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Twenty-three Decrees Promulgated |
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VATICAN CITY - Today, 19
December 2011, Pope Benedict XVI received in a private audience
Angelo Cardinal Amato,
sdb, prefect of
the Congregation of the Causes of the Saints. During the
audience, the Holy Father authorized the Congregation to
promulgate the following twenty-three decrees regarding:
- a miracle, attributed to the intercession of the
Blessed GIOVANNI PIAMARTA, priest and
founder of the Congregation of the Holy Family of Nazareth
and founder of the Congregation of the
Sisters, Humble Servants of the Lord; born on 26 November 1841 in
Brescia (Italy)
and died on 25 April 1913 in Remedello, Brescia (Italy);
beatified on 12 October 1997;
- a miracle, attributed to the intercession of the
Blessed JACQUES BERTHIEU, professed priest of the
Society of Jesus; born on 28
November 1838 in Monlogis, Polminhac, Cantal
(France)
and killed in odium fidei on 08 June 1896 in
Ambiatibe, Antananarivo
(Madagascar); beatified on 17 October
1965;
- a miracle, attributed to the intercession of the
Blessed MARÍA DEL CARMEN SALLÉS BARENGUERAS (in
religion: CARMEN OF JESUS), founder of the
Conceptionist Missionary Sisters of
Education; born on 09 April 1848 in
Vic, Barcelona (Spain)
and died on 25 July 1911 in Madrid (Spain); beatified on 15
March 1998;
- a miracle, attributed to the intercession of the
Blessed BARBARA COPE (in religion:
MARIANNE), professed religious of the Congregation
of the Sisters of the Third Order of Saint
Francis of Syracuse ; born on 23
January 1838 in Heppenheim, Bergstrasse
(Germany)
and died on 09 August 1918 in Molokai, Hawaii (United States); beatified on 14
May 2005 ;
- a miracle, attributed to the intercession of the
Blessed KATERI TEKAKWITHA,
young layperson of the archdiocese of
Montréal ; born
ca. 1656 in Auriesville (a.k.a.
Ossernenon), New York (United States) and died on
17 April 1680 in Kahnawake (a.k.a. Sault
Saint-Louis or Caughnawaga), Québec (Canada);
beatified on 22 June 1980;
- a miracle, attributed to the intercession of the
Blessed PEDRO CALUNGSOD,
young layperson of the archdiocese of Cebu; born
ca. 1654
in Ginatitlan, Cebu (Philippines)
and killed in odium fidei on
02 April 1672 in Tumon (a.k.a. Tomhom)
(Guam); beatified on 05 March 2000;
- a miracle, attributed to the intercession of the
Blessed ANNA SCHÄFFER,
layperson of the diocese of Regensburg;
born on 18 February 1882 in
Mindelstetten, Eichstätt (Germany)
and died there on 05 October 1925; beatified on 03 July 1998;
- a miracle, attributed to the intercession of the
Venerable Servant of God LOUIS BRISSON,
priest and founder of the Oblates of Saint
Francis de Sales and of the Oblate Sisters of Saint Francis de
Sales; born on
23 June 1817 in Plancy, Aube (France) and died
there on 02 February 1908; declared venerable on 19 December
2009;
- a miracle, attributed to the intercession of the
Venerable Servant of God
LUIGI NOVARESE,
priest of the diocese of Frascati; founder
of the Apostolate of the Suffering and of the Pious Union of the
Silent Workers of the Cross;
born on 29 July 1914 in Casale
Monferrato, Alessandria (Italy) and died on 20 July 1984 in
Rocca Priora, Rome (Italy) declared venerable on
27 March 2010;
- a miracle, attributed to the intercession of the Venerable
Servant of God
gERTrUDE PROSPERI
(in religion: MARIA LUISA),
professed religious of the Order of Saint Benedict; born on
19 August 1799 in Fogliano di Cascia,
Perugia (Italy) and died on
13 September 1847 in Trevi, Perugia (Italy)
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declared venerable on 01 July 2010;
- a miracle, attributed to the intercession of the Venerable
Servant of God
MARIE-LOUISE-ÉLISABETH DE LAMOIGNON
de MOLÉ DE CHAMPLÂTREUX
(in religion: MÈRE SAINT-LOUIS),
founder of the Sisters of
Charity of Saint Louis;
born on
03 October 1763 in Paris (France) and died
on 04 March 1825 in Vannes,
Morbihan (France);
declared venerable on 16 January 1986;
- a miracle, attributed to the intercession of the Venerable
Servant of God MARÍA ANGÉLICA PÉREZ
(in religion: MARÍA CRESCENCIA),
professed religious of the Congregation of
the
Daughters of Our Lady of the Garden;
born on
17 August 1897 in San Martín, Buenos Aires
(Argentina) and died on
20 May 1932 in Vallenar, Atacama
(Argentina);
declared venerable on 22 June 2004;
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O.L. Solá |
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A.M. G-Tribaldos |
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A. Marchetti |
M.J.
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- the martyrdom of the Servant
of God NICOLÒ RUSCA,
priest of the
diocese of Como; born on
April 1563 in Bedano, Ticino (then in
Italy; now in Switzerland) and killed in odium fidei
on 24 July 1618 in Thusis,
Graubünden (Switzerland);
- the martyrdom of the
Servant of God
ANTONIO SOLÁ GARRIGA
(in religion: ORENCIO LUIS)
and
18 COMPANIONS,
professed religious of the Institute of the Brothers of the
Christian Schools, along with ANTONIO MATEO SALAMERO,
priest of the archdiocese of Madrid, and
JOSÉ GORASTAZU LABAYEN, layperson of the archdiocese of
Madrid, married,
who were killed in
odium fidei
in various places
within the boundaries of the Archdiocese of Madrid (Spain)
during the religious persecution in the Spanish Civil War in
1936;
- the martyrdom of the
Servant of God
FRANCISCO MARCO ALEMÁN
(in religion: ALBERTO MARÍA)
and
8 COMPANIONS,
professed priest and clerics of the Order of the
Carmelites of the Ancient Observance,
and EUGENIO GARCÍA
TRIBALDOS (in religion: AGUSTÍN MARÍA),
and
15 COMPANIONS,
professed religious of the Institute of the Brothers of the
Christian Schools,
who were killed in
odium fidei
in various places
within the boundaries of the Archdiocese of Madrid (Spain)
during the religious persecution in the Spanish Civil War
between 1936 and 1937;
- the martyrdom of the
Servants of God MARIANO ALCALÁ PÉREZ and
18 COMPANIONS,
professed priests and religious of the Order of the Blessed
Virgin of Mercy,
who were killed in
odium fidei
in various places within the
boundaries of the Diocese of Lelida (Spain)
during the religious persecution in the Spanish Civil War
in 1936;
- the heroic virtues
of the Servant of God DONATO
GIANNOTTI, priest of the diocese of Capua and founder
of the Congregation of the Handmaids of the Immaculate; born on
28 June 1828 in Casapulla, Caserta (Italy)
and died on 26 February 1914 in
Santa Maria Capua Vetere, Caserta (Italy);
- the heroic virtues
of the Servant of God HENRI
GRIALOU (in religion: MARIE-EUGÈNE OF THE CHILD
JESUS),
professed priest of
Order of Discalced Carmelites
and founder of the Secular Institute
“Notre-Dame
de Vie”; born on 02 December 1894 in
Le Gua, Aveyron (France) and died on
27 March 1967 in Venasque, Vaucluse
(France);
- the heroic virtues
of the Servant of God
ÉLISABETH EPPINGER (in religion: ALPHONSE-MARIE),
founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Divine Saviour,
the Congregation of the Sisters of the Redeemer, and the
Congregation of the Sisters of the Divine Redeemer;
born on 09 September 1814 in Niederbronn-les-Baines, Bas-Rhin
(France)
and died there on 31 July 1867;
- the heroic virtues
of the Servant of God
MAŁGORZATA SZEWCZYK (in religion: ŁUCJA),
founder of the Congregation of the Daughters of the Sorrowful
Mother of God ‒ Seraphic Sisters; born ca. 1828 in
Shepetivka (a.k.a. Szepetówka), Khmelnytskyi
(Ukraine)
and died on 05 June 1905 in Nieszawa,
Aleksandrów (Poland);
- the heroic virtues
of the Servant of God
ASSUNTA MARCHETTI,
cofounder the Missionaries of Saint
Charles Borromeo (Scalabrinian Sisters); born on 15 August 1871
in Lombrici di Camaiore, Lucca (Italy)
and died in 01
July 1948 in São Paulo (Brazil);
- the heroic virtues
of the Servant of God
THERESIA ELEONORE RITZ (in religion: MARIA
JULITTA), professed religious of the Congregation of
the Sisters of the Holy Redeemer; born on 24 September 1882 in
Uissigheim, Külsheim (Germany) and died
on 13 November 1966 in Würzburg
(Germany); and,
- the heroic virtues
of the Servant of God
MARIANNA AMICO ROXAS, layperson of the diocese of
Caltanisetta and founder of the Secular Institute of the Company
of Saint Ursula of Caltanisetta; born on 21
December 1883 in San Cataldo, Caltanissetta (Italy)
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Charles G. Braganza
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Date:
19/12/2011
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FIFTEEN Decrees Promulgated |
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VATICAN CITY - Today, 27 June 2011, Pope Benedict XVI received in a private audience
Angelo Cardinal Amato,
sdb, prefect of
the Congregation of the Causes of the Saints. During that
audience, the Holy Father authorized the Congregation to
promulgate the following fifteen decrees regarding:
- a miracle, attributed to the intercession of the Venerable
Servant of God MARIANO ARCIERO, priest of the
archdiocese of Milan; born on 26 February 1707 in Contursi
Terme, Salerno (Italy)
and died on 16 February 1788 in Naples (Italy);
declared venerable on 14 August 1854;
- a miracle, attributed to the intercession of the
Venerable Servant of God ALCIDE-VITAL LATASTE (in religion:
JEAN-JOSEPH), professed
priest of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans) and founder of the
Congregation of the Dominican Sisters of
Bethany; born on
05 September 1832 in Cadillac-sur-Garonne, Gironde (France) and died on 10
March 1869 in Frasne-le-Château, Haute-Saône (France); declared venerable on
01 June 2007;
- a miracle, attributed to the intercession of the
Venerable Servant of God
MANUELA DE JESÚS ARIAS ESPINOSA (in
religion: MARÍA INÉS
TERESA OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT), founder of the
Congregations of the Poor Clare Missionary Sisters of the
Blessed Sacrament and of the Missionaries of Christ for the
Universal Church;
born on 07 July 1904 in Ixtlán del Rio, Nayarit (Mexico) and died on 22 July
1981 in Rome (Italy); ;
declared venerable on 03 April 2009;
- a miracle, attributed to the intercession of the Venerable
Servant of God
Hildegard Burjan,
layperson of the archdiocese of Vienna, married;
founder, Sisterhood of Caritas Socialis; born on 30 January 1883 in Görlitz, Dresden (Germany) and died on 11 June 1933 in
Vienna (Austria);
declared venerable on 06 July 2007;
- the martyrdom of the Servant
of God SALVI HUIX MIRALPEIX,
priest of the Confederation of the Oratory
of Saint Philip Neri (Oratorians); bishop of Lleida; born on
22 December 1877 in Santa Margarida de
Vallors, Girona
(Spain) and killed in odium fidei
on 05 August 1936 in Lleida (Spain);
- the martyrdom of the Servant
of God CARL LAMPERT,
priest and pro-apostolic vicar of the
diocese of Feldkirch; born on
09 January 1894 in Göfis, Feldkirch
(Austria) and killed in odium fidei
on 13 November 1944
in the concentration camp of
Halle an der Saale (Germany);
- the martyrdom of the
Servants of God JOSEFA MARTÍNEZ PÉREZ,
professed religious of the Congregation of the Daughters of
Charity; born on
05 August 1897 in Alberique,
Valencia (Spain) and killed in odium fidei
on 15 October 1936 in llosa de Ranes, Valencia (Spain); and
11 COMPANIONS
from the Congregation of Daughters of
Charity, along with DOLORES BROSETA BONET, layperson of the archdiocese of
Valencia,
who were killed in
odium fidei
during the religious persecution in the Spanish Civil War in
1936;
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- the heroic virtues
of Blessed FRANCESCO MARINONI (in
religion: GIOVANNI),
professed priest of
Order of Clerics Regular (Theatines); born on
25 December 1490 in Venice (Italy)
and died on 13 December 1562 in Naples (Italy); cult confirmed
on 05 December 1764;
- the heroic virtues
of the Servant of God JOSÉ MARÍA GARCÍA LAHIGUERA,
archbishop of Valencia and founder of the Congregation of
the Oblate Sisters of Christ the
Priest; born on 09 March 1903 in
Fitero, Navarra (Spain)
and died on 14 July 1989 in
Madrid (Spain);
- the heroic virtues
of the Servant of God
MATHEW KADALIKKATTIL,
priest of the eparchy of Palai and founder of the Sacred
Heart Congregation; born on
25 April 1872 in Edappady, Kottayam (India)
and died on 23 May 1935 in Palai,
Kottayam (India);
- the heroic virtues
of the Servant of God
RAFFAELE DIMICCOLI,
priest of the archdiocese of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie; born on
12 October 1887 in Barletta, Bari (Italy)
and died there on 05 April 1956;
- the heroic virtues
of the Servant of God ZOFIA
CZESKA-MACIEJOWSKA,
founder the Congregation of the Sisters of the Presentation of
the Blessed Virgin Mary; born in
1584 in Budziszowice, Kazimierski (Poland)
and died in Kraków (Poland) on
01 April 1650;
- the heroic virtues
of the Servant of God
ZEINAB ALIF (in
religion: MARIA GIUSEPPINA
BENVENUTI), professed
religious of the Order of Saint Clare; born ca. 1845-46
somewhere in Kurdufan (Sudan) and died
on 24 April 1926 in Serra de’Conti,
Ancona
(Italy);
- the heroic virtues
of the Servant of God LAURA
MEOZZI, professed
religious of the Institute of Daughters of Mary, Help of
Christians (Salesian Sisters); born on
05 January 1873 in Florence (Italy)
and died on 30 August 1951 in
Pogrzebień, Racibórz
(Poland); and,
- the heroic virtues
of the Servant of God
LUIGIA TINCANI,
founder of the Union of Saint Catherine of Siena of the
Missionaries of the School; born on 25
March 1889 in Chieti (Italy)
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Charles G. Braganza
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Date:
27/07/2011
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Thirteen Decrees Promulgated |
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VATICAN CITY - Today, 02 April 2011, Pope Benedict XVI received in a private audience
Angelo Cardinal Amato,
sdb, prefect of
the Congregation of the Causes of the Saints. During that
audience, the Holy Father authorized the Congregation to
promulgate the following thirteen decrees regarding:
- a miracle, attributed to the intercession of the Venerable
Servant of God SERAFINO MORAZZONE, priest of the
archdiocese of Milan; born on 01 February 1747 in Milan (Italy)
and died on 13 April 1822 in Chiuso, Lecco (Italy);
declared venerable on 17 December 2007;
- a miracle, attributed to the intercession of the
Venerable Servant of God CLEMENTE VISMARA, priest of the Pontifical
Institute for Foreign Missions; born on 06 September 1897 in
Agrate Brianza, Milan (Italy) and died on 15 June 1988 in Mong
Ping, Shan (Myanmar); declared venerable on 15 March 2008;
- a miracle, attributed to the intercession of the
Venerable Servant of God
ELENA AIELLO, founder of Congregation of the Minim
Sisters of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ;
born on 10 April 1895 in Montalto Uffugo,
Cosenza (Italy) and and died on 19 June 1961 in Rome (Italy);
declared venerable on 22 January 1991;
- a miracle, attributed to the intercession of the Venerable
Servant of God MARÍA CATALINA IRIGOYEN ECHEGARAY
(in religion:
MARÍA DESPOSORIOS),
professed religious of the Congregation of the
Servants of Mary, Ministers of the Sick
; born on
25 November 1848 in Pamplona, Navarra
(Spain) and died on 10 October 1918 in
Madrid (Spain);
declared venerable on 30 March 1981;
- a miracle, attributed to the intercession of the Venerable
Servant of God MARIA ANGELA ALFIERI
(in religion:
ENRICHETTA),
professed religious of the Congregation of the
Sisters of
Charity of Saint Joan Antida Thouret; born on 23 February 1891
at Borgo Vercelli, Vercelli (Italy) and died on 23 November 1951
in Milan (Italy);
declared venerable on 19 December 2009;
- the martyrdom of the Servant
of God PIERRE-ADRIEN TOULORGE,
professed priest of the Canons Regular of Prémontré
(Premonstratensians); born on
04 May 1757 in Muneville-le-Bingard, Manche
(France) and killed in odium fidei
on 13 October 1793 in Coutances,
Manche (France);
- the martyrdom of the
Servants of God
FRANCISCO ESTEBAN LACAL,
professed priest of the Congregation of Missionary Oblates of
Mary Immaculate; born on 08
February 1888 in Soria (Spain) and killed in odium fidei
on 28 November 1936 in Paracuellos de Jarama, Madrid
(Spain); and
21 COMPANIONS
from the Congregation of Missionary
Oblates of Mary Immaculate, along with CÁNDIDO CASTÁN
SAN JOSÉ, layperson of the archdiocese of Madrid,
married; who were killed in
odium fidei
during the religious persecution in the Spanish Civil War in
1936;
- the heroic virtues
of the Servant of God THOMAS KURIALACHERRY,
eparch of Changanacherry of the
Syro-Malabarese and founder of the Sisters of Adoration of the
Blessed Sacrament; born on
14 January 1873 in Champakulam, Kerala
(India)
and died on 02 June 1925 in Rome (Italy);
- the heroic virtues
of the Servant of God ADOLPHE CHÂTILLON (in
religion: THÉOPHANIUS-LÉO), professed religious
of the Brothers of the Christian Schools; born on
31 October 1871 in Nicolet, Québec (Canada)
and died on 28 April 1929 in
Laval-des-Rapides, Québec (Canada);
- the heroic virtues
of the Servant of God
VINCENZA DAMATO (in
religion: MARIA CHIARA OF
SAINT THERESE OF THE CHILD JESUS),
professed religious of the Order of Saint Clare; born on
11 November 1909 in Barletta, Bari (Italy)
and died on 09 March 1948 in Bari
(Italy);
- the heroic virtues
of the Servant of God LIBERA ITALIA MARIA INGLESE
(in
religion: MARIA DOLORES OF
THE REPARATION), professed
religious of the Congregation of the
Reparatrix Sisters, Servants of Mary; born on
16 December 1866 in Rovigo (Italy)
and died there on 29
December 1928;
- the heroic virtues
of the Servant of God
AURELIA MERCEDE STEFANI (in
religion: IRENE),
professed religious of the Institute of the Consolata Missionary
Sisters; born on 22 August 1891 in
Anfo, Brescia (Italy) and died
on
31 October 1930 in Gikondi, Nyeri
(Kenya); and,
- the heroic virtues
of the Servant of God
BERNHARD LEHNER,
child of the diocese of Regensburg; born on 04
January 1930 in Herrngiersdorf, Kelheim (Germany)
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Charles G. Braganza
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Date:
02/04/2011
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Consistory Announced |
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VATICAN CITY - An ordinary public consistory will take place on
21 February, at 12 noon, during which Pope Benedict XVI will
announce the date for the canonization of Blesseds:
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GUIDO MARIA CONFORTI,
archbishop of Parma and founder of the
Pious Society of Saint Francis Xavier for Foreign Missions (Xaverian
Missionaries);
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LUIGI GUANELLA, priest and
founder of the Congregation of the Servants
of Charity (Guanellians) and of the Institute of the Daughters
of Saint Mary of Providence; and,
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BONIFACIA RODRÍGUEZ DE CASTRO, founder of the
Congregation of the Missionary Daughters of Saint Joseph.
The ceremony will
take place at the Consistory Hall
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Posted
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Charles G. Braganza
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Date:
24/01/2011
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NINE
Decrees Promulgated |
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VATICAN CITY - Today, 14
January 2011, Pope Benedict XVI received in a private audience
Angelo Cardinal Amato,
sdb, prefect of
the Congregation of the Causes of the Saints. During that
audience, the Holy Father authorized the Congregation to
promulgate the following nine decrees regarding:
- a miracle, attributed to the intercession of the Venerable
Servant of God
John
Paul II (Karol
Wojtyła), pope; born on 18 May 1920 in Wadowice,
Małopolskie (Poland) and died on 02 April 2005 in Rome (Italy);
declared venerable on 19 December 2009;
- a miracle, attributed to the intercession of the
Venerable Servant of God
Antonia Maria Verna, founder of the Institute of the
Sisters of Charity of the Immaculate Conception of Ivrea; born
on 12 June 1773 in Pasquaro di Rivarolo Canavese, Turin
(Italy) and died on 25 December 1838 in Rivarolo Canavese, Turin
(Italy); declared venerable on 19 December 2009;
- a miracle, attributed to the intercession of the
Venerable Servant of God GIUSEPPE TONIOLO, layperson of the
diocese of Pisa; married; born on 07 March 1845 in Treviso
(Italy) and and died on 07 October 1918 in Pisa (Italy);
declared venerable on 14 June 1971;
- the martyrdom of the
Servants of God
KATA IVANIŠEVIĆ
(in religion:
MARIJA JULA),
professed religious of the Institute of the Daughters of Divine
Charity; born on 25 November
1893 in Odinjak, Požeško-Slavonska (Croatia);
and
4 COMPANIONS
from the Institute of the Daughters of
Divine Charity, who were killed
in odium fidei between 15 and 23 December 1941 in
Goražde, Bosansko-Podrinjski
(Bosnia-Herzegovina);
- the heroic virtues
of the Servant of God ANTONIO FRANCO, ordinary of the
territorial prelature of Santa Lucia del Mela; born on
26
September 1585 in Naples (Italy)
and died on 02 September 1626 in Santa Lucia del Mela, Messina
(Italy);
- the heroic virtues
of the Servant of God JOHANN
BAPTIST JORDAN (in
religion: FRANZISKUS MARIA
OF THE CROSS), priest and
founder of the Society of the Divine Savior (Salvatorians) and
of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Divine Savior; born on
16 June 1848 in Gurtweil, Waldshut-Tiengen (Germany)
and died on 08 September 1918 in Tafers, Fribourg (Switzerland)
;
- the heroic virtues
of the Servant of God NELSON BAKER, priest of
the diocese of Buffalo; born on 16 February 1842 in Buffalo, New
York (United States)
and died on 29 July 1936 in
Lackwanna (a.k.a. Limestone Hill), New York (United States);
- the heroic virtues
of the Servant of God
FAUSTINO PÉREZ-MANGLANO MAGRO,
young layperson of the archdiocese of Valencia; postulant of the
Society of Mary (Marianists); born on
04 August 1946 in Valencia (Spain) and died
there on
03 March 1963; and,
- the heroic virtues
of the Servant of God
FRANCISCA DE PAULA DE JESUS (NHÁ CHICA),
layperson of the diocese of Campanha; born in
1810 in São João del Rei, Minas Gerais
(Brazil) and died on
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Charles G. Braganza
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Date:
14/01/2011
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