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Saint Agatha's breasts sculpted in the fortification walls at Mons, Var in the south of France. Saint Agatha is the patron saint of rape victims, breast cancer patients, wet nurses, and bellfounders (due to the shape of her severed breasts). She is also considered to be a powerful intercessor when people suffer from fires.
Agatha Lin, born in Qinglong in the Guizhou province of southwest China in 1817, was a Chinese saint and martyr. She was a headmistress and catechist, and one of the first to evangelize the Miao people. She was beheaded for her faith on January 28, 1858. Agatha was beatified by Pope Pius X on May 2, 1909, and canonized in 2000. Her feast day is ...
Bishop of St. Agatha: Felix of Nicosia, OFM: 1715 1787 Mary Frances of the Five Wounds, FMM: 1715 1791 Blessed John du Lau and Companions 1792 John-Michael Langevin 1793 Frances de Croissy 1794 John Baptist Souzy and 63 companions 1794 Madeleine Brideau 1794 Madeleine Lidoine 1794 Marie Claude Brard 1794 Marie Croissy
The Martyrs of Japan were canonized by the Catholic Church on June 8, 1862, by Pope Pius IX, [7] and are listed on the calendar as Sts. Paul Miki and his Companions, commemorated on February 6, since February 5, the date of their death, is the feast of St. Agatha. They were included in the General Roman Calendar for the first time in 1969.
List of saints canonized by Pope John Paul II; A. Agatha Lin; Anna Pak Agi; Agnes of Bohemia; Amandina of Schakkebroek; Angela of the Cross; Leonie Aviat; B.
In the Catholic Church, the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, previously named the Congregation for the Causes of Saints (Latin: Congregatio de Causis Sanctorum), is the dicastery of the Roman Curia that oversees the complex process that leads to the canonization of saints, passing through the steps of a declaration of "heroic virtues" and beatification.
This is an incomplete list of humans and angels whom the Catholic Church has canonized as saints.According to Catholic theology, all saints enjoy the beatific vision.Many of the saints listed here are to be found in the General Roman Calendar, while others may also be found in the Roman Martyrology; [1] still others are particular to local places and their recognition does not extend to the ...
A total of 83 out of 265 deceased popes have been recognised universally as canonised saints, including all of the first 35 popes (31 of whom were martyrs) and 52 of the first 54. If Pope Liberius is numbered amongst the saints as in Eastern Christianity , all of the first 49 popes become recognised as saints, of whom 31 are martyr-saints, and ...