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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. Enda -- 21 March 2022
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Legend has him an Irishman noted for his military feats who was convinced by his sister St. Fanchea to renounce his warring activities and marry. When he found his fiancee dead, he decided to become a... READ MORE |
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Bl. John of Parma -- 20 March 2022
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John Buralli, the seventh minister general of the Franciscans, was born at Parma in the year 1209, and he was already teaching logic there when at the age of twenty-five, he joined the Franciscans. He... READ MORE |
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St. Joseph -- 19 March 2022
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Patron: of the Universal Church, unborn children, fathers, workers, travelers, immigrants, and a happy death
Death: 18
Everything we know about the husband of Mary and the foster father of Jesus c... READ MORE |
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St. Cyril of Jerusalem -- 18 March 2022
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Birth: 315
Death: 386
"Make your fold with the sheep; flee from the wolves: depart not from the Church," Cyril admonished catechumens surrounded by heresy. These were prophetic words for Cyril was... READ MORE |
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St. Charles Borromeo
-- 04 November 2021
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Patron: of bishops, catechists, cardinals, seminarians, spiritual leaders
Birth: October 2, 1538
Death: November 3, 1584
Beatified: May 12, 1602 by Pope Paul V
Canonized: November 1, 1610 by Pope ... 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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The Conversion of Saint Paul (Caravaggio) -- 25 January 2023
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The Conversion of Saint Paul (or Conversion of Saul), by the Italian painter Caravaggio, is housed in the Odescalchi Balbi Collection of Rome. It is one of at least two paintings by Caravaggio of the ... READ MORE |
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Saint Alexander of Rome -- 18 February 2023
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Alexander of Rome (died 289) is a Christian martyr. The date of his birth is unknown. He died in 289 AD and his mother Pimenia buried him near the river Ergina. His mother was a witness of his martyrd... READ MORE |
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Pope Saint Gregory III
-- 10 December 2021
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He was just standing there, not doing anything special. As a Syrian priest he must have felt a little out of place among the Roman people mourning that day for the dead Pope. As a good preacher, he mu... READ MORE |
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