May 28, 2010

⛪ May 28


πŸ“° Bl. Anthony Julian Nowowiejski of Lubienie [Antoni Julian] (Polish, archbishop of Plock, refused to step on crucifix at Dzialdowo [Poland] concentration camp, martyred by Nazis at age 83 in 1941 [beatified 1999])

πŸ“° St. Bernard of Montjoux [Bernardo] (Italian, nobleman, Augustinian  priest, diocesan vicar-general in Alps, namesake of St. Bernard dogs, died at about age 85 in 1008 [canonized 1681])

πŸ“° St. Caraunus of Chartres (French, hermit, deacon, martyred in 5th Century)

πŸ“° Sts. Crescens, Dioscorides, Paul, and Helladius, of Rome (Italian, martyred by burning c. 244)

πŸ“° Sts. Emilius, Felix, Priamus, and Lucian (early martyrs)

πŸ“° St. Germanus of Autun (French, abbot, archbishop of Paris, died at about age 80 in 576)

πŸ“° St. Gizur (Icelandic, bishop, d. 1117)

πŸ“° St. Heliconis of Thessalonica (Greek, virgin, martyred by beheading c. 250)

πŸ“° Bl. John Shert of Shert Hall, Bl. Thomas Ford of Devon, and Bl. Robert Johnson of Shropshire (English, priests, martyred [drawn, hanged, quartered] under Elizabeth I in 1582 [beatified 1886])

πŸ“° St. Justus of Urgell (Spanish, bishop, commentator on Song of Songs, c. 528)

πŸ“° Bl. Ladislaus Demski of Sztum [Wladyslaw] (Polish, diocesan priest, martyred by Nazis at Sachsenhausen [Germany] at about age 56 in 1940 [beatified 1999])

πŸ“° Bl. Margaret Pole of Bath [nee Plantagenet] (English, niece of two kings, mother of five children, widow, governess of Princess Mary [daughter of Henry VIII], martyred by beheading at age 69 in 1541 [beatified 1886])

πŸ“° St. Paul Hanh of Cho Quan [Phaolo] (Vietnamese, repentant outlaw, tortured and martyred by beheading at about age 32 in 1859 [beatified 1909, canonized 1988])

πŸ“° St. Podius of Florence (Italian, Augustinian canon, bishop, d. 1002)

πŸ“° St. Senator of Milan (Italian, archbishop, d. 480)

πŸ“° St. William of Gellone [Guillaume] (French, duke, knight opposing Moslem invaders, Benedictine  brother, d. 812 [canonized 1066])

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