Saint Felicianus of Ravenna November 11

 Saint Felicianus of Ravenna

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Martyr.

Died

c.305 in Ravenna, Italy

Saint Valentin of Ravenna November 11

 Saint Valentin of Ravenna

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Martyr.

Died

martyred c.305 in Ravenna, Italy

Saint Victorinus of Ravenna November 11

 Saint Victorinus of Ravenna

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Martyr.

Died

martyred c.305 in Ravenna, Italy

Saint Rhediw November 11

 Saint Rhediw

Also known as

Gredfyw, Rhedius, Rhedyw

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A church in Llanllyfni, North Wales is dedicated to this saint, but no information about him has survived.

Saint Cynfran of Wales November 11

 Saint Cynfran of Wales

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Son of Saint Brychan of Brecknock. Fifth century founder of a church in Gwynedd, Wales which has a healing well nearby.

Saint Mennas of Santomenna November 11

 Saint Mennas of Santomenna

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Sixth century hermit in Santomenna, Abruzzi, Italy.

Born

Asia Minor

Patronage

Santomenna, Italy

Saint Veranus of Vence November 11

 Saint Veranus of Vence

Also known as

Veran, Weran

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Son of Galla, who became a nun in later life, and Saint Eucherius of Lyon; brother of Saint Salonius of Geneva. Educated at Lérins Abbey where he became a monk. Bishop of Vence, France.

Died

c.480

Saint Bertuin of Malonne November 11

Saint Bertuin of Malonne

Also known as

Bertuinus, Bertwinus, Berthuin

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Raised in an English monastery. Monk at Othelle. Missionary bishop in Belgium. Founded the monastery of Malonne near Namur, Belgium.

Born

England

Died

c.698

Saint Turibius of Palencia November 11

 Saint Turibius of Palencia

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Founder of the Saint Martin of Tours monastery in Liébana, Asturias, Spain, and served as it's first abbot, a house that became a noted Benedictine stronghold.

Born

Palencia, Spain

Died

c.528 of natural causes

Saint Marina of Omura November 11

 Saint Marina of Omura

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Dominican lay tertiary in the archdiocese of Nagasaki, Japan. Martyred in the persecutions of Tokugawa Yemitsu.

Born

in Omura, Nagasaki, Japan

Died

burned alive on 11 November 1634 in Nagasaki, Japan

Canonized

18 October 1987 by Pope John Paul II

Saint Mercurius the Soldier November 11

 Saint Mercurius the Soldier

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Son of a Scythian officer in the imperial Roman army. Soldier in the same army, he distinguished himself in the defense of the city of Rome. During the persecutions of Decius, Mercurius was ordered to sacrifice to an idol; he refused. Martyr. Reported to appeared and fought with the Christian forces in the First Crusade.

Born

224

Died

beheaded in 250 in Caesarea, Cappadocia, Asia Minor (in modern Turkey)

Blessed Alicja Maria Jadwiga Kotowska November 11

 Blessed Alicja Maria Jadwiga Kotowska

Also known as

Alice Kotowska

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Nun, member of the Sisters of the Resurrection. Superior of her house and director of training for her sisters. One of the 108 Polish Martyrs of World War II.

Born

20 November 1899 in Warsaw, Poland

Died

shot on 11 November 1939 in the forest near Piasnica, occupied Poland

Beatified

13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II at Warsaw, Poland

Saint Theodore the Studite November 11

 Saint Theodore the Studite

Also known as

• Theodore of Stoudios

• Theodore of Studion

• Theodore of Studium

• Theodorus Studita

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Monk at the monastery of Saccudion, Asia Minor in 781. Ordained c.787. Abbot of the Saccudion monastery in 794. Abbot of the Stoudios monastery outside Constantinople in 799, which caused him to be the spiritual teacher of many wise and holy men. His writings include the first recorded stand against slavery. Fought iconoclasm. These opinions and writings put him in conflict with imperial authorities, which led to him being exiled three times.

Born

759 in Greece

Died

11 November 826 on the peninsula of Tryphon, near the Akrita promontory in Asia Minor

Saint Bartholomew of Rossano November 11

 Saint Bartholomew of Rossano

Also known as

• Bartholomew of Grottaferrata

• Bartholomew the Younger

• Bartolomeo il Giovane

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Son of Greek immigrants to Italy. Spiritual student of Saint Nilus of Rossano. Monk at the monastery of Grottaferrata, Frascati, Italy, a house with Greek Rites and Basilian Rule. Abbot at Grottaferrata for forty years, completing the construction and other work started by Nilus, work that turned the monastery into a center of education and manuscript copying, and so extensive that he is often listed as the founder of the house. Hymn writer. Skilled calligrapher. Responsible for persuading the corrupt Pope Benedict IX to resign the papacy, reform his life, become a monk, and do penance at Grottaferrata.

Born

c.970 in Rossano, Calabria, Italy

Died

11 November 1065 at Grottaferrata Abbey, Frascati, Italy of natural causes

Blessed Luigia Poloni November 11

 Blessed Luigia Poloni

Also known as

Mother Vincenza Maria

Additional Memorial

10 September (Sisters of Mercy of Verona as the anniversary of the profession of the first Sisters)

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Baptized on the day of her birth, the youngest of the twelve children, she was raised in a pious family, the daughter of a small businessman who ran a combination pharmacy and grocery in the heart of Verona, Italy. When her fathers died, Luigia took over the family finances. Spiritual student of Blessed Charles Steeb. Nun. Co-founder, with Blessed Charles Steeb of the Sisters of Mercy of Verona to work with the elderly and with abandoned girls; the first group of sisters organized on 2 November 1840, and made their first profession on 10 September 1848. The Sisters continue their good work today in Italy, Germany, Portugal, Albania, Tanzania, Angola, Burundi, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and have been joined by the affiliated Laity of Mercy.

Born

26 January 1802 in Verona, Italy

Died

11 November 1855 in Verona, Italy of cancer

Beatified

• Sunday 21 September 2008 by Pope Benedict XVI

• beatification recognition celebrated at Verona, Italy presided by Cardinal Angelo Amato