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Although there is no previous mention of Leonard either in literature, liturgy or in church dedications, [4] in the 12th century his cult rapidly spread, at first through Frankish lands, following the release of Bohemond I of Antioch in 1103 from a Danishmend prison, which he attributed to the intercession of St. Leonard.
The homeless - Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur, Thérèse of Lisieux; Homemakers - Andrew the Apostle [8] Horsemen - George; Horticulture - Dorothea of Caesarea, Fiacre; Hosiers - Fiacre; Hospital administrators - Basil the Great, Frances Xavier Cabrini; Hospital public relations - Paul the Apostle; Hospital workers - Camillus of Lellis, [22 ...
The Catholic Church venerates him as the patron saint of amateur radio operators, drug addicts, political prisoners, families, journalists, and prisoners. [3] John Paul II declared him "the patron of our difficult century". [4] [5] His feast day is 14 August, the day of his martyrdom.
St. Maximilian Maria Kolbe, patron saint of journalists, prisoners, and drug addicts, was a Polish priest who was murdered in Auschwitz after volunteering to die in the place of another.
Edith Stein was murdered in the gas chamber at Birkenau on 9 August 1942, and is canonized as a martyr and saint of the Catholic Church; she is also one of six patron saints of Europe. Stein was born into an observant Jewish family, but had become an agnostic by her teenage years.
A story told of him is that while a novice, Walter took pity on an inmate at the monastery prison, and helped the prisoner to escape. [2] Philip I appointed him abbot of a new foundation at Pontoise, despite Walter's protestations. The foundation of Pontoise was initially dedicated to Saint Germanus of Paris but then was dedicated to Saint ...
Francis Anthony Fasani (6 August 1681 – 29 November 1742) was an Italian friar of the Order of Conventual Friars Minor who has been declared a saint by the Catholic Church. Fasani held a number of offices in the Franciscan order and was pastor of his home town.
Ostia, at the mouth of the Tiber, was the scene of her martyrdom; but her body was transported to Rome, [5] where a church near the Mamertine Prison, Santi Luca e Martina, was later dedicated in her honour.