May 5, 2010

⛪ May 5


πŸ“° St. Angel of Jerusalem (Palestinian, Jewish, Carmelite  hermit, martyred by stabbing in Sicily at about age 75 in 1220)

πŸ“° St. Asaph of Llanelwy (Welsh, bishop of Kentigern, c. 600) [On Welsh "particular calendar"]

πŸ“° St. Avertinus of Vinzai (English, deacon, companion of St. Thomas Becket in France, d. 1189)

πŸ“° St. Brito of Trier (German, bishop, opponent of Priscillian heresy, d. 386)

πŸ“° Bl. Catherine Cittadini of Bergamo [Caterina] [nee Lanzani] (Italian, orphan, married laywoman, schoolteacher, founded Ursuline Sisters of Somasca, died at age 55 in 1857 [beatified 2001])

πŸ“° St. Crescentiana (martyred in 5th Century)

πŸ“° St. Diuma of Mercia (Scottish, bishop in England, 7th Century)

πŸ“° St. Echa of Crayk (British, Benedictine  priest, hermit, d. 767)

πŸ“° Bl. Edmund Ignatius Rice of Callan (Irish, farmer, widower, founder of the Christian Brothers and the Presentation Brothers, died at age 82 in 1844 [beatified 1996]) [On Irish "particular calendar"]

πŸ“° St. Eulogius of Edessa (Greek, bishop, opponent of Arian heresy, c. 382)

πŸ“° St. Euthymius of Alexandria (Egyptian, deacon, early martyr)

πŸ“° St. Geruntius of Milan (Italian, bishop, c. 470)

πŸ“° Bl. Gregory Frackowiak of Lowenice [Grzegorz] [baptized Boleslaw (William)] (Polish, Divine Word Missionaries  priest, martyred by Nazis [guillotined] at Dresden [Germany] at age 31 in 1943 [beatified 1999])

πŸ“° St. Hilary of Lorraine (French, monk, archbishop of Arles, died at about age 49 in 449)

πŸ“° St. Hydroc (British? hermit, 5th Century)

πŸ“° Sts. Irenaeus, Peregrinus, and Irene, of Thessalonica (Greek, martyred by burning c. 300)

πŸ“° Bl. John Haile of Isleworth (English, parish priest, martyred [drawn, hanged, quartered] under Henry VIII in 1535)

πŸ“° St. Jovinian of Auxerre (French, missionary, bishop, martyred c. 300)

πŸ“° St. Judith of Kulmsee [Jutta] (German, noblewoman, mother, widow of crusader, hermit, d. 1260)

πŸ“° St. Maurontius of Douai (French, nobleman, Benedictine  abbot, died at about age 66 c. 701)

πŸ“° St. Maximus of Jerusalem (Palestinian?, bishop, c. 350)

πŸ“° St. Nectarius of Vienne [also known as Nicetus] (French, bishop, c. 445)

πŸ“° St. Nunzio Sulprizio of Pescara (Italian, apprentice blacksmith, virgin, died at age 19 in 1836 [beatified 1963, canonized 2018])

πŸ“° St. Sacerdos of Saguntum (Spanish, bishop, c. 450)

πŸ“° St. Silvanus of Rome (Italian, early martyr)

πŸ“° St. Theodore of Bologna (Italian, bishop, c. 550)

πŸ“° St. Waldrada of Metz (French, abbess, c. 620)

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