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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. Augustine of Canterbury 
-- 27 May 2021
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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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St. Thomas More
-- 22 June 2021
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| Patron: of adopted children lawyers, civil servants, politicians, and difficult marriages
Birth: 1478
Death: 1535
Beatified: December 29th, 1886 by Pope Leo XIII
Canonized: May 19th, 1935 by Pope ... READ MORE |
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St. Bernardino Realino
-- 02 June 2021
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| Birth: 1530
Death: 1616
St. Bernardino Realino was born into a noble family of Capri, Italy in 1530. After receiving a thorough and devout Christian education at the hands of his mother, he went o... READ MORE |
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St. Lea -- 22 March 2021
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| A letter which St. Jerome wrote to St. Marcella provides the only information we have about St. Lea, a devout fourth century widow. Upon the death of her husband, she retired to a Roman monastery and ... READ MORE |
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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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