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  • 71Blessed Cunegundes —     Blessed Cunegundes     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Blessed Cunegundes     Poor Clare and patroness of Poland and Lithuania; born in 1224; died 24 July, 1292, at Sandeck, Poland. She was the daughter of King Bela IV and niece of St. Elizabeth of …

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  • 72Blessed Ferdinand —     Blessed Ferdinand     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Blessed Ferdinand     Prince of Portugal, b. in Portugal, 29 September, 1402; d. at Fez, in Morocco, 5 June, 1443. He was one of five sons, his mother being Philippa, daughter of John of Gaunt,… …

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  • 73Blessed Gil of Santarem —     Blessed Gil of Santarem     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Blessed Gil of Santarem     A Portuguese Dominican: b. at Vaozela, diocese of Viseu, about 1185; d. at Santarem, 14 May, 1265. His father, Rodrigo Pelayo Valladaris, was governor of… …

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  • 74Blessed Jean Eudes —     Blessed Jean Eudes     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Blessed Jean Eudes     French missionary and founder of the Eudists and of the Congregation of Our Lady of Charity; author of the liturgical worship of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary; b.… …

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  • 75Blessed John Speed —     Blessed John Speed     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Blessed John Speed     [alias Spence]     English martyr, executed at Durham, 4 Feb., 1593 4, for assisting the venerable martyr St. John Boste, whom he used to escort from one Catholic house… …

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  • 76Blessed John of Parma —     Blessed John of Parma     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Blessed John of Parma     Minister General of the Friars Minor (1247 1257), b. at Parma about 1209; d. at Camerino 19 Mar., 1289. His family name was probably Buralli. Educated by an uncle,… …

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  • 77Blessed Louis Allemand —     Blessed Louis Allemand     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Blessed Louis Allemand     Cardinal, Archbishop of Arles, whose name has been written in a great variety of ways (Alamanus, Alemanus, Almannus, Alamandus, etc.), was born at Arbent in the… …

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  • 78Blessed Maurus Magnentius Rabanus —     Blessed Maurus Magnentius Rabanus     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Blessed Maurus Magnentius Rabanus     (Also Hrabanus, Reabanus).     Abbot of Fulda, Archbishop of Mainz, celebrated theological and pedagogical writer of the ninth century, born …

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  • 79Blessed Peter Igneus —     Blessed Peter Igneus     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Blessed Peter Igneus     (Peter Aldobrandini.)     An Italian monk of the Benedictine congregation of the Vallombrosians, and Cardinal Bishop of Albano; d. [8 Feb.,] 1089. The struggle waged… …

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  • 80Blessed Peter of Montboissier —     Blessed Peter of Montboissier     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Blessed Peter of Montboissier     (Better known as PETER THE VENERABLE).     Born in Auvergne, about 1092; died at Cluny, 25 December, 1156. His mother, Blessed Raingarde, offered… …

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