Martyrs of England, Scotland, and Wales November 22

 Martyrs of England, Scotland, and Wales

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85 English, Scottish and Welsh Catholics who were martyred during the persecutions by Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries. They are commemorated together on 22 November.

• Blessed Alexander Blake • Blessed Alexander Crow • Blessed Antony Page • Blessed Arthur Bell • Blessed Charles Meehan • Blessed Christopher Robinson • Blessed Christopher Wharton • Blessed Edmund Duke • Blessed Edmund Sykes • Blessed Edward Bamber • Blessed Edward Burden • Blessed Edward Osbaldeston • Blessed Edward Thwing • Blessed Francis Ingleby • Blessed George Beesley • Blessed George Douglas • Blessed George Errington • Blessed George Haydock • Blessed George Nichols • Blessed Henry Heath • Blessed Henry Webley • Blessed Hugh Taylor • Blessed Humphrey Pritchard • Blessed John Adams • Blessed John Bretton • Blessed John Fingley • Blessed John Hambley • Blessed John Hogg • Blessed John Lowe • Blessed John Norton • Blessed John Sandys • Blessed John Sugar • Blessed John Talbot • Blessed John Thules • Blessed John Woodcock • Blessed Joseph Lambton • Blessed Marmaduke Bowes • Blessed Matthew Flathers • Blessed Montfort Scott • Blessed Nicholas Garlick • Blessed Nicholas Horner • Blessed Nicholas Postgate • Blessed Nicholas Woodfen • Blessed Peter Snow • Blessed Ralph Grimston • Blessed Richard Flower • Blessed Richard Hill • Blessed Richard Holiday • Blessed Richard Sergeant • Blessed Richard Simpson • Blessed Richard Yaxley • Blessed Robert Bickerdike • Blessed Robert Dibdale • Blessed Robert Drury • Blessed Robert Grissold • Blessed Robert Hardesty • Blessed Robert Ludlam • Blessed Robert Middleton • Blessed Robert Nutter • Blessed Robert Sutton • Blessed Robert Sutton • Blessed Robert Thorpe • Blessed Roger Cadwallador • Blessed Roger Filcock • Blessed Roger Wrenno • Blessed Stephen Rowsham • Blessed Thomas Atkinson • Blessed Thomas Belson • Blessed Thomas Bullaker • Blessed Thomas Hunt • Blessed Thomas Palaser • Blessed Thomas Pilcher • Blessed Thomas Pormort • Blessed Thomas Sprott • Blessed Thomas Watkinson • Blessed Thomas Whitaker • Blessed Thurstan Hunt • Blessed William Carter • Blessed William Davies • Blessed William Gibson • Blessed William Knight • Blessed William Lampley • Blessed William Pike • Blessed William Southerne • Blessed William Spenser • Blessed William Thomson •

Beatified

22 November 1987 by Pope John Paul II

Martyrs of Armenia November 22

 Martyrs of Armenia

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A group of eight Franciscans martyred in the region of Mujuk-Dersi, Armenia (modern Turkey) by invading Islamic Turks who tortured them, demanded they convert, and murdered them when they did not. They were

• Baldji Oghlou Ohannes

• David Oghlou David

• Dimbalac Oghlou Wartavar

• Geremia Oghlou Boghos

• Khodianin Oghlou Kadir

• Kouradji Oghlou Tzeroum

• Salvatore Lilli

• Toros Oghlou David

Died

22 November 1895 in Mujuk-Dersi, Armenia (in modern Turkey)

Beatified

3 October 1982 by Pope John Paul II

Saint Christian of Auxerre November 22

 Saint Christian of Auxerre

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Bishop of Auxerre, France.

Died

c.873

Saint Mark of Antioch November 22

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Martyr.

Died

Antioch, Pisidia (in modern Turkey)

Saint Sabinian the Abbot November 22

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Abbot of Moutier-Saint-Chaffre in the Diocese of Le Puy, France.

Died

c.720

 

Saint Stephen of Antioch November 22

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Martyr.

Died

Antioch, Pisidia (in modern Turkey)

Saint Pragmatius of Autun November 22

 Saint Pragmatius of Autun

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Prammazio, Pragmazio

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Bishop of Autun, France.

Died

c.520

Saint Deyniolen the Younger November 22

 Saint Deyniolen the Younger

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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

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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

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Father Ferran Maria

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

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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

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• 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