Martyred Sisters Adorers November 10

Martyred Sisters Adorers

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23 nuns, all members of the Sisters Adorers, Handmaids of Charity and of the Blessed Sacrament who were martyred together in the Spanish Civil War.

• Blessed Aurea González

• Blessed Belarmina Pérez Martínez

• Blessed Cecilia Iglesias del Campo

• Blessed Concepción Vázquez Areas

• Blessed Dionisia Rodríguez De Anta

• Blessed Emilia Echevarría Fernández

• Blessed Felipa Gutierrez Garay

• Blessed Francisca Pérez de Labeaga García

• Blessed Josepa Boix Rieras

• Blessed Lucía González García

• Blessed Luisa Pérez Adriá

• Blessed Magdalena Pérez

• Blessed Manuela Arriola Uranda

• Blessed María Dolores Hernández San Torcuato

• Blessed María Dolores Monzón Rosales

• Blessed María García Ferreiro

• Blessed Maria Mercè Tuñi Ustech

• Blessed María Zenona Aranzábal de Barrutia

• Blessed Prima de Ipiña Malzárraga

• Blessed Purificación Martínez Vera

• Blessed Rosa López Brochier

• Blessed Sinforosa Díaz Fernández

• Blessed Teresa Vives Missé

Died

10 November 1936 in Madrid, Spain

Beatified

28 October 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI

Martyrs of Agde November 10

 Martyrs of Agde

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A group of Christians who were tortured and martyred together in the persecutions of Diocletian. The only details about them to survive are the names - Florentia, Modestus and Tiberius.

Died

martyred c.303 in Agde, France

Saint Nonnus of Heliopolis November 10

 Saint Nonnus of Heliopolis

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Bishop of Heliopolis in 471.

Saint Leo of Melun November 10

 Saint Leo of Melun

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Venerated at Melun, France, but no details of their life have survived.

Saint Joseph the Martyr November 10

 Saint Joseph the Martyr

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Spiritual student of Saint Narses the Martyr, and martyred with him in Persia.

Saint Demetrius of Antioch November 10

 Saint Demetrius of Antioch

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Bishop. Martyred with 22 companions.

Died

at Antioch, Syria, date unknown

Saint Monitor of Orleans November 10

 Saint Monitor of Orleans

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Bishop of Orleans, France. Supported monastic expansion in his diocese.

Died

c.490

Saint Anianus the Deacon November 10

 Saint Anianus the Deacon

Also known as

Anian

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Deacon. Martyred with 22 companions.

Died

at Antioch, Syria, date unknown

Saint Eustosius of Antioch November 10

 Saint Eustosius of Antioch

Also known as

Eustasius

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Martyred with 22 companions.

Died

at Antioch, Syria, date unknown

Saint Guerembaldus November 10

 Saint Guerembaldus

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Benedictine monk at Hirschau, Germany. Elected to the bishopric of Spire, Germany, but turned it down, citing his own unworthiness.

Died

965 of natural causes

Saint Hadelin of Sees November 10

 Saint Hadelin of Sees

Also known as

Adelheim of Sees

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Benedictine monk at Saint-Calais, France. Abbot at Saint-Calais. Bishop of Sees, France for 26 years from 884.

Died

c.910

Saint Probus of Ravenna November 10

 Saint Probus of Ravenna

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Bishop of Ravenna, Italy. Known as a miracle worker.

Born

Rome, Italy

Died

• c.175 of natural causes

• relics in the cathedral of Ravenna, Italy

Saint Narses of Subagord November 10

 Saint Narses of Subagord

Also known as

Narses the Martyr

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Bishop of Subagord, Persia (modern Iran). Martyred with a spiritual student named Joseph in the persecutions of Shapur II.

Died

c.399 in Persia

Saint Orestes of Cappadocia November 10

 Saint Orestes of Cappadocia

Also known as

Orestes of Tyana

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Christian physician martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian.

Died

tortured to death in 304 at Tyana, Cappadocia (in modern Turkey)

Saint John of Ratzenburg November 10

 Saint John of Ratzenburg

Also known as

John of Saxony

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Missionary to Germany. Bishop of Ratzenburg, Germany. Evangelized the Baltic Coast. Martyred by local pagans.

Born

Scotland

Died

hands, feet and then head cut off in 1066