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ST. AGNES OF ROME -- 21 January 2023
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| Agnes of Rome (c.? 291 – c.? 304) is a virgin martyr, venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church, Oriental Orthodox Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church, as well as the Anglican Communion and Luthe... READ MORE |
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St. Sebastian -- 20 January 2023
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| Today (20 January) is the feast day of St. Sebastian. A favorite for those seeking protection from the plague, St Sebastian is typically shown shot through with arrows in reference to his attempted ma... 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
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| 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 |
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ST. PRISCA -- 18 January 2023
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| Prisca was a young Roman woman allegedly tortured and executed for her Christian faith. The dates of her birth and death are unknown. She is revered as a saint and martyr in Eastern Orthodoxy, by the ... READ MORE |
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ST. ANTHONY Abbot -- 17 January 2023
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| Anthony the Great, was a Christian monk from Egypt, revered since his death as a saint. He is distinguished from other saints named Anthony, such as Anthony of Padua, by various epithets: Anthony of E... READ MORE |
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St. Simon -- 18 February 2022
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| In St. Matthew's Gospel, we read of St. Simon or Simeon who is described as one of our Lord's brethren or kinsmen. His father was Cleophas, St. Joseph's brother, and his mother, according to some writ... READ MORE |
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St. Lorenzo Ruiz -- 28 September 2021
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| Beatified: Pope John Paul II
Canonized: Pope John Paul II
Saint Lorenzo Ruiz was born around the year 1600 in Binondo, Manila in the Philippines. He was the son of a Chinese father and a Filipino ... READ MORE |
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Bl. Alvarez of Corova -- 19 February 2022
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| Birth: 1350
Death: 1430
Beatified: September 22, 1741, Saint Peter's Basilica, Papal States by Pope Benedict XIV
Alvarez was born in either Lisbon, Portugal, or Cordova, Spain. He entered the Dom... READ MORE |
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St. Wulfric -- 20 February 2022
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| Birth: 1080
Death: 1154
Wulfric (d. 1154) + hermit and miracle worker. Born at Compton Martin, near Bristol, England, he became a priest and was excessively materialistic and worldly. After meetin... READ MORE |
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St. Severian -- 21 February 2022
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| Death: 452
Bishop and martyr. The bishop of Scythopolis in Galilee. He attended the Council of Chalcedon (451) and took part in the complete triumph of the orthodox Christian cause against the here... READ MORE |
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