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St. Dominic of Silos -- 20 December 2021
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| Patron: against rabies; against rabid dogs; against insects; captives; pregnant women; prisoners; shepherds
Birth: 1000
Death: 1073
Benedictine abbot and defender of the faith. Born in Canas, Nav... READ MORE |
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St. Nemesius -- 19 December 2021
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| Martyr of Egypt. He was burned alive in Alexandria, Egypt, during the persecutions under Emperor Trajanus Decius. Nemesius was arrested and scourged and then burned to death. Like Christ, he was execu... READ MORE |
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St. Rufus -- 18 December 2021
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| Rufus and Zosimus were citizens of Antioch (or perhaps Philippi) who were brought to Rome with St. Ignatius of Antioch during the reign of Emperor Trajan. They were condemned to death for their Christ... READ MORE |
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St. Olympias -- 17 December 2021
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| Olympias born into a wealthy noble Constantinople family. She was orphaned when a child and was given over to the care of Theodosia by her uncle, the prefect Procopius. She married Nebridius, also a p... READ MORE |
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St. Ado of Vienne -- 16 December 2021
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| Death: 875
An archbishop and scholar, Ado was born in Sens and educated at the Benedictine abbey of Ferrieres. Abbot Lupus Servatus, an outstanding humanist of the time, trained Ado, and was impres... READ MORE |
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St. Charles Lwanga and Companions 
-- 03 June 2021
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| For those of us who think that the faith and zeal of the early Christians died out as the Church grew more safe and powerful through the centuries, the martyrs of Uganda are a reminder that persecutio... READ MORE |
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St. Francis Caracciolo -- 04 June 2021
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| Patron: of Naples (Italy), Italian cooks
Birth: 1563
Death: 1608
Founder of the Minor Clerks Regular with St. John Augustine Adorno. He was born in 1563, a member of a noble Neapolitan family. Th... READ MORE |
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St. Norbert
-- 06 June 2021
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| St. Norbert was born at Xanten in the Rhineland, about the year 1080. The early part of his life was devoted to the world and its pleasures. He entered upon the ecclesiastical state in a worldly spiri... READ MORE |
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St. Jose Luis Sanchez del Rio -- 10 February 2021
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| Patron: of Persecuted Christians, Children, Adolescents and Sahuayo
Birth: March 28, 1913
Death: February 10, 1928
Beatified: November 20, 2005
Canonized: October 16, 2016 by Pope Francis
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St. John of Sahagun -- 12 June 2021
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| Birth: 1419
Death: 1479
John Gonzales de Castrillo was born at Sahagun, Leon Spain. He was educated by the Benedictine monks of Fagondez monastery there and when twenty, received a canonry from th... READ MORE |
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