Born: 233
Died: 250 (beheaded)
Patronage: Camerino, Italy
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Saint of the Day – February 16 – Saint Juliana of Nicomedia, Virgin and Martyr of Nicomedia
Saint of the Day – February 5 – Saint Agatha, Virgin and Martyr
Saint Agatha – Born: 231
Died: 251
Canonized:
Pre-congregation by tradition confirmed by Pope Gregory I
Patronage:
Bellfounders, breast cancer patients, bakers, nurses/wet nurses, jewelers, martyrs, rape victims, single laywomen, sufferers of sterility, Victims of torture, natural disasters, fire, earthquakes, eruptions of Mount Etna, and volcanic eruptions, Catania (Sicily), Gallipoli (Apulia), Molise, Malta, San Marino, Zamarramala (Segovia, Spain), Escatrón, (Zaragoza, Spain)
Saint of the Day – February 3 – Saint Blaise, Bishop and Martyr
Saint of the Day – February 1 – Saint Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop and Martyr
Saint Ignatius – Born: 50 in Syria
Died: 107 (thrown to wild animals)
Patronage:
Church in eastern Mediterranean;
Church in North Africa; throat diseases
Saint of the Day – January 30 – Saint Martina, Virgin & Martyr
Saint Martina – Born: unknown
Died: martyred in 228
Patronage:
nursing mothers; Rome, Italy
Saint of the Day – January 19 – Saint Canutus, King of Denmark and Martyr
Saint Canutus: Born: ~1042
Died: ~1086
Saint of the Day – January 18 – Saint Prisca (Priscilla), Virgin and Martyr 56
Saint Prisca: Born: unknown; Died: ~275 at Rome
Saint of the Day – January 16 – Saint Marcellus I, Pope and Martyr
Saint Marcellus: Born: 255; Died: 309/310
Papacy began: 27 May 304
Papacy ended: 16 January 309/310
Saint of the Day – December 29 – Saint Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury and Martyr
Saint Thomas Becket: Born: 21 December 1119/1120;
Died: 29 December 1170 (aged 50 or 51)
Canonized: 21 February 1173 by Pope Alexander III
Patronage: clergy; Exeter College Oxford; Portsmouth England; secular clergy