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St. Hilary of Poitiers -- 13 January 2021
 
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
St. Marguerite Bourgeoys -- 12 January 2021
 
Canonized: Pope John Paul II Marguerite had survived many threats in the twenty-six years she had been in wilderness of Canada. She had lived through Iroquois attacks, a fire that destroyed her sma... READ MORE
St. Theodosius the Cenobiarch -- 11 January 2021
 
Death: 529 Abbot and founder. Born at Garissus, Cappadocia (modern Turkey), in 423, he undertook a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, and after meeting with the famed St. Simeon Stylites, he entered a monast... READ MORE
St. William of Bourges -- 10 January 2021
 
Patron: of University of Paris Birth: 1155 Death: 1209 William Berruyer, of the illustrious family of the ancient counts of Nevers, was educated by Peter the hermit, archdeacon of Soissons, his u... READ MORE
St. Adrian, Abbot -- 09 January 2021
 
Death: January 9 Born in Africa, Adrian became abbot of the monastery at Nerida, near Naples. He declined an appointment as archbishop of Canterbury, but accompanied St. Theodore to England when th... READ MORE
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St. Zita -- 27 April 2020
 
St. Zita was born into a poor but holy Christian family. Her older sister became a Cistercian nun and her uncle Graziano was a hermit whom the local people regarded as a saint. Zita herself always tri... 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
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
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