February 08, 2010

⛪ February 8


πŸ“° St. Jerome Emiliani of Venice [Girolamo] (Italian, soldier, priest, founded Company of Servants of the Poor [Somascans], believed to have written first Q&A catechism, died at about age 55 in 1537 [beatified 1747, canonized 1767])

πŸ“° St. Josephine of Oglassa [name before baptism: Bakhita ("lucky")] [also known as Madre Moretta] (Sudanese, kidnapped by slave-traders at age 9, purchased by an Italian, nanny, adult convert, religious sister for 50 years [Canossian Daughters of Charity], died at about age 78 in 1947 [beatified 1992, canonized 2000])

πŸ“° Holy Martyrs of Constantinople (monks, martyred by schismatics in 485)

πŸ“° St. Cointha of Alexandria (Egyptian, virgin, scourged and martyred [dragged by horse] in 249)

πŸ“° St. Cuthman of Steyning (British, shepherd, hermit, miracle worker, 9th Century)

πŸ“° Sts. Dionysus, Aemilian, and Sebastian (Armenian, monks, martyred)

πŸ“° St. Elfleda of Whitby (British, princess, Benedictine  abbess, died at about age 61 in 714)

πŸ“° St. Honoratus of Milan (Italian, bishop, d. 570)

πŸ“° Bl. Isaias Boner of Krakow (Polish, Augustinian  priest, theologian, professor of Scripture, d. 1471)

πŸ“° St. Jacqueline de Settesoli of Rome [Giacobba] (Italian, noblewoman, mother of two, widow, friend of Sts. Francis and Clare of Assisi, Franciscan  tertiary, c. 1273)

πŸ“° St. John de Matha of FauΓ§on [Jean] (French, nobleman, hermit, theologian, priest, founder and first superior general of Hospitaler Order of the Most Holy Trinity and of Captives [Trinitarians], ransomed Christian prisoners of Moslems, died in Rome at age 62 in 1223 [beatified 1262, canonized 1666])

πŸ“° Bl. Josephine Gabriel Bonino of Savigliano [Giuseppina Gabriella] (Italian, virgin, founded Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family, died at age 62 in 1906 [beatified 1995])

πŸ“° St. Juventius of Pavia (Italian? bishop, 1st Century)
St. Kigwe (British, virgin, 5th Century?)

πŸ“° Bl. Mary Hope of Jesus Alhama y Valera of Santomera [Maria Esperanza de Jesus] [baptized/confirmed Maria Josefa] (Spanish, virgin, mystic, founded Servants of Divine Love, founded Sons of Divine Love, died in Italy at age 89 in 1983 [beatified 2014])

πŸ“° St. Meingold of Huy (Belgian, nobleman, d. 892)

πŸ“° Bl. Mlada of Prague (Czech, Benedictine  abbess, d. 994)

πŸ“° St. Nicetius of BesanΓ§on (French, bishop, d. 611)

πŸ“° St. Oncho of Clonmore (Irish, poet, c. 600)

πŸ“° Sts. Paul, Lucius, and Cyriacus, of Rome (Italian, early martyrs)

πŸ“° St. Paul of Verdun (German? Benedictine  monk, hermit, bishop in France, c. 649)

πŸ“° Holy Martyrs of Persia (6th Century)

πŸ“° St. Peter "Igneus" Aldobrandini of Florence [Pietro] [igneus means fiery] (Italian, Benedictine  monk, cardinal archbishop of Albano, papal legate, c. 1089)

πŸ“° St. Stephen of Thiers [Etienne] [also known as Stephen of Muret and of Grandmont] (French, permanent deacon, Benedictine  abbot, died at about age 76 in 1124 [canonized 1189])

πŸ“° St. Stephen Theodore CuΓ©not of Beaulieu [Etienne-ThΓ©odore] (French, missionary bishop, martyred [dysentery or poison in prison] in Vietnam at about age 59 in 1861 [beatified 1909, canonized 1988]) 

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