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St. Apollonius the Apologist -- 18 April 2020
 
Death: 185 Martyr whose Apologia, or defense of the faith, is considered one of the most priceless documents of the early Church. Apollonius was a Roman senator who was denounced as a Christian by ... READ MORE
St. Anicetus -- 17 April 2020
 
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. Bernadette -- 16 April 2020
 
Patron: of illness, people ridiculed for their piety, poverty, shepherds, shepherdesses, and Lourdes, France Birth: January 7, 1844 Death: April 16, 1879 Beatified: 1925 Canonized: by Pope Pius XI... READ MORE
St. Paternus -- 15 April 2020
 
Birth: 482 Death: 565 St. Paternus.The first 5th century saint. He followed his father's path by becoming a hermit in Wales. He founded the monastery at the great church of Paternus, and became a ... READ MORE
St. Lydwine -- 14 April 2020
 
Patron: of sickness; chronically ill, ice skaters, town of Schiedam Birth: 1380 Death: 1433 St. Lydwine is the patroness of sickness Lydwine of Schiedam was born at Schiedam, Holland, one of nine... READ MORE
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ST. MACARIUS of Egypt (c. 300 – 391) was a Christian monk and hermit. He is also known as Macarius the Elder or Macarius the Great. -- 19 January 2023
 
Macarius was born in Lower Egypt. A late tradition places his birthplace in the village of Shabsheer (Shanshour), Roman Egypt around 300 AD. At some point before his pursuit of asceticism, Macarius ma... READ MORE
St. Leo the Great -- 10 November 2021
 
Birth: 400 Death: November 10, 461 Saint Leo the Great, also known as Pope Saint Leo I, was born into a Roman aristocratic family. His response to the call of the Lord transformed him into one of ... READ MORE
ST. AGATHA OF SICILY -- 05 February 2023
 
Agatha of Sicily (c.?231 – 251 AD) is a Christian saint. Her feast is on 5 February. Agatha was born in Catania, part of the Roman Province of Sicily, and was martyred c.?251. She is one of several vi... READ MORE
St. Edith Stein -- 09 August 2020
 
Death: 1942 Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein)Virgin and Martyr Edith Stein, born in 1891 in Breslau, Poland, was the youngest child of a large Jewish family. She was an outstanding ... READ MORE
St. Pius X -- 21 August 2020
 
Birth: 1835 On June 2, 1835, Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto saw the light of earth at Riesi, Province of Treviso, in Venice; on August 20, 1914, he saw the light of heaven; and on May 29, 1954, he who h... READ MORE
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