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Margaret of Cortona (1247 – 22 February 1297) was an Italian penitent of the Third Order of Saint Francis.She was born in Laviano, near Perugia, and died in Cortona.She was canonised in 1728.
The feast day of Saint Gerard Majella is October 16. In 1977, St. Gerard's Chapel in St. Lucy's Church ( Newark, New Jersey ) was dedicated as a national shrine. Each year during the Feast days, which include October 16, there are traditional lights, music, food stands and a street procession.
As a result of this, Nicholas became the patron saint of prisoners and those falsely accused of crimes. [93] An index finger claimed to belong to Saint Nicholas was kept in a chapel along the Ostian Way in Rome. Another finger was held in Ventimiglia in Liguria. [92]
He is a patron saint of dogs, invalids, falsely accused people, bachelors, and several other things. He is the patron saint of Dolo (near Venice) and Parma, as well as Casamassima, Cisterna di Latina and Palagiano (Italy). [4] He is also the patron saint of the towns of Arboleas and Albanchez, in Almeria, southern Spain, and Deba, in the Basque ...
Lorenzo was canonised by Pope John Paul II on October 18, 1987, among the 16 Martyrs of Japan, making him the first Filipino saint. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Ruiz' canonization was supported by a miracle in October 1983, when Cecilia Alegria Policarpio of Calinog, Iloilo , was cured of brain atrophy ( hydrocephalus ) at the age of two, after her family ...
The future patron saint of prisoners, drug addicts and journalists was born in Poland on Jan. 8, 1894, as Raymund Kolbe, the second son of Julius Kolbe and Maria Dąbrowska.
Margaret of Cortona (1247 – 22 February 1297) was an Italian penitent of the Third Order of Saint Francis.She was born in Laviano, near Perugia, and died in Cortona.She was canonised in 1728.
Prayer: Glorious Saint Nicholas, my special patron, from thy throne in glory, where thou dost enjoy the presence of God, turn thine eyes in pity upon me and obtain for me from our Lord the graces and helps that I need in my spiritual and temporal necessities (and especially this favor [petition or intercede here], provided that it be profitable ...