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Blessed Virgin of Potente del Trompone:
Visionary:  Domenica di Miglianotto on 26 June 1562
Title:  Blessed Virgin of Potente del Trompone
2nd Visionary:  Visionary: St Peter of Alcantara (1499-1562)

St Peter of Alcantara (1499-1562 – Memorial 19 October) was a Franciscan who lived in several monasteries in Spain. Since 1540, he undertook a major reform plan, designing to bring the Franciscan Order back to its roots.   Although he was met with much resistance on this path, a Brief of Pope Paul IV approved the reform.   From 1556, he became provincial of the Spanish reformed convents, under the patronage of the Province of St Joseph, and received permission to build new convents in Spain and worldwide.   Through the charisma of his high mystical graces, the persuasive power of his preaching, and example of his severe life, he led a life of prayer and atonement. Peter had a great influence on his brethren and the faithful, but also the nobility and the government of his country.   St Teresa of Avila praised the mystical qualities of Peter of Alcantara.   His book on contemplative prayer is well known and his aspiration to perfect prayer and meditation.   Shortly before his death the Mother of God appeared to him and forewarned of his death. He was beatified in 1622 and canonised in 1669.

Our Lady of Longing:   Matka Boża Tęskniąca / Longing Mother of God, Warsaw, Poland – One of the oldest churches in the Archdiocese of Warsaw is St Elizabeth Powsin   Located on the main altar is a painting of Our Lady of Longing – artist unknown – from the first half of the seventeenth century.   At either side, the image is surrounded by statues of Saints Adalbert and Stanislaus – Polish bishops and martyrs  . The testimony of miracles and graces relating to the Our Lady of Longing icon have been collected at least since the mid-seventeenth century.   On 28 June 1998, the image became the fourth image of Mary in the Archdiocese of Warsaw to be canonically crowned.

St Acteie of Rome
St Albinus of Rome
Bl Andrea Giacinto Longhin
Bl Andrii Ischak
St Anthelm of Belley
St Babolenus of Stavelot-Malmédy
St Barbolenus of Fossés
Bl Bartholomew of Vir
St Corbican
St David of Thessalonica
St Deodatus of Nola
St Dionysius of Bulgaria
St Edburga of Gloucester
St Hermogius of Tuy
St Iosephus Ma Taishun
St John of Rome
St John of the Goths
St José Maria Robles Hurtado
St Josemaria Escriva (1902-1975)

Bl Khalil Al-Haddad
St Maxentius of Poitou
St Medico of Otricoli
Bl Mykola Konrad
St Paul of Rome
St Pelagius of Oviedo
St Perseveranda of Poitiers
Bl Raymond Petiniaud de Jourgnac
St Salvius
Bl Sebastian de Burgherre
St Soadbair
St Superius
St Terence of Rome
St Vigilius of Trent
Bl Volodymyr Ivanovych Pryima
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Martyrs of Africa – 4 saints: Four Christians who were martyred together – Agapitus, Emerita, Felix and Gaudentius at an unknown location in Africa, date unknown.

Martyrs of Alexandria – 3 saints: Three Christians who were martyred together, but we really know little more that the names – Agatho, Diogenes and Luceja. They were martyred in Alexandria, Egypt, date unknown.

Martyrs of Cambrai – 4 beati: Four Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul nuns at Arras, France. Imprisoned together in 1792 and executed together two years later in the anti-Catholic excesses of the French Revolution. They were:
• Jeanne Gerard
• Marie-Françoise Lanel
• Marie-Madeleine Fontaine
• Thérèse-Madeleine Fantou
They were guillotined on 26 June 1794 at Cambrai, Nord, France and Beatified in June 1920 by Pope Benedict XV.