20 events with tag "saint"
422
ID: 5245
Birth of St. Genevieve at Nanterre - born to Frankish father Severus and Greek mother Gerontia
ID: 5245
512
ID: 5257
January 3, 512
Death of St. Genevieve at 89 - dies after 80 years serving Paris, buried in Saints-Apostles church, immediate veneration
ID: 5257
942
ID: 5454
November 18, 942
Saint Odo of Cluny dies; as second abbot he spread Cluniac reform to monasteries throughout France and Italy, establishing Cluny's network of dependent priories
ID: 5454
972
ID: 5455
Saint Mayeul of Cluny captured by Saracens in Alps, miraculously freed after ransom; event leads to expulsion of Saracen stronghold at Fraxinetum
ID: 5455
1027
ID: 5456
Saint Odilo of Cluny promotes the Truce of God movement, forbidding warfare on certain holy days - spreads from Cluny throughout France
ID: 5456
1030
ID: 3721
July 29, 1030
Battle of Stiklestad - Olaf II killed trying to reclaim Norway, later becomes St. Olaf, patron saint of Norway
ID: 3721
1038
ID: 5546
August 15, 1038
King Stephen I dies, later canonized as Saint Stephen, patron saint of Hungary
ID: 5546
1050
ID: 5468
Cluny becomes major pilgrimage site housing relics of Saints Peter and Paul, attracting thousands of pilgrims annually
ID: 5468
1120
ID: 5457
Saint Hugh of Cluny canonized by Pope Calixtus II; credited with numerous miracles and making Cluny the most powerful monastery in Europe
ID: 5457
1234
ID: 5213
Louis IX assumes personal rule - begins just reign, establishes royal courts, becomes model Christian king
ID: 5213
1270
ID: 5222
August 25, 1270
Death of Saint Louis at Tunis - dies of dysentery outside Tunis, Philip III succeeds, later canonized
ID: 5222
1297
ID: 5244
August 11, 1297
Louis IX canonized by Pope Boniface VIII - only French king to become saint, model of Christian kingship
ID: 5244
1510
ID: 3524
St. Catherine of Genoa dies - 'Jesus! Jesus!' - Had prophesied exact time of death - Body remains incorrupt
ID: 3524
1651
ID: 3417
St. Peter Claver dies in Colombia - 'slave of slaves' - Baptized 300,000 African slaves: 'We must speak to them with our hands by giving before we speak with our lips'
ID: 3417
1660
ID: 3420
St. Vincent de Paul dies - transformed French Church - 25,000 attend funeral - 'Love is inventive to infinity'
ID: 3420
1745
ID: 523
St. Benedict Joseph Labre born - future 'Beggar Saint' who chooses radical poverty
ID: 523
1783
ID: 616
St. Benedict Joseph Labre dies in Rome - 136 miracles verified immediately
ID: 616
1997
ID: 3026
September 5, 1997
St. Teresa of Calcutta dies - Served 'Jesus in distressing disguise' of poor - 'Do small things with great love' - Dark night revealed
ID: 3026
2005
ID: 3111
April 2, 2005
Pope Saint John Paul II dies after 26-year pontificate
ID: 3111
2005
ID: 3126
April 2, 2005
Pope St. John Paul II dies - 'Totus Tuus' - Youth cry 'Santo subito!' - Defeated Communism
ID: 3126