Apr 27, 2010

⛪ April 27


πŸ“° St. Adelelmus of Flanders (Belgian, hermit, d. 1152)

πŸ“° St. Anthimus of Nicomedia (Bithynian [from part of what is now Turkey], bishop, martyred [beheaded] in 303)

πŸ“° Bl. Anthony de' Patrizi of Siena [Antonio] (Italian, Augustinian  superior, died at about age 31 in 1311 [beatified 1804])

πŸ“° St. Asicus of Elphin (Irish, disciple of St. Patrick, coppersmith, bishop, c. 490) [On Irish "particular calendar"]

πŸ“° Sts. Castor and Stephen of Tarsus (Cilician [from part of what is now Turkey], early martyrs)

πŸ“° St. Enoder (Welsh, abbot, 6th Century)

πŸ“° St. Floribert of LiΓ©ge (French, bishop, d. 746)

πŸ“° Bl. Hosanna Kosic of Kumano [baptized Catherine] (Montenegran, Greek Orthodox reconciled to Catholicism, shepherdess, Dominican   tertiary, died at about age 72 in 1565 [beatified 1934])

πŸ“° Bl. James of Bitetto [Jakov] (Dalmatian [Croatian], Franciscan  brother in Italy, cook, mystic [miracles, levitation], c. 1485 [beatified 1700] [incorruptible])

πŸ“° St. John of Constantinople (from what is now Turkey, abbot, opposed iconoclast heresy, d. 813)

πŸ“° St. Laurence Nguyen Van Huong of Tonkin (Vietnamese, priest, martyred by beheading at about age 52 c. 1855 [beatified 1909, canonized 1988])

πŸ“° St. Liberalis of Ancona (Italian, priest, opposed Arian heresy, c. 400)

πŸ“° Bl. Maria Antonia Bandres y Elosegui of Tolosa (Spanish, religious sister, died at age 21 in 1919 [beatified 1996])

πŸ“° Bl. Mary Ann of Jesus Navarra de Guevara of Madrid [Mariana] ["The Lily of Madrid"] (Spanish, Discalced Mercedarian  nun, died at age 59 in 1624 [beatified 1783] [incorruptible])

πŸ“° St. Maughold of Man (Irish, prince, disciple of St. Patrick, bishop on Isle of Man, c. 488)

πŸ“° Bl. Nicholas Roland of Rheims [Nicolas] (French, priest, founder of Sisters of the Infant Jesus, spiritual father of St. John Baptist de la Salle [founder of Christian Brothers], died at age 35 in 1678 [beatified 1994])

πŸ“° Bl. Peter Armengol of Tarragona [Pedro] (Spanish, nobleman, Mercedarian, hostage for eighteen Christian children in Africa, tortured, died at about age 66 in 1304 [beatified 1686])

πŸ“° St. Tertullian of Bologna (Italian, bishop, c. 490)

πŸ“° St. Theodore of Tabenna (Egyptian, abbot, c. 368)

πŸ“° St. Theophilus of Brescia (Italian, bishop, c. 427)

πŸ“° St. Winebald of Beverley (British, Benedictine  abbot, c. 731)

πŸ“° St. Zita of Monte Sagrati (Italian, domestic servant, virgin, died at about age 53 in 1278 [canonized 1696])

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