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St. Margaret of Cortona -- 22 February 2021

Birth: 1247 Death: 1297 Margaret of Cortona, penitent, was born in Loviana in Tuscany in 1247. Her father was a small farmer. Margaret's mother died when she was seven years old. Her stepmother ha... READ MORE



St. Severian -- 21 February 2021

Death: 452 Bishop and martyr. The bishop of Scythopolis in Galilee. He attended the Council of Chalcedon (451) and took part in the complete triumph of the orthodox Christian cause against the here... READ MORE



St. Wulfric -- 20 February 2021

Birth: 1080 Death: 1154 Wulfric (d. 1154) + hermit and miracle worker. Born at Compton Martin, near Bristol, England, he became a priest and was excessively materialistic and worldly. After meetin... READ MORE



Bl. Alvarez of Corova -- 19 February 2021

Birth: 1350 Death: 1430 Beatified: September 22, 1741, Saint Peter's Basilica, Papal States by Pope Benedict XIV Alvarez was born in either Lisbon, Portugal, or Cordova, Spain. He entered the Dom... READ MORE



St. Simon -- 18 February 2021

In St. Matthew's Gospel, we read of St. Simon or Simeon who is described as one of our Lord's brethren or kinsmen. His father was Cleophas, St. Joseph's brother, and his mother, according to some writ... READ MORE


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St. John of Kanty -- 23 December 2020

The people of Olkusz in Bohemia in 1431 had every reason to be suspicious of their new pastor. They knew what a Cracow professor would think of their small rural town. But even more insulting, their t... READ MORE



St. Anthony the Abbot -- 17 January 2021

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



St. Paphnutius -- 11 September 2021

The holy confessor Paphnutius was an Egyptian who, after having spent several years in the desert under the direction of the great St. Antony, was made bishop in the Upper Thebaid. He was one of those... READ MORE



Pope Saint Martin I -- 13 April 2021

Death: 655 Martin I lay too sick to fight on a couch in front of the altar when the soldiers burst into the Lateran basilica. He had come to the church when he heard the soldiers had landed. But th... READ MORE



St. Nerses the Great -- 19 November 2021

Death: 373 Bishop and martyr, the father of St. Isaac the Great. A native of Armenia, he studied in Cappadocia and wed a princess who gave birth to Isaac. After she died, he served as a chamber lai... READ MORE


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