March 31, 2010

⛪ March 31


πŸ“° St. Acacius Agathangelos ["agathangelos" means "good angel"] (from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], bishop of Antioch in Phrygia, c. 251)

πŸ“° Bl. Aldo of Hasnon (Belgian, Benedictine  abbot, 8th Century)

πŸ“° St. Balbina of Rome (Italian, virgin, c. 130)

πŸ“° St. Benjamin (Persian, deacon, tortured and martyred [too horribly to describe] c. 421)

πŸ“° Bl. Bonaventure Tornielli of Forli [Bonaventura] (Italian, Servite  priest, died at about age 80 in 1491 [beatified 1911])

πŸ“° St. Daniel of Murano (German, Camaldolese  hermit in Italy, d. 1411)

πŸ“° Bl. Guy of Vicogne (French, Norbertine  abbot, d. 1147)

πŸ“° St. Guy of Pomposa [Guido] (Italian, Benedictine  abbot for 40 years, d. 1046)

πŸ“° Bl. Joan of Toulouse [Jeanne] (French, foundress of the Carmelite  third order (tertiaries), d. 1286 [beatified 1895])

πŸ“° St. Machabeo of Armagh (Irish, abbot for 40 years, died at about age 70 in 1174)

πŸ“° Bl. Maria Mamala of Seville (Spanish, widow, Poor Clare  nun, d. 1453)

πŸ“° Bl. Natalie Tulasiewicz of Rzeszow [Natalia] (Polish, laywoman, martyred by Nazis [gassed] at Ravensbruck [Germany] at age 38 in 1945 [beatified 1999])

πŸ“° Sts. Theodolus, Anesius, Felix, Cornelia, and companions (North African, early martyrs)

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