April 10, 2010

⛪ May 10


πŸ“° St. Damien de Veuster of Tremelo [Damiaan] [baptized Jozef (Joseph)] ["The Leper Priest," "Fr. Damien of Molokai"] (Belgian, priest of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, missionary in Hawaiian islands, served abandoned lepers of Molokai for final 12 years, died of leprosy at age 49 in 1885 [beatified 1995, canonized 2009]) [On U.S. “particular calendar”]

πŸ“° Sts. Alphius, Cyrinus, and Philadelphus (Sicilian, three biological brothers, martyred in 251)

πŸ“° St. Antoninus Pierozzi of Florence [Antonino] (Italian, Dominican  vicar general, archbishop, died at age 70 in 1459 [canonized 1523])

πŸ“° St. Aurelian of Limoges (French, bishop, before 4th Century)

πŸ“° Bl. Beatrice d'Este (Italian, noblewoman, Benedictine  nun, died before age 27 in 1226 [beatified 1763])

πŸ“° Sts. Calepodius, Palmatius, Simplicius, Felix, Blanda, and companions, of Rome (Italian ... priest, aristocrat, senator, husband, wife, and more than 100 others ... martyred by drowning in 222)

πŸ“° St. Cataldus of Munster (Irish, headmaster, bishop of Taranto in Italy, 7th Century)

πŸ“° St. Comgall of Ulster [also known as Comgall of Bangor] (Ireland, soldier, hermit, abbot, died at about age 91 in 603 [canonized 1903]) [On Irish "particular calendar"]

πŸ“° St. Dioscorides of Smyrna (from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], early martyr)

πŸ“° Sts. Gordian and Epimachus (Egyptian, martyred c. 362 and c. 250 [relics buried together])

πŸ“° Bl. Henry Rebuschini of Gravedona [Enrico] (Italian, accountant, priest, superior of Camillian Servants of the Sick,  died at age 78 in 1938 [beatified 1998])

πŸ“° Bl. Ivan Merz of Banja Luka (Bosnian, layman, philosopher, member of Catholic Action, died in Croatia at age 31 in 1928 [beatified 2003])

πŸ“° St. Job (Israelite, patriarch [though some consider him a fictional character], c. 1500 B.C.)

πŸ“° St. John of Almodovar del Campo [also known as John of Avila] [Juan] (Spanish, lawyer, priest, travelling preacher, Doctor of the Church ... spiritual director of  Sts. Teresa of Avila, Francis Borgia, John of God, and Louis of Granada ... died at age 70 in 1569 [beatified 1894, canonized 1970])

πŸ“° Sts. Quartus and Quintus of Capua (Italian, early martyrs)

πŸ“° St. Solangia of Bourges (French, shepherdess, martyred [stabbed] defending her virginity c. 880)

πŸ“° St. William of Pontoise (English, hermit in France, d. 1192)

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