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St. Leander of Seville -- 27 February 2021
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| Birth: 534
Death: 600
St. Leander of Seville, Bishop (Feast - February 27th) Leander was born at Cartagena, Spain, of Severianus and Theodora, illustrious for their virtue. St. Isidore and Fulgent... READ MORE |
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St. Isabel of France -- 26 February 2021
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| Sister of St. Louis and daughter of King Louis VIII of France and Blanche of Castile, she refused offers of marriage from several noble suitors to continue her life of virginity consecrated to God. Sh... READ MORE |
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St. Tarasius -- 25 February 2021
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| Birth: 730
Death: 806
St. Tarasius was subject of the Byzantine Empire. He was raised to the highest honors in the Empire as Consul, and later became first secretary to the Emperor Constantine and... READ MORE |
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St. John Theristus -- 24 February 2021
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| Birth: 1049
Death: 1129
Benedictine monk, called Theristus or "Harvester." He was of Calabrian lineage, born in Sicily. His mother was a slave of the Saracens. John escaped at a young age and beca... READ MORE |
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St. Polycarp 
-- 23 February 2021
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| Imagine being able to sit at the feet of the apostles and hear their stories of life with Jesus from their own lips. Imagine walking with those who had walked with Jesus, seen him, and touched him. Th... READ MORE |
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St. Victorinus of Pettau -- 02 November 2021
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| Death: 304
Bishop and martyr. Originally a Greek, he became bishop of Pettau, in Pannonia (later Styria, Austria). He was martyred during the persecutions of Emperor Diocletian (r. 284-305). Victor... READ MORE |
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St. Matthias
-- 14 May 2021
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| How does one qualify to be an apostle?
The first act of the apostles after the Ascension of Jesus was to find a replacement for Judas. With all the questions, doubts, and dangers facing them, they ... READ MORE |
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St. Buonfiglio Monaldo -- 12 February 2022
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| He was one of seven Florentines who had joined the Confraternity of the Blessed Virgin (the Laudesi) in a particularly lax period in the city's history and who were inspired by a vision on the feast o... READ MORE |
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Bl. Emmanuel Ruiz -- 10 July 2020
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| 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 |
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Sts. Marcellinus and Peter
-- 02 June 2020
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| Death: 304
Though we know very little about these two martyrs under Diocletian, there is no question that the early church venerated them. Evidence of the respect in which they were held are the ba... READ MORE |
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