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St. Berthold -- 29 March 2020
 
Death: 1195 Considered by some historians to be the founder of the Carmelite Order. He was born in Limoges, France, and proved a brilliant student at the University of Paris. Ordained a priest, Ber... READ MORE
St. Venturino of Bergamo -- 28 March 2020
 
Birth: 1304 Death: 1346 Dominican preacher and missionary crusader. A native of Bergamo, Italy, he joined the Dominicans in 1319 and soon distinguished himself as a brilliant preacher, attracting ... READ MORE
St. Rupert -- 27 March 2020
 
Birth: 60 Death: 717 Bishop and missionary, also listed as Robert of Hrodbert. A member of a noble Frankish family, he was appointed bishop of Worms, Germany, and then dedicated himself to spreadi... READ MORE
St. Margaret Clitherow -- 26 March 2020
 
St. Margaret Clitherow was born in Middleton, England, in 1555, of protestant parents. Possessed of good looks and full of wit and merriment, she was a charming personality. In 1571, she married John ... READ MORE
St. Dismas -- 25 March 2020
 
All that is known of Dismas is that he is the Good Thief crucified with Christ on Calvary. The other thief is known as Gestas. A completely unsubstantiated myth from the Arabic Gospel of the Infancy t... READ MORE
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St. Felix of Nola -- 14 January 2021
 
Patron: of Nola, Italy Felix was the son of Hermias, a Syrian who had been a Roman soldier. He was born on his father's estate at Nola near Naples, Italy. On the death of his father, Felix distribu... READ MORE
St. Edmund Rich -- 20 November 2021
 
Patron: of Abingdon, Oxfordshire; Roman Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth; St Edmund's College, Cambridge Birth: 1175 Death: 1240 Archbishop of Canterbury England, who battled for discipline and jus... READ MORE
St. Mary Magdalene -- 22 July 2021
 
Patron: of contemplative life, converts, glove makers, hairdressers, penitent sinners, people ridiculed for their piety, perfumeries, pharmacists, sexual temptation, tanners, women St. Mary Magdale... READ MORE
St. Francis of Paola -- 02 April 2021
 
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
Pope Saint Martin I -- 13 April 2021
 
Death: 655 Martin I lay too sick to fight on a couch in front of the altar when the soldiers burst into the Lateran basilica. He had come to the church when he heard the soldiers had landed. But th... READ MORE
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