May 21, 2010

⛪ May 21


πŸ“° Sts. Ageranus of Beze, Genesius, Berard, Rodron, Sifiard, Adalric, and Ansuinus (French ... five Benedictine  monks, a boy, and a priest ... martyred in 888)

πŸ“° St. Barrfoin of Killbarron (Irish, hermit, 6th Century)

πŸ“° Bl. Benvenuto of Recanati (Italian, Franciscan  brother, visionary, d. 1289)

πŸ“° Bl. Catherine of Naples [Catalina] (Italian, virgin, noblewoman, Carmelite  hermitess in Spain, died at about age 50 in 1577)

πŸ“° Bl. Emmanuel GΓ³mez GonzΓ‘lez of As Neves [Manuel] and Bl. Adilio Daronch of Dona Francisca (Spanish and Brazilian ... parish priest and his altar boy in Brazil ... martyred [shot] by anticlerical militiamen at ages 46 and 15 in 1924 [beatified 2007])

πŸ“° St. Eugene de Mazenod of Aix-en-ProvenΓ§e [baptized Charles-Joseph-Eugene] (French, priest, co-founder of Missionaries of Provence and Oblates of Mary Immaculate, bishop of Marseilles, died at age 78 in 1861 [beatified 1975, canonized 1995] [incorruptible]) [On Canadian "particular calendar"]

πŸ“° St. Godric of Walpole (English, peddler, penitent hermit for 60 years, prophet, died at about age 100 c. 1170)

πŸ“° St. Gollen of Denbighshire (Welsh, 7th Century)

πŸ“° St. Hospitius of Cap-Saint-Hospice (French, hermit, 6th or 7th Century)

πŸ“° St. Isberga of Aire (French, sister of Charlemagne, Benedictine  nun, c. 800)

πŸ“° Sts. Nicostratus, Antiochus and companions (Italian?, soldiers, martyred in Palestine in 303)

πŸ“° Sts. Polyeuctus, Victorius, and Donatus, of Caesarea (Cappadocian [from part of what is now Turkey], early martyrs)

πŸ“° St. Secundinus of Cordova (Spanish, martyred c. 306)

πŸ“° St. Secundus and companions, of Alexandria (Egyptian, clergy and laity sent into exile by Arian heretic patriarch, martyred c. 357)

πŸ“° St. Serapion the Sindonite (Egyptian, desert monk, c. 356)

πŸ“° St. Theobald of Vienne (French, archbishop for 31 years, died at about age 70 in 1001 [canonized 1903])

πŸ“° Sts. Timothy, Polius and Eutychius (Mauritanian, deacons, early martyrs)

πŸ“° St. Valens and three companions, of Auxerre (French, bishop and three boys, early martyrs)

πŸ“° St. Vales (French, priest, 4th Century)

πŸ“° Holy Martyrs of Mexico [also known as "St. Christopher Magallanes and Companions"] (Mexican, 25 covert priests and persecuted laymen, martyred by anticlerical government between 1915 and 1937 [beatified 1992, canonized 2000])
[also known as "St. Christopher Magallanes and Companions"] (Mexican, 22 covert priests and 3 persecuted laymen, martyred by anticlerical government between 1915 and 1937 [beatified 1992, canonized 2000])
----- St. Augustine Caloca Cortes of San Juan Bautista del TeΓΊl [Agustin] (priest, seminary prefect, shot to death at age 29 in 1927)
----- St. Attila Cruz Alvarado of Ahuetita de Abajo [Atilano] (parish priest, shot to death at age 26 in 1928)
----- St. Christopher Magallanes Jara of Totaltiche [Cristobal] (shepherd, parish priest, started secret seminaries, shot to death at age 57 in 1927)
----- St. David Galvan Bermudez of Guadalajara (priest, seminary instructor, shot by firing squad at age 34 in 1915)
----- St. David Roldan Lara of Chalchihuites (layman, officer of "Catholic Action" and a religious liberty league, shot to death at age 24 in 1926)
----- St. David Uribe Velasco of Buenavista de CuΓ©llar (parish priest, shot to death at age 37 in 1927)
----- St. Emmanuel Morales of Mesillas [Manuel] (layman, father of three, officer of "Catholic Action" and a religious liberty league, shot to death at age 28 in 1926)
----- St. Januarius Sanchez Delgadillo of Zapopan [Jenaro] (parish priest, hanged from a tree at age 40 in 1927)
----- St. Jesus Mendez Montoya of TarΓ­mbaro (parish priest, shot to death at age 47 in 1928)
----- St. Joseph Elizabeth Flores Varela of Santa MarΓ­a de la Paz [Jose Isabel] (parish priest, tortured, throat cut at age 60 in 1927)
----- St. Joseph Mary Robles Hurtado of Mascota [Jose Maria] (parish priest, founded women's Congregation of Victims of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus, hanged at age 39 in 1927)
----- St. Julius Alvarez Mendoza of Guadalajara [Julio] (priest, shot to death at age 60 in 1927)
----- St. Justin Orona Madrigal of Atoyac [Justino] (parish priest, founded Poor Clare Sisters of the Sacred Heart, shot to death at age 51 in 1928)
----- St. Louis Batiz Sainz of San Miguel del Mezquital [Luis] (parish priest, seminary's spiritual director, shot by firing squad at age 55 in 1926)
----- St. Margarito Flores Garcia of Taxco (parish priest, shot to death at age 28 in 1927)
----- St. Matthew Correa Magallanes of TepechitlΓ‘n [Mateo] (parish priest, gave First Communion to Bl. Miguel Pro, shot to death at age 60 in 1927)
----- St. Michael de la Mora de la Mora of TecalitlΓ‘n [Miguel] (priest, shot by firing squad at age 49 in 1927)
----- St. Peter Esqueda Ramirez of San Juan de los Lagos [Pedro] (parish priest, catechist of children, shot to death at age 40 in 1927)
----- St. Peter of Jesus Maldonado Lucero of Chihuahua [Pedro de Jesus] (parish priest, promoter of nocturnal adoration, blinded and beaten to death at age 44 in 1937)
----- St. Roderick Aguilar Aleman of Sayula [Rodrigo] (parish priest, poet, hanged at age 52 in 1927)
----- St. Roman Adame Rosales of Teocaltiche (parish priest, founded Daughters of Mary of Nocturnal Adoration, shot to death at age 68 in 1927)
----- St. Sabas Reyes Salazar of Cocula (parish priest, tortured and shot to death at age 43 in 1927)
----- St. Salvador Lara Puente of BerlΓ­n (layman, officer of "Catholic Action" and a religious liberty league, shot to death at age 21 in 1926)
----- St. Turibius Romo Gonzalez of Santa Ana de Guadalupe [Toribio] (parish priest, shot to death at age 27 in 1928)
----- St. Tranquilino Ubiarco of ZapotlΓ‘n el Grande (parish priest, hanged at age 29 in 1928)

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