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St. John Bosco
-- 31 January 2022
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Patron: of apprentices, editors and publishers, schoolchildren, magicians, and juvenile delinquents
Birth: August 16, 1815
Death: January 31, 1888
Beatified: June 2, 1929 by Pope Pius XI
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St. Aldegunais -- 30 January 2022
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Patron: of Cancer, Wounds
Birth: 639
Death: 684
Virgin and abess, also known as Adelgundis, Aldegonde, or Orgonne. She was a member of the royal family of the Merovingians and was raised by two s... READ MORE |
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Sts. Sarbelius & Barbea -- 29 January 2022
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Death: 101
Two martyrs, brother and sister, who were put to death at Edessa during the persecutions of Emperor Trajan. Sarbelius, also called Sharbel, was a high priest at Edessa, in Mesopotamia. T... READ MORE |
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St. Thomas Aquinas
-- 28 January 2022
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Patron: of students and all universities
Birth: 1226
Death: 1274
Canonized: Pope John XXII in 1323
Thomas is believed to have been born in the castle of Roccasecca in the old county of the Kingd... READ MORE |
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St. Angela Merici -- 27 January 2022
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Patron: of the sick, disabled and physically challenged people and those grieving the loss of parents
Birth: March 21, 1474
Death: January 27, 1540
Beatified: April 30, 1768 by Pope Clement XIII
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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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St. Hilary, Pope -- 28 February 2022
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Death: 468
Pope from 461-468 and guardian of Church unity. He was born in Sardinia, Italy, and was a papal legate to the Robber Council of Ephesus in 449, barely escaping with his life from this af... READ MORE |
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Bl. Charles the Good -- 02 March 2022
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Birth: 1083
Death: 1127
In 1086, St. Canute, King of Denmark and father of Blessed Charles the Good, was slain in St. Alban's Church, Odence. Charles who was only a few years old was taken by his ... READ MORE |
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