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LOWRY ANCESTORS WHO BECAME SAINTS

LOWRY ANCESTORS WHO BECAME SAINTS. ALFRED THE GREAT King of England 35 th GGF of Tom Lowry. Not officially canonized by the Catholic Church Considered a ‘Christian Hero’ by the Anglican Church Feast day October 26. SAINT ARNULF OF METZ 38 th GGF of Tom Lowry. Bishop of Metz

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LOWRY ANCESTORS WHO BECAME SAINTS

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  1. LOWRY ANCESTORS WHO BECAME SAINTS

  2. ALFRED THE GREATKing of England35th GGF of Tom Lowry • Not officially canonized by the Catholic Church • Considered a ‘Christian Hero’ by the Anglican Church • Feast day October 26

  3. SAINT ARNULF OF METZ38th GGF of Tom Lowry • Bishop of Metz • Often portrayed with a rake in his hand • Feast day July 18

  4. ST BATHILDE(39thGGM of Tom Lowry) • Wife of Clovis II of the Franks • Queen of the Franks • Sold into slavery as a child • Founded the abbeys of Corbie and Chelles • Abolished the practice of child slavery • Feast Day January 30

  5. ST BEGGA OF LANDON37th GGM of Tom Lowry • Following the death of her husband she became a nun • Founded 7 churches and the convent at Andenne • Feast Day December 17

  6. ST CANUTE OF DENMARK29TH GGF of Tom Lowry • King of Denmark • Murdered by rebels • First Dane to be canonized • Patron saint of Denmark

  7. ST CLOTILDE44th GGM of Tom Lowry • Wife of Clovis I of the Franks • Converted her husband, and most of Europe, to Christianity • Feast Day June 4

  8. ST CLOUD (ST CLODALD)38TH GGF of Tom Lowry • Son of St Arnulf of Metz and St Clotilde • Renounced all claims to the throne and became a hermit • Later returned to become a bishop • Feast Day September 7

  9. ST ETHELBERT41ST GGF of Tom Lowry • King of Kent • Converted to Christianity by St Augustine • Converted Anglo-Saxon England to Christianity • Built the Cathedral of St Paul in London • Feast Day May 27

  10. ST FERDINAND (FERNANDO)25th GGF of Tom Lowry • King of Castile • Recovered extensive lands in Spain from the Muslims and donated them to the Church • Feast Day May 30

  11. ST GONDOLFUS40TH GGF of Tom Lowry • Bishop of Tongeren and Maastriych • Feast Day July 16

  12. ST HENRY32nd GGF of Tom Lowry • Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor • Feast Day is July 13

  13. ST ITTA OF METZ38TH GGM of Tom Lowry • Founded the Benedicine nunnery at Nivelles • Feast Day May 8

  14. ST JOSEPH OF ARIMATHEA56TH GGF of Tom Lowry • Offered his tomb for the burial of Christ • Wrapped the body in linen and placed it in the tomb • Tied to the Legends of the Holy Grail • Feast Day March 17

  15. ST LOUIS21st GGF of Tom Lowry • King Louis IX of France • Feast day August 25

  16. ST LUDMILA38th GGM of Tom Lowry • Grandmother of St Wenceslaus • Converted to Christianity by Saints Cyril and Methodius • Strangled with her veil by her daughter • Responsible for reconciling conflicts with in-laws • Feast Day September 16

  17. ST MARGARET OF SCOTLAND29th GGM of Tom Lowry • Instigated religious reform in Scotland (previously Irish rather than Roman) • Feast Day November 16

  18. ST MATILDA OF RINGELHEIM31st GGM of Tom Lowry • Wife of King Henry I of Germany • Established Quedlinburg Abbey • Feast Day March 14

  19. ST OLAF OF NORWAY32nd GGF of Tom Lowry • Converted much of Norway to Christianity • Feast Day July 29

  20. ST OLGA OF KIEV33rd GGM of Tom Lowry • First ruler of Rus Kiev to convert to Christianity • Feast Day July 11

  21. ST RICHEZA OF LOTHARINGIA34th GGM of Tom Lowry • Wife of Mieszko II of Poland • Rebuilt the Abbey of Brauweiler • Feast Day March 21

  22. ST AELGIFU33rd GGM of Tom Lowry • Wife of Edmund I the Magnificent of England • Associated with Shaftesbury Abbey • Feast Day May 18

  23. ST STEPHEN OF HUNGARY1st cousin 33 X removed of Tom Lowry • King of Hungary • Feast Day August 20

  24. ST VLADIMIR31st GGF of Tom Lowry • Vladimir the Great of Kiev • Completed the conversion of Rus Kiev to Christianity begun by his grandmother, St Olga • Feast Day July 15

  25. ST WENCESLAUS36th great-granduncle of Tom Lowry • King of Hungary • Killed by his brother • Walked barefoot in the snow, creating warmth which kept his subjects alive • Feast Day October 26

  26. ST ELIZABETH OF PORTUGAL20th GGM of Tom Lowry • Wife of King Denis Alfonsez of Portugal • Founded the Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Velha in Coimbra • Feast Day is July 8

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