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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. John of Sahagun -- 12 June 2020
 
Birth: 1419 Death: 1479 John Gonzales de Castrillo was born at Sahagun, Leon Spain. He was educated by the Benedictine monks of Fagondez monastery there and when twenty, received a canonry from th... READ MORE
St. Victorinus of Pettau -- 02 November 2021
 
Death: 304 Bishop and martyr. Originally a Greek, he became bishop of Pettau, in Pannonia (later Styria, Austria). He was martyred during the persecutions of Emperor Diocletian (r. 284-305). Victor... READ MORE
St. Carmen -- 16 July 2020
 
According to my resources, the name Carmen is a derivation of Carmel which is one of the titles given to Our Blessed Mother, namely, Our Lady of Mount Carmel. This is the patronal feast of the Carmeli... READ MORE
Sts. Marcellinus and Peter -- 02 June 2020
 
Death: 304 Though we know very little about these two martyrs under Diocletian, there is no question that the early church venerated them. Evidence of the respect in which they were held are the ba... READ MORE
St. Castorius -- 08 November 2020
 
Patron: of sculptors, stonemasons, stonecutters; against fever; cattle St. Castorius is the patron saint of sculptors and his feast day is November 8th. Castorius, Claudius, Nicostratus, and Sympho... READ MORE
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