Saint Domninus the Physician November 5

 Saint Domninus the Physician

Also known as

Donnino

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Physician condemned to work the mines during the persecutions of Maximian. Martyr.

Died

burned to death in 310 in Palestine

Saint Kea November 5

 Saint Kea

Also known as

Kay, Ke, Kenan, Quay

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Born to the nobility. Ministered in Devon and Cornwall, where Landkey is named for him, and in Brittany where he was known as Quay.

Born

at Glastonbury, England

Died

6th century

Patronage

against toothaches

Representation

with a stag

Saint Mamete November 5

 Saint Mamete

Also known as

Mamet

Additional Memorial

17 August in the diocese of Saint-Flour, France

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Priest. Evangelist in the region of Saint-Flour, France, assigned by Saint Astremonius of Clermont, France. The town of Saint-Mamet-la-Salvetat, France is named for him.

Died

4th century Auvergne, France of natural causes

Saint Laetus of Orléans November 5

 Saint Laetus of Orléans

Also known as

Lie, Lié, Lyé, Laetus

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Monk from age 12. Priest. Spiritual advisor to Saint Leonard of Noblac.

Born

region of Berry, France

Died

• 533 in the forest of Orléans, France of natural causes

• relics enshrined in Saint-Lié-la-Forêt, France

Saint Comasia November 5

 Saint Comasia

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Martyr.

Died

• 3rd century Rome, Italy

• buried in the catacombs of Saint Agnes, Nomentana, Rome

• relics enshrined in Martina Franca, Italy in 1646 by Cardinal Sacrati with the approval of Pope Innocent X

• rain is reported to have followed the procession that delivered her relics, which led to her patronage against drought

Patronage

• against drought

• Martina Franca, Italy

Saint Ðaminh Mau November 5

 Saint Ðaminh Mau

Also known as

Dominic

Additional Memorial

24 November as one of the Martyrs of Vietnam

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Dominican. Priest. Promoted the use of the Rosary to strengthen the faith of Christians. Imprisoned in the persecutions of emperor Tu-Duc, he ministered to other prisoners until he was executed. Martyr.

Born

c.1794 in Phú Nhai, Nam Ðinh, Vietnam

Died

beheaded 5 November 1858 by the river in Hung Yên, Vietnam

Canonized

19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II

Saints Epistemis and Galation November 5

 Saints Epistemis and Galation

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Saint Galation was a Christian married to Epistemis, and brought her to the faith. They both then retired to monasteries and were later martyred in the persecutions of Decius. It's possible they were fictional, the story of their lives being written as fiction but misunderstood as fact; however, married couples agreeing to enter religious life was not unusual at the time.

Died

251 at Emessa, Pheonicia

Blessed Gomidas Keumurjian November 5

 Blessed Gomidas Keumurjian

Also known as

• Gomida Keumurgian

• Cosma de Carboniano

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Married at age 20. Priest in the Armenian church. In 1696 he and his family made complete submission to the authority of Rome. This angered Armenian officials who took this as an insult. Some of them falsely accused Gomidas of being a spy for Rome, which led to his arrest and execution by Turkish authorities. Considered a martyr as his death was the result of his faith.

Born

c.1656 at Constantinople

Died

beheaded 1707 at Parmark-Kapu, Constantinople

Beatified

23 June 1929 by Pope Pius XI

Blessed Narcyz Putz November 5

 Blessed Narcyz Putz

Also known as

Narcissus Putz

Additional Memorial

12 June as one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II

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Priest at Saint Wojciech parish, Poznan, Poland. Arrested in the Nazi anti-Catholic sweeps of 1939 and sent to the Catholic clergy section of the Dachau concentration camp. There he continued his ministry by caring for other prisoners and suffering his own privations in quiet dignity. Martyr.

Born

28 October 1877 in Sieraków, Wielkopolskie, Poland

Died

5 December 1942 in Dachau, Oberbayern, Germany from disease and general abuse

Beatified

13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II

Saint Bertille November 5

 Saint Bertille

Also known as

Bertilla

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French noble in the reign of King Dagobert I. Friend and spiritual student of Saint Ouen of Rouen. Bertille wanted to enter religious life, but delayed and worried, thinking her parents would oppose her choice; they did not. Benedictine nun at the convent at Jouarre, Brie, France, an abbey founded by Saint Owen's brother Ado under the strict rule of Saint Columbanus. Infirmarian. Convent school headmistress. Prioress. Abbess of the abbey at Chelles from 646, when it was restored by Saint Bathildis, until her death. During this time the convent attracted nuns that included a queen, several Merovingian princesses, and many Anglo-Saxon noble women.

Born

at Soissons, France

Died

c.703

Blessed María del Carmen Viel Ferrando November 5

 Blessed María del Carmen Viel Ferrando

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Lay woman in the archdiocese of Valencia, Spain. Baptized at the age of two days, and made her First Communion on 24 April 1904 in her home parish of Saint Peter the Apostle. Worked as a seamstress. Studied sociology; she worked with working young people, and brought the Salesian Sisters to the region in 1931 to help with the religious education of young people. She was devoted to Eucharistic adoration, regular Communion, and prayed the rosary every day. Member of Catholic Action. Martyred in the Spanish Civil War.

Born

27 November 1893 in Sueca, Valencia, Spain

Died

5 November 1936 in El Saler, Valencia, Spain

Beatified

11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II

Blessed Hryhorii Lakota November 5

Blessed Hryhorii Lakota

Also known as

Gregor, Gregory, Hryhorij, Hryhory

Additional Memorial

27 June as one of the Martyrs Killed Under Communist Regimes in Eastern Europe

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Greek Catholic. Studied theology at Lviv, Ukraine. Ordained in 1908 at Przemysl (in modern Poland). Doctor of theology at Vienna, Austria in 1911. Professor at the Ukrainian seminary at Przemysl in 1913. Rector of the seminary. Auxiliary bishop of Przemysl, Poland on 16 May 1926. Arrested for his faith on 9 June 1946; sentenced to ten years at Vorkuta, Russia. Died in prison. One of the Martyrs Killed Under Communist Regimes in Eastern Europe.

Born

31 January 1883 at Holodivka, Lviv District, Ukraine

Died

12 November 1950 at Abez, Vorkuta, Russia

Beatified

27 June 2001 by Pope John Paul II in Ukraine

Saint Gerald of Beziers November 5

 Saint Gerald of Beziers

Also known as

• Gerald of Puissalicon

• Guiraud, Geraud, Geraldo

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Augustinian canon regular. Deacon in 1094; ordained to the priesthood in 1101. Abbot of Cassan Abbey near Roujan, France in 1105. Bishop of Beziers, France in 1121. Spent all his diocese's revenues to care for the poor.

Born

c.1070 at Puissalicon, France

Died

• 5 November 1123 in Beziers, France of natural causes

• buried near Saint Aphrodise, first bishop of Beziers

• relics transferred to a nearby, but now defunct, Poor Clare convent in Beziers on 11 November 1259

• relics enshrined at the church of Saint Aphrodise in 1355

• relics destroyed in 1793 during the anti-Christianity excesses of the French Revolution

• a silver and amethyst ring that belonged to Gerald has survived, but was stolen in 1980

Saint Guido Maria Conforti November 5

 Saint Guido Maria Conforti

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As a child he used to have conversations in his parish church with Christ crucified. Entered the seminary in Parma, Italy at age 17. Ordained on 22 September 1888. Professor at the seminary. Vice-rector of the seminary. Vicar of Clergy in the diocese of Parma. Founded the Xaverian Missionaries on 3 December 1895; they were assigned by Rome to evangelize China. Archbishop of Ravenna, Italy on 9 June 1902. Resigned as archbishop due to poor health in October 1904. Coadjutor bishop of Parma, Italy and titular archbishop of Stauropolis on 14 November 1904. Archbishop of Parma, Italy on 12 December 1907. He visited his parishes regularly, worked for religious formation, supported religious education for the laity and lay involvement with youth. In 1928 he travelled to China to visit the Xaverians working there.

Born

30 March 1865 at Ravadese, Parma, Italy

Died

• 5 November 1931 in Parma, Italy of natural causes

• buried in the center of the apse of the church of the motherhouse of the Xaverian Missionaries in Parma

Beatified

• 17 March 1996 by Pope John Paul II in Rome, Italy

• the beatification miracle involved the cure of 12 year old Sabina Kamariza's pancreatic cancer in Burundi, Africa in 1965

Canonized

23 October 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI

St. Emeric November 5

 St. Emeric

Feastday: November 5

Death: 1031

The son of St. Stephen, Hungary's first Christian king. Born in 1007, he did not live to inherit St. Stephen's throne, as he died in a hunting accident. His tomb at Szekesfehervar was a pilgrim's site, and many miracles were reported there. He was canonized with his father in 1083.

Saint Emeric (Hungarian: Szent Imre herceg, Slovak: Svätý Imrich) also Henricus, Emery, Emerick, Emmerich, Emericus or Americus (c. 1007 – 2 September 1031) was the son of King St. Stephen I of Hungary and Giselle of Bavaria.

Family

Emeric is assumed[2] to be the second son of Stephen I. Named after his uncle, St. Henry II, he was the only one of Stephen's sons who reached adulthood.

Education

Emeric was educated in a strict and ascetic spirit by the Benedictine monk from Venice, Gerard from the age of 15 to 23. He was intended to be the next monarch of Hungary, and his father wrote his Admonitions to prepare him for this task. His father tried to make Emeric co-heir still in his lifetime.

He married in the year 1022.[3] The identity of his wife is disputed. Some say it was Irene Monomachina, a relative of Byzantine emperor Constantine IX Monomachos,[4] or a female member of the Argyros family to which Byzantine emperor Romanos III Argyros belonged. Other say it was Patricissa of Croatia, the daughter of Krešimir III of Croatia. Another possible person may have been Adelaide/Rixa of Poland or one of her unnamed sisters.

Death and sainthood

The succession plans of Emeric's father could never be fulfilled: on 2 September 1031, at age 24, Emeric was killed by a boar while hunting. It is assumed[2] that this happened in Hegyközszentimre (presently Sântimreu, Romania). He was buried in the Székesfehérvár Basilica. Several wondrous healings and conversions happened at his grave, so on 5 November 1083 King Ladislaus I unearthed Emeric's bones in a large ceremony, and Emeric was canonised for his pious life and purity along with his father and Bishop Gerard of Csanád by Pope Gregory VII.

St. Emeric is most often pictured in knight's armour with crown and lily. It is believed by some Hungarians that Amerigo Vespucci, the Italian explorer and the namesake of the Americas, was named after the saint.