CALENDAR of the SAINTS
Anno Dómini 5 June 2011
"....and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb. ~ ~ Apocalypse
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Saint Adalar of Erfurt, Martyr
Evangelized Freisland with Saint Boniface. Martyred A.D. 5 June 754 at Dokkum, Freisland ( modern Netherlands )
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Saint Adalbert Radiousk
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Saint Apollonius of Egypt, Martyr
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Saint Austrebertus of Vienne
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Saint Bartolomeus Placidus of Recanati
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Saint Cyriacus of Perugia, Martyr
Beheaded in A.D. 250 in Perugia, Italy
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Saint Cyril of Cyrene
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Saint Dorotheus of Tyre, Martyr
Priest, scholar, and author at Tyre. Driven into exile during the persecutions of Diocletian, but later returned. Bishop of Tyre. Attended the Council of Nicaea in A.D. 325. Driven into exile at Odyssopolis, Thrace by Julian the Apostate. There the 107 year old priest was arrested, beaten, and murdered for his faith in A.D. 362.
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Saint Genesius, Count of Clermont
Born to the nobility, the son of Audastrius and Tranquilla.Miracle worker in his youth, restoring sight to the blind, healing the lame. Built and richly endowed several churches and religious houses. Friend of Saint Bonitus, Bishop of Clermont, and of Saint Meneleus, Abbot of Menat.
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Saint Hadulph, Martyr
Benedictine monk. Travelled, worked and martyred with Saint Boniface.
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Saint Julian of Perugia, Martyr
Beheaded in 250 in Perugia, Italy.
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Saint Dorotheus the Archimandrite
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Saint Elleher, Martyr
Benedictine monk. Travelled, worked and martyred with Saint Boniface. Martyred 5 June 754 at Dokkum, Freisland ( modern Nederlands ).
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Saint Eoban of Utrecht, Martyr
Benedictine monk. Priest. Evangelized Freisland with Saint Boniface and Saint Willibrord of Echternach. Appointed bishop of Utrecht, Netherlands by Saint Boniface. Martyred A.D. 5 June 754 at Dokkum, Freisland (modern Netherlands).
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Saint Faustinus of Perugia, Martyr
Beheaded in A.D. 250 in Perugia, Italy.
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Saint Felix of Fritzlar, Martyr
Monk at Fritzlar, Germany. Martyred by a pagan mob A.D. 790.
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Blessed Ferdinand of Portugal, Martyr
A prince, the son of King John I of Portugal. He grew up in the royal court, but spent his free time in prayer and helping the poor. Though a layman, he was offered a cardinalate by Pope Eugene IV; he declined. In 1437, with his brother Henry, he commanded an expedition to Morocco against the Moors. The Portuguese were defeated at Tangiers; Ferdinand offered himself as a hostage to secure the cession of Ceuta to the Moors. Ferdinand was thrown into a dungeon at Fez, Morroco where he survived five years of abuse and torture. The writer Calderon made him the hero of the drama, El Principe Constante.
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Beheaded A.D. 250 in Perugia, Italy.
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Saint Franco of Assergi
Benedictine hermit at the monastery at Collimento, Italy for about 20 years, and then about 15 years at Assergi, Italy.
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Saint Gundekar, Martyr
Benedictine monk. Travelled, worked and martyred with Saint Boniface.
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Saint Luke Loan, Martyr
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Saint Marcellinus of Perugia, Martyr
Priest in the apostolic vicariate of West Tonkin ( modern Vietnam ). Arrested and martyred in one of the waves of anti-Christianity. Beheaded A.D. 5 June 1840 in Hanoi, Vietnam.
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Saint Marcia
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Saint Marcian of Egypt, Martyr
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Bishop Blessed Meinwerk of Paderborn, Martyr
Bishop of Paderborn, Germany in 1009.
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Saint Nicanor of Egypt, Martyr
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Saint Sanctius of Córdoba, Martyr
Lifelong layman and Christianity. Captured by the Moors as a prisoner of war, he was taken to Córdoba, Spain, educated at the Moorish court, and enrolled in the guards of the Emir. Martyred by impalement A.D. 851 at Córdoba, Spain, when he refused to convert to Islam.
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Saint Theodore of Novgorod
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Saint Tudno of Caernarvon
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Saint Valeria, Martyr
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Saint Waccar, Martyr
Benedictine monk. Travelled, worked and martyred with Saint Boniface.
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Saint Zenais, Martyr
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