⛪ March 18

📰 St. Cyril of Jerusalem (Palestinian, bishop, Father of the Church, Doctor of the Church, died at about age 71 in 386)

📰 St. Alexander of Jerusalem (Egyptian?, bishop, martyred [maltreatment in prison] in 251)

📰 St. Anselm of Mantua [Anselmo] (Italian, Benedictine  monk, bishop of Lucca, died at about age 49 in 1086)

📰 Bl. Celestina of the Mother of God Donati of Marradi [baptized Marianna] (Italian, foundress and superior of Daughters of the Poor of St. Joseph Calasanz [Calasanctian Sisters], cared for needy children, died at age 76 in 1925 [beatified 2008])

📰 St. Edward the Martyr (British, king at age 13, martyred by stabbing near age 16 in 978)

📰 St. Frigidian of Ulster (Irish, prince, bishop of Lucca in Italy, d. 588)

📰 Bl. John the Angelic di Pietro of Vicchio [Giovanni Angelico] [baptized Guido (Guy)] [better known as "Fra Angelico"] (Italian, Dominican  friar, religious artist, died at about age 67 in 1455 [beatified 1982]) [commemorated by some on February 18]

📰 Bl. John Thules of Whalley [also known as Thulis and Thouless] (English, priest, martyred [drawn, hanged, and quartered] under James I at about age 48 in 1616 [beatified 1987])

📰 Bl. Martha Le Bouteiller of Percy [Marthe] [baptized Aimée-Adèle (Amy Adele)] (French, virgin, member of Sisters of the Institute of Christian Teachers of Mercy, died at age 66 in 1883 [beatified 1990])

📰 St. Narcissus of Gerona (Spanish, bishop, martyred c. 307)

📰 Bl. Roger Wrenno of Chorley [also known as Roger Warren] (English, layman, martyred [hanged] under James I at about age 40 in 1616 [beatified 1987])

📰 St. Salvador of Horta (Spanish, shepherd, shoemaker, Franciscan  brother, cook, beggar, miracle-worker, healer [of as many as 2,000 in a single day], died at about age 47 on Italian Sardinia in 1567 [beatified 1606, canonized 1938])

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