February 18, 2010

⛪ February 18


πŸ“° St. Agatha Lin Zao of Ma-Tchang (Chinese, virgin, school teacher, catechist, martyred [beheaded] at age 41 in 1858 [beatified 1909, canonized 2000])

πŸ“° St. Agnes Le Thi Thanh of Bai-Den (Vietnamese, mother of six, martyred [died in prison] in 1841 [beatified 1909, canonized 1988])

πŸ“° St. Andrew Nguyen Kim Thong of Go Thi (Vietnamese, village mayor, catechist, exiled, martyred [dehydration, exposure, exhaustion on forced march] at about age 65 in 1855 [beatified 1909, canonized 1988])

πŸ“° St. Angilbert of Centula (French, son-in-law of Charlemagne, Benedictine  abbot, d. 814)

πŸ“° Bl. Anthony Leszczewicz of Abramowszczyzna [Antoni] (Polish, Marianist  priest, martyred by Nazis [burned to death] at Rosica [Poland] at age 52 in 1943 [beatified 1999])

πŸ“° St. Charalampias and five companions, of Magnesia (from Asia Minor [now called Turkey] ... priest, two soldiers, three women ... martyred in 203)

πŸ“° St. Colman of Connaught (Irish, bishop of Lindisfarne, died at about age 70 in 676)

πŸ“° Sts. Constance, Attica, and Artemia, of Rome (virgins, c. 354)

πŸ“° St. Flavian of Constantinople (from Asia Minor [Turkish], patriarch [bishop], d. 449)

πŸ“° St. Gertrude Comensoli of Biennio [Geltrude] [baptized Catarina (Catherine)] (Italian, founded Institute of the Sisters of the Most Holy Sacrament, died at age 46 in 1903 [beatified 1989, canonized 2009])

πŸ“° St. Helladius of Toledo (Spanish, court minister, abbot, archbishop, d. 632)

πŸ“° Sts. John Chen Xian-heng of Cheng-du, John Zhang Tian-shen of Jia-shan-long, and Martin Wu Xue-Sheng of Chu-chang-bo (Chinese, catechists, martyred at ages 42, 57, and 45 in 1862 [beatified 1909, canonized 2000])

πŸ“° St. John Peter Neel of Sainte-Catherine-sur-Riverie [Jean-Pierre] (French, priest of the Paris Foreign Missions Society in China, martyred by beheading at age 30 in 1862 [beatified 1909, canonized 2000])

πŸ“° Bl. John Pibush of Thirsk (English, priest, martyred [hanged] at about age 34 under Elizabeth I in 1601 [beatified 1929])

πŸ“° Sts. Leo and Paregorius, of Patara (from Asia Minor [Turkish], martyred c. 260)

πŸ“° Sts. Lucius, Silvanus, Tutilus, Classicus, Secundinus, Fructuosus, and Maximus (African, early martyrs)

πŸ“° St. Simeon of Jerusalem (Israelite, possibly a kinsman of Jesus, bishop, tortured and martyred by crucifixion c. 107)

πŸ“° St. Theotonius of Coimbra [Teotonio] (Spanish, parish priest, Augustinian  abbot in Portugal, died at about age 80 in 1166)

πŸ“° Bl. William Harrington of Mount St. John (English, priest, martyred [drawn, hanged, quartered] at about age 27 under Elizabeth I in 1594 [beatified 1929])

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