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St. John of the Cross 
-- 14 December 2020
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| Patron: of Contemplatives, mystics and Spanish poets
Birth: 1542
Death: December 14, 1591
Beatified: January 25, 1675 by Pope Clement X
Canonized: December 27, 1726 by Pope Benedict XIII
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St. Lucy
-- 13 December 2020
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| Patron: of Blindness
Lucy's history has been lost and all we really know for certain is that this brave woman who lived in Syracuse lost her life during the persecution of Christians in the early f... READ MORE |
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Our Lady of Guadalupe
-- 12 December 2020
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| Patron: of the Americas
An elder Mexican man makes his way to Mass in the early morning twilight of December 9, 1531. He is a peasant, a simple farmer and laborer, and he has no education. Born und... READ MORE |
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Pope Saint Damasus I
-- 11 December 2020
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| 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 |
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Pope Saint Gregory III -- 10 December 2020
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| He was just standing there, not doing anything special. As a Syrian priest he must have felt a little out of place among the Roman people mourning that day for the dead Pope. As a good preacher, he mu... READ MORE |
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St. Innocent I
-- 28 July 2020
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| Innocent was born at Albano, Italy. He became Pope, succeeding Pope St. Anastasius I, on December 22, 401. During Innocent's pontificate, he emphasized papal supremacy, commending the bishops of Afric... READ MORE |
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St. Eusebius of Vercelli
-- 02 August 2020
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| Patron: of Vercelli
Birth: 283
Death: 371
Christians who breathed a sigh of relief when Constantine proclaimed Christianity the state religion, believing this would end the bloodshed and martyrdo... READ MORE |
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St. Augustine of Hippo
-- 28 August 2020
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| Patron: of brewers
Death: 430
This famous son of St. Monica was born in Africa and spent many years of his life in wicked living and in false beliefs. Though he was one of the most intelligent men... READ MORE |
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St. Matthew
-- 21 September 2020
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| Patron: Bankers
Little is known about St. Matthew, except that he was the son of Alpheus, and he was likely born in Galilee. He worked as a tax collector, which was a hated profession during the ti... READ MORE |
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St. Cecilia
-- 22 November 2020
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| Patron: of musicians
Birth: 2nd century
Death: 3rd century
In the fourth century a Greek religious romance on the Loves of Cecilia and Valerian was written in glorification of virginal life with ... READ MORE |
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