Sunday, December 6, 2015

St. Peter Pascual - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Peter Pascual - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online



St. Peter Pascual, Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr. he became bishop of Jaen, although the diocese was technically under the dominion of the Islamic Moors. Nevertheless, he preached extensively to promote the Christian faith in Islamic communities and sought to ransom Christian captives being held by Islamic Moorish captors. He was martyred in Granada. Feastday Dec.6

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

St. Flora & Mary - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Flora & Mary - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online



St. Flora & Mary, Roman Catholic women and Martyrs at Cordoba, Spain. They surrendered to Muslim authorities and were placed in a brothel. Still clinging to the faith, Flora and Mary were beheaded. Feastday Nov 24

Sunday, November 22, 2015

Bl. Baldji Oghlou Ohannes - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Bl. Baldji Oghlou Ohannes - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online



Bl. Baldji Oghlou Ohannes, Roman Catholic Monk and Martyr. A group of eight Franciscan martyred in the region of Mujuk-Dersi, Armenia by invading Islamic Turks who tortured them, demanded they convert to Islam, and murdered them when they did not convert. Feastday Nov 22

Friday, November 20, 2015

St. Felix of Valois - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Felix of Valois - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online



St. Felix of Valois,  Hermit and co-founder of the Trinitarians with St. John of Matha. He lived as a recluse at Cerfroid, France, and in 1198 received approval from the Holy See for the Order of the Most Holy Trinity to ransoms captives from the Muslim Moors. Felix founded St. Mathburn Convent in Paris while in his seventies. He died in Cerfroid on November 4. Feastday: Nov. 20

Thursday, November 19, 2015

Bl. Salvatore Lilli - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Bl. Salvatore Lilli - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online



Bl. Salvatore Lilli, Roman Catholic Fransican Monk and Martyr. Missionary to Mujuk-Deresa, Armenia in 1894. In 1895 the area was occupied by Islamic Turks who captured Salvatore and fellow Franciscans Baldji Oghlou Ohannes, David Oghlou David, Dimbalac Oghlou Wartavar, Geremia Oghlou Boghos, Khodianin Oghlou Kadir, Kouradji Oghlou Tzeroum, and Toros Oghlou David. They were tortured and ordered to convert; they refused. One of the Martyrs of Armenia. Feastday Nov 19

Saturday, October 31, 2015

St. Arnulf - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Arnulf - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online



St. Arnulf, Roman Catholic Benedictine martyred by the Saracens.Arnulf was a monk at Novalese, in Piedmont, Italy. When the area was overrun by the Saracens, he was put to death. Feastday: October 31

Thursday, October 22, 2015

St. Bertharius - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Bertharius - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online



St. Bertharius, Roman Catholic Monk and Martyr. In 883, the monastery was again attacked by Muslims, and Bertharius was killed along with some other monks at the altar of St. Martin on October 22 of that year in the church of Saint Salvator at the foot of the hill. Feastday Oct 22

Monday, October 19, 2015

St. Laura - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Laura - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online



St. Laura, Roman Catholic and Martyr. She was martyred by Muslims who took her captive and scalded her to death by placing her in a vat of boiling lead. She is one of the Martyrs of Córdoba. Feast Day Oct. 19. Feastday October 19

Thursday, October 15, 2015

St. Callistus - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Callistus - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online



St. Callistus, Roman Catholic Layman and Spanish Martyr. Callistus went to France with St. Mercurialis to fight against the Saracens (Muslim Invaders), dying in battle. Feastday Oct 15

Saturday, October 10, 2015

St. Daniel - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Daniel - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online



St. Daniel, Roman Catholic Franciscan martyr of Morocco, with Samuel, Angelus, Domnus, Leo, Nicholas, and Hugolinus. Daniel was a Franciscan provincial in Calabria, Italy. He and the other friars went on a mission to Morocco to preach to the Muslims. They were arrested in Ceuta, North Africa, and termed madmen. When they refused to convert to Islam, they were beheaded. Feastday: October 10

St. Paulinus of Capua - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Paulinus of Capua - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online



St. Paulinus of Capua, Roman Catholic Bishop of Capua. Paulinus was from England and, according to tradition, he was on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem when he stopped at Capua, Italy. For whatever reason, the inhabitants of the city compelled him to become their bishop. His term as bishop was deeply troubled by the predations of Saracen raiders, and he died at Sicopolis, the city to which he fled when Capua was overrun by the Saracens. Feastday: October 10

Monday, October 5, 2015

Bl. Robert Sutton - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Bl. Robert Sutton - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online



Bl. Robert Sutton, Roman Catholic English Martyr. He was an Anglican minister before his conversion to Catholicism. In 1575, he converted and went to Douai, France. He returned to England and was arrested in London and hanged at Clerkenwell. Feastday Oct 5

Sunday, October 4, 2015

St. Peter of Damascus - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Peter of Damascus - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online



St. Peter of Damascus, Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr. The bishop of Damascus, Syria, at the time of the Islamic conquest of the region. He was seized by the Muslims for preaching against Muhammad and condemned to death. His captors tortured, blinded, crucified, and finally beheaded him. Feastday October 4

Sunday, September 27, 2015

Sts. Adolphus and John - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Sts. Adolphus and John - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online



Sts. Adolphus and John, Roman Catholic Martyrs of Spain, brothers and residents of Seville, the sons of an Islamic father and a Christian mother. Caught in the persecutions conducted by the Muslim Caliph of Córdoba, Abdal-Rahman II, Adolphus and John were martyred in Córdoba. Feastday Sept 27

Friday, September 25, 2015

Bl. Mark Criado - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Bl. Mark Criado - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online



Bl. Mark Criado, Roman Catholic Trinitarian martyr. He was born in Andujar, Spain, in 1522, and joined the Trinitarians in 1536 . Mark was martyred by the Muslim Moors in Almeria. Feastday Sept 25

Sunday, September 20, 2015

St. Eusebia - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Eusebia - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online



St. Eusebia, Roman Catholic Benedictine abbess and Martyrs, slain with her community by the Muslim Saracens at Saint-Cyr, France. Forty nuns died with Eusebia. Feastday Sept. 20

Thursday, September 17, 2015

St. Columba of Spain - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Columba of Spain - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online



St. Columba of Spain, A Roman Catholic virgin and martyr of Cordoba. She served as a nun at Tabanos until the Moorish persecution started in 852. Going to Cordoba, she refused to deny the faith and was beheaded. Feastday Sept. 15

Wednesday, September 16, 2015

St. Rogellus - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

                                       
St. Rogellus, Martyr with his disciple, Servus Dei. He was a monk in Spain who was put to death at Cordoba by the Moors for publicly attacking the Muslim faith. His young disciple suffered with him. Feastday, September 16




St. Rogellus - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online



                                        

Tuesday, September 15, 2015

St. Emilas & Jeremiah - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Emilas & Jeremiah - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online



Sts. Emilas & Jeremiah, Roman Catholic Spanish martyrs of Muslim controlled Cordoba, Spain, by Caliph Abd-al-Rahman II . Emilas was a deacon. The young men were beheaded. Feastday Sept. 15

Thursday, September 3, 2015

St. Sandila - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Sandila - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online



St. Sandila, A Spanish martyr. He was put to death at Cordoba by the Islamic Moors for being a conspicuous Christian. Feastday Sept 3

St. John of Perugia & Peter of Sassoferrato - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. John of Perugia & Peter of Sassoferrato - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online



Sts. John of Perugia & Peter of Sassoferrato, Franciscan martyrs. They were sent by St. Francis of Assisi in 1216 to preach among the Moors of Spain and worked in Tervel and Valencia until seized by Muslims and beheaded. Feastday Sept 3

Monday, August 31, 2015

St. Raymond Nonnatus - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Raymond Nonnatus - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online



St. Raymond Nonnatus, Roman Catholic Priest. He remained as hostage for several slaves when his money ran out and was sentenced to be impaled when the governor learned that he had converted several Mohammedans. He escaped the death sentence because of the ransom he would bring, but was forced to run the gauntlet. He was then tortured for continuing his evangelizing activities but was ransomed eight months later by Peter Nolasco. Feastday Aug 31

Sunday, August 30, 2015

St. Pelagius, Arsenius, and Sylvanus - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Pelagius, Arsenius, and Sylvanus - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online



St. Pelagius of Cordova, Martyr in Cordoba, Spain. Also called Pelayo, he was a young boy of Asturias who was left by his uncle as a hostage to the Moors of Cordoba. As he remained unransomed for three years, the Cordoban ruler Emir Abd al-Rahman III offered to free him if he would but renounce his Christianity and become a Muslim. He refused, and the emir ordered him tortured. Pelagius died after six hours of agony. Rhoswitha of Gandersheim, a Benedictine poetess, composed a poem in his honor. Feastday Aug 30

Thursday, August 20, 2015

St. Leovigild and Christopher - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Leovigild and Christopher - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online



Sts. Leovigild and Christopher, Martyrs of Cordoba, Spain, put to death under the Muslim ruler of Cordoba, Abd al-Rahman II. Leovigild was a priest and Christopher was a monk. Feastday Aug 20

Friday, August 14, 2015

St. Otranto Martyrs ~ Antonio Primaldo - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Otranto Martyrs ~ Antonio Primaldo - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online



St. Otranto Martyrs, Antonio Primaldo was martyred in 1480 by Ottoman invaders after he refused along with approximately 800 others, to convert to Islam. small, fortified town of about 6,000 inhabitants. The Ottomans immediately attacked the town, bombarding it indiscriminately. The asked for the town's surrender the next day, which was summarily refused. Thus scorned, the Ottomans resumed their bombardment compelling the civilians to retreat into the small citadel there. A final assault was ordered on the citadel by the Ottoman commander, Gedik Ahmed Pasha. That assault broke through the defenses and subsequently all men over the age of 15 were slaughtered. The women and children were enslaved. A number of people still managed to survive and escape and took refuge in the local cathedral to pray with their elderly archbishop, Stefano Pendinelli. Pasha entered the cathedral and demanded their conversion to Islam. All refused and most were immediately beheaded.On August 14, about 800 survivors including Antonio Primaldo were bound with ropes and transported to a local hilltop where they were to be executed, their families compelled to watch and even assist in the killings. Primaldo was the first victim and was beheaded whilst standing. Legend says his body remained standing, and despite efforts to push it over, remained upright until the last victim was killed. This miracle was said to cause the conversion of an Ottoman officer called Bersabei, who became Christian. For this conversion, he was impaled by his own men. The other 800 martyrs were systematically killed by beheading. Feastday Aug 14

Thursday, August 6, 2015

Martyrs of Cardena - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Martyrs of Cardena - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online
Martyrs of Cardena, Roman Catholic Benedictine monks in the monastery of Cardena, Spain, under Abbot Stephen. More than two hundred monks here were put to death by the Muslim Arabs during their conquest of the Spanish peninsula. Feastday Aug. 6

Monday, July 27, 2015

Sts. Natalie

Sts. Natalie



Sts. Natalie & Aurelius, Roman Catholic Martyr for her Faith with her husband Aurelius. According to his biography by St. Eulogius of Toledo, Aurelius was the son of a Moor and a Spanish woman, and was orphaned as a child. He was secretly raised a Christian by his aunt during the Moorish persecution of Christians. He married a half Moorish woman, Sabigotho, who took the name Natalie when he converted her to Christianity. They were both beheaded for practicing their religion openly together with George, a monk from Jerusalem whom Aurelius had befriended. Feastday July 27th

Saturday, July 25, 2015

St. Theodemir - Saints

St. Theodemir - Saints



St. Theodemir, Roman Catholic Monk and Martyr of Spain. He was martyred at Cordoba under  Muslim Emir Abd al-Rahman II (r. 822-852), because he would not recant his Christian faith. Feastday July 25

Wednesday, July 22, 2015

St. Theophilus - Saints

St. Theophilus - Saints



St. Theophilus, Roman Catholic Admiral and Martyr. An officer in charge of the Byzantine fleet stationed at Cyprus, he was captured in battle against an Arab fleet, despite the pleas of his officers to retreat when the cause was hopeless. He spent one year in a Muslim prison and was then martyred after he refused to abjure the Christian faith. Feastday July 22

Monday, July 20, 2015

St. Paul of St. Zoilus - Saints

St. Paul of St. Zoilus - Saints



St. Paul of St. Zoilus, Roman Catholic Spanish martyr. Paul was a deacon of Cordoba, Spain, and a member of the community of St. Zoilus in that city. He devoted much of his effort to bringing aid to those Christians imprisoned by Muslim officials. Seized by members of the ruling Islamic government, he was beheaded. Feastday July 20

Sunday, July 19, 2015

St. Aurea - Saints

St. Aurea - Saints



Saint Aurea, Roman Catholic Martyr of Spain. Aurea was born in Cordoba, Spain. She was widowed there and became a Christian. Entering a convent at Cuteclara, she was denounced by her family to the Moorish authorities. Aurea was beheaded. Feastday July 19

Saturday, July 11, 2015

St. Abundius - Saints

St. Abundius - Saints



St. Abundius A priest and martyr of Spain who faced Islamic persecution. Abundius, who was a pastor in Ananelos, was arrested in Córdoba, Spain, when he refused to abandon his Christian faith. Brought before the Caliph, the Muslim ruler of the city, he preached about Christianity and the Church. the Caliph condemned him and beheaded him. Feastday July 11

Sunday, June 28, 2015

St. Argymirus - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Argymirus - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online



St. Argymirus. Roman Catholioc Martyr of Spain. A native of Cabra, Spain, he held a high position in one of the Islamic domains in the peninsula. Fired because of his Christian faith, Argymirus became a monk. lie made a public statement of his beliefs and was beheaded. 858 A.D. Feastday June 28
St. Argymirus. Roman Catholioc Martyr of Spain. A native of Cabra, Spain, he held a high position in one of the Islamic domains in the peninsula. Fired because of his Christian faith, Argymirus became a monk. lie made a public statement of his beliefs and was beheaded. 858 A.D. Feastday June 28

Thursday, June 25, 2015

St. Eurosia - Saints

St. Eurosia - Saints



St. Eurosia, A Roman Catholic French Martyr, a victim of the Muslim invasion of Spain. She was born in Bayonne, France, and was slain at Jaca in the Pyrenees of Aragon, Spain, when she refused to marry a Muslim.Feastday June 25

Monday, June 15, 2015

St. Benildis - Saints

St. Benildis - Saints



St. Benildis. Roman Catholic Spanish Woman Martyr, converted by the heroic death of St. Athanasius. A priest, St. Athanasius, died in the city of Córdoba at the hands of the Muslims, the Islamic rulers of that era. Benildis converted during the martyrdom of St. Athanasius and she died at the stake the following day. 853 A.D. Feastday June 15

Sunday, June 14, 2015

St. Anastasius XVII - Saints

St. Anastasius XVII - Saints



St. Anastasius XVII Roman Catholic Deacon and Martyr. A monk in the Benedictine monastery in Tabanos, near Cordoba, Spain, Anastasius was caught up in the persecutions conducted by the Muslim Moors. With St. Felix and St. Digna, Anastasius was beheaded for the faith. 853 A.D. Feastday June 14

Thursday, June 11, 2015

St. Peter Rodriguez and Companions - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Peter Rodriguez and Companions - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online



St. Peter Rodriguez and seven Companions, Roman Catholic Knights of Santiago of Portugal and Spanish Martyrs, put to death by the Muslim Moors Feastday: June 11

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Bl. Olivia - Saints

Bl. Olivia - Saints



Bl. Olivia, Roman Catholic beautiful girl of thirteen, of a noble Palermo, Italy, family who was carried off to Tunis by raiding Moslems. They allowed her to live in a nearby cave but when they found that her miracles and cures had converted many Mohammedans, she was imprisoned, tortured, and after converting her executioners trying to burn her to death, was beheaded. Feastday June 10

Tuesday, June 9, 2015

St. Ephrem - Saints

St. Ephrem - Saints



St. Ephrem. Roman Catholic Doctor of the Church, he is given credit for awakening the Church to the important of music and poetry in spreading and fortifying the faith. Feastday June 09

Monday, June 8, 2015

Bl. Pacificus of Cerano - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

Bl. Pacificus of Cerano - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online



Bl. Pacificus of Cerano. Roman Catholic Franciscan friar Pope Sixtus IV asked him to preach a crusade against the Ottoman Turks who had recently captured Constantinople and were threatening the Mediterranean. Feastday June 8

Sunday, June 7, 2015

St. Peter - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Peter - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online



St. Peter, Roman Catholic Priest and Spanish Martyr with Wallabonsus, Sabinian, Wistremundus, Habentius, and Jeremias. They were put to death in Cordoba at the order of Emir Abd al-Rahman II for preaching against Muhammad. Though most were beheaded, Jeremias was scourged to death. Feastday June 7

Friday, June 5, 2015

St. Sanctinus - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Sanctinus - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online



St. Sanctinus.  Also known as Sancho, a martyr. He was born in Albi, France, but was captured as a child by the Moors and sold into slavery at Cordoba, Spain. Raised and educated at the court of the emir of Cordoba, he served in the palace guard until tortured and executed for professing the Christian faith and refusing to embrace Islam. 851 A.D. Feastday June 5

Sunday, May 24, 2015

St. John del Prado - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. John del Prado - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online



St. John del Prado, Roman Catholic Franciscan martyr of Morocco. He was born in Morgobresio, in Leon, Spain, and became a Franciscan of the Strict Observance. Volunteering in 1613 to go to
Morocco, he was martyred there with two Franciscan companions on the orders of the ruler of Marrakesh. The ruler supposedly executed John personally. Feastday May 24