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A list of people, who died during the 17th century, who have received recognition as Blessed (through beatification) or Saint (through canonization) from the Catholic Church: Name Birth
17th; 18th; 19th; 20th; 21st; 22nd ... Pages in category "17th-century Christian saints" The following 119 pages are in this category, out of 119 total.
Marianna Fontanella, OCD (7 January 1661 – 16 December 1717), also known as Maria degli Angeli or Mary of the Angels, was an Italian Catholic member of the Discalced Carmelites. [1] Fontanella studied with the Cistercians as a child and entered the Discalced Carmelites despite the protests of her mother and siblings.
Dictionary of Saints – Delaney, John J. (Image Books – Doubleday – New York, New York ©1980 and 1983; Proper Offices of Franciscan Saints and Blesseds in the Liturgy of the Hours – Cassese, OFM, Father John – Marie (Catholic Book Publishing Co., New York, New York ©1977) Hervé Roullet (2020). St. Joseph of Copertino (in French ...
The parish of Saints-Martyrs-Canadiens founded in 1961 in St. Boniface (now part of Winnipeg), Manitoba North American Martyrs Parish and School in Monroeville, Pennsylvania North American Martyrs Catholic Church in Lincoln, Nebraska
The first Catholic church was built in Beijing in 1650. [13] The emperor granted freedom of religion to Catholics. Ricci had modified the Catholic faith to Chinese thinking, permitting among other things the veneration of the dead. The Vatican disagreed and forbade any adaptation in the so-called Chinese Rites controversy in 1692 and 1742.
Joseph Calasanz Sch.P. (Spanish: José de Calasanz; Italian: Giuseppe Calasanzio; September 11, 1557 – August 25, 1648), also known as Joseph Calasanctius and Iosephus a Matre Dei, was a Spanish Catholic priest, educator and the founder of the Pious Schools, which provided free education to poor boys.
At Fordham University's Rose Hill Campus in the Bronx, New York, a freshman dormitory—Martyrs' Court—has three sections, which are named for the three US martyr-saints: René Goupil, Isaac Jogues, and Jean Lalande. [9] Goupil is also honored at the Catholic youth camp Camp Ondessonk, where a unit is named after him. [10]