Thomas of Villanova«Tomás de Villavnueva / Tomás García y Martínez»
(1488–1555)
Prior
Orders/Societies Associated with: Augustinian Friars*
Place of birth:Kingdom of Castile (Crown of Castile)†
Place of death:Kingdom of Valencia (Crown of Aragon)††
Feastday
18 September
Beatification
07/10/1618 by Paulus V
Canonisation
01/11/1658 by Alexander VII
Patronage
Patron of:Alimodian, Iloilo†††; Danao, Cebu††††; Dao, Capiz†††††; Miagao, Iloilo††††††; Santolan, Pasig; Villanova University, Pennsylvania
*Order of Saint Augustine / Ordo Fratrum Sancti Augustini / Order of Hermits of Saint Augustine / Ordo eremitarum sancti Augustini [1244]
†Reino de Castilla (Corona de Castilla) / Regnum Castellae (Corona Castellae) [1065–1715]
††Regne de València (Corona d'Aragó) / Reino de Valencia (Corona de Aragón) / Regnum Valentiae (Corona Aragonum) [1164 – 1700]
†††Banwa kang Alimodian / Banwa sang Alimodian / Bayan ng Alimodian
††††Dakbayan sa Danao / Dakbanwa sang Danao / Lungsod ng Danao
†††††Banwa sang Dao / Bayan ng Dao
††††††Banwa kang Miagao / Banwa sang Miagao / Bayan ng Miagao
Saints
This is by no means an exhaustive collection of saints. Many newly canonised saints may be missing and many local saints for which I could only find scant information on have been left out. But this is a substantial collection nonetheless.
The names of the saints are listed as they would have appeared in the time the saint lived (to the best I can determine). Click on the saint’s name in the list to see more information about that saint. If you wish to see saints for a different date, select that date below. Or you can select a saint by their name or by places they are associated with.
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Sources
Information has been gathered predominantly from the following books:
D’Arcy, Mary Ryan. The Saints of Ireland. St. Paul, MN: Irish American Cultural Institute. 1974.
Kelly, Sean and Rogers, Rosemary. The Saint-a-Day Guide. New York: Random House Trade Paperback. 2001.
Ó Riain, Pádraig. A Dictionary of Irish Saints. Dublin: Four Courts Press. 2011.
Thurston S.J., Herbert J. and Attwater Donald, eds. Butler’s Lives of the Saints. Westminster, MD: Christian Classics. 1990
and the following websites:
and various vetted articles in: Wikipedia