
Priest or Deacon · December 4
St. Giovanni Calabria
Giovanni Calabria was an Italian Roman Catholic priest who dedicated his life to the plight of the poor and the ill.
Italy · Present-day geography
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Priest or Deacon · December 4
Giovanni Calabria was an Italian Roman Catholic priest who dedicated his life to the plight of the poor and the ill.
Italy · Present-day geography
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Religious · February 23
Giuditta Vannini was an Italian religious sister who co-founded the Daughters of Saint Camillus to care for the sick.
Italy · Present-day geography
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Religious · 17 May
Giulia Salzano was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious and the founder of the Catechetical Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
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Priest / Deacon · 16 February
Giuseppe Allamano, IMC was an Italian Catholic priest who established the Consolata Missionaries for males and another for females, the Consolata Missionary Sisters.
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Priest or Deacon · January 1
Giuseppe Maria Tomasi was an Italian Catholic priest, scholar, reformer and cardinal as well as a member of the princely Tomasi family.
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Priest · 16 November
Giuseppe Moscati was an Italian doctor, scientific researcher, and university professor noted both for his pioneering work in biochemistry and for his piety.
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Bishop · July 31
Giustino de Jacobis was an Italian Catholic bishop and member of the Congregation of the Mission who served as Apostolic Vicar of Abyssinia and the Titular Bishop of Nilopolis.
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Priest or Deacon · August 2
Giustino Russolillo was an Italian Catholic priest and the founder of the Vocationists, the Vocationist Sisters and of the Secular Institute of the Apostles of Universal Sanctification.
Italy · Present-day geography
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Martyr
Grata of Bergamo is an Italian saint and martyr, and sister of Asteria of Bergamo.
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Martyr · 9 July
Gregory Mary Grassi,, was an Italian Franciscan friar and bishop who is honored as a Catholic martyr and saint.
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Doctor of the Church
Pope Gregory I , commonly known as Saint Gregory the Great , was the 64th Bishop of Rome from 3 September 590 until his death on 12 March 604.
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Pope · February 11
Gregory II was the bishop of Rome from 19 May 715 to his death on 11 February 731.
Italy · Present-day geography
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