Lex Anteinternet: Sunday, August 15, 1909. The Martyrdom of St. Isidore Bakanja

Lex Anteinternet: Sunday, August 15, 1909. The Martyrdom of St. Isid...: 

Sunday, August 15, 1909. The Martyrdom of St. Isidore Bakanja

Congolese St. Isidore Bakanja died as a result of the beatings of his employer who attempted to force him to stop wearing the Brown Scapular and proclaiming the gospel. 

St. Pope Pius X became the first Pope to ride in an automobile.

Lex Anteinternet: Sunday, April 18, 1909. St. Joan d'Arc beatified.

Lex Anteinternet: Sunday, April 18, 1909. St. Joan d'Arc beatified.:  

Sunday, April 18, 1909. St. Joan d'Arc beatified.

 St. Joan d'Arc was beatified by Pope Pius X before a crowed of 30,000 in St. Peter's Square.

Drawing of St. Joan d'Arc made during her lifetime.  

A patron saint of France who lived from 1412 to 1431 before being executed, her canonization would follow in May, 1920.

Remarkably, an example of her signature exists.