264 lives of faith. Showing 49–60.
Martyr · December 1
Charles de Foucauld, born as Charles Eugène, vicomte de Foucauld de Pontbriand , in religion Charles of Jesus, was a French monk, Catholic priest and hermit who lived among the Tuareg people in the Sahara in Algeria.
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Martyr · December 13
Lucia of Syracuse , also called Santa Lucia and better known as Saint Lucy, was a Roman Christian martyr who died during the Diocletianic Persecution.
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Martyr · December 29
Thomas Becket , also known as Saint Thomas of Canterbury, Thomas of London and later Thomas à Becket , was an English cleric and statesman who served as Lord Chancellor from 1155 to 1162, and then as Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 until his death in 1170.
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Apostle / Disciple · December 27
John the Apostle , also known as Saint John the Beloved and, in Eastern Orthodox Christianity, Saint John the Theologian, was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus according to the New Testament.
Holy Land (historical region) · Historical region
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Apostle / Disciple · October 28
Simon the Zealot , also the Canaanite or the Canaanean , was one of the apostles of Jesus.
Holy Land (historical region) · Historical region
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Apostle / Disciple · October 28
Jude the Apostle was one of the Apostles in the New Testament.
Holy Land (historical region) · Historical region
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Martyr · June 3
Charles Lwanga was a Ugandan convert to the Catholic Church who was martyred with his companions and is revered as a saint by both the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion.
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Martyr · August 5
Oswald was King of Northumbria from 634 until his death, and is venerated as a saint, of whom there was a particular cult in the Middle Ages.
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Martyr · November 20
Edmund the Martyr was king of East Anglia from about 855 until his death.
United Kingdom · Early origin
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Martyr · August 11
Philomena is venerated as a virgin martyr. Devotion to her developed after the discovery of remains in Rome’s Catacomb of Priscilla in 1802; her detailed life story comes from later accounts.
Origin uncertain · Birthplace unknown
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Martyr · October 21
Pedro Calungsod , also known as Peter Calungsod and Pedro Calonsor, was a Catholic Filipino-Visayan migrant, sacristan and missionary catechist who, along with the Spanish Jesuit missionary Diego Luis de San Vitores, proselytized and converted the…
Philippines · Disputed locality
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Martyr · September 20
Andrew Kim Taegon , also referred to as Andrew Kim in English, was the first Korean Catholic priest and is the patron saint of Korean clergy.
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