Saint Stephen of Antioch November 22

 Saint Stephen of Antioch

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Martyr.

Died

Antioch, Pisidia (in modern Turkey)

Saint Pragmatius of Autun November 22

 Saint Pragmatius of Autun

Also known as

Prammazio, Pragmazio

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Bishop of Autun, France.

Died

c.520

Saint Deyniolen the Younger November 22

 Saint Deyniolen the Younger

Also known as

Daniel, Dayniol, Deiniol, Deyniolin

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Abbot in Bangor Abbey in Wales.

Died

621

Saint Maurus of North Africa November 22

 Saint Maurus of North Africa

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Raised in a Christian family in North Africa. Immigrant to Rome, Italy. Martyred in the persecutions of Emperor Numerian.

Saint Apphia November 22

 Saint Apphia

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Married to Saint Philemon. Martyr.

Died

stoned to death in the 1st century at Colossae, Phrygia

Saint Benignus of Milan November 22

 Saint Benignus of Milan

Also known as

Benigno

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Educated in Rome, Italy. Archbishop of Milan, Italy c.470, serving during a period of barbarian invasion.

Died

c.477 in Milan, Italy of natural causes

Blessed Ferran Llovera Pulgsech November 22

 Blessed Ferran Llovera Pulgsech

Also known as

Father Ferran Maria

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Carmelites of the Ancient Observance priest. Martyred in the Spanish Civil War.

Born

19 March 1902 in Orfans, Girona, Spain

Died

22 November 1936 in Montjuïc, Barcelona, Spain

Beatified

28 October 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI

Saint Ananias of Arbela November 22

 Saint Ananias of Arbela

Also known as

• Ananias of Erbel

• Ananio of...

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Imprisoned, tortured and martyred in the persecutions of king Shapur II.

Died

• scourged and left for dead on the side of the road in 345 in Arbela, Persia (in modern Iran)

• found by local Christians and taken home where he he died the next day from his injuries

Saint Amphilochius of Iconium November 22

 Saint Amphilochius of Iconium

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Successful 4th-century lawyer who gave up the worldly life to live as a hermit. Bishop of Iconium. Worked with Saint Basil to govern the Church in Cappadocia. Friend of Saint Gregory of Nazianzen who wrote highly of him. Attended the Council of Constantinople in 381. Worked with Saint Jerome. Supported the theological teaching on the Divinity of the Holy Ghost. Opposed Macedonius. Presided over the Council at Sida in Pamphylia..

Saint Philemon November 22

 Saint Philemon

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First century Christian convert at Colossae, Phrygia, brought to the faith by Saint Paul the Apostle. Married to Saint Apphia. Subject of Paul's canonical Epistle to Philemon in which he asks Philemon to accept back the runaway slave Saint Onesimus, receiving him as a brother Christian; tradition says that he freed the slave. Martyred with Saint Apphia.

Died

stoned to death in the 1st century at Colossae, Phrygia

Blessed Julián Torrijo Sánchez November 22

 Blessed Julián Torrijo Sánchez

Also known as

Brother Elías Julián

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Baptized at the age of one day. Joined the Brothers of the Christian Schools in Cambrils, Spain on 13 November 1916. Teacher and youth minister at a series of schools beginning in 1920. Imprisoned and martyred in the Spanish Civil War.

Born

17 November 1900 in Torrijo del Campo, Teruel, Spain

Died

22 November 1936 in Picadero de Paterna, Valencia, Spain

Beatified

11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II

Blessed Francisco Lahoz Moliner November 22

 Blessed Francisco Lahoz Moliner

Also known as

Brother Bertrán Francisco

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Baptized at the age of one day. Joined the Brothers of the Christian Schools at Cambrils, Spain on 10 August 1925, making his vows on 2 February 1929. Teacher and catechist of novices. Imprisoned and martyred in the Spanish Civil War.

Born

15 October 1912 in Campos, Teruel, Spain

Died

• 22 November 1936 in Picadero de Paterna, Valencia, Spain

• buried in a common grave in Valencia

Beatified

11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II

Saint Pedro Esqueda Ramírez November 22

 Saint Pedro Esqueda Ramírez

Additional Memorial

21 May as one of the Martyrs of the Mexican Revolution

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Priest. Vicar-general of the diocese of San Juan de los Lagos, Mexico. Discerning a need for religious education for children, he founded catechetical study centers. Martyr.

Born

29 April 1887 in San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, diocese of San Juan de los Lagos, Mexico

Died

• shot three times on 22 November 1927 in Teocaltitán, Jalisco, Mexico

• buried at the church of San Juan Bautista, San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, diocese of San Juan de los Lagos, Mexico

Canonized

21 May 2000 by Pope John Paul II

Blessed Salvatore Lilli November 22

 Blessed Salvatore Lilli

Also known as

Salvatore of Cappadocia

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Son of Vincenzo and Annunziata Lilli. Joined the Franciscans in 1870, making his vows on 6 August 1871. Studied at the Franciscan seminary in the Holy Lands. Ordained in Bethlehem on 6 April 1878. Missionary in Jerusalem for two years. Missionary to Marasco, Armenia in 1880. In addition to preaching the faith he built schools, clinics, and homes for the abandoned, and taught modern hygiene and sanitation in the remote villages. Worked endlessly with the sick during a cholera epidemic in 1891. Missionary to Mujuk-Deresa, Armenia in 1894. In 1895 the area was occupied by Islamic Turks who captured Salvatore and several fellow Franciscans. They were tortured and ordered to convert; they all refused. One of the Martyrs of Armenia.

Born

19 June 1853 at Cappadocia, Aquila, Italy

Died

stabbed with a lance on 22 November 1895 near the Zihun River in Mujuk-Dersi, Armenia (in modern Turkey)

Blessed Anna Kolesárová November 22

 Blessed Anna Kolesárová

Also known as

Anka Kolesárová

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Daughter of Ján "Hruska" Kolesár and Anna (née Kusnírová), she was born into a pious farming family and baptized at the age of one day. Anna's mother died when the girl was ten years old, and she did her best to run the household for her father and brother, Michal. When Russian soldiers were liberating her area of Slovakia from Nazi occupation near the end of World War II, local families hid from them due to their rough, violent reputation, and to avoid the combat that went on around their villages. On 22 November 1944, Anna was discovered by a drunken Red Army soldier who made her cook for him, and then demanded sex. She refused and ran to her father and brother, but was gunned down by the soldier. Martyr.

Born

14 July 1928 in Vysoká nad Uhom, diocese of Kosice, Czechoslovakia (in the modern Slovak Republic)

Died

• shot in the chest and the face with a rifle on 22 November 1944 in Pavlovce nad Uhom, Kosice, Slovak Republic

• buried in a shallow grave on the evening of the next day by her family who still had to spend most of their time in hiding due the combat around them

• re-buried and given proper funeral rites by Father Anton Lukác on 29 November 1944; he immediately begin conducting his own preliminary investigation into her Cause for Canonization

• during the period of Communist Czechoslovakia, mention of the incident and gatherings at her grave were prohibited

• since the fall of the Communist government, her grave has become a pilgrimage site for young people including the Catholic youth organization Domcek which is dedicated to her memory

Beatified

1 September 2018 by Pope Francis