February 11, 2010

⛪ February 11


πŸ“° The memorial of Our Lady of Lourdes.

πŸ“° St. Adolph of OsnabrΓΌck [Adolf] (German, count, Cistercian  monk, bishop, died at about age 39 in 1224)

πŸ“° St. Ardanus of Tournus (French, Benedictine  abbot, d. 1058)

πŸ“° St. Benedict of Aniane (French, courtier, Benedictine  abbot in Germany, died at about age 70 in 821)

πŸ“° St. Caedmon of Whitby (British, cowherd, Benedictine  brother, singer of sacred poetry, d. 670)

πŸ“° St. Calocerus of Ravenna (Italian, bishop, c. 130)

πŸ“° St. Castrensis of Capua (Italian, bishop, 5th Century)

πŸ“° Bl. Elizabeth Salviati of Boldrone [Elisabetta] (Italian, Camaldolese  abbess, d. 1519)

πŸ“° St. Gobnata of Ballyvourney [also called St. Gobnait] (Irish, abbess, 6th Century?) [On Irish "particular calendar"]

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

πŸ“° Bl. Heloise of Coulombs (French, Benedictine  hermitess, c. 1065)

πŸ“° St. Jonas of Demeskenyanos (Egyptian, monk, gardener for 84 years, 4th Century)

πŸ“° St. Lazarus of Milan (Italian, archbishop, d. 450)

πŸ“° St. Lucius and companions, of Adrianople (from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], bishop and disciples in France, martyred [died in prison or beheaded by Arian heretics] in 350)

πŸ“° Pope St. Paschal I of Rome (Italian, Benedictine  abbot, elected to papacy in 817, fought iconoclasm, reigned until death in 824)

πŸ“° Sts. Saturninus the elder, Saturninus the younger, Felix, Mary, Hilarianus, Dativus, Felix, Thelica, Emeritus, Ampelius, Rogatus, Victoria, and 37 companions, of Abitina (Numidian [from what is now Algeria] ... priest, his four children, two senators, and disciples ... guarded holy scriptures from burning by pagans ... tortured and martyred [racked, torn with iron hooks, beaten with cudgels] in 304)

πŸ“° St. Severinus of Agaunum (French, abbot, c. 507)

πŸ“° St. Theodora of Constantinople (Turkish, empress, d. 867)

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