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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. Alipius -- 15 August 2020
 
Death: 430 Bishop and companion of St. Augustine. He was born in Tagaste, North Africa, and was raised as a friend of St. Augustine. He went to Rome to study law and became a magistrate there. When... READ MORE
St. Mary Di Rosa -- 15 December 2020
 
Death: 1855 Saint Mary (Paula) Di Rosa December 15 The pounding on the barricaded door of the military hospital sent every heart thudding in terror. In the middle of the war in Brescia (Italy) in 1... READ MORE
St. Anthony the Hermit -- 28 December 2020
 
Anthony was born about circa 468 at Valeria in Lower Pannonia. When he was eight years old, his father died and he was first entrusted to the care of St. Severinus. After the death of Severinus, an un... READ MORE
St. Margaret of Antioch -- 20 July 2020
 
Nothing certain is known of her, but according to her untrustworthy legend, she was the daughter of a pagan priest at Antioch in Pisidia. Also known as Marina, she was converted to Christianity, where... READ MORE
St. Adrian, Abbot -- 09 January 2021
 
Death: January 9 Born in Africa, Adrian became abbot of the monastery at Nerida, near Naples. He declined an appointment as archbishop of Canterbury, but accompanied St. Theodore to England when th... READ MORE
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