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May 15, 2010

⛪ May 15


πŸ“° St. Isidore of Madrid [Isidro] (Spanish, farmer, husband of St. Maria de la Cabeza, died at about age 59 in 1130 [beatified 1619, canonized 1622] [incorruptible]) [On U.S. “particular calendar”]

πŸ“° St. Achilles of Thessaly (Greek, metropolitan (archbishop), c. 330)

πŸ“° Bl. Andrew Abellon of Saint-Maximin [Andre] (French, Dominican  priest, died at about age 74 in 1450 [beatified 1902])

πŸ“° Sts. Bertha and Rupert (French, mother and son, hermits in Germany, 9th Century)

πŸ“° St. Britwin of Beverley (British, Benedictine  abbot, c. 733)

πŸ“° St. Caesarea (Italian, hermitess)

πŸ“° Sts. Cassius, Victorinus, Maximus, and companions (French, martyred by barbarians in 260)

πŸ“° St. Colman McO'Laoighse of Oughaval (Irish, abbot, 6th Century)

πŸ“° St. Dymphna of Gheel [also called Davnet] (Irish, virgin, martyred [beheaded] by her incest-minded father in Belgium c. 650) [Commemorated in Ireland on June 14]

πŸ“° St. Gerebernus of Gheel (Irish, priest, baptizer and companion of the fleeing St. Dymphna, martyred by beheading c. 650)

πŸ“° St. Halward of Oslo (Norwegian, nobleman, martyred by arrows at about age 23 c. 1043)

πŸ“° St. Hilary of Galeata (Italian, hermit, abbot, d. 558)

πŸ“° St. Isidore of Chios (Greek, layman, martyred c. 250)

πŸ“° Bl. Leonard of Camaldoli [Leonardo] (Italian, Camaldolese  hermit, c. 1250)

πŸ“° St. Nicholas the Mystic of Constantinople (from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], patriarch (bishop), d. 925)

πŸ“° Sts. Peter of Lampsacus, Paul, Andrew, Dionysia, and Decius (from Asia Minor, tortured and martyred in 251)

πŸ“° St. Silvanus of Tabennisi (Egyptian, actor, hermit, 4th Century)

πŸ“° St. Simplicius of Sardinia (Italian, martyred [buried alive] in 304)

πŸ“° Sts. Torquatus of Guadix, Caecilius of Granada, Ctesiphon of Verga, Euphrasius of Andujar, Hesychius of Gibraltar, Indaletius of Urci, and Secundius of Avila (missionaries sent by apostles to Spain, martyred in 1st Century)