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What is Martyrology?
The word martyr comes from a Greek word meaning, "witness". In later centuries it referred to someone who voluntarily suffered physical death for their beliefs. Martyrologies were listings of the names, and later of the histories of those who suffered physical death because they refused to renounce their belief in Christ.

The complete Roman Martyrology
in Latin and English.

American Saints
On January 22, 1999, Pope John Paul II remarked "The Saints are the true expression and the finest fruits of America's Christian identity. In them, the encounter with the living Christ 'is so deep and demanding . . "

Benedictine Saints
Blesseds, Venerables and Worthies

Dominican Saints
The Martyrology of the Sacred Order of Friars Preachers

Magnificat Mont-Tremblant Quebec Canada
Feast days -- Alphabetical List of Saints

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