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According to tradition, St. Andrew founded the See of Byzantium (Constantinople) installing Stachys as bishop. Andrew is said to have been later martyred by crucifixion at the city of Patras (Patræ) in Achaea, on the northern coast of the Peloponnese. Links: Byzantium, Saint 
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St. Iranaeus around this time was Bishop of Lugdunum, Gaul, then a part of the Roman Empire (later Lyons, France). He was an early church father and apologist, and his writings were formative in the early development of Christian theology. Links: France, Saint
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236 250 |
In the third century Denis was sent from Italy to convert Gaul, forging a link with the "apostles to the Gauls" reputed to have been sent out with six other missionary bishops under the direction of Pope Fabian (236-250). He was Bishop of Paris. He was martyred, with his companions Rusticus and Eleutherius, in connection with the Decian persecution of Christians, shortly after 250 AD. Links: Italy, France, Saint
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249 |
Apollonia of Alexandria died. She was among group of virgin martyrs who suffered in Alexandria during a local uprising against the Christians prior to the persecution of Decius. According to legend her torture included having all of her teeth violently pulled out or shattered. She thus became popularly regarded as the patroness of dentistry. Links: Egypt, Saint
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268 Dec 26 |
Dionysius, bishop of Rome and saint, died. He served as Pope from 259 until his death. Links: Italy, Vatican, Saint
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Maurice (Mauritius), leader of the legendary Roman Theban Legion, was believed executed at Agaunum, Switzerland, after refusing an order by Roman Emperor Maximian to harass local Christians. Because of his name and native land, St. Maurice had been portrayed as black ever since the 12th century. Links: Switzerland, Romans, Saint
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Sebastian (b.256), a Christian and Roman soldier, was beaten to death about this time on the orders of Roman Emp. Diocletian. The exact date when St. Sebastian was canonized by the Catholic Church is unknown. The Saint's canonization is categorized as pre-congregation, meaning it occurred prior to the formation of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints in 1588, according to the Vatican. St. Sebastian is known as the patron saint of athletes. Links: Vatican, Romans, Saint
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Anthony (b.266) of Antioch, an early Christian priest, suffered martyrdom with Anastasius, Julian, Celsus and Marcionilla during the persecutions of Diocletian. Links: Byzantium, Saint
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303 |
St. Devota (b.~2893), a Corsican martyr, died. Sainte-Devote was killed during the persecutions of Diocletian and Maximian. Monaco celebrates her feast day on Jan 27. In 1820 she was named a principal patron saint of Corsica. Links: Corsica, Monaco, Saint
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410 |
St. Maroun, founder of the Maronite Christians, died in Cyrrhus region of Syria. The Maronite movement reached Lebanon when St Maroun's first disciple Abraham of Cyrrhus, who was called the Apostle of Lebanon, realized that paganism was thriving in Lebanon, so he set out to convert the pagans to Christians by introducing them to the way of St Maroun. Links: Syria, Lebanon, Saint
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420 Sep 30 |
Jerome, also known as Jerome of Stridon, died in Bethlehem. He was a Latin priest, confessor, theologian, and historian and is commonly known as Saint Jerome. Jerome focused his attention on the lives of women and identified how a woman devoted to Jesus should live her life. Links: Palestine, Historian, Women, Saint
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459 Sep 2 |
St. Simeon (b.~390), Syriac ascetic saint, died in Syria, He achieved notability for living 37 years on a small platform on top of a pillar near Aleppo. Links: Syria, Saint
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543 Mar 21 |
Benedict of Nursia died. Some sources put his death on March 21, 547. He had founded twelve communities for monks at Subiaco, Lazio, Italy (about 40 miles (64 km) to the east of Rome), before moving to Monte Cassino in the mountains of southern Italy. Links: Italy, Saint
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547 Mar 21 |
St. Benedict (b.450), Italian monk, died (see March 21, 543). He lived for years as a hermit near the ruins of Nero's palace above Subiaco, 40 miles east of Rome. He established the monastery of Monte Cassino, the founding house of the Benedictine order. His rules and standards of communal life are known as the rules of St. Benedict. Links: Italy, Saint
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589 Mar 1 |
Saint David (b.~500), Welsh Bishop, died about this time. He was later regarded as a saint and as the patron saint of Wales. The Annales Cambriae has his death at 601, which would move his birth date forward. His mother was Non (also Nonna or Nonnita), according to Christian tradition. Links: Wales, Saint
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Cuthbert, a former monk hermit and reluctant bishop of Lindisfarne, died. His life and “miracles” were set down by the Venerable Bede. A gospel commissioned to honor Cuthbert was placed in his coffin around 698. His remains were carried to the mainland when the monks and people of the island fled Viking invaders, and ended up in Durham. In 1104 the coffin was opened in preparation for a formal reinterment and the book was re-discovered. It was given to the Jesuits in 1769 and in 2011 they sold it to Britain for £9 million. Links: Britain, Books, Saint
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739 Nov 7 |
Willibrord (81), [Clemens], 1st bishop of Utrecht (695-739) and saint, died in Luxembourg. Links: Luxembourg, Saint
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791 |
In Morocco Idriss I (b.745), a descendant of the Prophet Mohammed, was laid to rest in Moulay Driss Zerhoun. The Sufi saint founded Morocco's first Islamic dynasty. Links: Morocco, Islam, Saint
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Gregory of Narek (b.951) died in Armenia. He was later is considered one of the most important figures of medieval Armenian religious thought and literature. His Book of Prayers, also called the Book of Lamentations, is his best-known work. In 2015 Pope Francis named St. Gregory named a doctor of the church. Links: Armenia, Saint
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1031 Sep 2 |
In Hungary Emeric (b.1007), the son of King Stephen, was killed by a boar while hunting. On Nov 5, 1083, King Ladislaus I unearthed Emeric's bones in a large ceremony. Emeric was canonized for his pious life and purity along with his father and Bishop Gerhard by Pope Gregory VII. Links: Hungary, Saint
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1073 |
Pope Gregory VII canonized Paschasius Radbertus (785-865), a monk of Corbje in Picardy, later northern France. Links: Vatican, Saint
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1160 May 18 |
Erik IX Helgi (The Saint), King of Sweden, died. According to legends, the king was beheaded and miracles occurred after his death. Uppsala Cathedral was later built on the murder site to house his remains. Links: Sweden, Saint
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1173 Feb 21 |
Pope Alexander III canonized Thomas Becket (~1118-1170) of Canterbury. Links: Britain, Vatican, Saint
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1179 Sep 17 |
Hildegard von Bingen (b.1098), mystic and composer (Ordo Virtutum), died at 81. The abbess Hildegard concocted the Lingua Ignota, an artificial language. Her work included the morality play "Ordo Virtutum." In 2012 she was named a “doctor” of the Catholic church. Links: Germany, Vatican, Saint
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1180 Nov 14 |
Laurcan O'Toole (b.1128), Archbishop of Dublin (1161-1180), died in France. His name was later anglicized to Laurence O'Toole. He was canonized only forty-five years after his death. Links: France, Ireland, Saint
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1348 |
The population of Siena, Italy, dropped from 97,000 to 45,000 in a few months due to the Black Plague. Bernardo Tolomei, nearly blind founder of the Benedictine Congregation of Santa Maria di Monte Oliveto in the 1340s, died along with 82 of his monks after leaving the safety of his monastery to tend to plague victims in Siena. In 2009 the Vatican declared him a saint. Links: Italy, Microbiology, Saint
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1349 |
In Belgium a church was built in Geel to honor St. Dymphna (Dimpna). According to Christian tradition she was the daughter of a 7th century pagan Irish king and his Christian wife who fled to Geel, Belgium following the death of her mother. Her father found her in Geel and struck off her head when she refused to return home and rebuffed his incestuous desires. Links: Belgium, Ireland, Saint
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1391 |
Saint Bridget (1303-1373), Sweden’s first saint, was canonized. She was the founder of the Bridgettines nuns and monks after the death of her husband of twenty years. Links: Vatican, Sweden, Saint
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1392 Sep 25 |
Sergius of Radonezh, aka Sergii Radonezhsky, (b.~1314-1322), a Russian orthodox monk, died. He helped consolidate the Russian church in the time of Mongol rule and was canonized in 1452 as Moscow's patron saint. Links: Russia, Saint
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1480 |
In Italy 813 people were slain in Otranto for defying demands by Turkish invaders to renounce Christianity. In 2013 the "Martyrs of Otranto" were canonized as saints by Pope Francis. Links: Italy, Turkey, Vatican, Saint
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1556 Jul 31 |
St. Ignatius of Loyola (65), founder of the Society of Jesus, the Jesuit order of Catholic priests and brothers, died in Rome. Links: Italy, Saint
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1558 |
Sidi Mahmoud Ben Amar (b.1463/64), a member of the Berber tribe of the Godala, died in Mali. He was named Cadi in 1498 or 99. His tomb in Timbuktu was later named a World Heritage site. Links: Mali, Saint
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1569 May 10 |
John of Avila (b.1500), Spanish minister and writer, died. He became the patron saint of Spain's diocesan clergy and was considered one of the greatest preachers of his time. He was canonized in 1970. In 2012 Pope Benedict XVI named him as a “doctor” of the Catholic church. Links: Spain, Vatican, Saint
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1589 Apr 4 |
Benedict of Palermo (b.1524), born in Sicily to Ethiopian slaves, died. He was freed at birth and became known for his charity. Invited as a young man to join a Franciscan hermit group, he became the leader. He was beatified by Pope Benedict XIV in 1743 and canonized in 1807 by Pope Pius VII. Links: Black History, Sicily, Saint
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1607 Apr 15 |
Cesar de Bus (b.1544), a French Catholic priest and founder of two religious congregations, died. In 2022 he was canonized a saint. Links: France, Saint
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1672 Apr 2 |
Pedro Calungsod (b.1654), a Filipino teenager, was killed in Tumon, Guam, along with Diego Luis de San Vitores, his Jesuit missionary priest, by natives resisting their conversion efforts. In 2012 Pedro was named a saint in the Catholic church. Links: Philippines, Guam, Saint
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1672 Apr 30 |
Marie of the Incarnation (b.1599, French Ursuline nun and the leader of the group of nuns sent to establish the Ursuline Order in New France, died in Quebec City. She was canonized a saint on April 2, 2014. Links: Canada, France, Saint
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1680 |
Kateri Tekakwitha (b.1656), known as the "Lily of the Mohawks," died in Canada. She was born to a pagan Iroquois father and an Algonquin Christian mother in upstate New York. Her parents and only brother died when she was 4 during a smallpox epidemic that left her badly scarred and with impaired eyesight. She went to live with her uncle, a Mohawk, and was baptized Catholic by Jesuit missionaries. But she was ostracized and persecuted by other natives for her faith. In 2012 she was named a saint in the Catholic church. Links: Canada, AmerIndian, Saint
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1708 Mar 6 |
Francis de Laval (b.1623), the first bishop of Quebec, died. He was beatified in 1980 and canonized in 2014. Links: Canada, Saint
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1752 Jan 14 |
Devasahayam Pillai (b.1712), an Indian layman of the Catholic Church, died. He is believed to have been killed by the Travancore state for upholding his Christian faith. In 2022 he was canonized a saint. Links: India, Saint
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1791 1888 |
In Korea 124 Catholics were executed during this period under the Joseon Dynasty, which tried to shut off the Korean Peninsula off from Western influence. They were canonized as saints in 1984 during a visit by Pope John Paul II. Links: Korea, Saint
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1792 Sep 2 |
In France Salomone Leclerq (b.1745), a member of a Catholic religious order, was killed during the revolution. In 2106 he was declared a saint. Links: France, Saint
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1846 |
In Korea Kim Tae-gon (25), the country’s first Catholic priest, was beheaded for attempting to help foreign missionaries enter the country. He was canonized in 1984. Links: Korea, Saint
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1849 Apr 1 |
In Italy Father Lodovico Pavoni (b.1784), later considered the forefather of vocational training, died. Links: Italy, Saint
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1859 Aug 4 |
French priest John Vianney (b.1789), known as the Cure of Ars, died. He had helped to hide priests on the run during the French Revolution. In 1925 he was canonized by Pope Pius XI, who in 1929 made him patron saint of parish priests. In 2019 the Knights of Columbus fraternity sponsored a US pilgrimage of his heart. Links: France, Saint
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1869 |
In Australia Mother Mary MacKillop (1842-1909), founder of the Sisters of St Joseph, was excommunicated for inciting her followers to disobedience. The bishop who punished her recanted three years later and she was exonerated by a church commission. Links: Australia, Saint
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1879 Jun 27 |
Beata Margarida Bays (b.1815), Swiss Catholic Member of the Third Order of San Francisco, died. In 2019 she was canonized as a Catholic saint. Links: Switzerland, Saint
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1887 |
Italian Bishop Don Giovanni Battista Scalabrini (1839-1905), founded an order to help Italian emigrants. In 2022 he was canonized a saint. Links: Italy, Saint
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1887 |
Italian Artedime Zatti (1880-1951) emigrated to Argentina. In 1911 he became a professed Salesian and became well known for his ardent faith and commitment to the sick. In 2022 he was canonized a saint. Links: Argentina, Italy, Saint
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1904 |
In Canada St. Joseph's Oratory was founded in Montreal by Andre Bessette. He was canonized by Pope Benedict XVI in 2010. Links: Canada, Saint
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1906 Nov 9 |
French mystic nun Elizabeth Catez (b.1880), known as Sister Elizabeth of the Trinity, died from Addison’s Disease, a rare adrenal gland disorder for which there was then no cure. Links: France, Saint
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1910 Feb 6 |
In Italy Alfonso Maria Fusco (b.1839), founder of the Sisters of Saint John the Baptist - also known as the Baptistine Sisters, died. In 2016 he was declared a saint. Links: Italy, Saint
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1911 Feb 23 |
Giuditta Vannini (b.1859), also known as Giuseppina, died. She was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious who became a Camillian and established – alongside Luigi Tezza – the religious congregation known as the Daughters of Saint Camillus. She was canonized as a Catholic saint in 2019. Links: Italy, Saint
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1914 Jan 26 |
In Argentina pastoral priest Jose Gabriel del Rosario Brochero (b.1840) died of leprosy, which he had contracted while visiting the sick. In 2016 he was declared a saint. Links: Argentina, Saint
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1916 Dec 1 |
In Algeria Charles de Foucauld (b.1858), a French hermit, was killed during a kidnapping attempt by Bedouin tribal raiders. The nobleman, soldier, explorer, and geographer had experienced a personal conversion and became a priest, living as a hermit among the poor Berbers in North Africa. He had published the first Tuareg-French dictionary and translated Tuareg poems into French. In 2005 he was beatified by Pope Benedikt XVI. Inspired by the monk, groups known as the Little Sisters and Little Brothers of Jesus formed in Algeria. In 2022 he was canonized a saint. Links: Algeria, France, Saint, Tuareg
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1918 Aug 9 |
Mother Marianne Cope (b.1838), a nun from Utica, New York, died in Kalaupapa, Hawaii. She had cared for lepers exiled to the Kalaupapa Peninsula. In 2012 she was named a saint in the Catholic church. Links: USA, Hawaii, Saint
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1925 May 17 |
French nun Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897) was raised to sainthood by Pope Pius XI. In 1997 she made a doctor of the Church by John Paul II, a rare honor signifying that her writings and preachings are useful to Christians. Links: France, Vatican, Saint
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1926 Jun 8 |
Mariam Thresia (b.1876 as Thresia Chiramel Mankidiyan), an Indian Syro-Malabar Catholic professed religious, died. She was the founder of the Congregation of the Holy Family and was canonized in 2019 as a Catholic saint. Links: India, Saint
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1927 May 8 |
Sister Miriam Teresa Demjanovich (b.1901), a New Jersey nun, died. In 2014 she was beatified for allegedly curing a boy’s macular degeneration. Links: USA, New Jersey, Saint
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1928 Feb 10 |
In Mexico Jose Sanchez del Rio (14) was tortured and shot dead, while opposing the anti-Catholic regime. In 2016 he was declared a saint. Links: Mexico, Saint
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