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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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Pope Saint Gregory the Great
-- 03 September 2020
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| Death: 604
Pope Saint Gregory I, also known as the Great, was the Pope of the Catholic Church between 590 and 604 AD.
Gregory was born around 540 in Rome. The exact date of his birth is unknown.... READ MORE |
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St. Rosalia -- 04 September 2020
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| Death: 1160
St. Rosalia, daughter of Sinibald, Lord of Roses and Quisquina, was a descendant of the great Charlemagne. She was born at Palermo in Sicily. In her youth, her heart turned from earthly... READ MORE |
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St. Francis of Assisi
-- 04 October 2020
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| Patron: of Animals, Merchants & Ecology
Birth: 1181
Death: 1226
Founder of the Franciscan Order, born at Assisi in Umbria, in 1181.
In 1182, Pietro Bernardone returned from a trip to France to... READ MORE |
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St. Teresa of Calcutta
-- 05 September 2021
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| Patron: of World Youth Day
Birth: 1910
Death: 1997
Beatified: Pope John Paul II
The remarkable woman who would be known as Mother Teresa began life named Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu. Born on August 26... READ MORE |
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St. Eleutherius -- 06 September 2021
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| Death: 585
A wonderful simplicity and spirit of compunction were the distinguishing virtues of this holy man. He was chosen abbot of St. Mark's near Spoleto, and favored by God with the gift of mir... READ MORE |
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