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St. Agatha
-- 05 February 2022
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Patron: of Sicily, bellfounders, breast cancer, against fire, Palermo, rape victims, and wet nurses
Birth: 231
Death: 251
St. Agatha, also known as Agatha of Sicily, is one of the most highly ven... READ MORE |
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St. Joan of Valois -- 04 February 2022
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Birth: 1464
Death: 1505
Joan of Valois, 1464 - 1505, was the second daughter of Louis X1, King of France, and Charlotte of Savoy, She was born on April 23, 1464. At the ge of two months she was... READ MORE |
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St. Blaise
-- 03 February 2022
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Patron: of throat illnesses, animals, wool combers, and wool trading
Death: 316
Saint Blaise was the bishop of Sebastea and a doctor. The first known record of the saint's life comes from the medi... READ MORE |
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St. Joan de Lestonnac -- 02 February 2022
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Patron: of abuse victims, people rejected by religious orders, widows
Birth: 1556
Death: 1640
St. Joan de Lestonnac was born in Bordeaux, France, in 1556. She married at the age of seventeen. The... READ MORE |
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St. Brigid of Ireland
-- 01 February 2022
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Patron: of Ireland, dairymaids, cattle, midwives, Irish nuns, and newborn babies
Birth: 451
Death: 525
Saint Brigid was born Brigit, and shares a name with a Celtic goddess from whom many legends... READ MORE |
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St. John of Kanty -- 23 December 2021
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The people of Olkusz in Bohemia in 1431 had every reason to be suspicious of their new pastor. They knew what a Cracow professor would think of their small rural town. But even more insulting, their t... READ MORE |
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St. Benedict of Nursia -- 11 July 2021
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Patron: of students and Europe
Birth: 480
Death: 543
Canonized: Pope Honorius III in 1220
St. Benedict is believed to have been born around 480, as the son to a Roman noble of Norcia and the twi... READ MORE |
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St. Margaret of Antioch
-- 20 July 2021
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Nothing certain is known of her, but according to her untrustworthy legend, she was the daughter of a pagan priest at Antioch in Pisidia. Also known as Marina, she was converted to Christianity, where... READ MORE |
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St. Vincent Ferrer
-- 05 April 2021
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Patron: of Builders
St. Vincent Ferrer is the patron saint of builders because of his fame for "building up" and strengthening the Church: through his preaching, missionary work, in his teachings, ... READ MORE |
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St. James the Lesser
-- 03 May 2020
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Patron: of Hatmmakers
St. James the Less, the author of the first Catholic Epistle, was the son of Alphaeus of Cleophas. His mother Mary was either a sister or a close relative of the Blessed Virgi... READ MORE |
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