May 18, 2010

⛪ May 18


πŸ“° Pope St. John I of Tuscany (Italian, archdeacon, elected to papacy in 523, imprisoned by Arian Goth ruler, reigned until martyrdom [thirst and starvation] in 526)

πŸ“° Bl. Blandina Merten of Duppenweiler [baptized Maria Magdalena (Mary Magdalen)] (German, virgin, religious sister of the Order of St. Ursula, died at age 35 in 1918 [beatified 1987])

πŸ“° Bl. Camilla Gentili (Italian, virgin, d. 1486 [beatified 1841])

πŸ“° St. Conval of Strathclyde (Irish, priest, missionary in Scotland, archdeacon, c. 630)

πŸ“° St. Dioscorus of Kynopolis (Egyptian, lector, martyred by hot irons c. 305)

πŸ“° St. Elgiva of Shaftesbury (British, queen, widow, Benedictine  nun, d. 971)

πŸ“° King St. Eric IX (Swedish, monarch, tortured and martyred by beheading in 1160)

πŸ“° St. Felix of Cantalice [Felice] ["Brother Deo Gratias"] (Italian, farm laborer, shepherd, Capuchin  friar, beggar of alms for 42 years, died on his 72nd birthday in 1587 [beatified 1625, canonized 1712] [incorruptible])

πŸ“° St. Felix of Umbria (Italian, bishop of Spoleto, martyred c. 304)

πŸ“° St. Feredarius of Iona (Irish, abbot, d. 863)

πŸ“° Bl. Martin Oprzadek of Koscielec [Marcin] [baptized Jan (John)] (Polish, Franciscan  priest, martyred by Nazis at Linz [Austria] at age 58 in 1942 [beatified 1999])

πŸ“° St. Merililaun (British, pilgrim, martyred in 8th Century)

πŸ“° St. Potamon of Heraclea (Egyptian, bishop, opposed Arian heresy, tortured and martyred c. 340)

πŸ“° Bl. Stanislaus Kubski of Ksiaz [Stanislaw] (Polish, diocesan priest, martyred by Nazis at Dachau [Germany] at age 66 in 1942 [beatified 1999])

πŸ“° Sts. Theodotus, Thecusa, Alexandra, Claudia, Faina, Euphrasia, Matrona, and Julitta, of Ancyra (from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], innkeeper and seven nuns, martyred in 304)

πŸ“° St. Venantius of Camerino (Italian, tortured and martyred by beheading at about age 17 c. 250)

πŸ“° Bl. William of Toulouse [Guillaume] (French, Augustinian  friar, missionary priest, died at about age 71 in 1369 [beatified 1893])

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