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Saint Sarah, also known as Sara-la-Kâli ("Sara the Black"; Romani: Sara e Kali), is the patron saint of the Romani people in Folk Catholicism. The center of her veneration is Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer , a place of pilgrimage for Roma in the Camargue , in Southern France .
Saint Amandina at her mission post in Taiyuan, China. (Painting in the choir of the "Chinese Chapel" in the Amandina museum) She entered the Institute of Franciscan Missionaries of Mary with the name Marie Amandine. Her first assignment was to go to Marseilles to nurse the sick, also completing a sacrament.
Mary of Saint Peter (French: Marie de Saint-Pierre; 4 October 1816 – 8 July 1848) was a Discalced Carmelite nun who lived in Tours, France. She is best known for starting the devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus which is now one of the approved Catholic devotions and for The Golden Arrow prayer. She also introduced the "Little Sachet" sacramental.
Virgin Mary, venerated as the patron saint of bicyclists, near Leintz-Gatzaga in the Basque Country. The Blessed Virgin is cited as the patroness of all humanity. However, certain occupations and activities are more closely associated with her protection.
Our Lady of Solitude (Spanish: María de la Soledad; Portuguese: Nossa Senhora da Soledade) is a title of Mary, mother of Jesus and a special form of Marian devotion practised in Spanish-speaking countries to commemorate the solitude of Mary on Holy Saturday.
The saint's feast is celebrated in the places dedicated to him. [ 8 ] Also associated with Our Lady of Carmel was a papal bull saying that there was a Sabbatine privilege associated with devotion to the saint; that is, until the late 1970s, the Catholic liturgy for that day mentioned the scapular devotion.
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On the Caribbean island of Saint Lucia there are two flower festivals supported by their respective Societies. Each society has a patron saint on whose feast day the grande fete is celebrated. For the Roses it is the feast of St. Rose of Lima on 30 August; and for the Marguerites it is that of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, 17 October. [25]