Blessed José Medes Ferrís
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Married layman in the archdiocese of Valencia, Spain. Member of Catholic Action. Martyred in the Spanish Civil War.
Born
13 January 1885 in Algemesí, Valencia, Spain
Died
12 November 1936 in Alcudia de Carlet, Valencia, Spain
Beatified
11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II
Saint Margarito Flores-García
Additional Memorial
21 May as one of the Martyrs of the Mexican Revolution
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Priest of the diocese of Chilpancingo, Mexico. Martyr.
Born
22 February 1899 in Taxco, Guerrero, Mexico
Died
12 November 1927 in Tulimán, Guerrero, Mexico
Canonized
21 May 2000 by Pope John Paul II
Blessed John Cini della Pace
Also known as
• John the Soldier
• John Stipendario
• John della Pace
• John de Porta pacis
• John Cini
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Soldier. Franciscan tertiary in 1396. Founded several charitable organizations and a confraternity of flagellants.
Born
at Pisa, Italy
Died
1433 of natural causes
Beatified
1856 by Pope Pius IX (cultus confirmed)
Saint Arsatius
Also known as
Arsacius
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May have been a spiritual student of Saint Ambrose of Milan; may have been a bishop of Milan, Italy; may have served in the 4th or 6th century; may have been a martyr. Nothing sure about his life has survived.
Died
• relics known to have been in Rome, Italy in the early 8th century
• relics transferred to the Ilmmünster Abbey in 766
• relics transferred to Munich, Germany in 1495
• relics transferred to the Ilmmünster Abbey in 1846
Blessed Ursula Medes Ferris
Also known as
Sister María Natividad
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Cistercian nun in the Congregation of Saint Bernard of Spain. Martyred in the Spanish Civil War.
Born
18 December 1880 in Algemesí, Valencia, Spain
Died
12 November 1936 in Alcudia de Carlet, Valencia, Spain
Beatified
• 3 October 2015 by Pope Francis
• beatification recognition celebrated at the cathedral of Santander, Spain, Cardinal Angelo Amato principal celebrant
Saint Emilian Cucullatus
Also known as
• Millan de la Cogolla
• Emilian the Cowled
• Aemilian
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Born to a poor farm family. Worked as a shepherd in La Rioja, Spain. Hermit. Priest. Parish priest in Berceo, Spain for some time, but eventually returned to his life as a hermit. His reputation for holiness spread, a large number of would-be spritual students gathered around him, and he agreed to lead them. With them he founded the monastery of La Cogolla, and served as its first abbot.
Died
574
Representation
• shepherd
• abbot on horse back
• abbot with a sword
• abbot combating Moors
Saint Cunibert of Cologne
Also known as
• Cunibert of Keulen
• Cunibert of Köln
• Cunibert of Trèves
• Cunibert of Trier
• Cunipert, Honoberht, Kunibert
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Born to the Frankish nobility. Archdeacon of Trier, Germany. Archbishop of Cologne, Germany in 627. Spiritual teacher and advisor to Saint Sigebert III, and co-regent of Austrasia. Known as a great builder of churches and monasteries in his diocese. Legend says that a dove led him to the lost grave of Saint Ursula.
Died
• c.663 in Cologne, Germany of natural causes
• interred in the Saint Cunibert Church in Cologne
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bishop with a bird (usually a dove or pigeon), often speaking in his ear or leading him somewhere
Five Polish Brothers
Also known as
Saint Benedict and Companions
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They weren't Polish, and they weren't related, but were instead five Italian Benedictine monks who worked with Saint Adalbert of Prague as missionaries to the Slavs, and were martyred together. They were - Benedict, Christinus, Isaac, John and Matthew.
Born
Italy
Died
1005 at the Benedictine monastery near Gnesen, Poland
Canonized
by Pope Julius II
Saint Nilus the Elder
Also known as
• Nilus of Sinai
• Nilus of Ancyra
• Neilos...
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Byzantine imperial official; may even have been a Praetorian Prefect. Married and father of two. When the children were grown, Nilus and the wife agreed to lead separate lives devoted to God. Monk on Mount Sinai with his son Theodulus.
After a few years on the Mount, Arab raiders kidnapped Theodulus. Nilus went in search of him and found him in Eleusa in Palestine where the bishop had ransomed him out of slavery and made him the door-keeper of his church. The bishop ordained them both, and the returned to Sinai.
Noted author on theological matters, his works influenced the Eastern Church. Bishop of Ancyra. Friend, supporter and spiritual student of Saint John Chrystostom.
Born
4th century Byzantium
Died
c.430 of natural causes
Saint Didacus
Also known as
Diego, Diaz
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Didacus loved and felt drawn to the solitary life from his youth, and when still young he became a hermit who supported himself by weaving mats. Franciscan lay-brother at the convent of Arizafa. Though he lacked a formal education, he was sought out for his insights into the Christian life.
Sent as a missionary to the Canary Islands in 1442, he went with the belief that he would be martyred. Superior of the community at Fuerteventura, Spain. Converted many by his preaching and example, and returned unharmed to Spain in 1449.
Sent to Rome, Italy in 1450 for the canonization of Saint Bernardine of Siena. An epidemic broke out among the gathered Franciscans, and Didacus worked himself to exhaustion to help his brothers; reported to have miraculously cured many of the sick. He then returned to Spain and spent the rest of his life as a prayerful at Alcala.
Born
1400 at Seville, Spain
Died
12 November 1463 at Alcala, Castile, Spain of natural causes
Canonized
1588 by Pope Sixtus V
Patronage
• Franciscan laity
• Franciscan lay brothers
• San Diego, California, diocese of
Representation
cross, lily
Saint Astricus of Esztergom
Also known as
• Astricus of Ungarn
• Anastasius XIX
• Astericus Anastasius
• Astrik of Pannonhalma
• Ascrick, Astericus, Astrik-Anastaz, Radla
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Monk in Rome, Italy, taking the name Astricus. Friend of Saint Adalbert of Prague, and assisted Adalbert on his missionary work in Bohemia. First abbot of Brevnov. Due to anti-Christian persecution in the region, he had to flee to Hungary. Worked as a missionary to the Magyars. Spiritual teacher to the wife of Duke Geza, the mother of Saint Stephen of Hungary, in 997. First abbot of Saint Martin's monastery in Pannonhalma, the first monastery in Hungary, a house founded by Duke Geza. When Saint Stephen succeeded his father Geza as duke, Anastasius renewed his evangelization work with the Magyars. First archbishop of the Hungarian Church with his see city probably at Kalocsa. He was sent as ambassador to Rome, and negotiated the recognition of the new kingdom of Hungary by Pope Sylvester II. He transported the crown that the pope gave for Stephen to be crowned as King of the Hungarians by Emperor Otto III in 1001. Advisor to Stephen on matters of spirit and state until Stephen's death. He outlived Stephen by two years, and spent those last days as a prayerful monk.
Born
in Bohemia as Radla
Died
c.1035 of natural causes
Patronage
Hungary
Saint Lebuin of Deventer
Also known as
• Apostle of the Frisians
• Leafwine, Lebuinus, Lebwin, Liafwin, Liafwine, Livinius, Livino
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Educated in a monastery. Benedictine monk at Ripon, England. Priest. Missionary to the Netherlands, following in the path of Saint Boniface, beginning in Utrecht. He worked with Saint Marchelm and Saint Gregory of Utrecht. Preached in the districts along the Yssel River. Established the first church in Deventer, Netherlands and used it as a base for missionary work to the Saxons and Frisians.
His success caused great hostility among the non-converted pagans who burned his church and spread the rumour that his success was due to witchcraft. Lebuin took his message to the Saxon national assembly, preaching the Gospel during a sacrifice to one of the pagan gods, and prophesying the destruction of their nation if they did not convert. Many of the representatives wanted to kill him, but one spoke up to say that the assembly should treat him as an ambassador from God, and give him the same diplomatic protection. The Saxons agreed, and agreed to respect the rights of Christianity.
Born
in England
Died
• c.773 at Deventer, Netherlands
• relics at Deventer
Patronage
• Deventer, Netherlands
• Zoeterwoude, Netherlands
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with Saint Marchelm
St. Anastasius XIX
Feastday: November 12
Death: 1040
Archbishop and companion of St. Stephen. The first archbishop of Hungary, he started as a monk originally named Radla. In 997, he served as a missionary among the Magyars, becoming abbot of the abbey founded by the duke and duchess of Geza in Hungary. St. Stephen was the son and heir of the duke. He succeeded his father and aided Anastasius in missionary efforts among the Magyars. Pope Sylvester II recognized Stephen as king of the Hungarians and sent him a crown through Anastasius. The archbishop supported Stephen's enlightened rule, dying two years after the king's passing.
St. Benedict and Companions
Feastday: November 12
Death: 1005
Italian Benedictine martyrs. Benedict, with John, Matthew, Isaac, and Christinus, went with St. Adalbert of Prague to a mission among the Slavic peoples. Robbers attacked their monastery near Gnesen and slew them. Pope Julius II canonized them. They are revered in Poland as "the Five Polish Brothers;' although they were not Poles and not related.
Bl. Gregory Lakota
Feastday: November 12
Birth: 1883
Death: 1950
Beatified: Pope John Paul II
Gregory Lakota was a Greek Catholic. He was ordained in 1908 at Przemysl. Doctor of theology at Vienna, Austria in 1911. Professor at the Ukrainian seminary at Przemysl in 1913. 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.
