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St. Hormisdas Pope -- 06 August 2020
 
Birth: 450 Death: 523 Pope from 514-523, successor to St. Symmachus, and father of Pope St. Silverius Born in Frosinone, Campagna di Roma, Italy, he was an Italian, although he had a Persian name... READ MORE
St. Addal -- 05 August 2020
 
Death: 180 A disciple of Christ sent by St. Thomas to the court of King Abgar the Black, the second century Osroene ruler. Legendary accounts claim Abgar wrote to Christ asking Jesus to cure him of... READ MORE
St. John Vianney -- 04 August 2020
 
Jean-Baptiste-Marie Vianney, known as John in English, was born May 8, 1786 in Dardilly, France and was baptized the same day. He was the fourth of six children born to Matthieu and Marie Vianney. ... READ MORE
St. Lydia Purpuraria -- 03 August 2020
 
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
St. Eusebius of Vercelli -- 02 August 2020
 
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. John of God -- 08 March 2020
 
Patron: of Booksellers Birth: 1495 Death: 1550 From the time he was eight to the day he died, John followed every impulse of his heart. The challenge for him was to rush to follow the promptings ... READ MORE
St. Toribio Alfonso de Mogrovejo -- 23 March 2020
 
Patron: of Native rights; Latin American bishops; Peru Birth: 1538 Death: 1606 Bishop and defender of the rights of the native Indians in Peru, Born in Mayorga, Spain, he studied law and became a... READ MORE
St. Florian -- 04 May 2022
 
The St. Florian commemorated in the Roman Martyrology on May 4th, was an officer of the Roman army, who occupied a high administrative post in Noricum, now part of Austria, and who suffered death for ... READ MORE
St. Benjamin -- 31 March 2022
 
Birth: 329 Death: 424 St. Benjamin, Martyr (Feast Day - March 31) The Christians in Persia had enjoyed twelve years of peace during the reign of Isdegerd, son of Sapor III, when in 420 it was dist... READ MORE
Carmelite Nuns of Compiegne -- 17 July 2020
 
Death: 1794 Sixteen Carmelites caught up in the French Revolution and martyred. When the revolution started in 1789, a group of twenty-one discalced Carmelites lived in a monastery in Compiegne Fra... READ MORE
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