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St. John Ogilvie -- 10 March 2021
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| 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 |
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St. Frances of Rome 
-- 09 March 2021
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| Birth: 1384
Death: 1440
Frances was born in the city of Rome in 1384 to a wealthy, noble family. From her mother she inherited a quiet manner and a pious devotion to God. From her father, however,... READ MORE |
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St. John of God
-- 08 March 2021
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| Patron: of Booksellers
Birth: 1495
Death: 1550
From the time he was eight to the day he died, John followed every impulse of his heart. The challenge for him was to rush to follow the promptings ... READ MORE |
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Sts. Perpetua and Felicity
-- 07 March 2021
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| Patron: of mothers, expectant mothers, ranchers and butchers
Death: 203
Sts. Perpetua and Felicity were Christian martyrs who lived during the early persecution of the Church in Africa by the Empe... READ MORE |
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St. Colette -- 06 March 2021
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| Patron: Women seeking to conceive, expectant mothers and sick children
Birth: 1380
Death: 1447
Beatified: January 23, 1740 by Pope Clement XII
Canonized: May 24, 1807 by Pope Pius VII
Colette w... READ MORE |
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St. Anthony the Abbot -- 17 January 2021
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| Two Greek philosophers ventured out into the Egyptian desert to the mountain where Anthony lived. When they got there, Anthony asked them why they had come to talk to such a foolish man? He had reason... READ MORE |
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St. Wolfgang -- 31 October 2021
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| Death: 994
Wolfgang (d. 994) + Bishop and reformer. Born in Swabia, Germany, he studied at Reichenau under the Benedictines and at Wurzburg before serving as a teacher in the cathedral school of Tr... READ MORE |
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St. Peter Thomas -- 25 January 2021
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| Birth: 1305
Death: 1366
Carmelite Latinpatriarch and papal legate. Peter was born in Gascony, France and joined the Carmelites while still a young man. In 1342 he was appointed procurator of the o... READ MORE |
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Sts. Denis, Rusticus, and Eleutherius -- 09 October 2020
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| Patron: of France; Paris; against frenzy, strife, headaches, hydrophobia, possessed people, rabies
The first mention we have of these three martyrs who died around 258 A.D. comes in the sixth centu... READ MORE |
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St. Callistus I
-- 14 October 2020
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| Patron: of Cemetery workers
Imagine that your biography was written by an enemy of yours. And that its information was all anyone would have not only for the rest of your life but for centuries to ... READ MORE |
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