Feb 17, 2010

⛪ February 17


πŸ“° Seven Holy Founders of the Order of Servites (Italian, wealthy city councilors, founded the Servants of Mary [Servites], became six priests and one brother, died between c. 1261 and 1310 [canonized 1887])
[The names of the founders, who were all from Florence:]
--- St. Alexis Falconieri [Alessio]
--- St. Benedict dell'Antella [Benedetto]
--- St. John Buonagiunta [Giovanni]
--- St. Ricovero dei Lippi-Ugoccioni
--- St. Buonfiglio Monaldi
--- St. Gerard Sostegni [Gherardino]
--- St. Bartholomew degli Amidei [Bartolomeo]

πŸ“° St. Benedict of Cagliari [Benedetto] (Italian, Benedictine  monk, bishop of Dolia on Sardinia, c. 1112)

πŸ“° St. Constabilis of Lucania (Italian, Benedictine  abbot, died at about age 64 in 1124 [canonized 1893])

πŸ“° Sts. Donatus, Secundian, Romulus, and 86 companions, of Porto Gruaro (Italian, martyred in 304)

πŸ“° Bl. Elizabeth Sanna Porcu of Codrongianos [Elisabetta] (Italian, widow, Franciscan  tertiary, died at age 68 in 1857 [beatified 2016])

πŸ“° St. Evermod of Ratzeburg (German, Norbertine  abbot, bishop, died at about age 78 in 1178)

πŸ“° St. Faustinus and 44 companions, of Rome (Italian, early martyrs)

πŸ“° St. Finan of Iona (Irish, monk, missionary, bishop in England, d. 661)

πŸ“° St. Fintan of Clonenagh (Irish, hermit, abbot, d. 603) [On Irish "particular calendar"]

πŸ“° St. Fortchern of Trim (Irish, bishop, hermit, 6th Century)

πŸ“° St. Francis Regis Clet of Grenoble [Francois-Regis] (French, Vincentian  missionary priest for 30 years, tortured and martyred by strangling in China at age 72 in 1820 [beatified 1900, canonized 2000])

πŸ“° Bl. Frowin of Bellevaux (French, Cistercian  abbot, d. 1165)

πŸ“° St. Guevrock of Loc-Kirec (British, abbot, 6th Century)

πŸ“° St. Habet-Deus of Luna (Italian, bishop, martyred c. 500)

πŸ“° St. Loman of Trim (British, bishop in Ireland, c. 450)

πŸ“° Bl. Luke Belludi of Padua [Luca] (Italian, Franciscan  friar, died at about age 85 c. 1285 [beatified 1927])

πŸ“° St. Polychronius of Babylon (Mesopotamian [from part of what is now Iraq], bishop, martyred in 250?)

πŸ“° St. Silvin of Auchy (French, Benedictine  monk, missionary bishop for 40 years, c. 717)

πŸ“° Sts. Theodulus of Caesarea and Julian of Cappadocia (from Palestine and Asia Minor [Turkish], old man and catechumen, martyred [crucified, burned] in 308)

πŸ“° Bl. William Richardson (Welsh, priest, martyred [drawn, hanged, and quartered] in England under Elizabeth I in 1603 [beatified 1929])

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