May 26, 2010

⛪ May 26


πŸ“° St. Philip Romulus Neri of Florence [Filippo Romolo] (Italian, priest, co-founder of Confraternity of the Most Holy Trinity, founder of Congregation of the Oratory, died at age 79 in 1595 [beatified 1615, canonized 1622])

πŸ“° St. Alphaeus (Israelite, father of St. James the Less, may be same person as "Clopas/Cleophas," 1st Century)

πŸ“° St. Becan of Cork (Irish, hermit, 6th Century)

πŸ“° St. Berencardus of Saint Papoul (French, Benedictine  monk, d. 1293)

πŸ“° Pope St. Eleutherius of Nicopolis (Greek, deacon in Rome, elected to papacy in 174, reigned until martyrdom in 189)

πŸ“° Bl. Eva of LiΓ©ge (Belgian, virgin, hermitess, c. 1266 [beatified 1902])

πŸ“° Sts. Felicissimus, Heraclius, and Paulinus, of Todi (Italian, martyred in 303)

πŸ“° Sts. Fugatius and Damian (Roman?, missionaries to Britain, 2nd Century)

πŸ“° St. Guinizo of Monte Cassino (Spanish, Benedictine  monk in Italy, hermit, c. 1050)

πŸ“° St. John Doan Trinh Hoan of Kim-Long (Vietnamese, priest, martyred by beheading in 1861 [beatified 1909, canonized 1988])

πŸ“° St. Lambert PΓ©loguin of Riez (French, Benedictine  monk, bishop of Vence for forty years, died at about age 74 in 1154)

πŸ“° St. Mary Ann of Jesus de Paredes y Flores of Quito [Mariana de Jesus] ["Lily of Quito"] (Ecuadoran, Franciscan  tertiary, teacher of Indian children, died at age 26 in 1645 [beatified 1853, canonized 1950]) [commemorated by some on May 28]

πŸ“° St. Matthew Nguyen Van Phuong of Ke-Lay (Vietnamese, catechist, martyred by beheading at about age 59 in 1861 [beatified 1909, canonized 1988])

πŸ“° St. Odulvald of Melrose (Scottish, provincial governor, abbot, d. 698)

πŸ“° St. Peter Sanz y Jorda of Asco [Pedro] (Spanish, Dominican  friar, missionary to Philippines and China for over 30 years, bishop, tortured and martyred by beheading at age 67 in 1747 [beatified 1893, canonized 2000])

πŸ“° St. Priscus and companions, of Rome (Italian ... military officer, soldiers, and civilians ... martyred in France c. 272)

πŸ“° St. Quadratus the Apologist of Athens (Greek, bishop, c. 130)

πŸ“° St. Quadratus of Africa (early martyr)

πŸ“° Bl. Regintrudis of Nonnberg (Austrian, Benedictine  abbess, c. 750)

πŸ“° St. Simitrius and 22 companions, of Rome (Italian, martyred by beheading c. 159)

πŸ“° St. Ursula LedΓ³chowska of Loosdoor [Urszula] [baptized Julia] (Polish [born in Austria], noblewoman, founder of Ursuline Sisters of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus [Gray Ursulines], missionary to Russia and Scandinavia, died in Rome at age 74 in 1939 [beatified 1983, canonized 2003] [incorruptible])

πŸ“° St. Zachary of Vienne (French, bishop, martyred c. 160)

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