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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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St. Isabel of France -- 26 February 2021
 
Sister of St. Louis and daughter of King Louis VIII of France and Blanche of Castile, she refused offers of marriage from several noble suitors to continue her life of virginity consecrated to God. Sh... READ MORE
St. Hilary, Pope -- 28 February 2021
 
Death: 468 Pope from 461-468 and guardian of Church unity. He was born in Sardinia, Italy, and was a papal legate to the Robber Council of Ephesus in 449, barely escaping with his life from this af... READ MORE
St. Anthelm -- 26 June 2020
 
Birth: 1107 Death: 1178 Carthusian monk and bishop, defender of papal authority. Anthelm was born in 1107 in a castle near Chambery, in Savoy, France. He was ordained a priest and visited the Cart... READ MORE
Pope Saint Damasus I -- 11 December 2020
 
Birth: 306 Death: 384 All lovers of Scripture have reason to celebrate this day. Damasus was the pope who commissioned Saint Jerome to translate the Scriptures into Latin, the Vulgate version of t... READ MORE
St. Rose Philippine Duchesne -- 18 November 2021
 
Death: 1852 Canonized: Pope John Paul II St. Rose Philippine Duchesne, Virgin (Feast day - November 18) Born in Grenoble, France, in 1769, Rose joined the Society of the Sacred Heart. In 1818, whe... READ MORE
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