Saint of the Month

Franciscan Saints and Blessed

John Bradburne

September 2025 ‘Saint of Month’: Servant of God John Bradburne (1921-1979)

Born to an Anglican vicar and his wife in Cumberland (now Cumbria) County, England, Bradburne...
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Ceferino_Gimenez_Malla

August 2025 ‘Saint of Month’ – Blessed Ceferino Giménez Malla (1861-1936)

Son of Spanish gypsy parents, Ceferino Giménez Malla known familiarly as “El Pelé” was born...
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Father Tulio Maruzzo and Luis Obdulio Arroyo Navarro

Blessed Luis Obdulio Arroyo Navarro (21 June 1950 – 1 July 1981)

Image: Father Tulio Maruzzo and Luis Obdulio Arroyo Navarro (ofm.org) Luis Obdulio Arroyo Navarro was...
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Image of Matt Talbot

June 2025: Venerable Matt Talbot (1856-1925)

Matt Talbot was a humble Dublin workman whose life of prayer and penance has become...
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Sergio and Domenica Bernardini

May 2025: Venerable Sergio and Domenica Bernardini (1882 & 1889)

An Italian Secular Franciscan couple who raised 10 children has been recognised as venerable by...
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Benedict-Joseph Labre

April 2025: Benedict-Joseph Labre (1748-1783) (April 16)

Benedict-Joseph Labre was born in Amettes (France), diocese of Arras, the eldest of a family...
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Angela Salawa

March 2025: Blessed Angela (Aniela) Salawa (1881-1922) – (March 12)

Blessed Angela Salawa, the youngest of ten children of Bartholomew and Eve Salawa, was born...
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Martyrs Museum in Nagasaki

February 2025: Japanese Franciscan Tertiaries – Martyrs (Feb. 6)

Christianity was introduced to Japan in the sixteenth century by Jesuit and Franciscan missionaries, resulting...
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Pope Gregory X

January 2025: Blessed Pope Gregory X (Jan. 10)

This Tertiary pope of the 13th century, a friend of St. Bonaventure, was a true...
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Blessed Hugolinus

December 2024: Blessed Hugolinus Magalotti (c. 1320 – 1373)

Hugoline was born into a noble family in Camerino, Italy, and lived a life of...
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Blessed Luigi Beltrame Quattrocchi and Maria Corsini

November 2024: Blessed Luigi Beltrame Quattrocchi (1880 – 1951) and Blessed Maria Corsini (1884 – 1965), Spouses

Luigi Beltrame Quattrocchi Luigi Beltrame Quattrocchi was born in Catania on 12 January 1880. He...
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Lodovico Coccapani

November 2024: Venerable Servant of God Lodovico Coccapani (1849 – 1931)

The Venerable Servant of God Lodovico Coccapani was born on 23 June 1849 in Calcinaia...
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Anna_Schäffer

October 2024: St. Anna Schäffer (1882-1925)

Lay mystic; Franciscan tertiary; born in Mindelstetten (between Regensburg and Ingolstadt), Bavaria, Germany, on February...
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Pope St. John XXIII

October 2024: JOHN XXIII (1881-1963)

ANGELO GIUSEPPE RONCALLI was born in Sotto il Monte, in the Diocese and Province of...
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Rose of Viterbo

September 2024: St. Rose of Viterbo (1233-1251)

Rose was born in Viterbo (Italy) in 1233. It was the time of the emperor...
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