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St. Aldemar -- 24 March 2021
 
Death: 1080 Abbot and miracle worker, called "the Wise." Born in Capua, Italy, he became a monk in Monte Cassino and was called to the attention of a Princess Aloara of the region. When she built a... READ MORE
St. Toribio Alfonso de Mogrovejo -- 23 March 2021
 
Patron: of Native rights; Latin American bishops; Peru Birth: 1538 Death: 1606 Bishop and defender of the rights of the native Indians in Peru, Born in Mayorga, Spain, he studied law and became a... READ MORE
St. Lea -- 22 March 2021
 
A letter which St. Jerome wrote to St. Marcella provides the only information we have about St. Lea, a devout fourth century widow. Upon the death of her husband, she retired to a Roman monastery and ... READ MORE
St. Enda -- 21 March 2021
 
Legend has him an Irishman noted for his military feats who was convinced by his sister St. Fanchea to renounce his warring activities and marry. When he found his fiancee dead, he decided to become a... READ MORE
Bl. John of Parma -- 20 March 2021
 
John Buralli, the seventh minister general of the Franciscans, was born at Parma in the year 1209, and he was already teaching logic there when at the age of twenty-five, he joined the Franciscans. He... READ MORE
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St. Volusian -- 18 January 2022
 
Death: 496 Bishop of Tours, France. A senator at Tours, he was initially married, supposedly to a most unpleasant wife. Named bishop of the city in 488, he was forced to leave the see in 496 by the... READ MORE
St. Simon Stock -- 16 May 2020
 
Although little is known about Simon Stock's early life, legend has it that the name Stock, meaning "tree trunk," derives from the fact that, beginning at age twelve, he lived as a hermit in a hollow ... READ MORE
St. John Ogilvie -- 10 March 2020
 
Birth: 1579 Death: 1615 Born in 1579, John Ogilvie belonged to Scottish nobility. Raised a Calvinist, he was educated on the continent. Exposed to the religious controversies of his day and impres... READ MORE
St. Basil the Great -- 02 January 2021
 
Patron: of hospital administrators Death: 379 St. Basil the Great was born at Caesarea of Cappadocia in 330. He was one of ten children of St. Basil the Elder and St. Emmelia. Several of his broth... READ MORE
St. Genevieve -- 03 January 2021
 
Patron: of Paris Birth: 422 Death: 512 St. Genevieve was a fair and courageous peasant girl who was born around 422 in Nanterre, France, to a man named Severus and a woman named Gerontia. When... READ MORE
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