March 06, 2010

⛪ March 6



πŸ“° St. Agnes of Prague [Aneska] (Czech, princess of Bohemia, Poor Clare  abbess, died at about age 76 in 1282 [beatified 1874, canonized 1989]) [commemorated by some on March 2]

πŸ“° St. Baldred of Strathclyde (Scottish, bishop, hermit, died at about age 64 c. 607)

πŸ“° St. Balther of Tinningham (British, Benedictine  priest, hermit, d. 756)

πŸ“° St. Basil of Bologna (Italian, bishop, d. 335)

πŸ“° St. Billfrith of Lindisfarne (British, Benedictine  monk, hermit, c. 758)

πŸ“° St. Cadroe of Waulsort (Scottish, Benedictine  abbot in France, d. 976)

πŸ“° St. Chrodegang of Hesbaye (Belgian, chancellor of France, bishop of Metz, ambassador to Vatican, died in France at about age 60 in 776)

πŸ“° St. Colette Boilet of Calcye [also known as Colette of Corbie] [baptized Nicolette] (French, carpenter's daughter, Poor Clare  superior, founded 17 convents, mystic, died in Belgium at age 66 in 1447 [beatified 1604, canonized 1807]) [commemorated by some on February 7]

πŸ“° St. Conon of Mandona (Nazarene [Galilean], gardener, martyred c. 251)

πŸ“° St. Cyril of Constantinople (from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], Carmelite  priest in Palestine, prior general, died at an advanced age c. 1235)

πŸ“° St. Evagrius of Constantinople (from Asia Minor, patriarch (archbishop), c. 380)

πŸ“° St. Fridolin of Sackingen ["Apostle of the Upper Rhine"] (Irish, missionary, Benedictine  abbot, died in Switzerland c. 540)

πŸ“° Bl. Helen of Gnesen [Jolenta] (Hungarian, princess, widow of Polish duke, Poor Clare  superior, d. 1298 [beatified 1827])

πŸ“° St. Heliodorus (African, martyred in 3rd Century)

πŸ“° Bl. Jordan of Pisa [Giordano] (Italian, Dominican  priest, theologian, died at about age 56 in 1311 [beatified 1838])

πŸ“° Sts. Kyneburga, Kyneswide, and Tibba of Dormancaster (British ... sister princesses and a relative ... Benedictine  abbesses and nun, 7th Century)

πŸ“° St. Marcian of Tortona (Italian, disciple of St. Barnabas, bishop for 45 years, martyred by crucifixion in 120)

πŸ“° Bl. Ollegarius of Barcelona (Spanish, Augustinian canon and prior, bishop of Barcelona, archbishop of Tarragona, died at about age 77 in 1137 [beatified 1675])

πŸ“° St. Sezin of Guic-Sezni (British, bishop in Ireland, died in France c. 529)

πŸ“° Bl. Sylvester of Assisi [Silvestro] (Italian, nobleman, first Franciscan  priest, d. 1240)

πŸ“° Bl. Thaddeus Dulny of Kszczonowice [Tadeusz] (Polish, diocesan seminarian, martyred by Nazis at Dachau [Germany] at age 27 in 1942 [beatified 1999])

πŸ“° St. Venustus of Milan (Italian, early martyr)

πŸ“° Sts. Victor, Victorinus, Claudian, and Bassa (Bithynians [from part of what is now Turkey], early martyrs)

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