February 01, 2010

⛪ February 1


📰 St. Agrepe of Velay (French, bishop, 7th Century)

📰 Bl. Andrew dei Conti of Segni [also called Andrew of Anagni] [Andrea] (Italian, Franciscan  hermit, mystic, died at about age 61 in 1302 [beatified 1723]) [commemorated by some on the 15th or 17th]

📰 Bl. Anthony Manzoni of Padua [Antonio] ["The Pilgrim"] (Italian, always on pilgrimage [Spain to Palestine], died at about age 30 in 1267)

📰 St. Autbert of Landevenec (French, Benedictine  monk, chaplain to nuns, d. 1129)

📰 St. Brigid of Fiesole (Italian, hermitess, 9th Century)

📰 St. Brigid of Kildare [also called Bridget of Ireland] (Irish, slave, nun, foundress and abbess of convents and first double monastery, died at about age 69 c. 525) [Feast on the Irish (and optional memorial on New Zealand's) "particular calendar"]

📰 St. Cecilius of Granada (Spanish, bishop, c. 3rd Century)

📰 St. Cinnia of Ulster (Irish, pagan princess, nun, 5th Century)

📰 St. Clarus of Seligenstadt (German, Benedictine  monk, hermit, c. 1048)

📰 St. Crewenna of Cornwall (Irish, missionary to Britain, 5th Century)

📰 St. Darlaugdach of Kildare (Irish, abbess, c. 525)

📰 Bl. Ela of Laycock (English, widow of crusader, foundress of monastery and convent, abbess, d. 1261)

📰 St. Henry Morse of Broome (English, Jesuit  priest, martyred [drawn, hanged, quartered] at about age 50 under Charles I in 1645 [beatified 1929, canonized 1970])

📰 Bl. Jane Frances of the Visitation Michelotti of Annecy [Jeanne-Françoise-de-la-Visitation] [baptized Anne] (French, founded Congregation of Little Servants of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, died in Italy at age 44 in 1888 [beatified 1975])

📰 St. Jarlath of Armagh (Irish, missionary, bishop, c. 480)

📰 St. John of the Grating of Saint-Malo [Jean] (French, Cistercian  abbot, bishop of Aleth, died at about age 65 in 1163 [canonized 1517])

📰 St. Kinnia (Irish, virgin, baptized by St. Patrick, 6th Century)

📰 Bl. Louis Variara of Viarigi [Luigi] (Italian, Salesian  priest, missionary to lepers in South America, founder of Daughters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, died at age 48 in Colombia in 1923 [beatified in 2002])

📰 St. Paul of Rheims (French, hermit, bishop of Trois-Châteaux, c. 405)

📰 St. Pionius and fifteen companions, of Smyrna (Greek, priest and flock, tortured and martyred [burned at stake] in 250)

📰 Bl. Reginald of Saint-Gilles (French, teacher of church law, Dominican  friar, visionary, died at about age 37 in 1220 [beatified 1885])

📰 St. Severus of Avranches (French, abbot, bishop, c. 690)

📰 St. Severus of Ravenna (Italian, weaver, bishop, c. 348)

📰 St. Sigebert of Austrasia (French, king, founder of monasteries, died at age 25 in 656)

📰 St. Sour of Auvergne (French, miracle worker, c. 580)

📰 St. Ursus of Aosta (Irish, deacon in Italy, arch-opponent of Arianism, d. 6th Century)

📰 St. Veridiana of Castelfiorentino (Italian, Benedictine  nun, hermitess, died at about age 60 in 1242 [canonized 1533]) [commemorated by some on the 16th]

📰 Blessed Martyrs of Angers (French, 99 people [12 priests, 3 women religious, 4 laymen, 80 laywomen], martyred [guillotined or shot] by revolutionaries in 1793 and 1794 [beatified 1984])

(French, 99 people [12 priests, 3 women religious, 4 laymen, 80 laywomen], martyred [guillotined or shot] by revolutionaries in 1793 and 1794 [beatified 1984])
[Here are their names. Assume death in 1794 by shooting, unless otherwise noted:]
-- [Priests]:
----- Bl. Andrew Fardeau of Soucelles [André] (guillotined at age 33)
----- Bl. Francis Louis Chartier of Marigné [François-Louis] (guillotined at age 32)
----- Bl. Francis Peltier of Savennières [François] (guillotined at age 66)
----- Bl. James Laigneau de Langellerie of La Flèche [Jacques] (guillotined at age 47)
----- Bl. James Ledoyen of Rochefort-sur-Loire [Jacques] (guillotined at age 33)
----- Bl. John Michael Langevin of Ingrandes [Jean-Michel] (guillotined at age 62 in 1793 [first martyr])
----- Bl. John the Baptist Lego of La Flèche [Jean-Baptiste] (guillotined at age 27)
----- Bl. Joseph Moreau of Saint-Laurent-de-la-Plaine (guillotined at age 31)
----- Bl. Lawrence Batard of Chalonnes-sur-Loire [Laurent] (guillotined at age 50)
----- Bl. Peter Tessier of Trinité d'Angers [Pierre] (guillotined at age 27)
----- Bl. René Lego of La Flèche (guillotined at age 29)
----- Bl. William Repin of Thouarcé [Guillaume] (guillotined at age 84 in 1794)
-- [Religious Sisters]:
----- Bl. Mary Ann Vaillot of Fontainebleau [Marie-Anne] (age 60)
----- Bl. Odile Baumgarten of Gondrexange (age 43)
----- Bl. Rosalie du Verdier de la Soriniere (guillotined at age 49)
-- [Laymen]:
----- Bl. Anthony Fournier of La Poitevinière [Antoine] (age 58)
----- Bl. John Menard of Andigné [Jean] (age 60)
----- Bl. Peter Delepine of Marigné [Pierre] (age 60)
----- Bl. Peter Fremond of Chaudefonds [Pierre] (age 40)
-- [Laywomen]:
----- Bl. Anne Frances de Villeneuve of La Chapelle-Saint-Laud [Anne-Françoise] (age 52)
----- Bl. Anne Hainard of Saint-Clément-de-Craon (age 51)
----- Bl. Anne Maugrain of Rochefort-sur-Loire (age 35)
----- Bl. Catherine Cottenceau of Bressuire (age 60)
----- Bl. Charlotte Davy of Chalonnes-sur-Loire (age 33)
----- Bl. Charlotte Lucas of Chalonnes-sur-Loire (age 41)
----- Bl. Felicitas Pricet of Châtillon-sur-Sèvre [Felicite] (age 48)
----- Bl. Frances Bellanger of Trinité d'Angers [Françoise] (age 58)
----- Bl. Frances Gillot of Chanteloup [Françoise] [nee Micheneau] (age 57)
----- Bl. Frances Menard of Sainte-Gemmes d'Andigné [Françoise] [nee Suhard] (widow, age 63)
----- Bl. Frances Michau of La Pommeraye [Françoise] (age 28)
----- Bl. Frances Roulleau of Gouis [Françoise] [nee Pagis] (age 62)
----- Bl. Jacqueline Monnier of Saint-Melaine (age 68)
----- Bl. Joan Bourigault of Chaudefonds [Jeanne] (age 35)
----- Bl. Joan Delaunay of Montjean [Jeanne] [nee Thomas] (widow, age 70)
----- Bl. Joan Marie Paquier of Chalonnes-sur-Loire [Jeanne-Marie] [nee Leduc] (age 40)
----- Bl. Joan Onillon of Montjean [Jeanne] (age 41)
----- Bl. Gabrielle, Bl. Perrine, and Bl. Suzanne Androuin, of Saint-Lambert-du-Lattay (sisters, aged 38, 32, and 36)
----- Bl. Joan Chalonneau of Chalonnes-sur-Loire [Jeanne] [nee Fouchard] (age 44)
----- Bl. Joan Doly of Beaupréau [Jeanne] [nee Gruget] (age 63)
----- Bl. Joan Moreau of Sainte-Christine [Jeanne] [nee Gourdon] (widow, age 60)
----- Bl. Louise Barre of Longeron [nee Poirier] (age 37)
----- Bl. Louise Bessay de la Voute of Saint-Mars-des-Prés (age 72)
----- Bl. Louise Rallier Dean de Luigne [nee de la Tertiniere] and Bl. Louise Amy Dean de Luigne [Louise-Aimee] (mother and daughter, aged 60 and 37)
----- Bl. Madeleine Blond of Angers (age 30)
----- Bl. Madeleine Cady of Chalonnes-sur-Loire (age 38)
----- Bl. Madeleine Rousseau of Saint-Germain-des-Prés [nee Perrotin] (age 50)
----- Bl. Madeleine Salle of Châteauneuf-sur-Sarthe (age 41)
----- Bl. Marguerite Huau of Saint-Aubin-de-Luigné [nee Riviere] (age 37)
----- Bl. Marguerite Robin of Montjean (age 68)
----- Bl. Marie Banchereau of Boësse [nee Fausseuse] (age 53)
----- Bl. Marie Bouju of Vezins [nee Roualt] (age 49)
----- Bl. Marie Brevet of Saint-Laurent-de-la-Plaine [nee Leroy] (age 38)
----- Bl. Marie Charrier of Montjean [nee Roger] (widow, age 67)
----- Bl. Marie Couffard of Montjean [nee Gingueneau] (widow, age 55)
----- Bl. Marie de la Dive du Verdier, Bl. Catherine du Verdier de la Soriniere, and Bl. Marie-Louise du Verdier de la Soriniere (mother guillotined at age 70, two daughters shot at ages 35 and 28)
----- Bl. Marie Delahaye [nee Pichery] and Bl. Monique Pichery of Chalonnes-sur-Loire (sisters, ages ? and 30)
----- Bl. Marie Forestier of Montjean (age 26)
----- Bl. Marie-Geneviève and Bl. Martha Poulain de la Forestrie [Marthe] (sisters, ages 51 and 55)
----- Bl. Marie and Bl. Renée Grillard (sisters, aged 40 and 28)
----- Bl. Marie Lardeux of Freigné (age 45)
----- Bl. Marie Lepage Varance of Saumur [nee Lenée] (age 64)
----- Bl. Marie Leroy of Montilliers (age 24)
----- Bl. Marie Moreau of Chanteloup [nee Cassin] (widow, age 44)
----- Bl. Marie Rochard of Montjean (age 30)
----- Bl. Marie Joan Rorteau of la Jumellière [Marie-Jeanne] [nee Chauvigne] (age 39)
----- Bl. Marie Mercier of Saint-Georges-du-Ménil [nee Gasnier] (age 38)
----- Bl. Marie Queson of Saint-Laurent-de-la-Plaine [nee Gallard] (age 54)
----- Bl. Marie Supiot of Saint-Pierre-Montlimart [nee Piou] (age 36)
----- Bl. Mary Ann du Bois of Jallais [Marie-Anne] [nee Hacher] (age 28)
----- Bl. Perrine-Charlotte Sailland d'Epinatz [nee Phélippeaux], Bl. Joan Marie Sailland d'Epinatz [Jeanne-Marie], Bl. Madeleine Sailland d'Epinatz, and Bl. Perrine-Jeanne Sailland d'Epinatz, of Saumur ... and Bl. Frances Bonneau of Saint-Léger  [Françoise] (mother, three daughters, and servant ... ages 54, 24, 23, 25, and 33)
----- Bl. Perrine Grille of Rochefort-sur-Loire (age 50)
----- Bl. Perrine Laurent of Louvaines (age 48)
----- Bl. Perrine Ledoyen of Saint-Aubin-de-Luigné (age 29)
----- Bl. Perrine-Renée Turpault of Cléré-sur-Layon [nee Potier] (age 43)
----- Bl. Renée Dacy of Montjean [nee Seichet] (widow, age 40)
----- Bl. Renée Girault of Saint-Aubin-de-Luigné [nee Cailleau] (age 42)
----- Bl. Renée-Marie Feillatreau (guillotined at age 44)
----- Bl. Renée Martin of Chalonnes-sur-Loire (age 42)
----- Bl. Renée Papin of Saint-Florent-le-Vieil [nee Rigault] (age 43)
----- Bl. Renée Valin of Chaudefonds (age 35)
----- Bl. Renée Juret [nee Bourgeais] and Bl. Perrine Bourigault of Montjean (widow and her half-sister, ages 43 and 50)
----- Bl. Rose Quenion of Mozé-sur-Louet (age 28)
----- Bl. Simone Charbonneau [nee Chauvigné] (widow, age 68)
----- Bl. Victoria Gusteau of Châtillon-sur-Sèvre [Victoire] (age 48)
----- Bl. Victoria Reveillere of Thouars [Victoire] [nee Bauduceau] and Bl. Perrine Besson of Cholet (woman and her servant, aged 48 and 51)

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