Apr 16, 2010

⛪ April 16


πŸ“° Bl. Archangel Canetuli of Bologna [Arcangelo] (Italian, Augustinian  canon, d. 1513)

πŸ“° St. Benedict Joseph Labre of Amettes [Benoit] ["Beggar of Perpetual Adoration"] (French, rejected by three religious orders, Franciscan tertiary, wandered Europe on pilgrimage, mystic, died in Rome at age 35 in 1783 [beatified 1859, canonized 1883])

πŸ“° Sts. Caius and Crementius of Zaragoza (Spanish, martyred in 304)

πŸ“° Sts. Callistus, Charisius, and seven companions, of Corinth (Greek, martyred by drowning)

πŸ“° St. Contardo the Pilgrim of Este (Italian, nobleman, pilgrim to Compostela, died in Spain 1249)

πŸ“° St. Drogo of Epinoy (Belgian, penitential pilgrim, shepherd, hermit, died in France at about age 81 c. 1189)

πŸ“° Holy Martyrs of Zaragoza (Spanish, eighteen men and women martyred c. 304)
----- [Optatus, Lupercus, Successus, Martial, Urban, Julia, Quintilian, Publius, Fronto, Felix, Caecilian, Eventius, Primitivus, Apodemius, and four named Saturninus]

πŸ“° Bl. Elias of Cologne (Irish, Benedictine  abbot in Germany, d. 1042)

πŸ“° St. Encratia of Zaragoza (Portuguese, virgin, unspeakably tortured and martyred in Spain c. 304)

πŸ“° St. Fructuosus of Palencia (Spanish, hermit, abbot, bishop of Dumium, archbishop of Braga in Portugal, d. 665)

πŸ“° St. Harvey of Tours [Herve] (French, hermit, d. 1021)

πŸ“° Bl. Joachim Piccolomini of Siena [Gioacchino] (Italian, nobleman, Servite  brother, died at about age 47 in 1305 [beatified 1609])

πŸ“° St. Lambert of Zaragoza (Spanish, servant, martyred by his Moslem master c. 900)

πŸ“° St. Magnus of Orkney (Norwegian, earl, frequent visitor to Ireland and Scotland, martyred at about age 38 in 1116 [beatified 1898])

πŸ“° St. Marie-Bernarde Soubirous of Lourdes [nicknamed Bernadette] [baptized Maria Bernarda (Occitan language)] (French, poor shepherdess, received visions of Mary as "Immaculate Conception" at Lourdes, member of Sisters of Charity, died at age 35 in 1879 [beatified 1925, canonized 1933] [incorruptible])

πŸ“° St. Paternus of Llanabarn Fawr (French, abbot in Wales, 5th Century)

πŸ“° St. Paternus of Poitiers (French, hermit, bishop of Avranches, c. 574)

πŸ“° St. Turibius of Astorga (Spanish, bishop, c. 460)

πŸ“° St. Turibius of Palencia (Spanish, abbot, c. 528)

πŸ“° St. Vaise of Saintes (French, imprisoned for giving his rich family's property to poor, martyred c. 500)

πŸ“° Bl. William Gnoffi of Polizzi [Guglielmo] (Italian, hermit, c. 1317)

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