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Apolónia Galis (d. 21 June 2003) visited her in prison with a guard present though secretly bought her cakes with vitamins contained in them in order to take care of her health. [3] Government officials secured her release from prison on 16 April 1955 - a decade before her actual release date - so that she would not die on the government's watch.
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 ...
Elizabeth was married at the age of 14, and widowed at 20. After her husband's death, she regained her dowry, using the money to build a hospital where she herself served the sick. She became a symbol of Christian charity after her death in 1231 at the age of 24 and was canonized on 25 May 1235. She is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church.
St. Maximilian Maria Kolbe, patron saint of journalists, prisoners, and drug addicts, ... a Catholic religious order, studying in Lviv, a city that is now in Ukraine. In 1910, at the age of 16 ...
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 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.
Joseph Cafasso (Italian: Giuseppe Cafasso; 15 January 1811 – 23 June 1860) was an Italian Catholic priest who was a significant social reformer in Turin. [1] He was one of the so-called "Social Saints" who emerged during that particular era.
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 ...