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In the Catholic Church, Venerable is the title used for a person who has been posthumously declared "heroic in virtue" during the investigation and process leading to beatification. The following is an incomplete list of people declared to be venerable. The list is in alphabetical order by Christian name but, if necessary, by surname or the ...
St. Marianne of Molokaʻi. St. Junípero Serra. Isaac Jogues (1607–1646), René Goupil (1608–1642), and Jean de Lalande (d. 1646), Professed Priests and Religious of the Jesuits; among the North American Martyrs (France – Canada – U.S.) Beatified: 21 June 1925 by Pope Pius XI. Canonized: 29 June 1930 by Pope Pius XI.
The Order of St John, short for Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem (French: l'ordre très vénérable de l'Hôpital de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem) and also known as St John International, is a British royal order of chivalry constituted in 1888 by royal charter from Queen Victoria and dedicated to St John the Baptist.
Died. 29 March 1957. (1957-03-29) (aged 65) Madrid, Francoist Spain. María Josefa Segovia Morón (10 October 1891 - 29 March 1957) was a Spanish Roman Catholic and the co-founder of the Teresian Institute that she established alongside Father Pedro Castroverde. [1] Morón devoted her life to the functioning of the institute in Spain and served ...
William of Ockham or Occam OFM (/ ˈ ɒ k əm / OK-əm; Latin: Gulielmus Occamus; c. 1287 – 10 April 1347) was an English Franciscan friar, scholastic philosopher, apologist, and Catholic theologian, who is believed to have been born in Ockham, a small village in Surrey.
Veneration in Noto St Conrad of Piacenza (San Corrado) Veneration ( Latin: veneratio; Greek: τιμάω timáō ), [a] or veneration of saints, is the act of honoring a saint, a person who has been identified as having a high degree of sanctity or holiness. [1] Angels are shown similar veneration in many religions.
Xuyun was purportedly born on 5 September 1840 in Fujian, Qing China. His original name was Xiao Guyan ( simplified Chinese: 萧古岩; traditional Chinese: 萧古巖; pinyin: Xiāo Gǔyán ). He was the son of Xiao Yutang ( Chinese: 萧玉堂; pinyin: Xiāo Yùtáng) and his mother was surnamed Yan ( simplified Chinese: 颜; traditional ...
A monastic saint who was martyred for the Orthodox faith is referred to as "venerable martyr" or hosiomartyr . In the 20th century, some English-language Orthodox sources began to use the term venerable to refer to a righteous person who was a candidate for glorification (canonization), most famously in the case of John of Shanghai and San ...