May 02, 2010

⛪ May 2

πŸ“° St. Athanasius of Alexandria (Egyptian, bishop, foremost opponent of Arian heresy, repeatedly exiled, Doctor of the Church, died at about age 77 in 373)

πŸ“° St. Bertinus the Younger of Sithin (French, Benedictine  monk, c. 699)

πŸ“° Bl. Conrad of SeldenbΓΌren (Swiss, Benedictine  brother, martyred in 1126)

πŸ“° Sts. Exsuperius, ZoΓ«, Cyriacus, and Theodulus, of Attalia (from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], family of slaves [father, mother, sons], tortured and martyred by roasting c. 140)

πŸ“° St. Felix of Seville (Spanish, deacon, early martyr)

πŸ“° St. Gennys (British)

πŸ“° St. Germanus of Normandy (Irish?, missionary, bishop in France, martyred c. 460)

πŸ“° St. Gluvias of Cornwall (Welsh, monk, 6th Century)

πŸ“° St. Joseph Nguyen Van Luu of Cai-nhum (Vietnamese, catechist, tortured and martryed at about age 64 in 1854 [beatified 1900, canonized 1988])

πŸ“° St. Joseph Mary Rubio y Peralta of Dalias [Jose Maria] (Spanish, Jesuit  priest, died at age 64 in 1929 [beatified 1985, canonized 2003])

πŸ“° Bl. Mafalda of Arouca (Portuguese, Cistercian  nun, died at about age 73 in 1257 [beatified 1792] [incorruptible])

πŸ“° St. Neachtain (Irish, relative of St. Patrick, 5th Century)

πŸ“° Sts. Saturninus, Neopolus, Germanus, and Celestine (martyred in 304)

πŸ“° St. Ultan of PΓ©ronne (Irish, Benedictine  abbot in France and Belgium, c. 686)

πŸ“° St. Valentine of Genoa (Italian, bishop, c. 307)

πŸ“° Sts. Vindemialis, Eugene, and Longinus (African, bishops, tortured and martyred by Arian heretics c. 485)

πŸ“° St. Waldebert of Luxeuil (French, knight, Benedictine  abbot for forty years, c. 668)

πŸ“° St. Wiborada of Saint Gall (Swiss, noblewoman, Benedictine  nun, bookbinder, prophetess, martyred [axed] in 926 [canonized 1047 - first woman formally canonized by a pope])

πŸ“° Bl. William Strzelecki of Poniemon [Boleslaw] (Polish, diocesan priest, martyred by Nazis at Auschwitz [Poland] at age 44 in 1941 [beatified 1999])

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