• Michael of Synnada or Michael the Confessor (Greek: Μιχαὴλ ὁ ὁμολογητής; died 23 May 826) was a metropolitan bishop of Synnada from 784/7 to 815. He represented...
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    Synnada (Greek: Σύνναδα) was an ancient town of Phrygia Salutaris in Asia Minor. Its site is now occupied by the modern Turkish town of Şuhut, in Afyonkarahisar...
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    eldest of 13 children, six of whom died in infancy or childhood. His father worked as a molder in a Waterbury, Connecticut, brass mill. Michael attended...
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  • Chiara Corbella Petrillo (category Italian Servants of God)
    were on a pilgrimage to Medjugorje. Both Chiara and Enrico were admirers of the Franciscans and made several pilgrimages to Assisi. They were married...
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    Maximilian Kolbe (category Catholic saints and blesseds of the Nazi era)
    standard of the "Giordano Brunisti" under the windows of the Vatican. On this standard the archangel, Michael, was depicted lying under the feet of the triumphant...
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    She is one of several virgin martyrs commemorated by name in the Canon of the Mass, and one of many Christians martyred during the reign of the Roman emperor...
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    Geevarghese Ivanios (category Founders of Catholic religious communities)
    archbishop of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church and Major Archdiocese of Trivandrum. He was the founder of Bethany Ashram for monks in Order of Imitation...
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    Agatha of Sicily (c. 231 – 251 AD) is a Christian saint. Her feast is on 5 February. Agatha was born in Catania, part of the Roman Province of Sicily...
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    Lima Roman Catholic Church. Michael Hoerner. "St. Rose of Lima – Diocese of Springfield in Illinois". dio.org. "Saint Rose of Lima Catholic Church". saintrosequincy...
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  • Carlo Acutis (category English people of Italian descent)
    Archdiocese of Birmingham under the patronage of the Blessed Carlo Acutis. The parish incorporates the three churches of St Peter & Paul, St Michael and St...
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    The Martyrs of Japan (Japanese: 日本の殉教者, Hepburn: Nihon no junkyōsha) were Christian missionaries and followers who were persecuted and executed, mostly...
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    Countess of Salisbury (14 August 1473 – 27 May 1541), was the only surviving daughter of George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence, a brother of Kings Edward...
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    Fathers, for the ammas or female Christian ascetics living in the desert of Egypt, Palestine, and Syria in the 4th and 5th centuries AD. They typically...
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    "For Saint Cecilia", Op. 30, was set to verses written by Edmund Blunden; Michael Hurd's 1966 composition "A Hymn to Saint Cecilia" sets John Dryden's poem;...
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    Catherine Labouré (category Daughters and Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul)
    Labouré, DC (May 2, 1806 – December 31, 1876) was a French member of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul and a Marian visionary. She is believed...
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    Euphemia (Greek: Εὐφημία; 'well-spoken [of]'), known as the All-praised in the Eastern Orthodox Church, was a virgin martyr, who died for her faith at...
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    (2011). Image, Authenticity and the Cult of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, 1897–1959. Univ. of Liverpool. Freze, Michael (September 1993). Voices, Visions, and...
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    Saint Lucy (redirect from Lucy of Syracuse)
    Agatha of Sicily, Agnes of Rome, Cecilia of Rome, and Catherine of Alexandria. The oldest record of her story comes from the fifth-century Acts of the Martyrs...
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    Hélène of France (3 May 1764 – 10 May 1794), also known as Madame Élisabeth, was a French princess. She was the youngest child of Louis, Dauphin of France...
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    reformer of medieval Russia. Together with Seraphim of Sarov, he is one of Eastern Orthodoxy's most highly venerated saints in Russia. The date of his birth...
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    informally known as Lily of the Mohawks (1656 – April 17, 1680), is a Catholic saint and virgin who was a Mohawk. Born in the Mohawk village of Ossernenon, in present-day...
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    There is also a Theophilus of Alexandria (c. 412 AD). Theophilus (Greek: Θεόφιλος ὁ Ἀντιοχεύς) was Patriarch of Antioch from 169 until 182. He succeeded...
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    "Modern Spirituality and the Orthodox Church". In Angold, Michael (ed.). The Cambridge History of Christianity. Volume 5: Eastern Christianity. Cambridge...
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    (unspecified) relics of St. Brigid, brought by the canons of St. Michael in 1398 when they were forced to leave their submerged abbey of Honau-Rheinau, itself...
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    Emmanuel IV of Sardinia. She was the younger sister of Louis XVI of France. She was politically active and acted as the de facto first minister of her spouse...
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    visions from the archangel Michael, Saint Margaret, and Saint Catherine to help him save France from English domination. Convinced of her devotion and purity...
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    birth date of 1203 or 1204. She was the daughter of Count Stanislaus and Countess Anna of Prandata-Odrowaz and a cousin of Saint Hyacinth of Poland. At...
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  • Vivian Uchechi Ogu (category Date of birth not in Wikidata)
    City. She was a member of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal, the choir mistress of the children's choir, and the president of the Holy Childhood Association...
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    1862 by Pope Pius IX. Martin of the Ascension Pedro Bautista Philip of Jesus Francisco Blanco Francisco of Saint Michael Gundisalvus (Gonsalvo) Garcia...
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  • Christian monk, theologian and scholar Michael of Synnada (died 826), Catholic and Orthodox saint, bishop of Synnada Nicetas of Medikion, (died 824), iconophile...
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