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St. Sylvester -- 31 December 2021
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St. Sylvester, born in Rome, was ordained by Pope St. Marcellinus during the peace that preceded the persecutions of Diocletian. He passed through those days of terror, witnessed the abdication of Dio... READ MORE |
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St. Aileran -- 29 December 2021
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Death: 664
Monk, biographer, and scholar-also called Sapiens the Wise. Aileran was one of the most distinguished professors at the school of Clonard in Ireland. St. Finian welcomed Aileran to Clona... READ MORE |
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St. Anthony the Hermit -- 28 December 2021
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Anthony was born about circa 468 at Valeria in Lower Pannonia. When he was eight years old, his father died and he was first entrusted to the care of St. Severinus. After the death of Severinus, an un... READ MORE |
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St. John the Apostle -- 27 December 2021
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Patron: of love, loyalty, friendships, and authors
Birth: 6
Death: 100
St. John, Apostle and Evangelist
St. John the Apostle, the son of Zebedee and Salome, was one of the Twelve Apostles of J... READ MORE |
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St. Stephen -- 26 December 2021
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Patron: of Deacons, altar Servers, bricklayers, casket makers, & Stonemasons
Death: 34
Saint Stephen was one of the first ordained deacons of the Church. He was also the first Christian martyr. Th... 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 Kaun -- 20 June 2020
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Death: 1626
Martyr of Japan. A native of Korea, he was brought to Japan in 1591 as a prisoner of war and was subsequently converted to Christianity. Entering the Jesuits, he studied at the Jesuit s... READ MORE |
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St. Irenaeus -- 28 June 2020
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Death: 202
The writings of St. Irenaeus entitle him to a high place among the fathers of the Church, for they not only laid the foundations of Christian theology but, by exposing and refuting the e... READ MORE |
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