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St. Margaret Clitherow -- 26 March 2022
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| St. Margaret Clitherow was born in Middleton, England, in 1555, of protestant parents. Possessed of good looks and full of wit and merriment, she was a charming personality. In 1571, she married John ... READ MORE |
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St. Dismas -- 25 March 2022
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| All that is known of Dismas is that he is the Good Thief crucified with Christ on Calvary. The other thief is known as Gestas. A completely unsubstantiated myth from the Arabic Gospel of the Infancy t... READ MORE |
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St. Aldemar -- 24 March 2022
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| Death: 1080
Abbot and miracle worker, called "the Wise." Born in Capua, Italy, he became a monk in Monte Cassino and was called to the attention of a Princess Aloara of the region. When she built a... READ MORE |
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St. Toribio Alfonso de Mogrovejo -- 23 March 2022
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| Patron: of Native rights; Latin American bishops; Peru
Birth: 1538
Death: 1606
Bishop and defender of the rights of the native Indians in Peru, Born in Mayorga, Spain, he studied law and became a... READ MORE |
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St. Lea -- 22 March 2022
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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. Callistus I 
-- 14 October 2020
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| 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 |
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Bl. Emmanuel Ruiz -- 10 July 2021
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| Death: 1860
Martyr with eleven companions in Lebanon. A Spanish Franciscan, Emmanuel and the others were caught up in the rising of the Druses in Lebanon. The Franciscan community, eight in number,... READ MORE |
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St. John Theristus -- 24 February 2021
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| Birth: 1049
Death: 1129
Benedictine monk, called Theristus or "Harvester." He was of Calabrian lineage, born in Sicily. His mother was a slave of the Saracens. John escaped at a young age and beca... READ MORE |
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St. Adrian -- 08 September 2021
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| Patron: of plague, epilepsy, arms dealers, butchers, guards, soldiers
Death: 306
According to legend Adrian was a pagan officer at the imperial court of Nicomedia. Impressed by the courage of a gr... READ MORE |
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St. Teresa of Jesus Jornet Ibars
-- 26 August 2020
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| Death: 1897
Foundress of the Little Sisters of the Poor. Born in Catalonia, Spain, she overcame many difficulties in her youth and eventually became a teacher at Lerida. Desirous to enter the relig... READ MORE |
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