Saint Francis of Paola - April 2 Also known as Franciscus de Paula Francis the Fire Handler Francesco di Paola Memorial 2 April Profile Francis’s parents were childless for many years, but following …More
Saint Francis of Paola - April 2
Also known as
Franciscus de Paula
Francis the Fire Handler
Francesco di Paola
Memorial
2 April
Profile Francis’s parents were childless for many years, but following prayers for the intercession of Saint Francis of Assisi, they had three children; Francis was the oldest. Following a pilgrimage in his teens to Rome and Assisi in Italy, he became a hermit in a cave near Paola. Before he was 20 years old he began to attract followers. By the 1450‘s the followers had become so numerous that he established a Rule for them and sought Church approval. This was the founding of the Hermits of Saint Francis of Assisi, who were approved by the Holy See in 1474. In 1492 they were renamed the Franciscan Order of Minim Fiars, which means they count themselves the least of the family of God. Prophet. Miracle worker. Reputed to read minds. In 1464 Francis wanted to cross the Straits of Messina to reach Sicily, but a boatman refused to take him. Francis laid his cloak on …More
Also known as
Franciscus de Paula
Francis the Fire Handler
Francesco di Paola
Memorial
2 April
Profile Francis’s parents were childless for many years, but following prayers for the intercession of Saint Francis of Assisi, they had three children; Francis was the oldest. Following a pilgrimage in his teens to Rome and Assisi in Italy, he became a hermit in a cave near Paola. Before he was 20 years old he began to attract followers. By the 1450‘s the followers had become so numerous that he established a Rule for them and sought Church approval. This was the founding of the Hermits of Saint Francis of Assisi, who were approved by the Holy See in 1474. In 1492 they were renamed the Franciscan Order of Minim Fiars, which means they count themselves the least of the family of God. Prophet. Miracle worker. Reputed to read minds. In 1464 Francis wanted to cross the Straits of Messina to reach Sicily, but a boatman refused to take him. Francis laid his cloak on …More
Francis of Paola (Optional Memorial)
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Constantine of Scotland
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Francis of Paola (Optional Memorial)
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Abundius of Como
Agnofleda of Maine
Alessandrina of Foligno
Appian of Caesarea
Arnulf of Leuven
Bronach of Glen-Seichis
Constantine of Scotland
Ðaminh Tuoc
Diego Luis de San Vitores-Alonso
Donatus
Drogo of Baume
Ebbe the Younger
Eustace of Luxeuil
Francis Coll Guitart
Gordonian
John Payne
Julius
Leopold of Gaiche
Lonochilus of Maine
Magnus
Meingosus of Weingarten
Musa of Rome
Mykolai Charnetsky
Nicetius of Lyon
Pedro Calungsod
Rufus of Glendalough
Theodora of Tiria
Urban of Langres
Victor of Capua
Vilmos Apor
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Martyrs of Africa – 10 saints
Martyrs of Thessalonica – 16 saints
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Augustine of Ancona
Conall of Clonallan
Elizabeth Vendramini
Floberde
Genoveva of Brabant
Gregory of Nicomedia
Heinrich von Baumburg
Mary of Saint Joseph Alvarado
Polycarp of Alexandria
Thetwif of Minden
Titus the Miracle Worker
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Abundius of Como
Agnofleda of Maine
Alessandrina of Foligno
Appian of Caesarea
Arnulf of Leuven
Bronach of Glen-Seichis
Constantine of Scotland
Ðaminh Tuoc
Diego Luis de San Vitores-Alonso
Donatus
Drogo of Baume
Ebbe the Younger
Eustace of Luxeuil
Francis Coll Guitart
Gordonian
John Payne
Julius
Leopold of Gaiche
Lonochilus of Maine
Magnus
Meingosus of Weingarten
Musa of Rome
Mykolai Charnetsky
Nicetius of Lyon
Pedro Calungsod
Rufus of Glendalough
Theodora of Tiria
Urban of Langres
Victor of Capua
Vilmos Apor
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Martyrs of Africa – 10 saints
Martyrs of Thessalonica – 16 saints
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Augustine of Ancona
Conall of Clonallan
Elizabeth Vendramini
Floberde
Genoveva of Brabant
Gregory of Nicomedia
Heinrich von Baumburg
Mary of Saint Joseph Alvarado
Polycarp of Alexandria
Thetwif of Minden
Titus the Miracle Worker