Archdioceses of Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg, South Africa [SACBC]
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St Maurice and Companions, Martyrs
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Common of Martyrs
Anniversary:
45th anniversary of the death of P. Edward Diffely (HIB) (77) d. 1993 at Galway, Ireland.
On this day in our Jesuit history...
Bl. Tomas Sitjar and 10 companions, priests and martyrs – Martyrs of Valencia. Blessed Jose Aparico Sanz, S.J. and companions, martyrs.
1611
The death of Pedro Ribadeneira, aged 85. He had been admitted by St. Ignatius at the age of 14. He became an eloquent preacher, a great missioner, and a gifted writer.
1747
Fr. General Frances Retz visits the novitiate and foretold the Suppression of the Society. He added that one novice (Fr. Louis Panizzoni) would witness the Restoration.
1774
At Rome the death of Pope Clement XIV, aged 69, miraculously assisted by St. Alphonsus Ligouri. He died worn out with suffering and grief because of the Suppression of the Society. False stories were circulated that he had been poisoned by the Jesuits. On the Pope's becoming deranged in mind after the Suppression, see Ranieri, S.J..
