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Born
• Villa d'Ogna, Italy
Died
• 7 May 1279 in Cremona, Italy of natural causes
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Beatified
• 9 May 1748 by Pope Benedict XIV (cultus confirmed)
Patronage
• bakers
• day labourers
Representation
• farm worker cutting through a stone with a scythe
• farm worker being brought the Eucharist in the field by a dove
Prayers
Almighty and ever-loving God, you led Blessed Albert to
shine forth in humility of life, in zeal for the truth and in
apostolic charity. May we follow in his footsteps and so obtain
the same reward. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ,
your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever. - General Calendar of the Order
of Preachers
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he gained the backing of Bishop Bourget, and was accepted.
For many years the Holy Cross authorities had tried to buy
land on Mount Royal. Brother Andre and others climbed the
steep hill and planted medals of Saint Joseph on it, and soon
after, the owners yielded, which incident helped the current
devotion to Saint Joseph by those looking to buy or sell a
home. Andre collected money to build a small chapel and
received visitors there, listening to their problems, praying,
rubbing them with Saint Joseph’s oil, and curing many. The
chapel is still in use.
Born
• 9 August 1845 near Montreal, Quebec, Canada as Alfred Bessette
Died
• 6 January 1937 of 'gastric catarrh' in the infirmary of Our Lady of
Hope convent, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• more than a million people paid their respects at his funeral
• his tombstone reads: Pauper, servis a humilis (a poor and humble
servant)
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Venerated
• 12 June 1978 by Pope Paul VI
Beatified
• 23 May 1982 by Pope John Paul II
Canonized
• 17 October 2010 Pope Benedict XVI
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Rome. Ordained in 1785, and assigned to Vienna.
Born
• 26 December 1751 at Tasswitz, Moravia (in the modern Czech
Republic) as John Dvorák
Died
• 15 March 1820 at Vienna, Austria of natural causes
Venerated
• 14 May 1876 by Pope Blessed Pius IX (decree of heroic virtues)
Beatified
• 29 January 1888 by Pope Leo XIII
Canonized
• 20 May 1909 by Pope Pius X
Patronage
• Vienna, Austria (named by Pope Saint Pius X in 1914)
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Readings
Religion in Austria has lost its chief support. - Pope Pius VII on
hearing of Saint Clement’s death
Born
• 1207 at Presburg, Hungary
Died
• 1231 at Marburg of natural causes
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• her relics, including her skull wearing a gold crown she had worn in
life, are preserved at the convent of Saint Elizabeth in Vienna,
Austria
Name Meaning
• worshipper of God
Canonized
• 27 May 1235 by Pope Gregory IX at Perugia, Italy
Patronage
• against in-law problems
• against the death of children
• against toothache
• bakers
• beggars
• brides
• charitable societies
• charitable workers
• charities
• countesses
• Erfurt, Germany, diocese of
• exiles
• falsely accused people
• hoboes
• homeless people
• hospitals
• Jaro, Philippines, archdiocese of
• lacemakers
• lace workers
• nursing homes
• nursing services
• people in exile
• people ridiculed for their piety
• Sisters of Mercy
• tertiaries
• Teutonic Knights
• tramps
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• widows
Representation
• woman wearing a crown and tending to beggars
• woman wearing a crown, carrying a load of roses in her apron or
mantle
Readings
Elizabeth was a lifelong friend of the poor and gave herself
entirely to relieving the hungry. She ordered that one of her
castle should be converted into a hospital in which she
gathered many of the weak and feeble. She generously gave
alms to all who were in need, not only in that place but in all
the territories of her husband’s empire. She spent all her own
revenue from her husband’s four principalities, and finally she
sold her luxurious possessions and rich clothes for the sake of
the poor.
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Born
• 7th century Irish
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Died
• c.686 of natural causes
• interred at Regensburg, Germany
• his crozier is preserved as a relic in the parish church in
Neidemunster
Patronage
• against cattle diseases
• against eye diseases
• against eye problems
• against plague
• bakers
• cobblers
• hospitals
• shoemakers
Representation
• bishop baptizing Saint Odilia of Alsace
• bishop with a book on which sit two eyes
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and Saint Gentian of Amiens, which had been lost for 300
years.
Born
• Porthieu, Amiens, France
Died
• 30 September 653 at Porthieu, Amiens, France
• miracles reported at his tomb, especially in 1060 when his body was
exhumed
Patronage
• against drought
• bakers
• bakers of holy wafers
• cake makers
• candlemakers
• chandlers
• confectioners
• corn chandlers
• florists
• flour merchants
• oil refiners
• pastry chefs
Representation
• baker's peel or shovel
• bishop with a large Host
• bishop with three Hosts on a baker's shovel
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• loaves of bread
• prelate with a hand reaching from heaven to give him bread for the
Mass
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Born
• 16 August 1815 at Becchi, Castelnuovo d’Asti, Piedmont, Italy as
Giovanni Melchior Bosco
Died
• 31 January 1888 at Turin, Italy of natural causes
Venerated
• 24 July 1907 by Pope Pius X
Beatified
• 2 June 1929 by Pope Pius XI
Canonized
• 1 April 1934 by Pope Pius XI
Patronage
• apprentices
• boys
• editors
• Mexican young people
• laborers
• schoolchildren
• students
• young people
Readings
Fly from bad companions as from the bite of a poisonous
snake. If you keep good companions, I can assure you that
you will one day rejoice with the blessed in Heaven; whereas if
you keep with those who are bad, you will become bad
yourself, and you will be in danger of losing your soul. - Saint
John Bosco
Enjoy yourself as much as you like - if only you keep from sin.
- Saint John Bosco
Do you want our Lord to give you many graces? Visit him
often. Do you want him to give you few graces? Visit him
seldom. Visits to the Blessed Sacrament are powerful and
indispensable means of overcoming the attacks of the devil.
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Make frequent visits to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament and the
devil will be powerless against you. - Saint John Bosco
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temptation.
Born
• early 4th century at Alexandria, Egypt
Died
• c.401 of natural causes
Patronage
• confectioners
• cooks
• pastry chefs
Representation
• flies
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• flies stinging a desert hermit
• hermit with lamp
• hermit with lantern
• hermit leaning on a crutch in the form of a tau staff while
conversing with a skull
Saint Meingold
Memorial
• 8 February
Profile
Member of a noble family of Liege, Belgium. Lived in Huy,
Belgium, and was known for his personal holiness.
Assassinated while returning from a pilgrimage; the killers
cared nothing about his faith, and killed him for purely
political reasons.
Died
• murdered in 892
Patronage
• bakers
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Considered the guardian angel of Israel, and the guardian and
protector of the Church. In the Book of Daniel (12:1),
Michael is described as rising up to defend the Church against
the Anti-Christ.
Born
• wasn't
Died
• hasn't
Patronage
• against danger at sea
• against temptations
• Albenga, Italy
• ambulance drivers
• Argao, Cebu, Philippines
• artists
• bakers
• bankers
• banking
• barrel makers
• Basey, Samar, Philippines
• battle
• boatmen
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• Brecht, Belgium
• Brussels, Belgium
• Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico
• Caltanissett, Sicily, Italy
• Castel Madama, Italy
• Cerveteri, Italy
• Coimbatore, India, diocese of
• Congregation of Saint Michael the Archangel
• coopers
• Cornwall, England
• Cuneo, Italy
• Dormagen, Germany
• Dunakeszi, Hungary
• dying people
• emergency medical technicians
• EMTs
• England
• fencing
• Gaby, Italy
• Germany
• Gravina, Italy
• Greek Air Force
• greengrocers
• grocers
• haberdashers
• hatmakers
• hatters
• holy death
• Iklin, Malta
• Iligan, Philippines, diocese of
• knights
• London, England
• Marcianise, Italy
• mariners
• milleners
• Mobile, Alabama, archdiocese of
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• Naranjito, Puerto Rico
• Papua, New Guinea
• paramedics
• paratroopers
• Pensacola-Tallahassee, Florida, diocese of
• police officers
• Puebla, Mexico
• radiologists
• radiotherapists
• sailors
• Salgareda, Italy
• San Angelo, Texas, diocese of
• San Miguel, Iloilo, Philippines
• San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
• Sant'Angelo Romano, Italy
• Saracinesco, Italy
• Seattle, Washington, archdiocese of
• security guards
• Sibenik, Croatia
• sick people
• Siegburg Abbey
• soldiers
• Spanish police officers
• Springfield, Massachusetts, diocese of
• storms at sea
• swordsmiths
• Toronto, Ontario, archdiocese of
• Toronto, Ontario, city of
• Umbria, Italy
• Vallinfreda, Italy
• watermen
• Zeitz, Germany
Representation
• balance (helping to judge at the Last Judgment)
• banner (as the leader of the army of God)
• dragon (representing the defeated devil)
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• scales (helping to judge at the Last Judgment)
• sword (as a soldier of God)
Readings
You should be aware that the word "angel" denotes a function
rather than a nature. Those holy spirits of heaven have indeed
always been spirits. They can only be called angels when they
deliver some message. Moreover, those who deliver messages
of lesser importance are called angels; and those who proclaim
messages of supreme importance are called archangels.
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• Upon hearing that a local man had fallen on such hard
times that he was planning to sell his daughters into
prostitution, Nicholas went by night to the house and
threw three bags of gold in through the window,
saving the girls from an evil life. These three bags,
gold generously given in time of trouble, became the
three golden balls that indicate a pawn broker’s shop.
• He raised to life three young boys who had been
murdered and pickled in a barrel of brine to hide the
crime. These stories led to his patronage of children in
general, and of barrel-makers besides.
• Induced some thieves to return their plunder. This
explains his protection against theft and robbery, and
his patronage of them - he’s not helping them steal,
but to repent and change. In the past, thieves have
been known as Saint Nicholas’ clerks or Knights of
Saint Nicholas.
• During a voyage to the Holy Lands, a fierce storm
blew up, threatening the ship. He prayed about it, and
the storm calmed - hence the patronage of sailors and
those like dockworkers who work on the sea.
Died
• c.346 at Myra, Lycia (in modern Turkey) of natural causes
• relics believed to be at Bari, Italy
Patronage
• against imprisonment
• against robberies
• against robbers
• Amsterdam, Netherlands
• apothecaries
• Apulia, Italy
• archers
• Avolasca, Italy
• bakers
• Bardolino, Italy
• Bari, Italy
• Barranquilla, Colombia
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• barrel makers
• Beit Jala, Palestinian Territory
• boatmen
• boot blacks
• boys
• brewers
• brides
• Cammarata, Sicily, Italy
• captives
• Cardinale, Italy
• Cas Concos, Spain
• children
• coopers
• Creazzo, Italy
• dock workers
• druggists
• Duronia, Italy
• fishermen
• Fossalto, Italy
• Gagliato, Italy
• Genazzano, Italy
• Greece
• Greek Catholic Church in America
• Greek Catholic Union
• grooms
• judges
• La Thuile, Italy
• lawsuits lost unjustly
• Lecco, Italy
• Limerick, Ireland
• Liptovský Mikulás, Slovakia
• Liverpool, England
• longshoremen
• Lorraine, France
• maidens
• mariners
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• Mazzano Romano, Italy
• Mentana, Italy
• Meran, Italy
• merchants
• Miklavž na Dravskem polju, Slovenia
• penitent murderers
• Naples, Italy
• newlyweds
• old maids
• parish clerks
• paupers
• pawnbrokers
• perfumeries
• perfumers
• pharmacists
• pilgrims
• poor people
• Portsmouth, England
• prisoners
• Russia
• sailors
• Sassari, Italy
• scholars
• schoolchildren
• shoe shiners
• Sicily
• Is-Siggiewi, Malta
• spinsters
• students
• penitent thieves
• travellers
• University of Paris
• unmarried girls
• Varangian Guard
• watermen
Representation
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• anchor
• bishop calming a storm
• bishop holding three bags of gold
• bishop holding three balls
• bishop with three children
• bishop with three children in a tub at his feet
• purse
• ship
• three bags of gold
• three balls
• three golden balls on a book
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• 18 November (feast of the dedication of the Basilicas of Peter and
Paul)
Profile
Professional fisherman. Brother of Saint Andrew the Apostle,
the man who led him to Christ. Apostle. Renamed “Peter”
(rock) by Jesus to indicate that Peter would be the rock-like
foundation on which the Church would be built. Bishop. First
Pope. Miracle worker.
Born
• c.1 in Bethsaida as Simon
Died
• martyred c.64 in Rome, Italy
• crucified head downward because he claimed he was not worthy to
die in the same manner as Christ
Name Meaning
• rock
Patronage
• Affi, Italy
• against feet problems
• against fever
• against foot problems
• against frenzy
• bakers
• Bath Abbey
• Belvedere Ostrense, Italy
• Berchtesgaden Abbey
• Berlin, Germany, archdiocse of
• Birzebbuga, Malta
• Bremen, Germany
• bridge builders
• butchers
• Calbayog, Philippines, diocese of
• Capolona, Italy
• Capriata d’Orba, Italy
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• Castelletto d’Orba, Piedmont, Italy
• Chartres, France
• Chatillon, Aosta, Italy
• clock makers
• Cluny, France
• cobblers
• Cologne, Germany
• Corbie Abbey
• Davao, Philippines, archdiocese of
• Exeter College, Oxford, England
• Dunajská Streda, Slovakia
• fishermen
• Gabiano, Italy
• harvesters
• Imér, Italy
• Jackson, Mississippi, diocese of
• Köpenick, Germany
• Lanuvio, Italy
• Las Vegas, Nevada, diocese of
• Lessines, Belgium
• Leuven, Belgium
• locksmiths
• London, England
• longevity
• Maralal, Kenya, diocese of
• Marquette, Michigan, diocese of
• masons
• Mdina, Malta
• Moissac, France
• Montpellier, France
• Morbegno, Italy
• Nadur, Gozo, Malta
• Naumburg, Germany
• net makers
• Obersmarsberg, Germany
• papacy
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• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, archdiocese of
• popes
• Poznan, Poland
• Providence, Rhode Island, diocese of
• Regensburg, Germany
• Rome, Italy
• Saint Petersburg, Russia
• Scranton, Pennsylvania, diocese of
• ship builders
• shipwrights
• shoemakers
• Sint Pieters Rode, Belgium
• stone masons
• Tagliacozzo, Italy
• Toa Baja, Puerto Rico
• Umbria, Italy
• Universal Church
• watch makers
• Worms, Germany
Representation
• Apostle holding a book
• Apostle holding a scroll
• bald man, often with a fringe of hair on the sides and a tuft on top
• book
• cock or rooster
• keys of Heaven
• keys
• man crucified head downwards
• man holding a key or keys
• man robed as a pope and bearing keys and a double-barred cross
• pallium
• papal vestments
• reversed cross
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Readings
Out of the whole world one man, Peter, is chosen to preside
at the of all nations and to be set over all the apostles and all
the fathers of the church. Though there are in God’s people
many bishops and many shepherds, Peter is thus appointed to
rule in his own person those whom Christ also rules as the
original ruler. Beloved, how great and wonderful is this
sharing in his power that God in his goodness has given to
this man. Whatever Christ has willed to be shared in common
by Peter and the other leaders of the Church, it is only
through Peter that he has given to others what he has not
refused to bestow on them. Jesus said: "Upon this rock I will
build my Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against
it." On this strong foundation, he says, I will build an
everlasting temple. The great height of my Church, which is to
penetrate the heavens, shall rise on the firm foundation of this
faith. Blessed Peter is therefore told: “To you I will give the
keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth
shall be bound also in heaven. Whatever you loose on earth
shall be loosed also in heaven.” - from a sermon by Pope Saint Leo
the Great
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Born
• at Bethsaida, Palestine
Died
• martyred c.80 at Hierapolis, Phrygia
Patronage
• Frascati, Italy
• hat makers
• hatters
• Luxembourg
• milliners
• Monterotondo, Italy
• Nemi, Italy
• pastry chefs
• San Felipe Indian Pueblo
• Uruguay
• Venegono Inferiore, Italy
Representation
• elderly bearded man holding a basket of loaves and a cross which is
often t-shaped
• elderly man casting a devil from the idol of Mars
• elderly man crucified on a tall cross
• elderly man holding loaves and fishes
• elderly man with a dragon nearby
• elderly man with a loaf and book
• elderly man with a snake nearby
• loaves of bread
• man baptizing the Ethiopian eunuch
• man holding a book or scroll reading descendit ad inferna
• tall cross
• with Saint Andrew the Apostle
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Saint William of Rochester
Also known as
• William of Perth
Memorial
• 23 May
Profile
William led a wild and misspent youth, but as an adult he had
a complete conversion, devoting himself to God, caring
especially for poor and neglected children. He worked as a
baker, and gave every tenth loaf to the poor. He attended
Mass daily, and one morning on his way to church he found
an infant abandoned on the threshold. He named the baby
David, and adopted him, and taught him his trade.
Born
• 12th century at Perth, Scotland
Died
• throat cut in 1201 at Rochester, England
• interred in the cathedral at Rochester
• relics destroyed along with the cathedral in 1538
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Canonized
• 1256 by Pope Innocent IV
• his cause had been pursued by Lawrence de San Martino, bishop of
Rochester
Patronage
• adopted children
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• John Bosco
• William of Rochester
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between the patron and the object of patronage, their work in
a particular place or field, by reason of some play on words, or
as a matter of individual piety. Thus, while the great special
patrons had their clients all over Christendom, other patrons
might vary with different times and places.
Notes
Cover image is a detail of a 16th century breviary illumination,
Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag, Netherlands.
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