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St. Sebastian -- 20 January 2023
 
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
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. PRISCA -- 18 January 2023
 
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
ST. ANTHONY Abbot -- 17 January 2023
 
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
St. Marcellus 1 -- 16 January 2023
 
Pope Marcellus I (6 January 255 – 16 January 309) was the Bishop of Rome from May or June 308 to his death. He succeeded Marcellinus after a considerable interval. Under Maxentius, he was banished fro... READ MORE
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Bl. Miguel Pro -- 23 November 2020
 
Birth: 1891 Beatified: Pope John Paul II Born on January 13, 1891 in Guadalupe, Mexico, Miguel Agustin Pro Juarez was the eldest son of Miguel Pro and Josefa Juarez. Miguelito, as his doting fa... 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. John Bosco -- 31 January 2021
 
Patron: of apprentices, editors and publishers, schoolchildren, magicians, and juvenile delinquents Birth: August 16, 1815 Death: January 31, 1888 Beatified: June 2, 1929 by Pope Pius XI Canonized... 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. Jerome Emiliani -- 08 February 2021
 
Birth: 1481 Death: 1537 Jerome Emiliani lay chained in the dark dirty dungeon. Only a short time before he had been a military commander for Venice in charge of a fortress. He didn't care much abo... READ MORE
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