On Sunday, October 11, 2009 Pope Benedict XVI canonized five new saints in St. Peter’s Basilica. He also provided brief descriptions of each of the five newly-canonized saints: a bishop, a Trappist brother, two priests and a nun.
Archbishop Zygmunt Szczesny Feliński of Warsaw, founder of the Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of the Family of Mary,
Rafael Arnaiz Baron, a Cistercian oblate,
Dominican Father Francisco Coll y Guitard, founder of the Congregation of Dominican Sisters of the Annunciation Blessed Virgin Mary
Father Fr. Damien de Veuster, the famous apostle to the lepers, left Flanders, Belgium at the age of 23 to go on a mission to modern day Hawaii
Jeanne Jugan, St. Mary of the Cross, from the Little Sisters of the Poor
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