Blessed Vidal Luis Gómara Profile. Born: 3 November 1891 in Spain, Europe. Worked in Spain. Died: 18 November 1936 in Paracuellos de Jarama, Madrid, Spain. Feast Day is celebrated on November 18. Bl Vidal [Read More …]
St Thomas of Antioch Profile. Born: Early 8th Century in Syria, Europe. Worked in Syria. Died: 782 AD in Syria. Feast Day is celebrated on November 18. The Memorial of Saint Thomas of Antioch – [Read More …]
St Teofredo of Vellaicum Profile. Born: Early 8th Century in France, Europe. Worked in France. Died: 752 AD in Vellaicum, Aquitaine, France. Feast Day is celebrated on November 18. The Memorial of Saint Teofredo of [Read More …]
St. Romfarius of Coutances Biography Saint Romfarius of Coutances Profile. Born: Early 7th Century in United Kingdom, Europe. Worked in England. Died: 600 AD in England. Feast Day is celebrated on November 18, November 26, [Read More …]
St Odo of Cluny was also referred to as Eudes de Cluny. He was the second abbot of Cluny. He was born in 878 AD near Le Mans, France, and died on November 18 942 in [Read More …]
St Nazarius of Lérins Profile. Born: late 4th Century in France, Europe. Worked in France. Died: 450 AD in France. Feast Day is celebrated on November 18. The Memorial of Saint Nazarius of Lérins – [Read More …]
Blessed Modesto Sáez Manzanares Profile. Born: 30 July 1903 in Spain, Europe. Worked in Spain. Died: 18 November 1936 in Lorca, Cartagena, Spain. Feast Day is celebrated on November 18. The Memorial of Blessed Modesto [Read More …]
Saint Mabenna Biography Saint Mabenna Profile. Born: 474 AD in United Kingdom, Europe. Worked in England. Died: late 6th Century in Cornwall, England. Feast Day is celebrated on November 18. The Memorial of Saint Mabenna [Read More …]
Blessed Karolina Kózka was also referred to as Karoliny Kózkówny, Caroline Kozkowna, or the Maria Goretti of Poland. She was a sixteen-year-old Polish girl who died while defending her virginity from a pedophile Russian soldier. [Read More …]
Blessed Francisco Marco Alemán Profile. Born: 23 May 1894 in Spain, Europe. Worked in Spain. Died: 18 November 1936 in Paracuellos de Jarama, Madrid, Spain. Feast Day is celebrated on November 18. The Memorial of [Read More …]
Blessed Ferdinando Santamaria Profile. Born: 4 May 1883 in Italy, Europe. Worked in Italy. Died: 18 November 1902 in Ceccano, Italy. Feast Day is celebrated on November 18. The Memorial of Blessed Ferdinando Santamaria – [Read More …]
Blessed Emiliano Martínez de La Pera Alava Profile. Born: 8 August 1913 in Spain, Europe. Worked in Spain. Died: 18 November 1936 in Lorca, Cartagena, Spain. Feast Day is celebrated on November 18. The Memorial [Read More …]
St Constant Profile. Born: Early 8th Century in Ireland, Europe. Worked in Ireland. Died: 777 AD in Ireland. Feast Day is celebrated on November 18. The Memorial of Saint Constant – Saint of the Day [Read More …]
Blessed Augusto Cordero Fernández Profile. Born: 7 October 1908 in Spain, Europe. Worked in Spain. Died: 18 November 1936 in Lorca, Cartagena, Spain. Feast Day is celebrated on November 18. The Memorial of Blessed Augusto [Read More …]
St. Amandus of Lérins Biography Saint Amandus of Lérins Profile. Born: N/A in France, Europe. Worked in France. Died: 750 AD in Spain. Feast Day is celebrated on November 18. The Memorial of Saint Amandus [Read More …]
St Amandus of Lérins Profile. Born: N/A in Spain, Europe. Worked in Spain. Died: 708 AD in Spain. Feast Day is celebrated on November 18. The Memorial of Saint Amandus of Lérins – Saint of [Read More …]
Saint Rocco Gonzalez Biography Saint Rocco Gonzalez Profile. Born: 1576 AD in Paraguay, Europe. Worked in Brazil. Died: 15 November 1628 in Caaro, Brazil. Feast Day is celebrated on November 17, November 15. The Memorial [Read More …]
Saint Juan del Castillo Rodríguez Profile. Born: 14 September 1595 in Spain, Europe. Worked in Brazil. Died: 15 November 1628 in Caaro, Brazil. Feast Day is celebrated on November 17. The Memorial of Saint Juan [Read More …]
Saint Alonso Rodriguez Profile. Born: 14 September 1595 in Spain, Europe. Worked in Brazil. Died: 15 November 1628 in Caaro, Brazil. Feast Day is celebrated on November 17. [Read More …]
Saint Zacchaeus of Palestine Profile. Born: Mid 3rd Century in Palestinian Territories, Asia. Worked in Palestine. Died: 302 AD in Palestine. Feast Day is celebrated on November 17. [Read More …]
Blessed Yosafat Kotsylovskyi Biography Blessed Yosafat Kotsylovskyi Profile. Born: 3 March 1876 in Ukraine, Asia. Worked in Poland. Died: 17 November 1947 in Kiev, Ukraine. Feast Day is celebrated on November 17. The Feast [Read More …]
St Sébastien-Loup Hunot Profile. Born: 7 August 1745 in France, Europe. Worked in France. Died: 17 November 1794 in Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, France. Feast Day is celebrated on November 17. The Memorial of Saint Sébastien-Loup Hunot [Read More …]
Blessed Salomea of Galicia Profile. Born: 13 Century in Poland, Europe. Worked in Poland. Died: 17 November 1268 in Cracow, Poland. Feast Day is celebrated on November 17. The Memorial of Blessed Salomea of Galicia [Read More …]
Bl. Lorenza Díaz Bolaños Biography Blessed Lorenza Díaz Bolaños Profile. Born: 10 August 1896 in Spain, Europe. Worked in Spain. Died: 17 November 1936 in Vistillas, Madrid, Spain. Feast Day is celebrated on November 17. [Read More …]
St. Lazarus Zographos Biography St Lazarus Zographos Profile. Born: Early 9th Century in United Kingdom, Europe. Worked in Italy. Died: 867 AD. Feast Day is celebrated on November 17. The Memorial of Saint Lazarus [Read More …]
St. Juan del Castillo Rodríguez Biography Saint Juan del Castillo Rodríguez Profile. Born: 14 September 1595 in Spain, Europe. Worked in Paraguay. Died: 17 November 1628 in Ijuí, Rio Grande do Sul, Paraguay. Feast Day [Read More …]
Bl. Josefa Gironés Arteta Biography Blessed Josefa Gironés Arteta Profile. Born: 11 March 1907 in Spain, Europe. Worked in Spain. Died: 17 November 1936 in Vistillas, Madrid, Spain. Feast Day is celebrated on November 17. [Read More …]
St Gregory Thaumaturgus was also referred to as Theodorus, or Gregory of Neocaesarea (modern-day Niksar). He was a Bishop, Confessor, a miracle worker or a wonder worker. He was born in 213 AD in Neocaesarea, Pontus, [Read More …]
St Giacinto Ansalone Profile. Born: 1 November 1598 in Italy, Europe. Worked in Spain, Mexico, Japan. Died: 17 November 1634 in Nishizaka, Nagasaki, Japan. Feast Day is celebrated on November 17. The Memorial of Saint [Read More …]
St Florinus of Remus was also referred to as Florinus of Chur, Florin of Matsch or Florian of Vinschgau. He was a Priest and a confessor of the Faith. He was born in the late [Read More …]
Bl. Eusebio Roldán Vielva Biography Blessed Eusebio Roldán Vielva Profile. Born: 15 December 1895 in Spain, Europe. Worked in Spain. Died: 17 November 1936 in Barcelona, Spain. Feast Day is celebrated on November 17. The [Read More …]
St. Alphaeus of Palestine Biography Saint Alphaeus of Palestine Profile. Born: Mid 3rd Century in Palestinian Territories, Asia. Worked in Palestine. Died: 302 AD in Palestine. Feast Day is celebrated on November 17. The Memorial [Read More …]
Saint Aignan of Orléans Profile. Born: 358 AD in France, Europe. Worked in France. Died: 453 AD in Orléans, France. Feast Day is celebrated on November 17. [Read More …]
St Acisclus Profile. Born: Mid 3rd Century in Spain, Europe. Worked in Spain. Died: 304 AD. Feast Day is celebrated on November 17. The Memorial of Saint Acisclus – Saint of the Day Saint Acisclus [Read More …]
Saint Leocadio of Déols Biography. Born: N/A in France, Europe. Died: N/A in N/A, Feast Day is November 16, November 23 [Read More …]
Saint Eustochius the Martyr Biography. Born: N/A in Italy, Europe. Died: 362 AD in N/A, Feast Day is November 16 [Read More …]
Blessed John Thules Biography. Born: 1568 in United Kingdom, Europe. Died: 18 March 1616 in England, Feast Day is March 18, November, October 29 [Read More …]
St Frances Xavier Cabrini (Mother Cabrini) was a Catholic nun and founder of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. She was born on July 15 1850, in Sant’Angelo Lodigiano, Lombardy, Italy, and [Read More …]
St Andrew the Apostle was also known as Andrew the Protoclete, Andreas, or Endres. He was the Brother of St Peter the Apostle and one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. He was born in [Read More …]
St Radbod of Utrecht, also known as Radbodus, Radboud, Ratbod, or Redbad. Born in 850 AD in the Gascony Lomagne region of France. Worked at Utrecht, Netherlands and died on 917 AD in Deventer, the [Read More …]
St Catherine Laboure was also known as Zoe Labouré. She was a member of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul who initiated the devotion of the Miraculous Medal. She was born on [Read More …]
Memorial of Saint Maximus of Riez. Born on Early 5th Century AD in France, Europe. Worked at Riez, France and died on 460 AD in Riez, France [Read More …]
The Feast of Christ the King is liturgically referred to as The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe. This feast was instituted by Pope Pius XI in 1925, through his encyclical, [Read More …]
St Catherine of Alexandria was also known as Katherine, or Ekaterina. She was a Christian virgin who was martyred under Roman Emperor Maxentius. She was born around 287 AD in Alexandria, Egypt. She died as [Read More …]
St Andrew Tran Dung-Lac was a Vietnamese Roman Catholic priest who was executed by beheading during the reign of emperor Minh Mạng. He was born around 1795 in Bac Ninh, Vietnam. He was beheaded and [Read More …]
Our feast today is known in the Western Roman Catholic Church as the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and in the Eastern Churches as the Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple. [Read More …]
St Felix of Valois was also known as Hugh. He was a hermit and a co-founder of the Trinitarian Order together with John of Matha. He was born in April 1127 in Valois, France, and [Read More …]
St Mechthild of Hackeborn-Wippra was also referred to as Mechtildis of Helfta or Mechtilde of Magdeburg. She was a Benedictine nun. She was born in 1241 in Helfta, Saxony, Germany. She died on November 19 [Read More …]
St Rose Philippine Duchesne was a religious sister born on August 29 1769 in Grenoble, France. She died on November 18 1852 at the age of 83 in St Charles, Missouri, United States. We celebrate [Read More …]
St Elizabeth of Hungary was a princess and the daughter of King Andrew of Hungary. She was born on July 7 1207 in Bratislava, Slovakia (previously Pozsony, Hungary). She died on November 17 1231 at [Read More …]
St Lawrence O’Toole, also known as Lorcán Ua Tuathail. He was the Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland in the 12th century. He was born in 1128 AD in Kilkea, County Kildare, Ireland, and died on November [Read More …]
St Gertrude the Great was also referred to as Gertrudis of Helfta. She was a Benedictine nun born on January 6 1256 in Eisleben, Thuringia, Germany, and died in 1302 in Helfta, Saxony, Germany. We [Read More …]
St Albert the Great was the Bishop of Regensburg, Dominican friar, philosopher, and scientist. He was born in 1200 AD in Lauingen, Bavaria, Germany. He died on November 15 1280 in Cologne, Germany. We celebrate [Read More …]
St Abbo of Fleury was also known as Abbon. He was a Benedictine monk and abbot of Fleury Abbey in France. He was born around 945 AD near Orleans, France. He was stabbed to death [Read More …]
St Josaphat’s name at birth was John (Ivan) Kuntsevych. He was a monk and the archbishop of the Archeparchy (archdiocese) of Polotsk, the Ruthenian Catholic Church. He was born in 1580 in Volodymyr Ukraine and [Read More …]
St Martin of Tours was the 3rd bishop of Tours in France. He was born in 316 AD in Savaria, (now Szombathely) Hungary. He died on November 8 397 AD in Candes-Saint-Martin, France. We celebrate [Read More …]
St Leo the Great or Pope Leo I was born in 400 AD in Tuscany, Italy. He was the bishop of Rome from September 29 440 AD until he died on November 10 461 in [Read More …]
The St John Lateran Basilica in Rome is also known as the Papal Archbasilica of Saint John or the Archbasilica of the Most Holy Savior and Saints John the Baptist and John the Evangelist at [Read More …]
St Elizabeth of the Trinity was also known as Elisabeth Catez. She was a discalced Carmelite, a mystic, and a spiritual writer. She was born on July 18 1880 in Avord, Farges-en-Septaine, (Cher), France, and [Read More …]
St Engelbert of Cologne was also known as Engelbert of Berg. He was the Archbishop of Cologne, Germany in the early 13th century. He was born in 1185 AD in Berg, Germany, and died as [Read More …]
St Leonard of Noblac, also known as Leonardo of Noblet, Leonhard of Limoges, Lienard of Limousin, or Linhart. He was a hermit and abbot of the abbey of Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat. He was born in the late [Read More …]
All Souls’ Day is also known as the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed. This is the day when we remember our dead friends and family members and pray for their souls in purgatory and [Read More …]
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