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Pompilius-Mary of Saint Nicholas (Pompilio Pirotti) 1710 1766 Teresa Margaret Redi, OCD: 1747 1770 Marie-Marguerite d'Youville, SCG: 1701 1771 Hyacinth Castaneda 1773 Vincent Liem 1773 Paul of the Cross, CP: 1694 1775 Founder of the Passionists: Ignatius of Laconi, OFM: 1701 1781 Benedict Joseph Labre, TOSF: 1748 1783 Junípero Serra, OFM: 1713
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Genesius of Rome is a legendary Christian saint, once a comedian and actor who had performed in plays that mocked Christianity. According to legend, while performing in a play that made fun of baptism, he had an experience on stage that converted him.
They are the patron saints of, respectively, England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Spain, Portugal, [1] and Wales. The champions were depicted in Christian art and folklore in Great Britain as heroic warriors, most notably in a 1596 book by Richard Johnson titled Famous Historie of the Seaven Champions of Christendom. Richard Johnson was entirely ...
Blessed Mary Catherine of Saint Rose (Constantia Troiani) 1813 1887 John Bosco: 1815 1888 Blessed Ann Michelotti: 1843 1888 Blessed Francis Faa of Bruno: 1825 1888 Blessed Giacomo Cusmano: 1834 1888 Blessed Giovanni Antonio Farina: 1803 1888 Blessed Marie-Therese Scherer: 1825 1888 Paula Montal Fornes: 1799 1889
Aloysius Gonzaga (1568–1591), Italian, patron saint of young Christians. Roque González de Santa Cruz (1576–1628), the film The Mission is based on his life. John Soan de Goto (1578–1597), one of the Twenty-six Martyrs of Japan. Rene Goupil (1608–1642), French missionary and one of the first North American martyrs.
As the other saints began to be invoked along with these three virgin martyrs, they were represented together in works of art. Popular veneration of these saints often began in a monastery that held their relics. All of the saints except Giles were accounted martyrs. Saint Christopher and Saint Giles were invoked against the plague itself.