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St Remigius, Remy or Remi (437 - 533) -- 15 January 2025
 
He was the son of an aristocratic family in Laon in Picardy. He studied at Rheims and soon became so noted for his learning and sanctity, and his high status, that he was elected Bishop of Rheims in h... READ MORE
St. John Almond (c.1565-1612) -- 05 December 2024
 
John Almond (or Lathom or Molyneux) was born at Allerton near Liverpool of Catholic parents about 1565 and went to school at Much Woolton. After studying at Reims he went to the English College in Rom... READ MORE
Saint John Damascene, Priest & Doctor -- 04 December 2024
 
He was born of a Christian family in Damascus in the second half of the seventh century, where his father was a high official under the Umayyad caliph; a post which he inherited. When the Iconoclast m... READ MORE
St. Francis Xavier (1506 - 1552) -- 03 December 2024
 
He was born in the Basque country of Spain in 1506. He met Ignatius Loyola when he was a student in Paris, and he was ordained priest in 1537. In 1541 the Pope sent him as part of a mission to India, ... READ MORE
St. Isidore the Laborer -- 15 May 2023
 
Isidore the Labourer, also known as Isidore the Farmer (Spanish: San Isidro Labrador) (c. 1070 – 15 May 1130), was a Spanish farmworker known for his piety toward the poor and animals. He is the Catho... READ MORE
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St. Philip Neri -- 26 May 2020
 
Feastday: May 26 Patron: of Rome, US Special Forces, humor, joy Birth: July 21, 1515 Death: May 26, 1595 Beatified: May 11, 1615 by Pope Paul V Canonized: March 12, 1622 by Pope Gregory XV St.... READ MORE
Bl. Emmanuel Ruiz -- 10 July 2021
 
Death: 1860 Martyr with eleven companions in Lebanon. A Spanish Franciscan, Emmanuel and the others were caught up in the rising of the Druses in Lebanon. The Franciscan community, eight in number,... READ MORE
St. Marculf -- 01 May 2021
 
Marculf is also known as Marcoul. He was born at Bayeux, Gaul, at noble parents. He was ordained when he was thirty, and did missionary work at Coutances. Desirous of living as a hermit, he was grante... READ MORE
St. Cyril of Jerusalem -- 18 March 2021
 
Birth: 315 Death: 386 "Make your fold with the sheep; flee from the wolves: depart not from the Church," Cyril admonished catechumens surrounded by heresy. These were prophetic words for Cyril was... READ MORE
St. Teresa of Jesus Jornet Ibars -- 26 August 2020
 
Death: 1897 Foundress of the Little Sisters of the Poor. Born in Catalonia, Spain, she overcame many difficulties in her youth and eventually became a teacher at Lerida. Desirous to enter the relig... READ MORE
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