| Blessed Agnello of Pisa |
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March 07 (Franciscans), May 07 or September 10 (locally) |
Friar, Custos, Minister Provincial |
Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans) |
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Franciscan habit, Book of the Gospels |
Oxford, England (destroyed; no current shrine) |
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Pisa, Tuscany, Italy |
Dysentery |
Oxford, England |
| Blessed Anna of the Angels Monteagudo |
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Healing attributed during beatification process |
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January 10 |
Nun; prioress |
Dominican Order |
Peruvian Dominicans |
Dominican habit |
Monastery of St. Catherine of Siena, Calle Santa Catalina 105, Arequipa, Arequipa Region, Peru |
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Arequipa, Arequipa Region, Peru |
natural causes |
Arequipa, Arequipa Region, Peru |
| Blessed Edward Poppe |
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Healing of a child from terminal illness |
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June 10 |
Priest |
Diocesan |
Parish priests; Eucharistic adoration; the Eucharist |
Monstrance; chalice; host |
St. Martin's Church, Moerbeke, Belgium |
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Leest, Flemish Brabant, Belgium |
Natural causes |
Moerbeke-Waas, East Flanders, Belgium |
| Blessed Francisca de Paula de Jesus Isabel |
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Healing of a young boy from a terminal illness (beatification) |
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June 14 |
Laywoman; tertiary |
Augustinians (tertiary) |
Baependi; Minas Gerais; black laywomen |
Rosary; veil; lily |
Sanctuary of Nhá Chica, Baependi, Brazil |
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Baependi, Minas Gerais, Empire of Brazil (now Brazil) |
Natural causes |
Baependi, Minas Gerais, Republic of Brazil (now Brazil) |
| Blessed George Haydock |
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Healing attributed to the Martyrs of England and Wales |
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November 22 |
Priest |
Diocesan |
Martyrs of England and Wales |
Palm of martyrdom; rope (hanging) |
St Andrew and Blessed George Haydock Church, Preston, England |
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Cottam Hall, Lancashire, Kingdom of England |
Martyrdom by hanging, drawing, and quartering |
Tyburn, London, Kingdom of England |
| Blessed John Licci |
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Carrying a heavy beam alone that 20 men could not lift |
Multiplication of bread to feed a widow and her children for years |
Healing of crushed heads in accidents |
November 14 |
Priest |
Dominican Order |
head injuries; crushed heads |
Dominican habit; beam of wood; loaf of bread |
Convent of Saint Zita, Caccamo, Italy |
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Corleone, Sicily, Kingdom of Sicily (now Italy) |
natural causes |
Caccamo, Sicily, Kingdom of Sicily (now Italy) |
| Blessed John of Parma |
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March 20 |
Philosopher, Theologian, Minister General |
Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans) |
Franciscan students and scholars |
Franciscan habit, book, cross |
Greccio, Italy (hermitage where he retired) |
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Parma, Italy |
Natural Causes |
Camerino, Italy |
| Blessed Luke Belludi |
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Intercession leading to the liberation of Padua from Ezzelino III da Romano in 1256 |
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February 17 |
Student |
Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans) |
Students |
Franciscan habit, book (symbolizing education), association with St. Anthony |
Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua, Padua, Italy |
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Padua, Italy |
Natural causes |
Padua, Italy |
| Blessed María de Jesús de Ágreda |
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May 24 |
Nun; mystic |
Poor Clares (Conceptionist Franciscan) |
Ágreda; mystics; New Mexico missions (informal) |
Franciscan habit; book; bilocation |
Convent of the Immaculate Conception, Ágreda, Soria, Spain |
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Ágreda, Soria, Spain |
natural causes |
Ágreda, Soria, Spain |
| Blessed Mariano de Jesus Euse Hoyos |
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Healing of Fr. Rafael Gildardo Vélez Saldarriaga from cancer |
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July 13 |
Priest |
Diocese of Santa Rosa de Osos |
Colombian clergy; the poor |
priest with peasants |
Parish Church of Angostura, Calle 5 |
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Yarumal, Antioquia Department, Colombia |
natural causes |
Angostura, Antioquia Department, Colombia |
| Blessed Marie-Clémentine Anuarite Nengapeta |
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Healing of a child with severe illness in 1982 |
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December 01 |
Teacher, Cook, Sacristan |
Sisters of the Holy Family |
Martyrs, Victims of Violence, Congolese Women |
Nun's habit, palm branch, image of the Virgin Mary |
Isiro Cathedral, Isiro, Democratic Republic of Congo |
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Wamba, Haut-Uélé, Democratic Republic of Congo |
Martyrdom |
Isiro, Haut-Uélé, Democratic Republic of Congo |
| Blessed Mary of Jesus the Good Shepherd |
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Healing of Marianna Rataj from puerperal infection with generalized peritonitis |
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November 21 |
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Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth |
Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth; Poland |
habit of the Sisters; book (her writings); model of the Holy Family |
General House of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth, Rome, Italy |
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Zhytomyr, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) |
natural causes |
Rome, Papal States (now Italy) |
| Blessed Miguel Pro |
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Healing of a young girl from a terminal illness |
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November 23 |
Jesuit priest |
Jesuits |
Mexico; martyrs; persecuted Christians; Jesuit martyrs; clandestine priests |
Crucifix; palm of martyrdom; firing squad |
Church of the Holy Family, Mexico City, Mexico |
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Guadalupe, Zacatecas, Mexico |
Martyrdom by firing squad |
Mexico City, Mexico |
| Blessed Villana de'Botti |
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Visions and prophecies during life |
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February 28 |
Wife; lay Dominican tertiary |
Dominicans (Third Order) |
Against temptation; conversion; lay Dominicans |
Dominican habit; rosary |
Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy |
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Florence, Republic of Florence (now Italy) |
Natural causes |
Florence, Republic of Florence (now Italy) |
| First Martyrs of the See of Rome |
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June 30 |
Various |
None |
Persecuted Christians |
Palm branch, martyr’s crown |
Various churches in Rome, Italy |
Orthodox Christianity, Anglican Communion |
Various, likely Rome and Judea, Roman Empire |
Martyrdom (various methods, including burning, crucifixion) |
Rome, Roman Empire |
| Forty Martyrs of Sebaste |
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One soldier's death upon renouncing faith, another's conversion and immediate martyrdom |
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March 09 (Eastern Orthodox), March 10 (Roman Catholic) |
Soldiers in the Roman Army, Legio XII Fulminata |
Early Christians |
Soldiers, policemen, memory, resistance to persecution |
Group of forty soldiers, often depicted on a frozen lake, sometimes with angels or a crown of martyrdom |
Cathedral of the Forty Martyrs, Sebaste (destroyed); relics also in various places like Constantinople and Rome |
Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic, some Protestant denominations |
Unknown, likely various places in the Roman Empire |
Hypothermia, Martyrdom |
Sebaste, Lesser Armenia (modern-day Sivas, Turkey) |
| Mother Angelica |
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Natural causes |
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| Pope Saint Anastasius I |
Early Church |
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December 19 |
Bishop of Rome |
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Papal tiara; keys |
St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City |
Eastern Orthodox Church |
Rome, Roman Empire |
Natural causes |
Rome, Roman Empire |
| Pope Saint Clement I |
Early Church |
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November 23 |
Bishop of Rome |
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Mariners; stonecutters; marble workers; sick children |
Anchor; papal tiara; fountain |
Basilica of San Clemente, Rome, Italy |
Eastern Orthodox Church; Anglican Communion |
Rome, Roman Empire |
Martyrdom by drowning |
Chersonesus, Taurica, Roman Empire (now Crimea) |
| Pope Saint Cletus |
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April 26 |
Pope, Bishop |
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Early Church leadership |
Papal vestments, martyr’s palm, keys |
St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City (traditional burial site) |
Eastern Orthodox Church |
Rome, Roman Empire (now Italy) |
Martyrdom (traditionally beheading) |
Rome, Roman Empire (now Italy) |
| Pope Saint Damasus I |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Traditional graces at his tomb |
Inspirations for Jerome's Vulgate (traditional) |
Protection during Ursinus riots (devotional) |
December 11 |
Priest, deacon, bishop, pope |
Roman Catholic |
Archaeologists |
Papal tiara, pallium, episcopal vestments, book, inscription tablet |
Church of San Lorenzo in Damaso, Rome, Italy |
Eastern Orthodox Church |
Rome, Roman Empire (now Italy) |
Natural causes |
Rome, Western Roman Empire (now Italy) |
| Pope Saint Eleutherius |
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May 26 |
Bishop |
Early Christian community |
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papal tiara; book |
St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City |
Eastern Orthodox Church |
Nicomedia, Bithynia, Roman Empire (tradition) |
martyrdom (disputed tradition) |
Rome, Roman Empire |
| Pope Saint Gelasius I |
Early Church |
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November 21 |
Deacon; pope |
Roman Catholic Church |
popes; civil servants; against simony |
papal tiara and keys; book (decretals) |
St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City |
Eastern Orthodox Church |
Rome, Roman Empire (now Italy) |
natural causes |
Rome, Roman Empire (now Italy) |
| Pope Saint Gregory the Great |
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Healing of a sick monk in Rome |
Protection of Rome from a plague |
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September 03 |
Monk, pope |
Benedictine Order |
Musicians, teachers, popes |
Papal tiara, dove, book |
St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City |
Orthodox Church, Anglican Communion |
Rome, Roman Empire |
Natural causes |
Rome, Roman Empire |
| Pope Saint Martin I |
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April 13 |
Pope, Bishop |
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Against oppression, perseverance in faith |
Papal tiara, staff, chains (symbolizing exile) |
Basilica of San Martino ai Monti, Rome, Italy |
Eastern Orthodox Church |
Todi, Umbria, Eastern Roman Empire (now Italy) |
Martyrdom (exile, starvation, and illness) |
Cherson, Eastern Roman Empire (now Sevastopol, Crimea) |
| Pope Saint Pius V |
Pope Clement XI |
Rome, Papal States (now Italy) |
Healing of a crippled child, c. 1671 |
Cure of a woman’s fever, c. 1711 |
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April 30 |
Pope, Bishop, Dominican Friar |
Dominican Order |
Valletta (Malta), Bosco Marengo, Catholic reform |
Papal tiara, Dominican habit, rosary, bull |
Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome, Italy |
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Bosco Marengo, Duchy of Milan (now Italy) |
Natural causes (kidney disease) |
Rome, Papal States (now Italy) |
| Pope Saint Soter |
Early Church |
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April 22 |
Bishop of Rome |
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Catholic Church in Corinth |
Papal tiara; keys |
St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City |
Eastern Orthodox Church |
Fondi, Latium, Roman Empire (now Italy) |
Natural causes |
Rome, Roman Empire |
| Rhoda Wise |
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Cadiz, Ohio |
Natural causes |
Canton, OH |
| Saint Abban the Hermit |
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May 13 |
Hermit, Preacher |
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Abingdon |
Hermit’s robes, staff |
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Ireland |
Natural causes |
Abingdon, Berkshire, Roman Britain (now England) |
| Saint Adalbald of Ostrevant |
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February 02 |
Nobleman |
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sword; martyr’s palm |
Abbey of Saint-Ghislain, Rue de la Chaussée, 7330 Saint-Ghislain, Hainaut, Belgium |
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Flanders (region), Frankish Kingdom |
martyrdom |
Péruwelz, Hainaut, Frankish Kingdom (modern Belgium) |
| Saint Adalbert of Magdeburg |
Pope Sylvester II |
Rome |
Numerous posthumous healings |
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June 20 |
Archbishop; missionary |
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Slavic missions; Magdeburg |
Mitre; book; Slavic cross |
Magdeburg Cathedral, Magdeburg, Germany |
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Worms, Franconia, East Francia (now Germany) |
Natural causes |
Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) |
| Saint Ælfheah of Canterbury |
Early Church |
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April 19 |
Bishop; archbishop; martyr |
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Canterbury; kidnapped children; convulsion in children; against gout |
Axe; crozier; head in hands |
Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, England |
Church of England |
Weston, Hampshire, Kingdom of England (now England) |
Martyrdom by bludgeoning |
Greenwich, Kingdom of England (now London, England) |
| Saint Agatha |
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Survived torture and healed her wounds |
Stopped an eruption of Mount Etna |
Her veil saved Catania from fire |
February 05 |
Virgin, Martyr |
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Catania, Sicily; against fire; breast cancer; bell-founders; bakers; wet nurses |
Shears, tongs, breasts on a dish, palm of martyrdom |
Cathedral of Saint Agatha, Catania, Italy |
Eastern Orthodox Church, Anglican Communion |
Catania, Sicily, Italy |
Martyrdom |
Catania, Sicily, Italy |
| Saint Agnes of Bohemia |
Pope John Paul II |
Vatican City |
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March 02 |
Princess, Abbess |
Poor Clares (Order of Saint Clare) |
Czech Republic, Charity workers, the poor, Prague |
Lamb, Crown, Poor Clares habit |
Convent of Saint Agnes, Prague |
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Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia |
Natural Causes |
Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia |
| Saint Agnes of Montepulciano |
Pope Benedict XIII |
Rome, Papal States (now Italy) |
Healing of a sick child post-death, c. 1317 |
Cure of a woman’s blindness, c. 1725 |
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April 20 |
Dominican Nun, Abbess |
Dominican Order |
Montepulciano, nuns, chastity |
Dominican habit, lily, lamb, book |
Church of Santa Maria Novella, Montepulciano, Italy |
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Gracciano Vecchio, Montepulciano, Tuscany (now Italy) |
Natural causes (illness and exhaustion) |
Montepulciano, Tuscany (now Italy) |
| Saint Agnes of Rome |
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Hair grew to cover her nakedness during martyrdom |
Apparition curing Constantia, daughter of Constantine |
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January 21 |
Virgin, Martyr |
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Virgins, chastity, girls, engaged couples, rape survivors, gardeners |
Lamb, palm branch, long hair, crown of martyrdom |
Sant’Agnese fuori le mura, Rome, Italy |
Eastern Orthodox Church, Anglican Communion |
Rome, Roman Empire (now Italy) |
Martyrdom by beheading or stabbing |
Rome, Roman Empire (now Italy) |
| Saint Aileran |
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December 29 |
Monk; scholar; lector |
Irish monastic |
Scholars |
Book; quill; monastic habit |
Clonard Abbey Ruins, County Meath, Ireland |
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Ireland (Clonard, Meath, traditional) |
Yellow Plague |
Clonmacnoise, County Offaly, Ireland |
| Saint Albert the Great |
Pope Pius XI |
Rome, Italy |
Traditional cures through intercession |
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November 15 |
Philosopher; theologian; bishop; professor |
Order of Preachers (Dominicans) |
Scientists; philosophers; natural sciences; medical technicians; students |
Dominican habit; book; globe; astrolabe |
Cologne Cathedral, Cologne, Germany |
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Lauingen, Duchy of Swabia, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) |
Natural causes |
Cologne, Electorate of Cologne, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) |
| Saint Aldegunais of Maubeuge |
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Alleged walking across the Sambre River |
Visions of divine guidance |
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January 30 |
Abbess, Virgin |
Benedictine |
Against breast cancer, cancer patients, wounds, childhood diseases, fever, headaches, sudden death |
Benedictine habit, staff, river |
Maubeuge Abbey (historical, now lost) |
Eastern Orthodox Church |
Hainaut, Frankish Empire (now Belgium) |
Natural causes (breast cancer) |
Maubeuge, Frankish Empire (now France) |
| Saint Alexander I |
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May 03 |
Bishop |
Early Christian community |
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papal tiara; sword (martyrdom) |
St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City |
Eastern Orthodox Church |
Rome, Roman Empire |
martyrdom (tradition) |
Rome, Roman Empire |
| Saint Alexis Falconieri |
Pope Leo XIII |
Rome, Italy |
No specific miracle recorded for beatification |
No specific miracle recorded for canonization; recognized through communal sanctity |
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February 17 |
Merchant, Religious Brother |
Order of Servites |
Orvieto, Italy |
Black habit of the Servites, lily |
Monte Senario, near Florence, Italy |
|
Florence, Italy |
Natural causes |
Monte Senario, Italy |
| Saint Alfred the Great |
Early English Church |
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Traditional accounts of victories attributed to his piety |
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October 26 |
King; scholar; warrior |
Anglo-Saxon Christian |
Learning; scholars; universities; the West Country of England |
Sword; book; lamp or torch |
Winchester Cathedral, England |
Anglican Communion; Eastern Orthodox Church |
Wantage, Berkshire, Wessex (now England) |
Natural causes |
Winchester, Wessex (now England) |
| Saint Aloysius Gonzaga |
Pope Benedict XIII |
Rome, Papal States |
Healing of a woman with a chronic illness in Mantua |
Recovery of a Jesuit novice from a terminal fever in Rome |
|
21 June |
None |
Society of Jesus |
Youth, students, plague victims, Jesuit novices |
Lily, cross, skull, Jesuit habit |
Church of Sant'Ignazio, Rome, Italy |
|
Castiglione delle Stiviere, Duchy of Mantua |
Plague |
Rome, Papal States |
| Saint Alphonsa |
Pope Benedict XVI |
Vatican City |
Healing of a child’s clubfoot in 1985 AD |
Healing of a boy’s kidney disease in 2007 AD |
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July 28 |
Nun, educator |
Franciscan Clarist Congregation |
Against illness, Kerala |
Nun’s habit, rosary |
St. Mary’s Forane Church, Bharananganam, India |
Syro-Malabar Church |
Kudamaloor, Kerala, India |
Natural causes (illness) |
Bharananganam, Kerala, India |
| Saint Alphonsus Liguori |
Pope Gregory XVI |
Rome, Papal States (now Italy) |
Healing of a deaf-mute girl in Naples |
Cure of a paralyzed boy in Pagani |
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August 01 |
Lawyer; priest; bishop; foundress |
Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorists) |
Theologians; moralists; confessors; final exams; arthritis sufferers |
Bishop's crozier; book (moral theology); chained demon |
Sanctuary of Our Lady of Good Counsel, Pagani, Italy |
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Marianella, Kingdom of Naples (now Italy) |
Natural causes |
Pagani, Kingdom of Naples (now Italy) |
| Saint Alphonsus Marie Liguori |
Pope Gregory XVI |
Vatican City |
Healing of a woman’s tuberculosis in 1815 AD |
Healing of a child’s paralysis in 1838 AD |
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August 01 |
Priest, lawyer, theologian |
Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer |
Theologians, arthritis sufferers, Naples |
Redemptorist habit, book, quill |
Basilica of Saint Alphonsus, Pagani, Italy |
Orthodox Christianity |
Marianella, Naples, Kingdom of Naples |
Natural causes (illness) |
Pagani, Kingdom of Naples |
| Saint Alphonsus Rodriguez |
Pope Leo XIII |
Rome, Italy |
Healing of a blind boy in Mallorca in 1680 |
Cure of a paralytic Jesuit novice in 1820 |
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October 30 |
Businessman; lay brother |
Society of Jesus |
Jesuit lay brothers; against scruples |
Rosary; lily; book |
Church of Montesion, Palma de Mallorca, Spain |
|
Valladolid, Spain |
Natural causes |
Mallorca, Spain |
| Saint Amalberga |
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July 10 |
Nun |
None |
Flanders, mothers |
Nun’s habit, fish |
Church of Our Lady, Temse, Belgium |
Orthodox Christianity |
Unknown, likely Flanders, Belgium |
Natural causes |
Maubeuge, Francia |
| Saint Ambrose |
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December 07 |
Theologian, bishop |
None |
Milan, beekeepers, bishops, theologians |
Bishop’s vestments, beehive, whip |
Basilica of Sant’Ambrogio, Milan, Italy |
Orthodox Christianity, Anglican Communion |
Trier, Gallia Belgica, Roman Empire |
Natural causes |
Milan, Roman Empire |
| Saint Anacletus |
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April 26 (traditional); July 13 (current Roman Martyrology) |
Bishop |
Early Christian community |
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papal tiara; pallium |
St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City |
Eastern Orthodox Church |
Rome, Roman Empire |
martyrdom (tradition) |
Rome, Roman Empire |