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2. Saint Ava - Wikipedia

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   The niece of Pepin II of Aquitaine, [1] she was born on April 29, 845. She was cured of blindness by Saint Remfroye. Ava then gave her fortune to the Church and became a Benedictine nun, and later, abbess of her monastery in the County of Hainaut in what is now known as Belgium.

3. Christina the Astonishing - Wikipedia

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   Christina the Astonishing (c.1150 – 24 July 1224), also known as Christina Mirabilis, was a Christian holy woman born in Brustem (near Sint-Truiden), Belgium. Christina is primarily known for her legendary resurrection during her funeral mass, and numerous other miracles attributed to her during her life. Thomas of Cantimpré wrote a ...

4. Saint Michael in the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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   St. Michael's church in Hammerfest, Norway, the northernmost Catholic church in the world. A large number of Roman Catholic churches around the globe are dedicated to Saint Michael, from Hammerfest, Norway, to Oeste Catarinense in Brazil. Saint Michael's feast day of September 29 has been solemnly celebrated in many locations since the fifth ...

5. James Gibbons - Wikipedia

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   James Gibbons. James Cardinal Gibbons (July 23, 1834 – March 24, 1921) was an American Catholic prelate who served as Apostolic Vicar of North Carolina from 1868 to 1872, Bishop of Richmond from 1872 to 1877, and as Archbishop of Baltimore from 1877 until his death. Gibbons was consecrated a bishop on August 16, 1868, at the Baltimore ...

6. Robert W. McElroy - Wikipedia

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   Robert W. McElroy. Robert Walter McElroy (born February 5, 1954) is an American prelate of the Catholic Church who has served as the sixth bishop of the Diocese of San Diego in California since 2015. McElroy was educated by the Sulpicians at St. Joseph High School Seminary and St. Patrick Seminary in California, and was ordained a priest for ...

7. Joseph Bernardin - Wikipedia

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   Styles ofJoseph Bernardin. Joseph Louis Bernardin (April 2, 1928 – November 14, 1996) was an American Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Cincinnati from 1972 until 1982, and as Archbishop of Chicago from 1982 until his death in 1996 from pancreatic cancer. Bernardin was elevated to the cardinalate in 1983 by Pope John Paul II.