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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. Thomas Aquinas
-- 28 January 2022
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| 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 |
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St. Albert the Great
-- 15 November 2020
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| Patron: of scientists, philosophers, medical technicians, natural sciences
Birth: 1200
Death: 1280
Beatified: 1622 by Pope Gregory XV
Canonized: 1931 by Pope Pius XI
The saint and doctor of the... READ MORE |
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St. Monica
-- 27 August 2020
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| Patron: of Wives and Abuse Victims
Birth: 331
Death: 387
Saint Monica, also known as Monica of Hippo, is St. Augustine of Hippo's mother. She was born in 331 A.D. in Tagaste, which is present-day... READ MORE |
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ST. PETER DAMIAN -- 21 February 2023
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Peter Damian (Latin: Petrus Damianus; Italian: Pietro or Pier Damiani; c.?1007 – 21 or 22 February 1072 or 1073) was a reforming Benedictine monk and cardinal in the circle of Pope Leo IX. Dante place... READ MORE |
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St. Margaret Clitherow -- 26 March 2022
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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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