~ 15th Century ~

1) 18 May 1402 in Puig, Valencia (Spain)
   
        JUAN GILABERT JOFRÉ
        professed priest, Mercedarians
        born: 24 June 1350 in Valencia (Spain)
        protocol number: 2069

        nihil obstat: 21 August 1995

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

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        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        actor: Monasterio de El Puig de Santa María, 46540 Puig (Valencia), SPAIN
                    [1728: Andrés Garrido Perales]

2) 01 November 1431 in Lisbon (Portugal)
   
        NUNO ÁLVARES PEREIRA (NUNO OF SAINT MARY)
        professed religious, Carmelites
        born: 24 June 1360 in Flor da Rosa, Crato, Portalegre (Portugal)

        competent diocese: Lisbon

        protocol number: 498

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        confirmation of cult: 23 January 1918

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 03 December 2004

        publication year of Positio:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 03 July 2008

            opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for canonization: 

       
        actor: Fundação Oureana, Casa Conde de Ourém, Rua de S. José, 2490-478 Castelo de Ourém, PORTUGAL
   

3)  14 July 1435 in Foligno, Perugia (Italy)

        ANGELINA DI MARSCIANO

        widow; founder, Franciscan Sisters of the Third Order Regular

        born: 1377 in Montegiove, Orvieto, Terni (Italy)

        protocol number: 1852

        confirmation of cult: 08 March 1825

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        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues:

        actor: Francescane della Beata Angelina, Via Giorgio Bolognetti 4, 00151 Roma, ITALY

4) 24 July 1446 in Ferrara (Italy)
   
        GIOVANNI TAVELLI
        bishop of Ferrara;

                founder, Gesuati (now extinct)
        born: 1386 in Tossignano, Bologna (Italy)
        protocol number: 2014
        nihil obstat: 11 May 1995

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        actor: Arcivescovado, Corso Martiri della Libertà, 77, 44100 Ferrara, ITALY
   

5) 18 February 1455 in Rome (Italy)

        GIOVANNI DA FIESOLE [FRA ANGELICO]

        professed priest, Dominicans

        born: ca. 1400 in Vicchio di Mugello, Florence (Italy)

        protocol number: 851

        confirmation of cult: 03 October 1982

        actor: Pp. Domenicani, Via del Beato Angelico, 35, 00186 Roma, ITALY
   

6) 08 November 1477 in Kraków, Małopolskie (Poland)
   
        IZAJASZ BONER
        professed priest, Augustinians
        born: ca. 1400 in Kraków, Małopolskie (Poland)
        protocol number: 2158
        nihil obstat: 01 February 1957

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        actor: Zakon św. Augustyna, ul. Augustinianska 7, 31-064 Kraków
   

7) 13 August 1480 in Otranto, Lecce (Italy)  in odium fidei
       
        ANTONIO PRIMALDO AND 800 COMPANIONS
        laypersons of the archdiocese of Otranto

   
        protocol number: 1678

        confirmation of cult: 14 December 1771

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        session of historical consultors:

        meeting of theological consultors: 16 June 2006

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        promulgation of decree on martyrdom: 06 July 2007

                        actor: Arcivescovado di Otranto, P.za Basilica, 2, 73028 Otranto (LE), ITALY

                        Note: Antonio Pezzulla was called “Primaldo” (or “Grimaldo”)  for being the first of the martyrs to be killed.

                                  No record remains of the names of the 800 other martyrs in this cause.
   

8) 18 July 1482 in Kraków, Małopolskie (Poland)

        SZYMON OF LIPNICA

        professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minors (Observants)

        born: ca. 1439 in Lipnica Murowana, Małopolskie (Poland)

        protocol number: 600

        confirmation of cult: 24 February 1685

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        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 19 December 2005

        canonization: 03 June 2007
        actor: Klasztor OO. Bernardynów, ul. Bernardyńska 2, 30-960 Kraków 1,  skr. p. 765, POLAND
   

9) 29 September 1484 in Lviv, L’vivs’ka oblast’ (Ukraine)
   
        JAN OF DUKLA
        professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor (Observants)
        born: 1414 in Dukla, Podkarpackie (Poland)
        protocol number: 222
        confirmation of cult: 21 January 1733

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        canonization: 10 June 1997
        actor: Sanktuarium św. Jana z Dukli, ul. Pocztowa 5, 38-450 Dukla, POLAND
   

   
10) 04 May 1485 in Kraków, Małopolskie (Poland)
   
        MICHAŁ GIEDROYĆ [MYKOLAS GIEDRAITIS]
        professed religious, Canons Regular of the Penance of the Blessed Martyrs (now extinct)
        born: ca. 1425 in Giedraičiai (a.k.a. Giedrojcie), Molėtų rajonas (Lithuania)
        protocol number: 2414
        nihil obstat: 27 July 2001

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        actor: Kościół Św. Marka, ul. św. Marka 10, 31-012 Kraków, POLAND
   
   
11) 04 November 1485 in Les Couêts, Nantes (France)

        FRANÇOISE D’AMBOISE

        widow; professed religious, Carmelite Nuns

        born: 28 September 1427 in Thouars, Deux-Sèvres (France)

        protocol number:

        confirmation of cult: 16 July 1863

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        actor: Couvent Notre Dame de Lumières, Allée Titus Brandsma, 44200 Nantes, FRANCE

12) 24 January 1489 in Cropani, Catanzaro (Italy)
   
        PAOLO D’AMBROSIO
        professed priest, Franciscan Friars Third Order Regular
        born: 24 January 1432 in Cropani, Catanzaro (Italy)
        protocol number: 2114
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        actor: Provincia del Ss. Gioacchino e Anna TOR, Convento S. Maria del Giglio,

                            Via Giglio, 192, 92019 Sciacca (AG), ITALY
   
 

13) 03 May 1489 in Kazimierz, Lubelskie (Poland)
   
        STANISŁAW KAZIMIERCZYK
        professed priest, Canons Regular of the Lateran
        born: 27 September 1433 in Kazimierz, Lubelskie (Poland)
        protocol number: 1597
        confirmation of cult: 21 December 1992
        actor: Klasztor Bożego Ciała, ul. Bożego Ciała, 26, 31-059 Kraków, POLAND
   
   
   

14) 15 April 1489 in at Kraków, Małopolskie (Poland)
   
        ŚWIĘTOSŁAW MILCZĄCY
        priest of the diocese of Kraków
        born: ? in  Sławkowo, Warmińsko-Mazurskie (Poland)
        protocol number: 2254
        nihil obstat: 17 November 1998

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        actor: Bazylika Mariacka, Pl. Mariacki 5, 31-042 Kraków, POLAND
   

15) 12 May 1490 in Aveiro (Portugal)
   
        JOANA OF PORTUGAL

        professed religious, Dominican Nuns
        born: 16 February 1452 in Aveiro (Portugal)
        protocol number: 1641
        confirmation of cult: 31 December 1692

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        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues:

        actor: Mosteiro Pio XII do Rosário Perpétuo, Rua do Rosário 1, 2495-559 Fátima, PORTUGAL

16)   20 January 1491 in Messina (Italy)    

        SMERALDA [SMARAGDA] CALAFATO (EUSTOCHIA)

        professed religious, Poor Clares

        born: 1434 in Annunziata, Messina (Italy)

        protocol number: 1106

        confirmation of cult:14 September 1782

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        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues:

        canonization: 11 June 1988

        actor: Monasterio di Montevergine, Via XXIV Maggio 161, 98100 Messina, ITALY

17) 17 August 1492 in Toledo (Spain)

        BEATRIZ DA SILVA MENESES

        founder, Order of the Immaculate Conception (Conceptionist Nuns)

        born: 1437 in Campo Maior, Portalegre (Portugal)

        protocol number: 644

        confirmation of cult:28 July 1926

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        canonization: 03 October 1976

        actor: MM. Concepcionistas, Plaza de la Concepción, 1, 45001 Toledo, SPAIN

18) 17 October 1492 in Binasco, Milan (Italy)
   
        BALDASSARE RAVASCHIERI
        professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor (Observants)
        born: 1420 in Chiavari, Genoa (Italy)
        protocol number: 565
        confirmation of cult: 08 January 1930
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        actor: Vescovado, C.P. 137, P.za Nostra Signora dell’Orto, 7, 16043 Chiavari (GE), ITALY

                    Parrocchia di Ss. Giovanni Battista e Stefano, Via Dante, 2, 20082 Binasco (MI), ITALY
   

19) 27 April 1496 in Bitetto, Bari (Italy)

        JAKOV [GIACOMO] VARINGEZ (GIACOMO OF BITETTO)

        professed religious, Franciscan Friars Minors (Observants)

        born: ca. 1400 in Zadar (a.k.a. Zadra), Zadarska (Croatia)

        protocol number: 1716

        confirmation of cult: 29 December 1700

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

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        publication year of Positio: 1998

        session of historical consultors: 30 November 1999

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        promulgation of decree on heroic virtues:

        actor: Santuario Beato Giacomo, 70020 Bitetto (BA), ITALY

20) 23 May 1498 in Florence (Italy)
   

        GIROLAMO SAVONAROLA

        professed priest, Dominicans
        born: 21 September 1452 in Ferrara (Italy)
        protocol number: 2164

        nihil obstat:
        actor: Pp. Domenicani, Piazza Santa Maria Novella 18, 50123 Firenze, ITALY
   

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