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St. Marculf -- 01 May 2022
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Marculf is also known as Marcoul. He was born at Bayeux, Gaul, at noble parents. He was ordained when he was thirty, and did missionary work at Coutances. Desirous of living as a hermit, he was grante... READ MORE |
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St. Pius V, Pope
-- 30 April 2022
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Birth: 1504
Death: 1572
Pope from 1566-1572 and one of the foremost leaders of the Catholic Reformation. Born Antonio Ghislieri in Bosco, Italy, to a poor family, he labored as a shepherd until th... READ MORE |
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St. Catherine of Siena
-- 29 April 2022
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Patron: Fire prevention
Birth: 1347
Death: 1380
St. Catherine of Siena was born during the outbreak of the plague in Siena, Italy on March 25, 1347. She was the 25th child born to her mother, alt... READ MORE |
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St. Peter Chanel
-- 28 April 2022
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Patron: of Oceania
Birth: 1803
Death: 1841
In St. Peter Chanel, Priest and Martyr (Feast day - April 28) The protomartyr of the South Seas, St. Peter Chanel was born in 1803 at Clet in the dioces... READ MORE |
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St. Zita -- 27 April 2022
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St. Zita was born into a poor but holy Christian family. Her older sister became a Cistercian nun and her uncle Graziano was a hermit whom the local people regarded as a saint. Zita herself always tri... READ MORE |
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St. Abdiesus -- 22 April 2022
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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 |
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St. Albert the Great
-- 15 November 2020
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Patron: of scientists, philosophers, medical technicians, natural sciences
Birth: 1200
Death: 1280
Beatified: 1622 by Pope Gregory XV
Canonized: 1931 by Pope Pius XI
The saint and doctor of the... READ MORE |
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St. Andrew the Apostle
-- 30 November 2020
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Patron: of Fishermen, singers, Scotland, Romania, Russia, Ukraine and Patras
Birth: Early 1st Century
Death: Mid-to late 1st Century
St. Andrew, also known as Andrew the Apostle, was a Christian ... READ MORE |
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St. Lea -- 22 March 2021
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A letter which St. Jerome wrote to St. Marcella provides the only information we have about St. Lea, a devout fourth century widow. Upon the death of her husband, she retired to a Roman monastery and ... READ MORE |
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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
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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 |
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