Feb 9, 2010

⛪ February 10


πŸ“° St. Scholastica of Nursia (Italian, twin sister of St. Benedict, first Benedictine  nun, died at about age 63 c. 543)

πŸ“° Bl. Alexander Baldrati of Lugo [Alessandro] (Italian, Dominican  friar, tortured and martyred [hacked to pieces] by Moslems on an island at about age 50 in 1645)

πŸ“° Bl. Aloysius Victor Stepinac of Zagreb [Alojzije Viktor] (Croatian, soldier, cardinal archbishop, defended human rights against Nazis and Communists, imprisoned for five years, died [possibly murdered by poisoning] at age 61 in 1960 [beatified 1998])

πŸ“° Sts. Andrew and Aponius, of Bethlehem (Israelite, martyred during persecution [Acts 12] in 1st Century)

πŸ“° St. Austreberta of Pavilly (French, Benedictine  abbess, miracle-worker, visionary died at about age 74 in 704)

πŸ“° St. Baldegundis of Poitiers (French, abbess, c. 580)

πŸ“° Bl. Clare Agolanti of Rimini [Chiara] (Italian, noblewoman, Franciscan  tertiary, widow, died at about age 61 in 1344 [beatified 1784])

πŸ“° St. Desideratus of Clermont (French, bishop, 6th Century)

πŸ“° St. Erluph of Werden (Irish, missionary bishop in Germany, martyred by pagans in 830)

πŸ“° Bl. Eusebius of Murano [Eusebio] (Spanish, ambassador, Camaldolese  monk on Venetian island, d. 1501)

πŸ“° Bl. Hugh of Fosse (Belgian, Norbertine  priest and superior general, died at about age 71 in 1164 [beatified 1927])

πŸ“° St. Joseph Louis SΓ‘nchez del RΓ­o of Sahuayo [JosΓ© Luis] (Mexican, student, flagbearer of rebel "Cristeros," tortured and martyred [shot] by anti-religious government at age 14 in 1928 [beatified 2005, canonized 2016])

πŸ“° Bl. Paganus (Sicilian, Benedictine  monk, hermit, d. 1423)

πŸ“° St. Prothadius of BesanΓ§on (French, bishop, d. 624)

πŸ“° St. Salvius of Albelda (Spanish, Benedictine  abbot, d. 962)

πŸ“° St. Silvanus of Terracina (Italian, bishop)

πŸ“° St. Soteris of Rome (Italian, noblewoman, virgin, tortured and martyred [beheaded] in 304)

πŸ“° St. Trumwin of Whitby (British, Benedictine  monk, bishop to the Picts, c. 700)

πŸ“° St. William of Maleval [Guillaume] (French, soldier, Benedictine  hermit in Italy, d. 1157 [canonized 1202])

πŸ“° Sts. Zoticus, Irenaeus, Hyacinth, Amantius, and six companions (soldiers, martyred in Rome in 120)

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