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Saint Donnán of Eigg (also known as Donan; [1] died 17 April 617) was a Gaelic priest, likely from Ireland, who attempted to introduce Christianity to the Picts of northwestern Scotland during the Early Middle Ages. Donnán is the patron saint of Eigg, [2] the island in the Inner Hebrides where he was martyred.
Giuseppe Di Donna was born on 23 August 1901 in Rutigliano in Bari as the last of nine children to Domenico Di Donna (d. 07.02.1921) and Laura Santa Di Carlo (b. 1857). [3] His mother had complications while pregnant with him and upon his baptism in the local parish consecrated him to the Blessed Mother to place him under her protection.
Donna Reardon is a Canadian politician, who currently serves as the mayor of Saint John, New Brunswick. She was first elected as a city councillor in May 2012, and was re-elected in 2016. [ 1 ] She was elected the 79th Mayor on May 25, 2021 in the 2021 New Brunswick municipal elections .
Mayor of Saint John Incumbent Donna Reardon since June 7, 2021 Style Your Worship Term length 4 years (Since 2004) Inaugural holder Gabriel George Ludlow Formation May 18, 1785 Salary $88 000 ($18 000 additional allowance), 2012 Website City of Saint John The Mayor of the City of Saint John is the head of the elected municipal council of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. Saint John Common ...
Dona Beatriz Kimpa Vita, also known as Kimpa Mvita, Cimpa Vita [1] or Tsimpa Vita (1684 – 2 July 1706), was a Kongolese prophet and leader of her own Christian movement, Antonianism; this movement taught that Jesus and other early Christian figures were from the Kongo Kingdom.
The earliest surviving image in a Western illuminated manuscript of the Madonna and Child comes from the Book of Kells of about 800 [19] (there is a similar carved image on the lid of St Cuthbert's coffin of 698) and, though magnificently decorated in the style of Insular art, the drawing of the figures can only be described as rather crude ...
St Dona's Church is on a steep hill near the coast on the eastern side of Anglesey, about 1 mile (1.6 km) from the village of Llanddona itself. [3] The village takes its name from its parish church: the Welsh word llan originally meant "enclosure" and then "church", and "–ddona" is a modified form of the saint's name. [4]
Luchesius Modestini, TOSF (also Luchesio, Lucchese, Lucesio, Lucio, or Luchesius of Poggibonsi) (c. 1180 - 1260) is honored by tradition within the Franciscan Order as being, along with his wife, Buonadonna de' Segni, the first members of the Franciscan Order of Penance, most commonly referred to as the Third Order of St. Francis.