh-son Liêm Quang Lê

Additional Memorial

24 November as one of the Martyrs of Vietnam

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Born to the Tonkinese nobility. Studied in the Philippines. Joined the Dominicans in 1753, making his solemn profession in 1754. Ordained in 1758. Returned to Tonkin in January 1759 where he served as missionary and evangelist. Imprisoned for preaching Christianity, he preached to prisoners. Martyr.

Born

c.1732 in Trà Lu, Nam Ðinh, Vietnam

Died

beheaded on 7 November 1773 in Ðong Mo, Ha Tay, Vietnam

Canonized

19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II

Blessed Anthony Baldinucci November 7

 Blessed Anthony Baldinucci

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Joined the Jesuits on 21 April 1681. He taught in Rome and Terni, Italy. Ordained on 28 October 1695. Parish missioner in the area of Colli Albani, Frascati and Viterbo, Italy, preaching 448 missions. Noted for organizing processions during which Anthony and many of his flock wore crowns of thorns, and scourged themselves. His missions were popular, drawing crowds so large that they had to be conducted outdoors; Anthony employed a crowd control gang of thugs - and then converted them all to the faith. Also noted for his spread of devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary whose image was always carried on his missions.

Born

19 June 1665 in Florence, Italy

Died

6 November 1717 of natural causes

Beatified

23 April 1893 by Pope Leo XIII

Saint Engelbert of Cologne November 7

 Saint Engelbert of Cologne

Also known as

Engelbert of Berg

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Son of the influential Count Englebert of Berg and Margaret, daughter of the Count of Gelderland. Studied at the cathedral school at Cologne, Germany. In a time when clerical and episcopal positions were a part of political patronage, Englebert was made provost of churches in Cologne and Aachen, Germany while still a young boy, and of the Cologne cathedral at age 14. He led a worldly and dissolute youth; known for his good looks, keen mind, and wild ways. Englebert went to war to support his cousin, Archbishop Adolf, against Archbishop Bruno; for this, and for threatening to attack the Holy Roman Emperor Otto IV, both Engelbert and Adolf were excommunicated in 1206.

In 1208 Engelbert publicly submitted to the pope's authority, and was received back into the Church. He fought the Albigensians in 1212. Chosen archbishop of Cologne on 29 February 1216. By this point, Engelbert had mellowed somewhat, and cared about his see, but still had worldly ambitions. To preserve the possessions and revenues of his see and the countship of Berg, he went to war with the Duke of Limburg and the Count of Cleves, restored civil order, demanded the allegiance of his nobles, erected defences around his lands, and even prosecuted family members when needed. He enforced clerical discipline, helped establish the Franciscans in his diocese in 1219 and the Dominicans in 1221, built monasteries and insisted on strict observance in them, and used a series of provincial synods to regulate church matters.

Engelbert was appointed guardian of the juvenile King Henry VII and administrator of the Holy Roman Empire by Emperor Frederick II in 1221. He supervised the kingdom and the king's education, and placed the crown himself during Henry's coronation in 1222. Worked for a treaty with Denmark at the Diet of Nordhausen on 24 September 1223.

However, for all that he was loved by his people for the stability and security he brought, many of the nobility hated and feared him, and the archbishop had to travel with a troupe of bodyguards. Pope Honorius III and Emperor Frederick II advised Engelbert to protect the nuns of Essen who were being oppressed and harassed by Engelbert's cousin, Count Frederick of Isenberg. To prevent action by the archbishop, Count Frederick and some henchmen ambushed Engelbert on the road from Soest to Schwelm, stabbing him 47 times. Considered a martyr as he died over the defense of religious sisters.

Born

c.1185 at Berg in modern Germany

Died

• stabbed to death on the evening of 7 November 1225 near Schwelm, Germany

• relics translated to the old cathedral of Cologne, Germany on 24 February 1226

Canonized

• no formal canonization

• proclaimed a venerated martyr by Cardinal Conrad von Urach on 24 February 1226, and by Archbishop Ferdinand in 1618

• listed in the Roman Martyrology

St. Melasippus November 7

 St. Melasippus

Feastday: November 7

Death: 360

Martyr with Carina, his wife, and Anthony, their son. They suffered at Ancyra. Melasippus and Carina died under torture. Anthony was beheaded.

St. Hieron November 7

 St. Hieron

Feastday: November 7

Death: 300

Martyr with Hesychius, Nicander, and thirty Armenians. They suffered at Melitene.

St. Hyacinth Castaneda November 7

 St. Hyacinth Castaneda

Feastday: November 7

Death: 1773

Martyr of Vietnam and a Dominican. Born in Setavo, Spain, he was sent to China and then Vietnam. Hyacinth was beheaded in Vietnam. He was canonized in 1988.