Lay saint · May 15
St. Hallvard Vebjørnsson
Saint Hallvard is depicted in the seal of the city of Oslo, holding the millstone and arrows used to kill him, with the woman he defended at his feet
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Martyr · April 13
St. Hermenegild
Saint Hermenegild or Ermengild, was the son of King Liuvigild of the Visigothic Kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula and southern France.
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Martyr · June 3
St. Joseph Mukasa Balikuddembe
Joseph Mukasa Balikuddembe was a Ugandan Catholic martyr and the majordomo at the court of Mwanga II of Buganda, recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church.
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Lay saint · November 15
St. Leopold III, Margrave of Austria
Leopold III, known as Leopold the Good, was the Margrave of Austria from 1095 to his death in 1136. He was a member of the House of Babenberg.
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Martyr · October 25
St. Margaret Clitherow
Margaret Clitherow was an English Catholic recusant known as The Pearl of York. She was pressed to death for refusing to enter a plea to the charge of harbouring Catholic priests.
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Martyr · October 25
St. Margaret Ward
Margaret Ward, called the "pearl of Tyburn", was an English saint and martyr who was executed during the reign of Elizabeth I for assisting a priest to escape from prison.
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Martyr · July 9
St. Mark Ji Tianxiang
Mark Ji Tianxiang was a Chinese lay Catholic and doctor. He was martyred during the Boxer Rebellion and had been an opium addict.
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Martyr · September 20
St. Paul Chong Hasang
Paul Chong Hasang was a Korean Catholic lay missionary known as one of the Korean Martyrs. His feast day is September 20, and he is also venerated along with the rest of the 103 Korean martyrs on 20 September.
Korea (historical region) · Historical region
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Martyr · October 19
St. Philip Howard, 13th Earl of Arundel
Philip Howard, 13th Earl of Arundel was an English nobleman. He was canonised by Pope Paul VI in 1970, as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.
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Religious · August 31
St. Raymond Nonnatus
Raymond Nonnatus was a Mercedarian friar and missionary from Catalonia in Spain. His byname, meaning "not born" in Latin, refers to his birth by Caesarean section, his mother having died in labour.
Spain · Traditional attribution
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Lay saint · August 16
St. Roch
Roch is remembered as a Catholic pilgrim and a companion in times of illness. His traditional story tells of caring for people suffering from plague and enduring illness himself.
France · Traditional attribution
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Martyr · July 8
St. Sunniva
Saint Sunniva is the patron saint of the Norwegian Church of Norway Diocese of Bjørgvin, as well as all of Western Norway.
Ireland · Traditional attribution
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