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St. William of Bourges -- 10 January 2022
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Patron: of University of Paris
Birth: 1155
Death: 1209
William Berruyer, of the illustrious family of the ancient counts of Nevers, was educated by Peter the hermit, archdeacon of Soissons, his u... READ MORE |
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St. Adrian, Abbot -- 09 January 2022
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Death: January 9
Born in Africa, Adrian became abbot of the monastery at Nerida, near Naples. He declined an appointment as archbishop of Canterbury, but accompanied St. Theodore to England when th... READ MORE |
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St. Thorfinn -- 08 January 2022
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In the year 1285, there died in the Cistercian monastery at TerDoest, near Bruges, a Norwegian bishop named Thorfinn. He had never attracted particular attention and was soon forgotten. But over fifty... READ MORE |
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St. Raymond of Pennafort -- 07 January 2022
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Patron: of Canonists
St. Raymond of Pennafort, Patron Saint of Canonists (Feast day - January 7) Born in Spain, St. Raymond was a relative of the King of Aragon. From childhood he had a tender love... READ MORE |
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St. Andre Bessette -- 06 January 2022
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Beatified: Pope John Paul II
Canonized: October 17, 2010, Saint Peter's Square, Rome, by Pope Benedict XVI
When Alfred Bessette came to the Holy Cross Brothers in 1870, he carried with him a note ... READ MORE |
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St. Artaldus -- 07 October 2020
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Birth: 1101
Death: 1206
Artaldus (also called Arthaud) was born in the castle of Sothonod in Savoy. At the age of eighteen, he went to the court of Duke Amadeus III, but a year or two after, he be... READ MORE |
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St. Zita -- 27 April 2020
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St. Zita was born into a poor but holy Christian family. Her older sister became a Cistercian nun and her uncle Graziano was a hermit whom the local people regarded as a saint. Zita herself always tri... READ MORE |
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St. Peter of Tarantaise -- 08 May 2020
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Birth: 1102
Death: 1175
Cistercian archbishop. Peter was born near Vienne, in Dauphine, France, and joined the Cistercian Order at Bonneveaux at the age of twenty with his two brothers and father.... READ MORE |
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St. Simon Stock -- 16 May 2020
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Although little is known about Simon Stock's early life, legend has it that the name Stock, meaning "tree trunk," derives from the fact that, beginning at age twelve, he lived as a hermit in a hollow ... READ MORE |
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St. Augustine of Canterbury
-- 27 May 2020
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Death: 605
At the end of the sixth century anyone would have said that Augustine had found his niche in life. Looking at this respected prior of a monastery, almost anyone would have predicted he w... READ MORE |
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