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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. Anthony the Hermit -- 28 December 2021
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| Anthony was born about circa 468 at Valeria in Lower Pannonia. When he was eight years old, his father died and he was first entrusted to the care of St. Severinus. After the death of Severinus, an un... READ MORE |
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St. Anthony of Padua
-- 13 June 2020
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| Patron: of Lost Things
Birth: 1195
Death: 1231
Canonized: Pope Gregory IX in 1232
Saint Anthony was born Fernando Martins in Lisbon, Portugal. He was born into a wealthy family and by the age of... READ MORE |
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St. Lawrence of Brindisi
-- 21 July 2021
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| Patron: of Brindisi
Birth: 1559
Death: 1619
Caesare de Rossi was born at Brandisi, kingdom of Naples, on July 22nd. He was educated by the conventual Franciscans there and by his uncle at St. Mar... READ MORE |
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St. Lydia Purpuraria -- 03 August 2021
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| Lydia Purpuraria (1st century) was born at Thyatira (Ak-Hissar), a town in Asia Minor, famous for its dye works, (hence, her name which means purple seller). She became Paul's first convert at Philipp... READ MORE |
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St. Catherine of Siena
-- 29 April 2020
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| Patron: Fire prevention
Birth: 1347
Death: 1380
St. Catherine of Siena was born during the outbreak of the plague in Siena, Italy on March 25, 1347. She was the 25th child born to her mother, alt... READ MORE |
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