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Saint LAURENT (LAURENCE) de CANTORBÉRY (CANTERBURY), moine bénédictin
Pierre tombale de Saint Laurent à l'abbaye Saint-Augustin de Cantorbéry.Saint Laurent de CantorberyPremier successeur de saint Augustin de Cantorbery (✝ 619)Il faisait partie de la première mission...
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Saint JACOB, patriarche
Govert Flinck, Isaac bénissant Jacob, 1638, 117 X 141, Rijksmuseum AmsterdamSaint Jacob, PatriarchePatriarche HébreuFête le 5 févrierAncien Testament† v. 1600 av. J.-C.Israël, nom sacré de JacobAutre...
View ArticleSaint NICÉPHORE d'ANTIOCHE, martyr
Saint Nicéphore d'AntiocheMartyr (✝ 260)A Antioche de Syrie. Il demanda à mourir à la place d'un prêtre apostat, posa joyeusement sa tête sur le billot que l'apostat venait de quitter par peur de la...
View ArticleBienheureux MARIANUS SCOTUS, abbé bénédictin
Blessed Marianus Scotus, OSB Abbot (AC)(also known as Muirdach MacRobartaigh or Muiredach MacGroarty)Born in Donegal, Ireland; died 1088. The noble MacRobartaigh family is related to the O'Donnels, who...
View ArticleBienheureux ALVAREZ de CORDOVA, prêtre dominicain
Blessed Alvarez of Cordova, OP (AC)(also known as Albaro)Died c. 1430; cultus confirmed in 1741. Blessed Alvarez is claimed by both Spain and Portugal. He received the habit in the convent of Saint...
View ArticleSainte GOBNATA de BALLYVOURNEY, vierge
Gobnata of Ballyvourney V (AC)(also known as Gobnet, Gobnait)Born in County Clare, Ireland; died 5th or 6th century (?). In order to escape a family feud, Saint Gobnata fled to the Aran Islands. There...
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Saint CAEDMON, moine et poète
Monument à la mémoire de Cædmon, 1898, cimetière de l'église Sainte-Marie à WhitbyCaedmon (AC)Died 670. Saint Bede recorded the life of Caedmon, the cowherd of Whitby Abbey, who though rough and...
View ArticleSaint ANTOINE KAULEAS (CAULEAS), patriarche
Saint Antoine CauléasPatriarche de Constantinople (895-901)Fête le 12 févrierÉglises d’Orientprès de Constantinople [auj. Istanbul, Turquie] 829 – † v. 901Autres graphies : Antoine II Cauléas, Antoine...
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sainte MARINE de BYTHINIE, vierge moniale
Richard de Montbaston. Sainte Marine présentée au monastère. Jacobus de Voragine, Legenda aurea (traduction de Jean de Vignay). Cote : Français 241 , Fol. 139v.)Sainte Marine de Bythinieentrée au...
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Modomnoc O'Neil B (AC)(also known as Domnoc, Dominic, Modomnock)Died c. 550. The story goes that Modomnoc, descended of the Irish royal line of O'Neil, had to leave Ireland to train for the priesthood,...
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Blessed Eustochium of Padua, OSB V (AC)Born in Padua, Italy, 1444; died 1469. Baptized Lucrezia Bellini, Saint Eustochium was the daughter of a nun of Padua who had been seduced. The gentle, pious...
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Ermengild of Ely, OSB, Widow (AC)(also known as Ermenilda, Erminilda)Died 703. The daughter of King Erconbert and Saint Sexburga, Erminilda was herself a queen, for she married Wulfhere, King of...
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Antoninus of Sorrento, OSB Abbot (RM)Died 830. Antonius was a Benedictine monk in one of the daughter houses of Monte Cassino. When he was forced to leave his monastery because of the wars raging in...
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Blessed Nicholas Palea, OP (AC)(also known as Nicholas the Prior)Born in Giovinazzo near Bari, Naples; died in Perugia, Italy, in 1255; cultus confirmed in 1828. Born of a noble Neapolitan family,...
View ArticleBienheureux BERNARD SCAMMACCA, prêtre dominicain
Bienheureux Bernard ScammaccaDominicain (✝ 1486)Né à Catane, dans une famille très riche, il connut une jeunesse déréglée dont la fortune favorisait les plaisirs. Étourdi par eux, il se réveilla à la...
View ArticleSaint ANGILBERT de CENTULE, abbé et confesseur
Saint AngilbertConfesseur et abbé (✝ 814)Conseiller très cultivé de l'empereur Charlemagne, il était chargé du gouvernement civil de toute la contrée entre l'Escaut et la Seine. Il revêtit l'habit...
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Saint COLMAN de LINDISFARNE, évêque et confesseur
Saint ColmanConfesseur - évêque de Lindisfarne (✝ 676)Originaire d'Irlande, où il était moine bénédictin, il vint en Angleterre et fut évêque de Lindisfarne. Il prit une part importante dans la...
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Saint FLAVIEN de CONSTANTINOPLE, évêque
Saint Flavien de ConstantinoplePatriarche, malmené lors du brigandage d'Ephèse (✝ 449)que les Eglises d'Orient fêtent quelques jours plus tôt. Il fut victime de son zèle pour l'Orthodoxie en luttant...
View ArticleSaint LÉO et Saint PAREGORIUS, martyrs
Leo and Paregorius MM (AC)Died c. 260. Saint Leo witnessed the martyrdom of Saint Paregorius at Patara, Lycia, and found his heart divided between joy for his friend's glorious victory, and sorrow to...
View ArticleSaint THEOTONIUS de COIMBRA, abbé bénédictin
Theotonius of Coimbra, OSA, Abbot (AC)Born in Spain; died 1166; cultus approved by Benedict XIV. Theotonius, nephew of Bishop Cresconius of Coimbra, Portugal, was educated in Coimbra and became an...
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