Saints / Lay Saints

Lay Saints

137 lives of faith. Showing 37–48.

Lay saint · 16 December

St. Adelaide of Italy

Adelaide of Italy , also called Adelaide of Burgundy, was Holy Roman Empress by marriage to Emperor Otto the Great.

Switzerland

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St. Hedwig of Silesia

Hedwig of Silesia , a member of the Bavarian comital House of Andechs, was Duchess of Silesia from 1201 and of Greater Poland from 1231 as well as High Duchess consort of Poland from 1232 until 1238.

Germany

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St. Edward the Confessor

Edward the Confessor was King of the English from 1042 until his death in 1066.

United Kingdom

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Martyr · 11 August

St. Philomena

Philomena , also known as Saint Philomena or Philomena of Rome was a Greek virgin martyr whose remains were discovered on 24–25 May 1802, in the Catacomb of Priscilla.

Origin uncertain · Birthplace unknown

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Lay saint

St. Gemma Galgani

Gemma Umberta Pia Galgani , also known as Gemma of Lucca, was an Italian mystic, canonized as a saint in the Catholic Church in 1940.

Italy

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Lay saint · 4 July

St. Pier Giorgio Frassati

Pier Giorgio Frassati was an Italian Catholic activist and a member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic.

Italy

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Lay saint · 5 May

St. Nunzio Sulprizio

Nunzio Sulprizio was an Italian Roman Catholic from Pescara who worked as an apprentice blacksmith.

Italy

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Martyr · February 10

St. José Sánchez del Río

José Sánchez del Río was a 14-year-old Mexican Cristero put to death by soldiers of the Mexican Army because he refused to renounce his Catholic faith.

Mexico

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