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Nun. Abbess of Nonnberg Abbey near Salzburg, Austria.
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Officer in the imperial Roman army. He along with several of his soldiers and some citizens of Besançon, France were martyred for their faith.
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- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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Second century missionary from Rome, Italy to the British Isles.
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Second century missionary from Rome, Italy to the British Isles.
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Born to the Scottish nobility. Governor of the province of Laudon. He gave up his wealth and status to become a monk and then abbot at Melrose Abbey.
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Bishop of Athens, Greece; his background in Greek literature helped him become quickly accepted even by the pagans in his diocese. First person to write an apology for Christianity, addressed to Emperor Hadrian c.124. He is quoted in works by Saint Eusebius and Saint Jerome, and he is mentioned in early martyrologies.
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Catholics massacred in several churches in Alexandria, Egypt by Arians.
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A group of Catholic Christians martyred in the church of Theonas, Alexandria, Egypt by order of the Arian Emperor Valens. Their names have not come down to us.
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A group of 4th-century parishioners in Alexandria, Egypt. During the celebration of Mass one day an Arian officer named Syrianus led a troop of soldiers into their church and proceded to murder all the orthodox Christians in the place.
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Son of Roger and Catherine Powel. Studied law, but left it for the seminary in Douai, France. Benedictine monk at Downside Abbey. Ordained in 1618. Returned to England in 1622 to minister to covert Catholics. Was working in Leighland, Somersetshire when the Civil War broke out. In 1645 he worked in Devonshire, and then as chaplain in the army of General Goring in Cornwall. On 22 February 1646 the ship he was taking to South Wales was captured, and he was denounced for the crime of being a priest in England. Imprisoned, he developed pleurisy. On 9 June 1646 he was convicted of priesthood. Martyr.
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