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Information: St. Damien of Molokai

Feast Day: May 10

Born: January 3, 1840, Tremelo, Belgium

Died: April 15, 1889 (aged 49), Kalaupapa, Molokai, Hawaii

Beatified: June 4, 1995, Rome by Pope John Paul II

Canonized: October 11, 2009, Rome by Pope Benedict XVI

Major Shrine: shrine Leuven, Belgium (bodily relics), Maui, Hawaii (relics of his hand)

Patron of: People with leprosy, people with HIV and AIDS, outcasts, the State of Hawaii

29 posted on 05/10/2018 7:01:43 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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Information: St. Antonius of Florence

Feast Day: May 10

Born: 1 March 1389 at Florence, Italy

Died: 2 May 1459 at Florence, Italy

Canonized: 31 May 1523 by Pope Adrian VI

Patron of: against fever

30 posted on 05/10/2018 7:08:51 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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