Here is a list of all the Saints of the Church who are commemorated today
Here is a list of all the Saints of the Church who are commemorated today
(also known as Apolline)
Commemorated on 9 February
Virgin. Deaconess.After her teeth were broken with pincers, she was given the choice of renouncing Christ or being burned alive; she lept onto the fire herself. Martyr.
Died: burned to death c.249 at Alexandria, Egypt
Commemorated on 9 February
Chancellor at the court of King Clotaire III. Benedictine monk. Abbot of Fontenelle, Normandy. Bishop of Rouen. Exiled to Hainaut by Pepin of Heristal.
Born: at Chaussy-sur-Epte, France Died: 695 at Hainaut of natural causes Canonised: Pre-Congregation
(also known as Anne Catherine Emmerick)
Commemorated on 9 February
Born to poor but pious peasants.She was a very pious child who suffered with poor health, but who received visions and prophesies; they were so commmon that she thought all children could see the Child Jesus and the souls in Purgatory.She was able to diagnose illness and recommend cures, and to see a person s sins.She worked on her family s and other area farms, as a seamstress, and as a servant to a poor organist where she studied the instrument.Entered the Augustinian convent at Agnetenberg, Dulmen, Germany in 1802.Though her health was poor, her enthusiasm for the religious life was great, and she either energized her sisters, or put them off badly.Given to going into religious ecstacies in church, her cell, or while working.The convent was closed by government order in 1812, and Anne moved in with a poor widow.Her health failed, and instead of working as a servant, in 1813 she became a patient.Her visions and prophesies increased, and later that year she received the stigmata with wounds on her hands and feet, her head from the crown of thorns, and crosses on her chest, and the gift of inedia, living off nothing but Holy Communion for the rest of her life.She tried to hide the wounds, but word leaked out, and her vicar-general instituted a lengthy and detailed investigation; it was determined to be genuine.In 1818 she was relieved of the stigmata.In 1819 the government opened their own investgation.She was imprisoned, threatened, cajoled, and kept under 24-hour-a-day surveillance.The commission found no evidence either way, could not get Anne to change her story, eventually gave up, and failed to publish their findings.When they were forced to report, they declared the incident a fraud, but could not explain why they thought so, or why they had not published their findings.The poet Klemens Brentano visited Anne.She announced that she had seen him in a vision, and that he was to make a written record of the revelations that she received.He made notes of the messages, translating from Anne s Westphalian dialect to common German, getting her to confirm his version.In 1833 these were published as The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ according to the Meditations of Anne Catherine Emmerich.This was followed in 1852 by The Life of The Blessed Virgin Mary, and a three-volume Life of Our Lord from 1858 to 1880.While many such relevatory works deal with spirituality and ideas, these are very much straight-forward narratives and descriptions of events, yet have beent he source of encouragement for many.Her Cause for Canonization formally introduced on 14 November 1892.Due to accusations about her vow of chastity, the investigation was halted on 30 November 1928.However, the accusations were proven false, and the investigation resumed on 18 May 1973.
Born: 8 September 1774 at Flamsche, diocese of Munster, Westphalia, Germany Died: 9 February 1824 at Dulmen, Germany;due to rumours that her body had been stolen, her grave was opened six weeks after her death;the body was found incorrupt; relics translated to Holy Cross Church, Dulmen, Germany on 15 February 1975 Beatified: 3 October 2004 by Pope John Paul II;decree of beatification miracle promulgated on 7 July 2003 Canonised: pending
Commemorated on 9 February
Franciscan tertiary by age 20.She wanted to enter religious life, but her family strongly opposed it.With eight other women, she took the veil as part of the new community of Poor Franciscans of Perpetual Adoration, and became its director, taking the name Mother Mary Teresa.By the time of her death the order had sisters all over the world, and had established schools, hospitals, and orphanages.Her motto: to become all to all.
Born: 1830 at Olpe, Germany as Aline Bonzel Died: 1905
Commemorated on 9 February
Prominent family.Born with an unknown disability, he was unable to stand until age five when he received a vision of Our Lady.At age eight he was miraculously protected from being mauled by a wild bull.In 1863, at age nine, he enrolled in a school run by the Christian Brothers, which Order had only recently come to Ecuador.Joined the Brothers on 24 March 1868 at age 13.School teacher at El Cebollar School, Quito, a position he held for 32 years.A gentle, dedicated, and enthusiastic teacher.Wrote his own textbooks, the first at age 17; some were adopted by the government, and used throughout the country.Wrote odes, hymns, discourses on teaching methods, plays, inspirational works, and retreat manuals.Elected to the Ecuadoran Academy of Letters in 1892, followed soon after by the Academies of Spain, France, and Venezuela.Conducted religious retreats, and prepared children for their First Communion. Novice director for his house from 1901 to 1904.Sent to Europe in 1905 to translate texts from French to Spanish for use by the Order; worked primarily in Belgium.His health began to fail in 1908, and he was transferred to the school near Barcelona, Spain.He continued to work, but slowly, his health continued to fail, and he died there in 1910.In addition to being a religious role model, Miguel is considered a national hero in Ecuador for his success in so many worthwhile areas.
Born: 7 November 1854 at Cuenca, Ecuador Died: 9 February 1910 of pneumonina at Premia del Mar, Spain, and buried there; grave disturbed during the Spanish Civil War, and his body found incorrupt; re-buried in Quito, Ecuador, his tomb has become a pilgrimage site Beatified: 30 October 1977 by Pope Paul VI Canonised: 21 October 1984 by Pope John Paul II
Commemorated on 9 February
Martyred in the persecutions of Valerian.
Died: c. 260 at Antioch, Syria Canonised: Pre-Congregation
Commemorated on 9 February
Eighth century bishop of Lismore, Ireland, the successor of Saint Carthage.Several churches in Munster are named for him. Confessor of the faith.
Canonised: Pre-Congregation
Commemorated on 9 February
German nobility. Benedictine monk at Fonte-Avellana, Umbria. Bishop of Nocera, Italy.
Died: 1225 of natural causes
Commemorated on 9 February
Bishop of Canosa, in the Apulia region of southern Italy.Friend of Saint Benedict of Narsia. Papal legate for Pope Saint Agapitus I to the court of Emperor Justinian at Constantinople from 535 to 536.Sabinus went blind in his later years.
Died: 556 of natural causes; relics at Bari, Italy Canonised: Pre-Congregation