Feb 28, 2010

β›ͺ February 28


πŸ“° Bl. Antonia of Florence (Italian, mother, widow twice, Franciscan  tertiaries' prioress, died at about age 71 in 1472 [beatified 1847])

πŸ“° Sts. Caerealis, Gaius, Serapion, and Pupulus, of Alexandria (Egyptian, early martyr)

πŸ“° Bl. Charles Gnocchi of San Colombano al Lambro [Carlo] (Italian, diocesan priest, World War II chaplain and spy, founded charitable Pro Juventute Foundation, died at age 53 in 1956 [beatified 2009])

πŸ“° Bl. Daniel Brottier of La Fert-Saint-Cyr (French, priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit, died at age 59 in 1936 [beatified 1984])

πŸ“° St. Ermine (Irish?, 6th Century)

πŸ“° Pope St. Gregory II of Rome (Italian, Vatican treasurer and librarian, elected to papacy in 715, reigned until death in 731)

πŸ“° St. Hedwig of Buda [Hedvig/Jadwiga] (Polish born in Hungary, queen of Poland, died giving birth at about age 25 in 1399 [beatified 1979, canonized 1997])

πŸ“° Pope St. Hilary of Sardinia (Italian, papal legate, elected to papacy in 461, reigned until death in 468)

πŸ“° Sts. Justus, Macarius, Theophilus, and Rufinus (potters, martyred c. 250)

πŸ“° St. Oswald of York (Danish born in England, Benedictine  monk in France, archbishop in England, theologian, daily washed feet of twelve poor people, d. 992)

πŸ“° St. Proterus of Alexandria (Egyptian, patriarch [bishop], martyred by stabbing in 457)

πŸ“° St. Romanus of Condat (French, monk, hermit, priest, healer, died at about age 69 c. 460)

πŸ“° St. Ruellinus of Treguier (French, bishop, 6th Century)

πŸ“° Bl. Timothy Trojanowski of Sadlowo [Tymoteusz] [baptized Stanislaw Antoni (Stanislaus Anthony)] (Polish, Franciscan  brother, martyred by Nazis at Auschwitz [Poland] at age 33 in 1942 [beatified 1999])

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