Monthly Saints Calendar by St Peter Canisius

Monthly Saints Calendar by St Peter Canisius - March

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH

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SAINTS CALENDAR ACCORDING TO ST PETER CANISIUS - THE MONTH OF MARCH

Saint Peter Canisius

➡️ Introduction to this Saints Calendar

The month of March has 31 days.

1 March: Albinus, Bishop of Angers, in the year 549.

2 March: Simplicius, the 49th Pope, in the year 583.

3 March: Cunigunde, Empress, wife of the holy Emperor Henry, in the year 1040.

4 March: Lucius, the 23rd Pope and Martyr, in the year 255.

Casimir, a Polish prince, Confessor, in the year 1483.

5 March: Phocas, Martyr at Antioch, in the year 303.

6 March: Fridolin, Abbot in Switzerland, around the year 540.

7 March: Thomas Aquinas, Doctor of the Church, Dominican Order, in the year 1284.

Felicity and Perpetua, together with their companions, Martyrs, in the year 203.

8 March: John of God, founder of the Brothers Hospitallers, in the year 1550.

9 March: Frances of Rome, widow and religious foundress, in the year 1440.

10 March: The 40 Martyrs of Sebaste, in the year 316.

11 March: Gumpertus, Bishop of Würzburg, at the beginning of the 7th century.

12 March: Gregory the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church, in the year 604.

13 March: Desiderius, Bishop and Martyr, in the year 264.

14 March: Matilda, Empress (d. 968).

15 March: Longinus, Bishop and Martyr.

16 March: Cyriacus and his companions, Martyrs (d. 303).

17 March: Gertrude, Virgin (d. 659).

18 March: Cyril, Bishop of Jerusalem, Martyr (d. 386).

19 March: Joseph, foster-father of Christ and spouse of Mary.

20 March: Wulfran, Archbishop (c. 721).

21 March: Benedict, Abbot and founder of the order (d. 543).

22 March: Paul, Bishop of Narbonne (early or mid-3rd century).

23 March: Theodoric, Priest and Martyr at Antioch.

24 March: Epigmenius, Priest and Martyr at Rome, under Diocletian.

25 March: The Annunciation of Mary.

26 March: Ludger, Bishop of Münster (d. 809).

27 March: Rupert, first Bishop of Worms, then of Salzburg (c. 723).

28 March: Sixtus III, Pope (d. 440).

29 March: Eustasius, Abbot of Luxeuil (d. 625).

30 March: Quirinus, Captain and Martyr at Rome (d. 130).

31 March: Guido, Abbot of Speyer (c. 1026).

* In this month, we celebrate two feast days: the Feast of Saint Joseph - foster-father of Christ and spouse of Mary - and the Feast of the Annunciation. No reminder regarding fasting is needed here, as the holy forty-day fast falls in this month every year; the necessary explanation concerning it was provided last month.

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ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 30th of May WELCOME! BLESSED LUKE KIRBY, PRIEST AND MARTYR 16th century houses, painted by Auguste Mayer He was born in the bishopric of Durham, according to Raissius ; others say at Richmond, in Yorkshire. He was master of arts in one of our universities; but going abroad to Douay, in Flanders, was received into the English college there, 1576, and made priest in 1577; and the year following sent upon the mission. Where he had not been long before he again went abroad, and travelled to Rome, partly for devotion, and partly for further improvement in learning. Here he remained in the English college till 1580, when he returned into England, and was not long after apprehended: for I find by a printed diary of things transacted in the Tower of London from 1580 till 1585, that on the 5th of December, 1580, Luke Kirby, Thomas Cottam , and other priests, were brought to the Tower from other prisons; and that these two, on the 10th...

BL. RICHARD NEWPORT, PRIEST AND MARTYR - 30 MAY

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 30th of May WELCOME! BLESSED RICHARD NEWPORT, PRIEST AND MARTYR Richard Newport, alias Smith , was born in Northamptonshire and performed his studies abroad, partly in the college of Rheims (if he be the Richard Smith whom I find in the Douay diary sent to Rome in 1586) and partly in that of Rome, where he was made priest. From thence he was sent upon the English mission, and behaved himself in such a manner as justly to acquire the character of a laborious missionary; being withal remarkably successful in bringing home many strayed sheep to the fold of Christ, to which his apostolical way of living did not a little contribute. He was several times apprehended and cast into prison, and twice banished. His name occurs amongst those who were transported in 1606; at which time, we are told, he took that opportunity of making a pilgrimage to Rome, there to pour forth his prayers at the tombs of the apostles, in behalf of thi...

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