Saint Eudocia of Heliopolis

Feb 252010
 

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Courtesan who led a disolute youth. She converted, and led a life of great penance to make up for her early waywardness. Martyred in the persecutions of Trajan.

Born

  • at Heliopolis in Coele-Syria
  • her family was originally from Samaria

Died

Canonized

Additional Information

MLA Citation

  • “Saint Eudocia of Heliopolis”. Saints.SQPN.com. 25 February 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-eudocia-of-heliopolis/>

Blessed Mark Barkworth

Feb 232010
 

Also known as

  • George Barkworth
  • Mark Lambert

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Described as a tall, burly man, always cheerful, even in the sufferings of his later life. Studied at Oxford University. Convert to Catholicism, joining the Church at Douai, France in 1594. Studied at English College, Rome, Italy starting on 16 December 1596, and then at the Royal College of Saint Alban in Valladolid, Spain. While on the road to Spain he had a vision; Saint Benedict of Nursia appeared to him and told he would die a Benedictine and a martyr. Ordained in 1599. Benedictine Oblate. He returned to England with Saint Thomas Garnet to minister to covert Catholics. He was arrested, spent several months in prison, and was finally condemned for the crime of being a priest. Martyred with Blessed Roger Filcock and Saint Anne Line, the first Benedictine to die after the suppression of their monasteries.

Born

Died

Venerated

Beatified

Canonized

  • if you have information relevant to the canonization of Blessed Mark, contact
       Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales
       39 Eccleston Square
       London SW1V 1BX, UNITED KINGDOM

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Readings

I am come here to die, being a Catholic, a priest, and a religious man, belonging to the Order of Saint Benedict; it was by this same order that England was converted. - Blessed Mark, to the crowd gathered to watch his execution

Ah, sister, thou hast got the start of us, but we will follow thee as quickly as we may. - Blessed Mark, speaking at his execution to Saint Anne Line who had just died

MLA Citation

  • “Blessed Mark Barkworth”. Saints.SQPN.com. 23 February 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-mark-barkworth/>

Saint Anne Line

Feb 232010
 

Also known as

  • Anne Higham
  • Anne Lyne

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Born the daughter of a wealthy and ardent Calvinist. When she and her brother converted to Catholicism, they were disowned and disinherited. Anne married another convert, Roger Line, who was soon arrested for attending Mass, then exiled to Flanders, Belgium where he died in 1594.

When Father John Gerard established a house of refuge for priests in London, England, Anne was put in charge. Father Gerard was sent to the Tower of London, and then escaped in 1597. The authorities suspected Anne of hiding him, and she moved to another house, which became a rallying point for Catholics. On Candlemas, 1601, Father Francis Page was about to celebrate Mass there, when priest-catchers broke in. Father Page quickly unvested and mingled with the others, but the altar was all the evidence needed to arrest Anne. She was tried, convicted and hanged for harbouring priests. Martyred with Blessed Mark Barkworth, and her friend Blessed Roger Filcock. One of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.

Born

Died

Venerated

Beatified

Canonized

Patronage

Additional Information

MLA Citation

  • “Saint Anne Line”. Saints.SQPN.com. 23 February 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-anne-line/>

Saint Irene

Feb 222010
 

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Raised a pagan. At about 14 years of age, she witnessed a mob abusing Saint Porphyrius for his faith. The violence sickened her, and she came to his rescue, causing enough trouble that the pagans left him alone. He recovered and brought her to Christianity.

Born

Died

  • 490 of natural causes

Canonized

Additional Information

MLA Citation

  • “Saint Irene”. Saints.SQPN.com. 22 February 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-irene/>

Saint Craton

Feb 142010
 

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Convert, brought to the faith by Saint Valentine of Terni. Martyred with his wife and family, none of whose names have survived.

Died

Canonized

Additional Information

MLA Citation

  • “Saint Craton”. Saints.SQPN.com. 14 February 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-craton/>

Saint Ludmila

Feb 142010
 

[Saint Ludmilla]
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Daughter of a Slavic prince. Duchess of Bohemia, married to Boriwoi, first Christian Duke of Bohemia; the two were baptized by Saint Methodius in 871. They built the first Christian church in Bohemia, and tried to force Christianity on their subjects; they failed. Widow. Grandmother and tutor of Saint Wenceslaus of Bohemia. Gave a proper burial to Saint Ivan. Her daughter-in-law, Drahomira, jealous of the influence which Ludmilla wielded over her grandson, Wenceslaus, had her murdered.

Born

Died

Canonized

Patronage

Additional Information

MLA Citation

  • “Saint Ludmila”. Saints.SQPN.com. 14 February 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-ludmila/>

Saint Eleuchadius

Feb 132010
 

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Convert, brought to the faith by Saint Apollinaris of Ravenna. Bishop of Ravenna, Italy.

Born

Died

Canonized

Additional Information

MLA Citation

  • “Saint Eleuchadius”. Saints.SQPN.com. 13 February 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-eleuchadius/>

Saint Cornelius the Centurion

Jan 312010
 

[painting of Saint Cornelius]
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Centurion of the Roman cohort stationed at Caesarea, Palestine in the early 1st century. A Roman pagan, he received the Holy Spirit while listening to the preaching of Saint Peter the Apostle; he sent for Peter who baptized the entire family. He was the first known Gentile convert to Christianity, and the baptism of his whole household points to the first century use of infant baptism. First bishop of Caesarea.

Canonized

Additional Information

MLA Citation

  • “Saint Cornelius the Centurion”. Saints.SQPN.com. 31 January 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-cornelius-the-centurion/>

Saint Apronian the Executioner

Jan 312010
 

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Executioner for imperial Rome. He was a witness at the trial of Saint Sisinnius who was charged with Christianity in the persecutions of Diocletian. Sisinnius’ statement of his faith converted Apronian. He was martyred soon after.

Died

Canonized

Additional Information

MLA Citation

  • “Saint Apronian the Executioner”. Saints.SQPN.com. 31 January 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-apronian-the-executioner/>

Saint Henry Morse

Jan 302010
 

[Saint Henry Morse]
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Convert. Studied for the priesthood in Rome, Italy. Joined the Jesuits in 1626. Worked as a covert priest in London, England. Worked with plague victims in 1636, catching the plague himself – and recovering from it. Betrayed to the authorities by an informer, he was briefly imprisoned in 1638. He ministered to people around the countryside of southern England for years. Arrested and convicted of the crime of Catholicism in 1647. One of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.

Born

Died

Venerated

Beatified

Canonized

Additional Information

MLA Citation

  • “Saint Henry Morse”. Saints.SQPN.com. 11 August 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-henry-morse/>
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