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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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Our Lady of Guadalupe -- 12 December 2020

Patron: of the Americas An elder Mexican man makes his way to Mass in the early morning twilight of December 9, 1531. He is a peasant, a simple farmer and laborer, and he has no education. Born und... READ MORE



St. Athanasius -- 02 May 2021

Patron: of Theologians, faithful Orthodox and Roman Catholic Christians Birth: 296 or 298 Death: May 2, 373 St. Athanasius, also known as Athanasius the Great and Athanasius the Confessor, was a ... READ MORE



St. Abdiesus -- 22 April 2020

Death: 342 Also called Hebed Jesus, a deacon in the Christian community of Persia who was caught up in the persecutions conducted by King Shapur II. Records indicate that Abdiesus was accompanied i... READ MORE



St. Callistus I -- 14 October 2021

Patron: of Cemetery workers Imagine that your biography was written by an enemy of yours. And that its information was all anyone would have not only for the rest of your life but for centuries to ... READ MORE



St. Norbert -- 06 June 2021

St. Norbert was born at Xanten in the Rhineland, about the year 1080. The early part of his life was devoted to the world and its pleasures. He entered upon the ecclesiastical state in a worldly spiri... READ MORE


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