May 3, 2010

⛪ May 3


πŸ“° Sts. Philip and James the Less (Israelite, apostles of Jesus ... one a missionary bishop, the other bishop of Jerusalem and author of New Testament epistle ... martyred [one crucified in Phrygia (Turkey), one stoned and beaten in Israel] in 1st Century)

πŸ“° St. Adalsindis of Beze (French, abbess, c. 680)

πŸ“° Sts. Alexander and Antonina of Constantinople (from Asia Minor [now called Turkey], soldier and virgin, tortured and martyred by burning in 313)

πŸ“° Pope St. Alexander I and Sts. Eventius and Theodulus (Roman?, pontiff [elected to papacy in 105] and priests, martyred c. 115)

πŸ“° Bl. Alexander of Foigny (Scottish, Cistercian  brother in France, died at about age 49 in 1229)

πŸ“° Bl. Alexander Vincioli of Perugia [Alessandro] (Italian, Franciscan  friar, pope's confessor, bishop of Nocera, d. 1363)

πŸ“° Sts. Diodorus and Rhodopianus of Caria (from Asia Minor, deacons, martyred in 4th Century)

πŸ“° Bl. Edward Joseph Rosaz of Susa [Edoardo Giuseppe] (Italian, bishop, founded Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis of Susa, died at age 73 in 1903 [beatified 1991])

πŸ“° St. Ethelwin of Lindsey (British, monk, bishop, 8th Century)

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

πŸ“° St. Juvenal of Narni (Italian, bishop, d. 369)

πŸ“° St. Philip of Zell (German, Benedictine  hermit, c. 770)

πŸ“° St. Scannal (Irish, missionary, c. 563)

πŸ“° St. Stanislaus Soltys of Kazimierza [Stanislaw ... Kazimierczyk] (Polish, priest, Canon Regular of the Lateran of Corpus Christi, died at about age 55 in 1489 [beatified 1992, canonized 2010])

πŸ“° Bl. Thomas Acerbis of Olera [Tommaso] (Italian, Capuchin Franciscan  brother in Austria, advisor to Austrian and Bavarian nobility, died at age 67 in 1631 [beatified 2013])

πŸ“° Sts. Timothy and Maura of AntinoΓ« (Egyptian, newlyweds, lector/copyist and wife, tortured and martyred [nailed to a wall (mock crucifixion) for nine days] in 298)

πŸ“° Bl. Ventura Spellucci of Spello (Italian, Benedictine  abbot, 12th Century)

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