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This page contains an alphabetical listing Saints whose feasts are
celebrated in the Roman Catholic Liturgical Cycle and Patron Saints.
There is a brief description describing each Saint and they are listed
in alphabetical order. To return to the document that brought you to
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St. Gabriel - Feast: September 29th (Feast)
- Born: Not Applicable -- Died: Not Applicable --
Canonized: Unknown
Roman Calendar: Yes -- Roman Canon: No -- Other:
- St. Gabriel the Archangel's feast had been celebrated on March
24th until 1921 when it was combined with St. Michael and St.
Raphael. His name means "God's strength". St. Gabriel is mentioned
four times in the Bible. He appeared to Mary to announce that she
would bear Jesus as the Son of God (Luke 1:26). Also, he appeared to
Zechariah to announce that Elizabeth was pregnant with John the
Baptist (Luke 1:19). St. Gabriel is the Patron Saint of
Broadcasters, Communications, Messengers, Postal Employees, Radio
Workers, Telecommunications and Telephone/Telegraph.
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St. George - Feast: April 23rd (Optional Memorial)
- Born: Unknown -- Died: 303 -- Canonized:
Unknown
Roman Calendar: Yes -- Roman Canon: No -- Other:
- St. George was born in Cappadocia. He was a defender of
Christianity and died a martyr around 303 A.D. He suffered many
tortures. Once he was beaten with clubs and tortured with hot irons.
Our Savior came that night and restored him to health. Also, St.
George drank deadly poison, was squeezed between two spiked wheels,
boiled in lead all of which had no affect on him. Each of these
things caused a member of the Datianus court including his wife to
convert to Christianity. Eventually he was beheaded. St. George is
the Patron Saint of England, Boy Scouts, Cavalryman, Chivalry,
Farmers and Soldiers.
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St. Gertrude - Feast: November 16th (Optional
Memorial)
- Born: 1256 -- Died: 1302 -- Canonized: 1678
Roman Calendar: Yes (1738)-- Roman Canon: No --
Other:
- St. Gertrude entered the Benedictine Monastery at the age of 5.
She had the first of the revelations for which she is famous at age
26. St. Gertrude was extremely devoted to the mystery of the
Incarnation, expressed in the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Holy
Eucharist. She is the Patron Saint of Travelers.
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St. Aloysius Gonzaga - Feast: June 21st (Obligatory
Memorial)
- Born: 1568 -- Died: 1591 -- Canonized: 1726
Roman Calendar: Yes -- Roman Canon: No -- Other:
- St. Aloysius was from the princely family of Castglione and
renounced all inheritance to become a Jesuit. He was born in 1568
A.D. near Mantua. St. Aloysius while serving the sick during the
plague, contracted the disease and died at age 23 in 1591 A.D. His
spiritual advisor was Robert Bellarmine. He is the Patron Saint of
Youth and students in Jesuit college.
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St. Maria Goretti - Feast: July 6th (Optional
Memorial)
- Born: 1890 -- Died: 1902 -- Canonized: 1950
Roman Calendar: Yes -- Roman Canon: No -- Other:
- St. Maria Goretti is the first saint in history whose mother was
present at her canonization. Believe or not so was Alexander
Serenelli, her killer. When St. Maria was 10 years old her father
died and Alexander said he would kill her if Maria did not give into
his seductions. She refused and he stabbed her 14 times. St. Maria
on her death bed forgave Alexander and appeared to him in a dream 8
years after her death and gave him a bouquet of flowers. He
converted to Catholicism and was later pardon by the wishes of St.
Maria's mother. He was released from prison after 26 years. He
became a Franciscan tertiary before he died. St. Maria is the Patron
Saint of Teenage Girls and Youth.
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Pope St. Gregory the Great - Feast: September 3rd
(Obligatory Memorial)
- Born: 540 -- Died: 604 -- Canonized: 604
Roman Calendar: Yes -- Roman Canon: No -- Other:
Pope, doctor of the Church
- St. Gregory was born in Rome around 540 A.D. He is considered to
be one of the four great doctors of the western Church. St. Gregory
was elevated to Pope on September 3, 590 A.D. He called himself "servus
servorem Dei". St. Gregory is the Patron Saint of Musicians,
Singers, and Teachers.
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Pope St. Gregory VII - Feast: May 25th (Optional
Memorial)
- Born: 1020 -- Died: 1085 -- Canonized: 1606
Roman Calendar: Yes (1728) -- Roman Canon: No --
Other: Pope
- Pope St. Gregory VII was born as Hildebrand in Tuscay. He was
educated in Rome and entered a monastery of the Order of St.
Benedict. Pope St. Gregory became the secretary to Pope Gregory VI
and served under five more popes before being elevated to the Chair
of St. Peter. He fought against simony, clerical marriage, and lay
investiture. Pope St. Gregory excommunicated Henry IV and the
anti-pope, St. Clement XIII, in 1084. After the excommunications he
lived in exile until his death.
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