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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. 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. Eugenia -- 25 December 2021
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| here definitely was a Roman martyr named Eugenia but the rest of her story is a romantic fictitious legend. According to it she was the daughter of Duke Philip of Alexandria, governor of Egypt during ... READ MORE |
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St. Lawrence of Brindisi
-- 21 July 2021
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| Patron: of Brindisi
Birth: 1559
Death: 1619
Caesare de Rossi was born at Brandisi, kingdom of Naples, on July 22nd. He was educated by the conventual Franciscans there and by his uncle at St. Mar... READ MORE |
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St. Lydia Purpuraria -- 03 August 2021
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| Lydia Purpuraria (1st century) was born at Thyatira (Ak-Hissar), a town in Asia Minor, famous for its dye works, (hence, her name which means purple seller). She became Paul's first convert at Philipp... READ MORE |
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St. John Baptist de la Salle -- 07 April 2022
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| Patron: of Teachers
John Baptist de la Salle was born at Rheims, France on April 30th. He was the eldest of ten children in a noble family. He studied in Paris and was ordained in 1678. He was know... READ MORE |
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