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St. Nemesius -- 19 December 2020
 
Martyr of Egypt. He was burned alive in Alexandria, Egypt, during the persecutions under Emperor Trajanus Decius. Nemesius was arrested and scourged and then burned to death. Like Christ, he was execu... READ MORE
St. Rufus -- 18 December 2020
 
Rufus and Zosimus were citizens of Antioch (or perhaps Philippi) who were brought to Rome with St. Ignatius of Antioch during the reign of Emperor Trajan. They were condemned to death for their Christ... READ MORE
St. Olympias -- 17 December 2020
 
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
St. Ado of Vienne -- 16 December 2020
 
Death: 875 An archbishop and scholar, Ado was born in Sens and educated at the Benedictine abbey of Ferrieres. Abbot Lupus Servatus, an outstanding humanist of the time, trained Ado, and was impres... READ MORE
St. Mary Di Rosa -- 15 December 2020
 
Death: 1855 Saint Mary (Paula) Di Rosa December 15 The pounding on the barricaded door of the military hospital sent every heart thudding in terror. In the middle of the war in Brescia (Italy) in 1... READ MORE
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Pope Saint Damasus I -- 11 December 2020
 
Birth: 306 Death: 384 All lovers of Scripture have reason to celebrate this day. Damasus was the pope who commissioned Saint Jerome to translate the Scriptures into Latin, the Vulgate version of t... READ MORE
St. Anysia -- 30 December 2012
 
Birth: 284 Death: 304 Martyr of Greece. She was a wealthy woman of Salonika, in Thessaly, who used her personal funds to aid the poor. A soldier accosted her in the street and tried to drag her to... READ MORE
St. Hilary, Pope -- 28 February 2021
 
Death: 468 Pope from 461-468 and guardian of Church unity. He was born in Sardinia, Italy, and was a papal legate to the Robber Council of Ephesus in 449, barely escaping with his life from this af... READ MORE
St. Callistus I -- 14 October 2020
 
Patron: of Cemetery workers Imagine that your biography was written by an enemy of yours. And that its information was all anyone would have not only for the rest of your life but for centuries to ... READ MORE
St. Willibald -- 07 June 2021
 
Birth: 700 Death: 786 Bishop and missionary. A native of Wessex, England, he was the brother of Sts. Winebald and Walburga and was related through his mother to the great St. Boniface. After study... READ MORE
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