Reliquary / Relic:Ss. Martyrs of Gorkum,John Macias

$242.0
Country/Region of Manufacture
Italy
Handmade
Yes
Modified Item
No
condition
Used
Size:cm

Material:brass

1 class

Wax seal:Tommaso Michele Salzano(21 Apr 1807 - 12 Sep 1890,Auxiliary Bishop of Naples,Titular Archbishop of Edessa)

Martyrs of Gorkum

Memorial:9 July

Profile:

Nineteen martyrs killed by Calvinists for loyalty to the Pope and for their belief in the Real Presence in the Eucharist. 

Died:hanged on 9 July 1572 in Brielle, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Beatified:14 November 1675 by Pope Clement X

Canonized:29 June 1867 by Pope Pius IX
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Saint John Macias

Memorial:16 September,18 September on some calendars

Profile:

Born to a pious and impoverished Spanish noble family. Orphaned young, he worked as a shepherd. Worked on a South American cattle ranch around Cartagena, Colombia. Dominican lay brother at Lima, Peru, received by the house on 23 January 1622. Worked as porter or doorkeeper for his friary for over 20 years. Noted for visions, for his care for the poor of Lima, and for his endless praying of the Rosary, offering all his prayers for the release of souls in Purgatory; traditions says that he freed over a million through his prayers. Friend of Saint Martin de Porres.

Born:2 March 1585 at Ribera del Fresno, Estramadura, Spain
Died:16 September 1645 in Lima, Peru of natural causes

Venerated:2 February 1762 by Pope Clement XIII (decree of heroic virtues)
Beatified:22 October 1837 by Pope Pius VII
Canonized:28 September 1975 by Pope Paul VI