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St. Walfrid -- 15 February 2022
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Death: 765
Walfrid or Galfrido della Gherardesca was born in Pisa, of which he became a prosperous and honored citizen. He married a wife to whom he was deeply attached, and they had five sons and ... READ MORE |
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St. Valentine
-- 14 February 2022
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Patron: of Love, Young People, Happy Marriages
Death: 269
Saint Valentine, officially known as Saint Valentine of Rome, is a third-century Roman saint widely celebrated on February 14 and commonly... READ MORE |
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St. Catherine de Ricci -- 13 February 2022
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Birth: 1522
Death: 1589
St. Catherine was born in Florence in 1522. Her baptismal name was Alexandrina, but she took the name of Catherine upon entering religion. From her earliest infancy she man... READ MORE |
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St. Buonfiglio Monaldo -- 12 February 2022
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He was one of seven Florentines who had joined the Confraternity of the Blessed Virgin (the Laudesi) in a particularly lax period in the city's history and who were inspired by a vision on the feast o... READ MORE |
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St. Paschal -- 11 February 2022
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Paschal was the son of Bonosus, a Roman. He studied at the Lateran, was named head of St. Stephen's monastery, which housed pilgrims to Rome, and was elected Pope to succeed Pope Stephen IV (V) on the... READ MORE |
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St. Francis Xavier
-- 03 December 2021
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Patron: of Catholic missions; African missions; Goa, India; China; missionaries
Birth: 1506
Death: 1552
Beatified: Oct. 25, 1619 by Pope Paul V
Canonized: March 12, 1622 by Pope Gregory XV
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St. Sabas -- 05 December 2021
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Birth: 439
Death: 532
Sabas was born at Mutalaska, Cappadocia, near Caesarea. He was the son of an army officer there who when assigned to Alexandria, left him in the care of an uncle. Mistreated ... READ MORE |
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St. Nicholas
-- 06 December 2021
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Patron: of Bakers and Pawnbrokers
The great veneration with which St. Nicholas has been honored for many ages and the number of altars and churches all over the world that are dedicated in his memo... READ MORE |
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Pope Saint Damasus I
-- 11 December 2021
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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 |
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Our Lady of Guadalupe
-- 12 December 2021
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Patron: of the Americas
n elder Mexican man makes his way to Mass in the early morning twilight of December 9, 1531. He is a peasant, a simple farmer and laborer, and he has no education. Born unde... READ MORE |
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