May 14, 2010

⛪ May 14


πŸ“° St. Matthias of Jerusalem (Israelite, successor of apostle Judas Iscariot [Acts 1], martyred by stoning c. 120)

πŸ“° St. Boniface of Tarsus (from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], martyred by beheading in 306)

πŸ“° St. Boniface of Ferentino (Italian, bishop, 6th Century)

πŸ“° St. Carthage the Younger of Castlemaine (Irish, swineherd, hermit, abbot, bishop, died at about age 82 c. 637 [canonized 1903]) [Commemorated in Ireland on May 15]

πŸ“° St. Dyfan (missionary to Britons, martyred in 2nd Century)

πŸ“° St. Erembert of Wocourt (French, Benedictine  monk, bishop of Toulouse, c. 672)

πŸ“° Bl. Giles of Vaozela [Gil] (Portuguese, medical student, Dominican provincial, died at about age 80 in 1265 [beatified 1748])

πŸ“° Sts. Justa, Justina, and Henedina (Italian, martyred c. 130)

πŸ“° St. Mary Dominic Mazzarello of Mornese [Maria Domenica] (Italian, field worker, dressmaker, catechist, co-founder of Daughters of Mary Auxiliatrix, superior of Salesian Sisters, died at age 44 in 1881 [beatified 1938, canonized 1951])

πŸ“° St. Michael Garicoits of Bayonne [Miguel] (Spanish [Basque], shepherd, parish priest, opposed Jansenist heresy, founder of Priests of the Sacred Heart of Betharram, died on Ascension Thursday at age 66 in 1863 [beatified 1923, canonized 1947])

πŸ“° Bl. Petronilla of Moncel (French, Poor Clare  abbess, d. 1355)

πŸ“° St. Pontius of Cimiez (French, martyred c. 258)

πŸ“° St. Tuto of Ratisbon (German, emperor's secretary, Benedictine  abbot, bishop, d. 930)

πŸ“° Sts. Victor and Corona (Syrian?, husband and wife, martyred c. 176)

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