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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



St. Carmen -- 16 July 2020

According to my resources, the name Carmen is a derivation of Carmel which is one of the titles given to Our Blessed Mother, namely, Our Lady of Mount Carmel. This is the patronal feast of the Carmeli... READ MORE



St. Bonaventure -- 15 July 2020

Death: 1274 St. Bonaventure, known as "the seraphic doctor," was born at Bagnoregio, in the Lazio region of central Italy, in 1221. He received the name of Bonaventure in consequence of an exclamat... READ MORE



St. Kateri Tekakwitha -- 14 July 2020

Patron: of the environment and ecology Birth: 1656 Death: April 17, 1680 Beatified: Pope John Paul II Canonized: On 10/21/2012 by Pope Benedict XVI According to legend, Kateri was very devout a... READ MORE



St. Henry -- 13 July 2020

Patron: of the childless, of Dukes, of the handicapped and those rejected by Religious Order Death: 1024 St. Henry, son of Henry, Duke of Bavaria, and of Gisella, daughter of Conrad, King of Burgu... READ MORE


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St. Anicetus -- 17 April 2021

Anicetus was a Syrian from Emesa. He became pope about 155 and actively opposed Marcionism and Gnosticism. His pontificate saw the appearance of the controversy between East and West over the date of ... READ MORE



St. Cletus -- 26 April 2021

St. Cletus was the third bishop of Rome, and succeeded St. Linus, which circumstance alone shows his eminent virtue among the first disciples of St. Peter in the West. He sat twelve years, from 76 to ... READ MORE



St. Simon Stock -- 16 May 2021

Although little is known about Simon Stock's early life, legend has it that the name Stock, meaning "tree trunk," derives from the fact that, beginning at age twelve, he lived as a hermit in a hollow ... READ MORE



St. Moses -- 07 February 2021

Death: 372 Arab hermit and bishop who is called "the Apostle of the Saracens." He lived in the desert regions of Syria and Egypt, caring for the local nomadic tribes. When the Romans imposed peace ... READ MORE



St. Matilda -- 14 March 2021

Patron: of parents of large families Death: 968 Matilda was the daughter of Count Dietrich of Westphalia and Reinhild of Denmark. She was also known as Mechtildis and Maud. She was raised by her g... READ MORE


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