Apr 24, 2010

⛪ April 24


πŸ“° St. Fidelis Rey of Sigmaringen [baptized Mark] (German, lawyer, philosophy teacher, Capuchin  priest, martyred by heretics in Switzerland at age 43 in 1622 [beatified 1729, canonized 1746])

πŸ“° St. Alexander and 34 companions (Greek and French, martyred in France in 177)

πŸ“° St. Authaire of La FertΓ© (French, courtier, 7th Century)

πŸ“° St. Benedict Menni Figini of Milan [Benedetto] [baptized Angelo Ercole (Angel Hercules)] (Italian, priest in Order of St. John of God Hospitaller, founded Congregation of Hospitaller Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, cared for elderly/abandoned children/polio victims/mentally ill, died in France at age 73 in 1914 [beatified 1985, canonized 1999])

πŸ“° Sts. Bova and Doda of Rheims (French, aunt and niece, Benedictine  abbesses, 7th Century)

πŸ“° Bl. Corona of Elche (Spanish, Benedictine  nun)

πŸ“° St. Deodatus of Blois (French, hermit or abbot, c. 525)

πŸ“° St. Dyfnan of Anglesey (Welsh, chieftain's son, 5th Century)

πŸ“° St. Egbert of Rathemigisi (British, Benedictine  monk in Ireland and Scotland, d. 729)

πŸ“° Sts. Eusebius, Neon, Leontius, Longinus, and four companions (Palestinian?, early martyrs)

πŸ“° Bl. Francis Colmenario [Francisco] (Spanish, missionary priest to Caribbean isles and Guatemala, d. 1590)

πŸ“° St. Gregory of Elvira (Spanish, bishop, opposed Arian heresy, c. 394)

πŸ“° St. Honorius of Brescia (Italian, hermit, bishop, c. 586)

πŸ“° St. Ives of Huntingdonshire (Persian [Iranian], hermit in England, bishop, 7th Century?)

πŸ“° St. Mary Euphrasia Pelletier of Noirmoutier [Marie-Euphrasie] [baptized Rose-Virginie (Rose Virginia)] (French, member and superior of Institute of Our Lady of Charity and Refuge, foundress of related [but contemplative] Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd, died at age 71 in 1868 [beatified 1933, canonized 1940])

πŸ“° St. Mellitus of Rome (Italian, Benedictine  abbot in Italy and England, bishop of London, archbishop of Canterbury, d. 624)

πŸ“° St. Musa of Rome (Italian, girl, mystic, 6th Century)

πŸ“° St. Sabas and 70 companions (officer and others, martyred in Rome in 272)

πŸ“° St. William Firmatus of Saint-Venance [Guillaume] (French, hermit, d. 1103)
[From St. Mary Euphrasia Pelletier:]

"The Blessed Sacrament is the first and supreme object of our worship. We must preserve in the depths of our hearts a constant and uninterrupted, profound adoration of this precious pledge of Divine Love."

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