Saints of the day november 15
Saint Albert the Great (s. XIII)
Celebrate today: Albert, Albertino, Alberto, Alverto, Bert, Berta, Bertha, Berthila, Bertin, Bertita, Beto.
View moreSaint Eugene of Toledo (s. VII)
Bishop, writer and Spanish poet of the Visigothic period. He is one of the fathers of the Hispanic Church.
Celebrate today: Eugeni, Eugeniano, Eugenio.
View moreSaint Fidenciano y compañeros
In Hippo Regia, in Numidia, the twenty holy martyrs whose victorious faith held St. Augustine and of which only remembered the names of the Bishop Fidenciano, valerian and Victoria (s. III/IV).
Saint Gurias of Edesa
In Edessa, in the region of Osrhoena, martyrs Saints Gurias, ascetic, and Samonà, who, under the rule of Diocletian, after prolonged and cruel torments were sentenced to death by the prefect Misiano and beheaded.
Saint Maclovio of Alet (s. VII)
In lower Brittany, saint Maclovio or Macuto, Bishop of Alet, who, born in Cambria, he died in Saintes.
Saint Samonas of Edesa
In Edessa, in the region of Osrhoena, martyrs Saints Gurias, ascetic, and Samonà, who, under the rule of Diocletian, after prolonged and cruel torments were sentenced to death by the prefect Misiano and beheaded.
Saint Leopoldo el piadoso (s. XII)
In the monastery of Klosterneuburg in Austria, burial of saint Leopoldo, Prince of that province, who is honoured, even in life, with the nickname of «Merciful», because it was always peace obrador and friend of the poor and of the clergy.
Blessed Mary of the Passion Chappotin (s. XX)
Saint Desiderius of Cahors (s. VII)
Blessed Caius of Korea (s. XVII)
Saint Fintano of Rheinau (s. IX)
In Rheinau, among the Helvetii (today Switzerland), saint Fintano, from Ireland, who lived a long time in a monastery, but later detained is in a small cell, next to the Church, hidden by God's love.
Saint Sidonio of Rouen (s. VII)
In Rouen, in Neustria, saint Sidónio, Abbot, a native of Ireland, who made monastic life first in Jumièges, then at the monastery of Herio, on the île de Noirmoutier, under the direction of St. Philibert, and finally in the monastery of Saint-Saëns for he founded (c. 684).
Blessed Lucy Brocadelli (s. XVI)
Saint José Mkasa Balikuddembé (s. XIX)
In Mengo, Uganda place, saint José Mkasa Balikuddembé, martyr, that being in front of the Royal Palace, received baptism won many young people for Christ and defended children from the vicious passions of the Mwenga King Court, and, because of this, the King, enraged, ordered to slaughter him twenty-five years of age.
Saint Rafael of Saint José Kalinowski (s. XX)
In Wadowice, Poland, saint Rafael de Saint José (Joseph) Kalinowski, priest, who in the insurrection of the people against the oppressor during the war, was taken prisoner by the enemy and deported to Siberia, and after suffering many calamities, finally recovered freedom, joined the order of the Barefoot Carmelites, who greatly promoted.