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St. Thomas Aquinas -- 28 January 2021

Patron: of students and all universities Birth: 1226 Death: 1274 Canonized: Pope John XXII in 1323 Thomas is believed to have been born in the castle of Roccasecca in the old county of the Kingd... READ MORE



St. Angela Merici -- 27 January 2021

Patron: of the sick, disabled and physically challenged people and those grieving the loss of parents Birth: March 21, 1474 Death: January 27, 1540 Beatified: April 30, 1768 by Pope Clement XIII C... READ MORE



St. Timothy -- 26 January 2021

Born at Lystra, Lycaenia, Timothy was the son of a Greek father and Eunice, a converted Jewess. He joined St. Paul when Paul preached at Lystra replacing Barnabas, and became Paul's close friend and c... READ MORE



St. Peter Thomas -- 25 January 2021

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



St. Francis de Sales -- 24 January 2021

Patron: of Catholic writers, the Catholic press, the deaf, journalists, adult education Birth: August 21, 1567 Death: December 28, 1622 Beatified: January 8, 1661 by Pope Alexander VII Canonized: ... READ MORE


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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



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. 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



St. Alipius -- 15 August 2021

Death: 430 Bishop and companion of St. Augustine. He was born in Tagaste, North Africa, and was raised as a friend of St. Augustine. He went to Rome to study law and became a magistrate there. When... READ MORE


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