Wong Tai Sin or Huang Da Xian is a Chinese deity popular in Jinhua Zhejiang and Hong Kong with the power of healing. His name literally translates to the Great […]
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Saint Florian
Saint Florian (Latin: Florianus; civil name: Florian von Lorch; died ca. 304) is a Christian saint and the patron saint of Linz Austria; chimney sweeps; soapmakers and firefighters. His feast […]
Olaus Petri
Olof Persson (sometimes Petersson; born January 6 1493 died April 19 1552) better known under the Latin form of his name Olaus Petri (or less commonly Olavus Petri) was a […]
Saint Apollonia
Saint Apollonia was one of a group of virgin martyrs who suffered in Alexandria during a local uprising against the Christians prior to the persecution of Decius. According to legend […]
Æthelthryth
Æthelthryth (or Æþelðryþe; about 636 – June 23 679) is the name for the Anglo-Saxon saint known particularly in a religious context as Etheldreda or Audrey. She was an East […]
Saint Serf
Saint Serf or Serbán (Servanus) (ca. 500—d. 583 AD) is a saint of Scotland. Serf was venerated in western Fife. He is also called the apostle of Orkney with less […]
Charles I Count of Flanders
Blessed Charles the Good (1083 – 2 March 1127) was Count of Flanders from 1119 to 1127. He is most remembered for his murder and its aftermath.
Jerzy Popiełuszko
Jerzy Popiełuszko (Polish pronunciation: [ˈjɛʐɨ popʲɛˈwuʂkɔ]; 14 September 1947 – 19 October 1984) was a Roman Catholic priest from Poland associated with the Solidarity union. He was murdered by three […]
Theophylact of Ohrid
Theophylact of Ohrid (Greek Θεοφύλακτος surname¨Ηφαιστος Bulgarian Теофилакт Охридски Serbian Теофилакт Охридски also known as Theophylact of Bulgaria) (1055–1107) was a Greek archbishop of Ohrid and commentator on the Bible.
Metrophanes of Byzantium
Saint Metrophanes was the bishop of Byzantium from 306 to 314. He may have retired from his episcopacy and died as late as 326.