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St. John of Damascus 
-- 04 December 2021
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| Birth: 645
Death: 749
Saint John Damascene has the double honor of being the last but one of the fathers of the Eastern Church, and the greatest of her poets. It is surprising, however, how little... READ MORE |
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St. Francis Xavier
-- 03 December 2021
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| Patron: of Catholic missions; African missions; Goa, India; China; missionaries
Birth: 1506
Death: 1552
Beatified: Oct. 25, 1619 by Pope Paul V
Canonized: March 12, 1622 by Pope Gregory XV
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St. Bibiana
-- 02 December 2021
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| St. Bibiana, Virgin and Martyr (Feast day - December 2nd) Other than the name, nothing is known for certain about this saint. However, we have the following account from a later tradition.
In the y... READ MORE |
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St. Eligius -- 01 December 2021
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| Patron: of metalworkers
Birth: 590
Eligius (also known as Eloi) was born around 590 near Limoges in France. He became an extremely skillful metalsmith and was appointed master of the mint under Ki... READ MORE |
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St. Andrew the Apostle -- 30 November 2021
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| Patron: of Fishermen, singers, Scotland, Romania, Russia, Ukraine and Patras
Birth: Early 1st Century
Death: Mid-to late 1st Century
St. Andrew, also known as Andrew the Apostle, was a Christian ... READ MORE |
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Bl. Emmanuel Ruiz -- 10 July 2020
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| Death: 1860
Martyr with eleven companions in Lebanon. A Spanish Franciscan, Emmanuel and the others were caught up in the rising of the Druses in Lebanon. The Franciscan community, eight in number,... READ MORE |
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St. Victorinus of Pettau -- 02 November 2021
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| Death: 304
Bishop and martyr. Originally a Greek, he became bishop of Pettau, in Pannonia (later Styria, Austria). He was martyred during the persecutions of Emperor Diocletian (r. 284-305). Victor... READ MORE |
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Sts. Marcellinus and Peter
-- 02 June 2020
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| Death: 304
Though we know very little about these two martyrs under Diocletian, there is no question that the early church venerated them. Evidence of the respect in which they were held are the ba... READ MORE |
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St. Matthias
-- 14 May 2021
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| How does one qualify to be an apostle?
The first act of the apostles after the Ascension of Jesus was to find a replacement for Judas. With all the questions, doubts, and dangers facing them, they ... READ MORE |
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St. Buonfiglio Monaldo -- 12 February 2022
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| He was one of seven Florentines who had joined the Confraternity of the Blessed Virgin (the Laudesi) in a particularly lax period in the city's history and who were inspired by a vision on the feast o... READ MORE |
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