Dominican saint days and other updates:

[James_OPL]

July 9, 2011

St. John of Cologne & Companions
(+1572)

German, parish priest, martyred with
18 companions at Gorkum, Holland, by
Calvinists, patron of Dominican priests in
parochial ministry.

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Thanks for doing this. I learn a good deal from these posts!

Blessings,

Jason

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Bl. James of Voragine

(1226-1298)

Italian, Archbishop of Genoa, hagiographer,
author of the famous Legenda Aurea (The
Golden Legend).

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Bl. Ceslaus Odrowatz
(c.1180-1242)

Polish, priest, brother of St. Hyacinth (Aug.
17), one of first Dominicans, missionary.

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July 24,2011

Bl. Jane of Orvieto

(1264-1306)

Italian, virgin, worker among the poor, Lay
Dominican.

AND

Bl. Augustine of Biella

(1430-1493)

Italian, priest, preacher, reformer, friend of
the poor.

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Today is the Feast of :
St. James the Apostle.

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Today is the Feast day of:

Saints Joachim & Anne

Parents of Mary

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Bl. Robert Nutter, Martyr

( 1550 -1600 )

English, priest, ministered to covert
Catholics in England, spent 15 years in
prison for being a Catholic priest. But, it
was in prison that Bl. Robert joined the
Dominican Order and was received by the
Provincial of Portugal. In 1600, he managed
to escape from prison, but was recaptured
in May and hanged on July 26, 1600. He
was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1987.

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St. Dominic
( b.1170 - d.1221 )

Patron of Astronomers and Founder of the Order of Preachers.

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Bl. James of Bevagna (1220-1301)

Italian, priest, strenuous defender of orthodoxy, ascetic.

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This was yesterdays posting. Sorry......



Bl. Walter (Guala) of Bergamo (+1244),
Italian, early Dominican, friend of St. Dominic,
preacher, Bishop of Brescia.

Bl. Ingrid of Skanninge (+1282)
Widow, first Swedish Dominican nun, attracted
other women to join her, used her inheritance to
build for her group the first Swedish Dominican
cloistered monastery after overcoming
considerable civil and ecclesiastical hurdles
both in Sweden and in Rome.

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Bl. Catherine of Racconigi
(1486‐1547)
Italian, virgin, ascetic, mystic, Lay Dominican.

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Bl. Bertrand of Garrigue

(+1230)

French, priest, one of the original Dominicans, beloved
companion of St. Dominic, ascetic, established
the Order throughout France.

Bl. Michael Czartorysky

(1897‐1944)

Polish, priest, martyred by the Nazis, beatified 1999.

Bl. Julia Stanislava Rodzinska

(1899‐20 II 1945)

Polish, sister, virgin, teacher, administrator;
under Nazis continued her apostolates clan‐
destinely; as prisoner in death camp (Stutthof),
covertly promoted the Rosary and nursed sick
fellow prisoners, mostly Jews; martyr, beatified
June 18, 1999.

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St. Juan Macias

(1585‐1645) [M]

Spanish‐born
Peruvian, cooperator brother, worker among
the poor, miracle‐worker, friend of St. Martin
de Porres (Nov. 3), canonized 1980.

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Today is the memorial of the 16 martyrs of Nagasaki. (see below).....