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A representative sample of only 117 martyrs—including 96 Vietnamese, 11 Spanish Dominicans, and ten French members of the Paris Foreign Missions Society (Missions Etrangères de Paris (MEP))—were beatified on four separate occasions: 64 by Pope Leo XIII on May 27, 1900; eight by Pope Pius X on May 20, 1906; 20 by Pope Pius X on May 2, 1909 ...
The Martyrs of Laos are seventeen Catholic priests and professed religious as well as one lay young man venerated as martyrs killed in Laos between 1954 and 1970 of the First and Second Indochina Wars during a period of anti-religious sentiment under the Pathet Lao Theravada Buddhist-communist political movement. [1] [2]
Saint Antholian (Anatolianus), mentioned by St Gregory of Tours as one of the martyrs of Auvergne in France under Valerian and Gallienus (c. 265) [7] [24] [note 6]Saint Mél of Ardagh (Mael), Bishop of Ardagh (488), disciple of St. Patrick.
At approximately 1:15 a.m. on 27 March 1996, about twenty armed members of the Armed Islamic Group (GIA) arrived at the monastery of Tibhirine and kidnapped seven monks. Two others, Father Jean-Pierre and Father Amédée, were in separate rooms and escaped the kidnappers' notice.
[1] A third category category includes accounts that are believed by some to be largely or purely legendary. The Acts of Saint Catherine of Alexandria and those of Saint George fall into this category. [1] Eusebius of Caesarea was likely the first Christian author to produce a collection of Acts of the Martyrs. [1]
The top two teams in the Bundesliga are out of the German Cup after Eintracht Frankfurt followed Bayern Munich with an early exit on Wednesday. Frankfurt lost 3-0 at Leipzig, which ended a run of ...
The pair had wed after knowing each other for less than two weeks, "48 Hours" reported.At the time of their marriage, Ashley Benefield was 24 and Doug Benefield, a widower whose wife had died ...
A Title IX complaint alleges that an Oregon athletics administrator threatened to cancel the 2021 remaining beach volleyball season.