| 1st:
St. Fulgentius
was
the Bishop
of Ruspe, in Tunisia, died in 533 |
| 15th:
St. Paul was
an Egyptian Hermit and founder of Monastic life in
Thebes,
died in 342 |
| 17th:
St. Anthony was
Founder of monastic life in the desert of Egypt, died
in 356 |
| 23rd:
St. John the Alms Giver
was
the Patriarch of Alexandria, died in 619 |
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| 8th:
St. Josephine
Bakhita
was
a Sudanese slave girl born in 1869. She was later
sold to an Italian Consol who took her to Italy where she
eventually became free. She was baptized and later joined
the Canossian Sisters in Vicenza, Italy, lived a holy life,
and beatified May 17, 1992. She was canonized on October 1st
2000,
died in 1947 |
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| 1st:
St. Gelasius
was
Bishop of Rome and third African Pope (492-496),
died in 496 |
| 7th:
St. Perpetua and Felicity were
martyred in Carthage along with 6 others
companions in 202 |
| 12th:
St. Maximilian (Marmilian)
was
martyred at Theveste, Numidia after refusing to
serve in the Roman army in 295 |
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| 4th:
St. Benedict the Black
was
Sicilian, son of African parents; the first
African to be canonized through the regular canonical
process,
died in 1585 |
| 12th:
St. Zeno was
Born at Cherchell, Algeria; was missionary in
Verona, Italy, where he became Bishop of Verona (c. 362),
died in 380 |
| 20th:
St. Marcellinus
was
an African missionary to France, died in the
4th Century |
| 23rd:
St. John the Alms Giver
was
the Patriarch of Alexandria, died in 619 |
| 1st :
St. Fulgentius
was
the Bishop
of Ruspe, in Tunisia, died in 533 |
| 2nd:
St. Athanasius
was
Bishop of Alexandria, died in 373 |
| 3rd:
St. Timothy and Maura were
husband and wife martyred in Southern Egypt
in 298 |
| 15th:
St. Isidore of Chios
was
an Alexandrian army officer beheaded for his faith in
251 |
| 22nd:
St. Julia of Tunisia
was
a slave girl crucified for her faith |
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| 3rd:
St. Charles Lwanga and Companions
were
martyrs in
Uganda, canonized by Pope Paul VI in 1964. The 22 young
court servants were martyred for their faith by the Buganda
King Mwanga in 1886. Along with them were 80 young Anglicans |
| 12th:
St. Onuphrius
was
an Egyptian Hermit,
died in the
4th Century |
| 15th:
St. Orsiesius was
Abbot of Tabennisi Monastery, Egypt, died
in 380 |
| 27th:
St. Cyril of Alexandria
was
the Patriarch of Alexandria(412-444), died in 444 |
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| 1st:
St. Shenute
was
founder of monastic life in Egypt, died in 450 |
| 3rd:
St. Anatolius was
a philosopher and scientist of Alexandria, died
in 282 |
| 9th:
St. Pantaenus
was
head of Alexandrian Catechetical School and
missionary to Persia (Iran), died in 190 |
| 13th:
St. Eugenius
was Archbishop of Carthage, died in 5th
Century |
| 17th:
St. Maximilian (Marmilian)
was
martyred at Theveste, Numidia after refusing to
serve in the Roman army in 295 |
| 20th:
St. Aurelius
was Archbishop
of Carthage, died in the 5th Century |
| 23rd:
St. Victor I
was
Bishop of Rome and first African Pope (189-199)
died in 199 |
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| 2nd:
St. Rutilius
was
a North African martyr,
died in the 4th
Century |
| 8th:
Blessed Isidore Bakanja
was
a Congolese labourer and catechist martyred for
his faith, died in 1909 |
| 21st:
Blessed Victoire Rasoamanarivo
was
foundress of the Catholic Action in Madagascar,
beatified in 1989, died in 1894
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| 24th:
153 martyrs of Utica were thrown into a pit of quicklime in Utica,
Tunisia,
in 260
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| 27th:
St. Monica
was
the mother of St Augustine of Hippo,
widowed at age 40, died in 387
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| 27th:
St. Poemen
was
a desert monk known for his holiness, and who
encouraged frequent Communion, died in 400
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| 28th:
St. Augustine of Hippo was a Bishop of Hippo Regius (modern Annaba) on
coast of Algeria, Doctor of the Church, died in 298 |
| 28th:
St. Moses the Black
was
a slave, gang leader, who after conversion died a
martyr of non-violence on August 28, his feast day. That
date providentially coincides with the march to Washington
by 200,000 African Americans in 1963, died in 395 |
| 2nd:
Blessed Ghebre Mikha'el was
an Ethiopian priest and martyr, died in 1855 |
| 6th:
St. Donatian and Companions
were
martyrs, six Bishops of the Ecclesiastical
province of Byzaccne (present day Tunisia and Algeria); died
in 484
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| 10th:
St. Nemesia and Companions
were
9 Bishops, several deacons and lay persons who
died in a marble quarry in North Africa, died in 257
|
| 21st:
St. Matthew
was
Apostle and Evangelist. According to one ancient
tradition, he was the first evangelizer of Nubia (modern
Sudan), died in the 1st
Century |
| 22nd:
St. Raissa
was
a virgin and martyr from Alexandria, died in 300
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| 1st:
St. Aizan and Sazan
were
twin
brothers; Aizan was the first Christian Emperor of the
Kingdom of Axum, Ethiopia, died in 360
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| 8th:
St. Thais was
an Egyptian penitent, converted after many years as
a prostitute, died in 350 |
| 10th:
St. Cerbonius
was
an African missionary Bishop in Italy,
died in 573 |
| 11th:
St. Michael Aragave
was one of the first Ethiopian Monks,
died in the 4th Century |
| 11th:
St. Sarmata
was
a disciple of St. Anthony of Egypt, martyred by
Saracens in the Egyptian desert, died in 357 |
| 12th:
5000 African martyrs and confessors of the faith
were African martyrs deported and killed for their
faith by the Vandal King Huneric, died in 483 |
| 23rd:
St. Victor I
was
Bishop of Rome and first African Pope (189-199)
died in 199 |
| 27th:
Commemoration of the Saints of the Ethiopian
Church: St. Frumentius (Abba Salama) and Aedesius
were Syriac monks and founders of the Church in
Ethiopia, died in 380 |
| 27th:
St.
Elesbaan
was
an Ethiopia King who died as a monk in Jerusalem,
died in 555 |
| 27th:
St. Lalibala (Ghebre Mesqel)
was an Ethiopian Emperor revered for his
faith, died in 1255 |
| 27th:
St. Tekla Hymanot
was
a great Ethiopian reformer of monasticism, died in
1313 |
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| 3rd:
St. Martin de Porres
was
born in Peru, son of a Spanish father and an
African slave mother, who became a pharmacist at an early
age and later joined the Dominican Order, where he continued
to dispense medicine to the poor, while living a humble and
austere life, with great devotion to the Eucharist,
died in 1369
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| 4th:
St. Pierius
was
head of the Catechetical School in Alexandria,
died in the
4th Century |
| 7th:
St. Achilias
was
head of religious instruction in Alexandria, died in 312 |
| 11th:
St. Nennas was an Egyptian soldier in Phygia, who fled from
persecution and became a hermit, died in 300
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| 13th:
St. Arcadius and companions
were
Martyrs, victims of the Arian Kind of the
Vandals, Genseric,
died in 437 |
| 21st:
St. Gelasius was Bishop of Rome and third African Pope
(492-496), liturgical reformer, who ordered the reception of
Communion under both species, died in 496 |
| 25th:
St. Cathrine of Alexandria
was
a virgin and martyr who suffered martyrdom in
Alexandria. Her relics are said to be kept in the monastery
of St. Catherine on Sinai,
died in the
4th Century |
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| 1st:
Blessed Anuarite Nengapeta
was
a Virgin and martyr, a member of the Holy Family
Sister in Congo Kinshasa, martyred by the Simba rebels, died in 1964
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| 2nd:
St. Peter Martyr of Alexandria
was
patriarch of Alexandria during the Roman
persecution, died in 311 |
| 3rd:
St. Cassian of Tangiers
was
a lawyer who resigned and became Christian and
died as a martyr, died in 298
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| 10th:
St. Melchiades was Bishop of Rome and second African Pope
(311-314), died in 314
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