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May 25, 2010

⛪ May 25


πŸ“° St. Bede the Venerable of Northumbria (British, Benedictine  priest, translator of scripture into Old English, ecclesiastical historian, Doctor of the Church, died at about age 62 in 735 [canonized 1899])

πŸ“° Pope St. Gregory VII of Ravaco [Gregorio] [baptized Hildebrand] (Italian, Benedictine  monk, papal advisor, elected to papacy in 1073, exiled by emperor, reigned until death at about age 65 in 1085 [beatified 1584, canonized 1606])

πŸ“° St. Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi of Florence [Maria Maddalena] [baptized Caterina (Catherine)] (Italian, Discalced Carmelite  nun, mystic, died at age 41 in 1607 [beatified 1626, canonized 1669])

πŸ“° St. Aldhelm of Wessex (British, hermit, Benedictine  abbot, poet, musician, bishop of Sherborne, died at about age 68 in 709)

πŸ“° Bl. Claritus Voglia of Florence [Chiarito] (Italian, founder and manservant of a convent of Augustinian  nuns, d. 1348)

πŸ“° St. Dennis of Milan [also known as Dionysius] (Italian, bishop, died in exile c. 359)

πŸ“° St. Dunchadh of Iona (Irish, abbot in Scotland, d. 717)

πŸ“° St. Egilhard of Cornelimunster (German, Benedictine  abbot, martyred in 881)

πŸ“° Bl. Eleanor of Provence [Eleonore] (French, countess, married to English king from age 13 till widowhood at 49, mother of nine, Benedictine  nun, d. 1291)

πŸ“° St. Gennadius of Argeo (Spanish, Benedictine  abbot, bishop of Astorga, hermit, c. 936)

πŸ“° Bl. Gerbald (monk, martyred in 862)

πŸ“° Sts. Injuriosus and Scholastica of Auvergne (French, husband and wife, c. 550)

πŸ“° St. Leo of Troyes (French, abbot, c. 550)

πŸ“° St. Madeleine Sophie Barat of Joigny (French, co-founder of Society of the Sacred Heart, teaching nun and superior general from age 23 to 85, founded 105 houses in many countries, died at age 85 in 1865 [beatified 1908, canonized 1925])

πŸ“° Sts. Maximus and Victorinus of Brescia (Italian, biological brothers, bishop and deacon, missionaries in France, martyred by beheading c. 384)

πŸ“° Sts. Pasicrates, Valentio, and two companions (soldiers, martyred in Bulgaria c. 302)

πŸ“° St. Peter Doan Van of Son-Tay (Vietnamese, lay catechist, martyred by beheading at an advanced age in 1857 [beatified 1909, canonized 1988])

πŸ“° Pope St. Urban I of Rome (Italian, elected to papacy c. 222, reigned until martyrdom by beheading in 230)

πŸ“° St. Zenobius of Florence (Italian, adult convert from paganism, bishop, revived five people from death, c. 390)