Mar 2, 2010

⛪ March 2


πŸ“° St. Angela of the Cross Guerrero y Gonzalez of Seville [Angela de la Cruz] (Spanish, poor factory worker, foundress of Congregation of the Cross, died at age 86 in 1932 [beatified 1982, canonized 2003])

πŸ“° Sts. Basileus and Jovinus (Roman, martyred c. 258)

πŸ“° St. Chad of Northumbria (British, missionary monk in Ireland, abbot, bishop of York, died at about age 51 in 672) [On English "particular calendar," with his brother, St. Cedd, October 26]

πŸ“° Bl. Charles the Good of Flanders [Karl] (Danish, prince, count, crusader, reformer of laws, patron of the poor, walked barefoot to Mass daily, martyred by beheading in church at about age 43 in 1127 [beatified 1883])

πŸ“° St. Cynibild of Northumbria (British, brother of St. Chad, missionary, 7th Century)

πŸ“° Bl. Engelmar Unzeitig of Hradec nad Svitavou (Czech, priest of Mariannhill Missionaries, martyred by Nazis in Dachau at age 34 in 1945 [beatified 2016])

πŸ“° St. Gistilian of Menevia (Welsh, monk, c. 6th Century)

πŸ“° Bl. Henry Suso of Uberlingen [Heinrich Seuse, nee von Berg] (German, nobleman, Dominican  prior, mystic, spiritual writer, died at age 70 in 1366 [beatified 1831])

πŸ“° St. Heraclius of Porto Romano (Italian, martyred c. 305)

πŸ“° St. Joavan of Landevenec (British, monk in France, c. 570)

πŸ“° St. Luke Casali of Argira (Sicilian, abbot, c. 800)

πŸ“° St. Nicholas Owen of Oxford (English, Jesuit  brother, carpenter [constructed hiding places for "illegal" priests], tortured and martyred [abuse in Tower of London] under James I in 1606 [beatified 1929, canonized 1970])

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