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St. Benignus -- 09 November 2021
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| Death: 467
Bishop of Ireland, the son of Sechnaa, the psalm singer of St, Patrick. Sechnan was a chief in Meath, Ireland, converted by St. Patrick. Benignus became a disciple of St. Patrick and suc... READ MORE |
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St. Castorius -- 08 November 2021
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| Patron: of sculptors, stonemasons, stonecutters; against fever; cattle
St. Castorius is the patron saint of sculptors and his feast day is November 8th. Castorius, Claudius, Nicostratus, and Sympho... READ MORE |
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St. Achillas -- 07 November 2021
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| Death: 313
Bishop and theologian who lived in an era of dispute in the Church. Achillas was the bishop of Alexandria, Egypt, one of the most powerful cities in the world at the time. Succeeding as ... READ MORE |
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St. Leonard -- 06 November 2021
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| Patron: of political prisoners, imprisoned people, prisoners of war, and captives, women in labour, as well as horses
Death: 559
According to unreliable sources, he was a Frank courtier who was co... READ MORE |
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St. Elizabeth 
-- 05 November 2021
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| What we know of St. Elizabeth comes from the Gospel, the book of Luke, in particular. In Luke, Elizabeth, a daughter of the line of Aaron, and the wife of Zechariah, was "righteous before God" and was... READ MORE |
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St. Thomas of Villanueva
-- 22 September 2020
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| Birth: 1488
Death: 1555
Augustinian bishop. Born at Fuentellana, Castile, Spain, he was the son of a miller. He studied at the University of Alcala, earned a licentiate in theology, and became a p... 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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Sts. Denis, Rusticus, and Eleutherius -- 09 October 2021
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| Patron: of France; Paris; against frenzy, strife, headaches, hydrophobia, possessed people, rabies
The first mention we have of these three martyrs who died around 258 A.D. comes in the sixth centu... READ MORE |
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St. Luke
-- 18 October 2021
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| Patron: Physicians and Surgeons
Luke, the writer of the Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles, has been identified with St. Paul's "Luke, the beloved physician" (Colossians 4:14). We know few other f... READ MORE |
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St. Raymond Nonnatus
-- 31 August 2021
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| Raymond was born at Portella, Catalonia, Spain. He was delivered by caesarean operation when his mother died in childbirth. Hence his name non natus (not born). He joined the Mercedarians under St. Pe... READ MORE |
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