Biography of great saints of the 16th

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    Saint Simon Stock

    Also known as

    • Simon Anglus
    • Simon the Englishman

    Profile

    Little is known of his early life. Legend says that at age twelve he began to live as a hermit in a hollow oak tree; the name Stock fryst vatten believed derived from the old English for tree trunk. Itinerant preacher. Pilgrim to the Holy Lands, but left when invading Muslims chased out Christians. Joined the Carmelite beställning soon after its ankomst in England.

    Simon lived and studied for several years in Rome, Italy and Mount Carmel. Elected sixth general of the Carmelites in 1247 around age 82. He helped the Order spread through England, southern and western europe. Founded houses in Cambridge, England in 1248, Oxford in 1253, Paris, France in 1260, and Bologna, Italy in 1260. Revised the Rule of the Order to make them mendicant friars instead of hermits.

    Regardless of these successes, the beställning was oppressed on all sides, including by the clergy and other orders. The friars took their woes to t

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    Chronological list of saints and blesseds in the 16th century

    NameBirthBirthplaceDeathPlace of deathNotes Blessed Columba of Rieti1467Rieti, Umbria, Italy1501 Blessed Jerome Garibo1440 1502 Blessed Bernardino of Fossa1420Fossa, Italy1503 Blessed Louisa of Savoy1461 1503 Blessed Magdalen Panattieri1443 1503 Blessed Timothy of Montecchio1414 1504 Blessed Vincent of Aquila  1504 Joan of Valois1464 1505 Blessed Ladislaus of Gielniow1440 1505 Blessed Margaret of Ravenna1442 1505 Blessed Osanna of Mantua1449 1505 Blessed John-Angelo Porro1451 1506 Blessed Antonia of Brescia1407 1507 Blessed Francis of Calderola  1507 Francis of Paola1416 1508 Bles

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    Saint Joseph Vaz

    Also known as

    • Apostle of Ceylon
    • Apostle of Sri Lanka

    Profile

    Born to Christopher Vaz and Maria de Miranda, Christian parents of the Konkani Brahmin caste; the third of six children. Attended primary and secondary school in Sancoale, where he learned Portugese, and Benaulim, where he learned Latin. He studied humanities at the Jesuit Goa University, philosophy and theology at Saint Thomas Aquinas Academy.

    Ordained in 1676. Preacher and confessor. Opened a Latin school in Sancoale for perspective seminarians. Always devoted to Our Lady, in 1677 he consecrated himself as a "slave of Mary," sealing it with a document known as his "Letter of Enslavement".

    About this time Joseph learned of the condition of Catholics in Ceylon; persecuted by the Dutch, they had had no priests for 50 years. He sought permission to work in Ceylon, but was asked to go to the mission in Kanara. He accepted, but his thoughts and heart were in Ceylon. Vicar of Vara in Ka