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Sts. Andrew Kim Taegon, Paul Chong Hasang, and Companions -- 20 September 2021
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| Feastday: September 20
The evangelization of Korea began during the 17th century through a group of lay persons. A strong vital Christian community flourished there under lay leadership until missi... READ MORE |
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St. Januarius 
-- 19 September 2021
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| Patron: of blood banks; Naples; volcanic eruptions
St. Januarius was born in Italy and was bishop of Benevento during the Emperor Diocletion persecution. Bishop Januarius went to visit two deacons ... READ MORE |
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St. Joseph of Cupertino
-- 18 September 2021
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| Patron: of Aviators, Flying, Studying, and those suffering mental handicaps
Birth: 1603
Death: 1663
Beatified: by Pope Benedict XIV in 1753
Canonized: by Pope Clement XIII in 1767
St. Joseph wa... READ MORE |
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St. Robert Bellarmine -- 17 September 2021
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| Birth: 1542
Death: 1621
Born at Montepulciano, Italy, October 4, 1542, St. Robert Bellarmine was the third of ten children. His mother, Cinzia Cervini, a niece of Pope Marcellus II, was dedicated ... READ MORE |
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St. Cornelius -- 16 September 2021
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| Cornelius whose feast day is September 16th. A Roman priest, Cornelius was elected Pope to succeed Fabian in an election delayed fourteen months by Decius' persecution of the Christians. The main issu... READ MORE |
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St. Basil the Great
-- 02 January 2021
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| Patron: of hospital administrators
Death: 379
St. Basil the Great was born at Caesarea of Cappadocia in 330. He was one of ten children of St. Basil the Elder and St. Emmelia. Several of his broth... READ MORE |
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St. Genevieve
-- 03 January 2021
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| Patron: of Paris
Birth: 422
Death: 512
St. Genevieve was a fair and courageous peasant girl who was born around 422 in Nanterre, France, to a man named Severus and a woman named Gerontia.
When... READ MORE |
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St. Fursey -- 16 January 2021
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| Death: 650
Irish monastic founder, the brother of Sts. Foillan and Ulan, praised by St. Bede. Fursey was born on the island of Inisguia en Lough Carri, Ireland, as a noble. He founded Rathmat Abbe... READ MORE |
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St. Nerses the Great -- 19 November 2020
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| Death: 373
Bishop and martyr, the father of St. Isaac the Great. A native of Armenia, he studied in Cappadocia and wed a princess who gave birth to Isaac. After she died, he served as a chamber lai... READ MORE |
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St. Paul of the Cross -- 20 October 2021
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| Birth: 1694
Death: 1775
St. Paul of the Cross was born at Ovada in the Republic of Genoa, January 3, 1694. His infancy and youth were spent in great innocence and piety. He was inspired from on hi... READ MORE |
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