Feb 14, 2010

⛪ February 14


πŸ“° Sts. Cyril and Methodius, of Thessalonika [baptized Constantin and Methodios] ["Apostles to the Slavs"] (Greek, noblemen, biological brothers, monk-priest and bishop of Sirmium, developers of Cyrillic alphabet [used in Russia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Serbia], died [respectively] in Rome and Moravia in 869 and 885) [St. Cyril died at about age 41, St. Methodius at about 58.]

πŸ“° St. Abraham of Cyrrhus (Syrian, hermit, bishop of Carrhae in Mesopotamia [in what is now Iraq], died at Constantinople [in what is now Turkey] c. 422)

πŸ“° Bl. Angel of Gualdo [Angelo] (Italian, Camaldolese  hermit brother, died at about age 59 in 1325 [beatified 1825])

πŸ“° St. Antoninus of Sorrento (Italian, hermit, Benedictine  abbot, d. 830)

πŸ“° St. Auxentius of Bithynia (Syrian, hermit, died in Asia Minor [now called Turkey] in 473)

πŸ“° Sts. Bassus, Anthony, and Protolicus, of Alexandria (Egyptian, martyred by drowning)

πŸ“° St. Conran (bishop, 7th Century?)

πŸ“° Sts. Cyrion, Bassian, Agatho, and Moses, of Alexandria (Egyptian ... priest, lector, exorcist, layman ... early martyrs [burned])

πŸ“° Sts. Dionysius and Ammonius, of Alexandria (Egyptian, martyred by beheading)

πŸ“° St. Eleuchadius of Ravenna (Greek, bishop in Italy, d. 112)

πŸ“° St. John Baptist of the Conception Garcia of Almodovar [Juan Bautista de la Concepcion] (Spanish, Discalced Trinitarian  superior, died at about age 52 in 1613 [beatified 1819, canonized 1975])

πŸ“° St. Lienne of Poitiers (French, friend of St. Hilary, 4th Century)

πŸ“° St. Maro of Beit-Marun [also called Maron] (Syrian, hermit priest, healer, abbot, friend of St. John Chrysostom, c. 435)

πŸ“° Bl. Nicholas Paglia of Giovinazzo [Niccola] (Italian, nobleman, Dominican  prior, great preacher, miracle-worker, died at about age 58 in 1255 [beatified 1828])

πŸ“° St. Nostrianus of Naples (Italian, bishop, c. 450)

πŸ“° St. Paulien (French, bishop, d. 660)

πŸ“° Sts. Proculus of Terni, Ephebus, and Apollonius (Italian, bishop and others, martyred by beheading in 273)

πŸ“° St. Theodosius of Vaison (French, bishop, d. 554)

πŸ“° St. Valentine of Rome (Italian, physician, priest [possibly bishop], martyred [beaten and beheaded] c. 269)

πŸ“° Bl. Vincent of Siena [Vincenzo] (Italian, Franciscan  friar, companion of St. Bernardine, d. 1442)

πŸ“° Bl. Vincent Vilar David of Manises [Vicente] (Spanish, layman, martyred during Civil War at about age 47 in 1937 [beatified 1995])

πŸ“° Sts. Vitalis, Felicula, and Zeno, of Rome (Italian, early martyrs)

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