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St. Richard of Wyche -- 03 April 2020
 
Patron: of Coachmen; Diocese of Chichester; Sussex, England Birth: 1197 Death: 1253 Richard of Wyche, also known as Richard of Chichester, was born at Wyche (Droitwich), Worcestershire, England. ... READ MORE
St. Francis of Paola -- 02 April 2020
 
Francis was born at Paola, Italy and was educated at the Franciscan friary of San Marco there, and when fifteen became a hermit near Paola. In 1436, he and two companions began a community that is con... READ MORE
St. Hugh of Grenoble -- 01 April 2020
 
Birth: 1053 Death: 1132 Benedictine bishop of Grenoble, France, patron of St. Bruno. He was born in the Dauphine region and became a canon of the cathedral in Valence. In 1080, while attending a s... READ MORE
St. Benjamin -- 31 March 2020
 
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
St. Peter Regulatus -- 30 March 2020
 
Birth: 1390 Death: 1456 Also Peter Regalado, Franciscan reformer. Peter was born at Valladolid, Spain, to a noble family, and entered the Franciscan Order in his native city at the age of thirteen... READ MORE
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St. Matthew -- 21 September 2021
 
Patron: Bankers Little is known about St. Matthew, except that he was the son of Alpheus, and he was likely born in Galilee. He worked as a tax collector, which was a hated profession during the ti... READ MORE
St. Wolfgang -- 31 October 2021
 
Death: 994 Wolfgang (d. 994) + Bishop and reformer. Born in Swabia, Germany, he studied at Reichenau under the Benedictines and at Wurzburg before serving as a teacher in the cathedral school of Tr... READ MORE
St. Olympias -- 17 December 2021
 
Olympias born into a wealthy noble Constantinople family. She was orphaned when a child and was given over to the care of Theodosia by her uncle, the prefect Procopius. She married Nebridius, also a p... READ MORE
St. Lydia Purpuraria -- 03 August 2021
 
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. Josaphat of Polotsk -- 12 November 2020
 
Birth: 1580 Death: 1623 Josaphat, an Eastern Rite bishop, is held up as a martyr to church unity because he died trying to bring part of the Orthodox Church into union with Rome. In 1054, a for... READ MORE
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