March 15, 2010

⛪ March 15


πŸ“° St. Aristobulus (Palestinian, disciple of Jesus, martyred in 1st Century)

πŸ“° Bl. Artemide Zatti of Boretto (Italian, Salesian  brother, ran hospital and pharmacy in Argentina for forty years, died at age 70 in 1951 [beatified 2002])

πŸ“° St. Clement Mary Hofbauer of Tasswitz [Klement Maria] [baptized Karel (Charles) Dvorak] (Moravian [from part of what is now Czech Republic], baker, hermit, priest, Redemptorist  missionary, died in Austria at age 70 in 1820 [beatified 1888, canonized 1909])

πŸ“° Bl. John Adalbert Balicki of Staromiescie [Jan Wojciech] (Polish, diocesan priest, theology professor, died at age 79 in 1948 [beatified 2002])

πŸ“° St. Leocritia of Cordoba (Spanish, convert from Islam, virgin, scourged and martyred by Moslems, in 859)

πŸ“° St. Longinus the Centurion (Cappadocian [from part of what is now Turkey], soldier who pierced Jesus, martyred in 1st Century)

πŸ“° St. Louise de Marillac of Ferrires-en-Brie (French, widow, co-founder of Daughters of Charity, died at age 68 in 1660 [beatified 1920, canonized 1934])

πŸ“° St. Malcoldia of Asti (Italian, Benedictine  hermitess, c. 1090)

πŸ“° St. Mancius of Evora (Roman, slave in Portugal, martyred in 5th Century)

πŸ“° St. Matrona of Thessalonica (Greek, maidservant, virgin, martyred [scourged to death] by her Jewish mistress c. 350)

πŸ“° St. Menignus of Parium (from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], cloth dyer, martyred by beheading in 251)

πŸ“° St. Nicander (Egyptian, physician, martyred by beheading c. 304)

πŸ“° St. Probus of Rieti (Italian, bishop, c. 571)

πŸ“° St. Raymond of Aragon [Ramon] (Spanish, priest, Cistercian  abbot, d. 1163 [beatified 1719])

πŸ“° St. Sisebuto of Cardena (Spanish, Benedictine  abbot, d. 1082)

πŸ“° St. Speciosus of Terracina (Italian, Benedictine  monk, c. 555)

πŸ“° Bl. William Hart of Wells (English, priest, martyred by hanging under Elizabeth I in 1583 [beatified 1886])

πŸ“° Pope St. Zachary I of San Severino (Italian of Greek extraction, deacon, elected to papacy in 741, reigned until death in 752)

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