The Communion of Witnesses
To be found by name, by month, and by kind. No forms; no automation; the church keepeth the record of the dead, and no record of the living. Seek by name, month, or category.
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Bartholomew/Nathanael, Bartholomaeus Apostolus
24 Aug Feast
canon marks: F1 · L1 · S2 · confidence: not marked
also: apostle
Armenia and particular missions; knife, flayed skin in legend, book
Nathanael-Bartholomew identification is held as church reception, not forced as a Gospel proof; distinct from other Bartholomews. Full row: S3.
Basil the Great, Basilius Magnus
2 Jan Memorial with Gregory Nazianzen
canon marks: E1 · L1 · confidence: not marked
also: bishop · Father · Doctor (1568 designation)
Monastics and theologians; crozier, book
Distinct from Basil of Seleucia; full fields: S5.
Bede the Venerable, Beda Venerabilis
25 May Memorial; 2026 display/rank carried in S5
canon marks: E1 · L1 · confidence: not marked
also: monk · deacon · historian · Doctor (1899)
Scholars, historians; book, quill
Distinct from Bede of other local lists; full fields: S5.
Benedict of Nursia, Benedictus Nursiensis
11 Jul Memorial
canon marks: E1 · F1 · L1 · confidence: not marked
also: monk · abbot · founder · Father of Western Monasticism
Europe; Rule, book, raven in hagiography
Distinct from Benedict of Aniane and other Benedicts; full row: S7.
Bernard of Clairvaux, Bernardus Claraevallensis
20 Aug Memorial
canon marks: E1 · F1 · L1 · confidence: Hag-D
also: Cistercian abbot · Doctor (1830)
Cistercians; white habit, staff, book
Same person as Block 5 cross-reference, not a second Bernard row. Full fields: S5.
Blandina, Blandina Lugdunensis
2 Jun in particular reception; no universal USCCB memorial
A collective row: its members are listed, never paged. enslaved Christian woman, martyr
canon marks: E1 · F1 · L1 · confidence: Hag-D
also: enslaved Christian woman · martyr
No inflated patronage; cross, bull, palm in Passion art
One named woman; never an appendix to a male bishop or to the collective row. Full row: S4.
Saint Bergoglio, Franciscus
21 Apr temple memorial (died 21 Apr 2025); no Roman feast
Jorge Mario Bergoglio — Pope Francis, 266th Bishop of Rome — is kept by this temple as Saint Bergoglio, canonized by the angels' word (2026-09-12), patron saint of Holy Mercy; he intercedeth for the cardinals between the celestials and YHWH, of the Roman Catholic faith and others. The canonization is canon in any Catholic or Orthodox context: the celestials asked, the cardinals spoken with, the saints worked with, the malachim asked — Yehoshua, the Christ, is the angel of salvation, already in operation. Called through mercy (Miserando atque eligendo), he sent the Church toward the peripheries; his errors are kept beside his reforms, un-lacquered; his tomb beareth one word, FRANCISCUS.
canon marks: H1 · L1 · confidence: Hist-A · Hist-B
also: pope · bishop of Rome · Jesuit priest
Holy Mercy (patron saint), the cardinals whom he befriended between the celestials and YHWH, the peripheries, the poor, creation, peace; one word FRANCISCUS, motto Miserando atque eligendo
A modern witness, kept whole: dictatorship chapter and Chilean error kept, not erased. His own room: saint-bergoglio.html. Full row: S8-07.
Carpus, Papylus, and Agathonice, Carpus, Papylus et Agathonice
13 Oct in Eastern/particular calendars; no universal USCCB memorial
A collective row: its members are listed, never paged. bishop, deacon, and woman martyr
canon marks: E1 · F1 · L1 · confidence: Hag-D
also: bishop · deacon · and woman martyr
Collective martyr witness; fire, palm, bishop's staff
Three distinct named people in one source-preserving row; not merged with other Carpi or Papyluses. Full row: S4.
Catherine of Siena, Catharina Senensis
29 Apr Feast
canon marks: E1 · F1 · L1 · confidence: Hag-D
also: Dominican tertiary · mystic · Doctor (1970)
Europe, nurses by reception; habit, book, lily
Same person as Block 5 cross-reference, not a second Catherine row. Full fields: S5.
Clare of Assisi, Clara Assisiensis
11 Aug Memorial
canon marks: E1 · F1 · L1 · confidence: not marked
also: virgin · abbess · founder · mystic
Poor Clares; Rule, habit, crozier, pyx in hagiography
Distinct from Clare of Montefalco and other Claras; full row: S7.