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BL. THEOBALD OF ALBA, CONFESSOR - 1 JUNE

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JUNE Saints celebrated on the 1st of June WELCOME!  BLESSED THEOBALD OF ALBA, CONFESSOR Blessed Theobald, Confessor, is venerated at Alba in Liguria ( Alba Pompeia , in the former Duchy of Montferrat , now the Province of Cuneo in Piedmont ) on the Tanaro River, and at Mondovì, but especially in his birthplace, Vico (also located in Liguria). His parents are said to have been wealthy; yet, for Christ's sake, he chose the poor and lowly life of a cobbler. With the earnings from his labour, he supported a sickly shoemaker and his family in Alba for several years. Before he died, the master offered him his daughter Verida in marriage; however, the pious cobbler declined the offer because he had taken a vow of perpetual chastity. After the master had died, Theobald bestowed his savings upon the master's widow and then undertook a pilgrimage to Compostela in Spain. He spent the remainder of his life in Alba working as a porter, amidst prayer and acts of pe...
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CILLEN CENANNANI, MONK - 26 MARCH

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 26th of March CILLEN CENANNANI, MONK An Illustration from the Book of Kells¹ ⬅️ Litany of the Irish Saints Killenus [ Cillen Cenannani, Cullen Cenannani ]( March 26 ), who appears in Irish martyrologies, is listed by the  Bollandists * - along with three others - among their Praetermissi (omitted entries). Dr . Kelly * calls him Cillen Cenannani , but, as is usual, without further details. (III. 606). *A hagiography source used by the authors  (Information from Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 3, Augsburg, 1869, 617) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk, de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org Cillen Cenannani (often modernized as Cullen Cenannani ) is an early medieval Irish saint documented in ancient Christian hagiographies. The primary record of this individual comes from the Martyrolo...
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ST JOZEF BILCZEWSKI, ARCHBISHOP OF LVIV - 20 MARCH

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 20th of March WELCOME! SAINT JOZEF BILCZEWSKI, ARCHBISHOP OF LVIV Pope John Paul II  beatified Jozef Bilczewski in 2001 and  Pope Benedict XVI  canonised him four years later. Jozef was born in 1860 in Wilamovice in southern Poland and attended secondary school in Wadowice, the future birthplace of  the Polish pope . He was ordained priest in Krakow by Cardinal Albino Dunajewski. He received a doctorate in theology from the University of Vienna and eventually became professor of dogmatic theology at the John Casimir University of Lviv. Throughout his academic career he devoted himself to scientific work and his exceptional intellectual abilities were recognised by Franz Joseph, the Emperor of Austria, who presented Fr Jozef to the Holy Father as a candidate for the vacant Metropolitan See of Lviv. On  December 17 , 1900, at the age of 40, he was named Archbishop of Lviv of the Latin Rite. After accep...
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BL. MARY OF THE INCARNATION, FOUNDRESS - 18 APRIL

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL Saints celebrated on the 18th of April WELCOME! BLESSED MARY OF THE INCARNATION, FOUNDRESS Blessed Mary of the Incarnation Blessed Mary of the Incarnation ( April 18 ), a  Carmelite  from Pontoise, was beatified by  Pius VI in 1791. Born in Paris on February 1 , 1565, and baptized Barbara, she was the only daughter of a virtuous and respected couple: the honourable Nicolas Avrillot and his wife, Mary (née Lhuillier). From the cradle, the pious Barbara showed herself to be a child of grace. From the age of eleven, she accustomed herself to an almost ceaseless lifting of her heart to God - a practice taught to her by her aunt, a nun at Longchamp, under whose guidance she had grown up. From that time on, she displayed a great fear of offending God, a scrupulous care not to inconvenience anyone, and deep humility whenever she was reproved. She prepared for her First Holy Communion through acts of mortification and penance that would have...
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ST TOBIT THE PROPHET - 2 SEPTEMBER

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER Saints celebrated on the 2nd of September WELCOME! SAINT TOBIT THE PROPHET Tobit and his wife Anna by Rembrandt   Saint Tobit [the Elder] ( September 2 ), surnamed " the Prophet " because he foretold the end of the Assyrian captivity, the destruction of the city of Nineveh, and the return of the Israelites from captivity¹ - is listed in the German martyrology of  Blessed Canisius * under this date, accompanied by an extended encomium drawn from the biblical narrative, which also makes mention of his God-fearing son. The  Bollandists * mention him among their praetermissi . (Information from Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume  5, Augsburg, 1882, p.561) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: May the intercession of Saint Tobit commend us to you, so that through his merits we may obtain that which we cannot accomplish by our own. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who ...
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THE IRISH CATHOLIC MARTYRS - 20 JUNE

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JUNE Saints celebrated on the 20th of June WELCOME! THE IRISH CATHOLIC MARTYRS Mass in a Connemara Cabin by Aloysius O'Kelly, 1883 The custom of priests saying Mass secretly in people's homes dates to the era of the Irish Catholic Martyrs. On September 22 , 1992,  Pope John Paul II  beatified a group of 17 Irish Martyrs, recognizing men and women - both laypeople and clergy - who were killed for their Catholic faith between 1579 and 1654 during the Tudor and Stuart conquests of Ireland. Their feast day is June 20 , which marks the anniversary of the 1584 execution of Archbishop Dermot O'Hurley.   The Martyrs: Blessed Patrick O'Healy  (bishop), Blessed Cornelius O'Rourke (priest), Franciscans, d. 1579; The Wexford Martyrs: Blessed Matthew Lambert, Blessed Robert Meyler, Blessed Edward Cheevers, and Blessed Patrick Cavanagh, d. 1581; Blessed Dermot O'Hurley, Archbishop of Cashel, d. 1584; Blessed Margaret Ball, Dublin laywoman, d. 1...
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ST KILLIAN MAC TOIDNAIM - 23 OCTOBER

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER Saints celebrated on the 23rd of October WELCOME! SAINT KILLIAN MAC TOIDNAIM ⬅️ Litany of the Irish Saints Killianus [Killian] is a saint appearing under this date in several Irish hagiographical sources - namely the Martyrologies of Tallaght * and Donegal *,  as well as in the works of Colgan *, Marianus Gorman *, Cathaldus *, Maguire *, and the Martyrology of Cashel * - as the son of Toidnaim (Todnanus, Dodnanus). However, these same sources also list a Saint Killianus or Killenus on  October 22 ; the  Bollandists * omitted this individual entirely, mentioning him only here under  October 23 with the note that they did not know how to distinguish these two individuals from the many others [i.e.  Saint Kilian ,  Saint Kilian , Cillen Cenannani ] bearing this name, which was very common among the Irish and Scots. In Kelly’s edition of the Martyrology of Tallaght *, the entry for  October 22  reads simply ...
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