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Notorious Cambodian war criminal sentenced to life in prison
Cambodia's war crimes court has rejected the appeal of one of the Khmer
Rouge's most notorious ...
St. Gilbert of Sempringham
Gilbert was born at Sempringham, England, son of Jocelin, a wealthy Norman knight. He was sent to France to study ...
St. Joan of Valois
Joan of Valois, '4 - –5, was the second daughter of Louis X1, King of France, and ...
St. Aldate
Bishop and leader of Gloucester, England. Aldate's life is not detailed historically. He is reported to ...
St. Andrew Corsini
Carmelite miracle worker and papal legate. He was born in Florence on November 30, 1302, a member of the powerful ...
St. Aventinus of Chartres
Bishop and brother of St. Solemnis. Aventinus succeeded Solemnis as bishop of Chaitres, France, where he was ...
St. Vulgis
Benedictine abbot and bishop. He served as abbot of a monastery in Hainault, Belgium, and also governed the ...
St. Vincent of Troyes
Bishop of Trayes, France, from about 536. He succeeded St. Aemilian as bishop and worked to evangelize the entire ...
St. Theophilus the Penitent
Theophilus the Penitent (sixth century) + Archdeacon and diocesan administrator in Adana, Cilicia (modern Turkey), ...
St. Eutychius
Roman martyr starved in a prison and then thrown into a well. St. Damasus wrote Eutychius’ inscription.
St. John de Britto
Jesuit martyr in India. He was a native of Lisbon, Portugal, was dedicated at birth to St. Francis Xavier, and ...
Bl. John Speed
An English martyr. he was a layman sometimes called Spence. He was executed at Durham for befriending Catholic ...
St. John Stone
John Stone - Augustinian martyr, one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. He was a friar at Canterbury ...
St. Joseph of Leonissa
Capuchin Franciscan who served as a missionary to Christian galley slaves in Constantinople. Born in Leonissa, ...
St. Liephard
English martyred bishop, companion of King Caedwalla on a pilgrimage to Rome. Liephard was slain near Cambrai, ...
Bl. Rabanus Maurus
Abbot if Fulda, Germany, archbishop of Mainz and a well known theologian. Born in Mainz, he entered the ...
St. Rembert
Benedictine bishop. Born near Bruges, Flanders, Belgium, he entered the monastery of Turholt. Rembert ...
St. Nicholas Studites
Abbot A native of Sydonia, Crete, he studied at the Studius Monastery in Constantinople, modern Istanbul, Turkey, ...
St. Nithard
Benedictine monk and martyr. Originally a monk at Corbie, Saxony, in modem Germany, he became a companion of St. ...
St. Obitius
Benedictine monk and penitent. A one-time knight from Brescia, Italy, he underwent a profound personal conversion ...
