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Giovanni di Paolo - Blessed Peter of Siena (Aartsbisschoppelijk Museum, Utrecht) Peter of Siena (died 1321) was a 14th-century Franciscan missionary and martyr. He is reverenced in the Latin Church in India as one of the Four Martyrs of Thane, on April 9. [1]
The woman with seven sons is a Jewish martyr who is unnamed in 2 Maccabees 7, but is named Hannah, Miriam, Shamuna and Solomonia in other sources. According to Eastern Orthodox tradition, her sons, the "Holy Maccabean Martyrs" (not to be confused with the martyrs in the Ethiopian book of Meqabyan ), are named Abim, Antonius, Gurias, Eleazar ...
The Apostle of India, who came to Tamilakam, present day Kerala and Tamil Nadu, and was martyred on St.Thomas Mount. 3 July (solemnity in India) St. Bartholomew the Apostle: 1st century AD: Cana, Galilee: 1st century AD: Armenia: According to tradition, he did missionary activity in the region near Bombay on the Konkan coast. 24 August
Venerated in: All Christian denominations that venerate saints and in Islam: Canonized: Pre-CongregationAttributes: Keys of Heaven, Red Martyr, pallium, papal vestments, rooster, man crucified upside down, vested as an Apostle, holding a book or scroll, Cross of Saint Peter
Perpetua and Felicity (Latin: Perpetua et Felicitas; c. 182 [6] – c. 203) were Christian martyrs of the third century. Vibia Perpetua was a recently married, well-educated noblewoman, said to have been 22 years old at the time of her death, and mother of an infant son she was nursing. [7]
Sonia Gandhi, is an Italian Indian politician mother of politicians Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and wife of late husband former Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi. George Fernandes, He was an Indian trade unionist, statesman, journalist, freethinker. [17] K. M. George (politician), Founder of Kerala Congress
Today in Kottar, India, Devasahayam Pillai, a faithful layman, who lived in the 18th century and died a martyr, was proclaimed Blessed. Let us join in the joy of the Church in India and pray that this newly Beatified sustain the faith of the Christians of that great and noble country. Then he addressed the crowds in English:
Marie-Clémentine Anuarite Nengapeta (29 December 1939 – 1 December 1964), born Anuarite Nengapeta, was a Congolese Catholic martyr and member of the Sisters of the Holy Family. [1] Her mother had all her children along with her baptized in 1945. Anuarite ran away from home to join the convent, despite her mother's disapproval.