March 29, 2010

⛪ March 29



πŸ“° Sts. Armogastes and Saturus of Carthage, and St. Archinimus of Mascula (North African, royal officials, tortured by Arian Vandals c. 460)

πŸ“° St. Berthold of Mt. Carmel (French, priest, crusader, founder and superior of Order of Mt. Carmel [Carmelites], hermit, c. 1195)

πŸ“° Sts. Mark and Cyril of Heliopolis (Lebanese, bishop and deacon, martyred c. 362)

πŸ“° Bl. Diemut of Wessobrunn (Bavarian, Benedictine  hermitess, c. 1130)

πŸ“° St. Eustace of Luxeuil (French, abbot of six hundred monks, d. 625)

πŸ“° St. Firminus of Viviers (French, bishop, 6th Century)

πŸ“° St. Gery of Sens (French, bishop, d. 711)

πŸ“° St. Gundleus of Newport (Welsh, chieftain, hermit in England, c. 500)

πŸ“° St. Gwaladys of Brecknock [also known as Gladys] (Welsh, wife of St. Gundleus, hermitess, 5th Century)

πŸ“° Bl. Hugh of Vaucelles [Hugues] (French, Cistercian  monk, d. 1239)

πŸ“° Bl. Joan Mary de MaillΓ© of Tours [Jeanne-Marie] (French, widow, Franciscan  tertiary, died at about age 83 in 1414 [beatified 1871])

πŸ“° Sts. Jonas and Barachisius of Beth-Asa and nine companions (Persian, two brothers and others, tortured incredibly and martyred [one crushed, one choked on burning pitch] by pagan king in 327)

πŸ“° St. Lasar of Clonard (Irish, nun, 6th Century)

πŸ“° St. Ludolf of Ratzeburg (German, Norbertine canon, bishop, d. 1250)

πŸ“° St. Mark of Arethusa (Syrian, bishop, martyred c. 362)

πŸ“° Sts. Pastor, Victorinus, and five companions, of Nicomedia (from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], martyred c. 311)

πŸ“° St. Rupert of Salzburg (Irish or French?, Benedictine  monk, missionary, archbishop in Austria, c. 720)

πŸ“° St. Secundus of Asti (Italian, patrician, military officer, martyred by beheading in 119)

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