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St. Margaret of Cortona -- 22 February 2021
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| 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 |
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St. Severian -- 21 February 2021
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| 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 |
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St. Wulfric -- 20 February 2021
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| 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 |
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Bl. Alvarez of Corova -- 19 February 2021
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| 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 |
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St. Simon -- 18 February 2021
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| 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. Hilary of Poitiers 
-- 13 January 2022
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| Patron: against snake bites
Death: 368
"They didn't know who they were." This is how Hilary summed up the problem with the Arian heretics of the fourth century.
Hilary, on the other hand, knew ... READ MORE |
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St. Aldemar -- 24 March 2020
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| 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 |
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St. Margaret Clitherow -- 26 March 2020
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| St. Margaret Clitherow was born in Middleton, England, in 1555, of protestant parents. Possessed of good looks and full of wit and merriment, she was a charming personality. In 1571, she married John ... READ MORE |
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St. Olympias -- 17 December 2021
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| Olympias born into a wealthy noble Constantinople family. She was orphaned when a child and was given over to the care of Theodosia by her uncle, the prefect Procopius. She married Nebridius, also a p... READ MORE |
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St. Apollonius the Apologist -- 18 April 2022
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| Death: 185
Martyr whose Apologia, or defense of the faith, is considered one of the most priceless documents of the early Church. Apollonius was a Roman senator who was denounced as a Christian by ... READ MORE |
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