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St. Cajetan -- 07 August 2021
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Patron: of workers; gamblers; job seekers; unemployed people; Albania; Italy; Malta; Argentina; Brazil; El Salvador; Guatemala
Birth: 1480
Death: 1547
In 1523, the Church was in sad shape. People... READ MORE |
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St. Hormisdas Pope -- 06 August 2021
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Birth: 450
Death: 523
Pope from 514-523, successor to St. Symmachus, and father of Pope St. Silverius Born in Frosinone, Campagna di Roma, Italy, he was an Italian, although he had a Persian name... READ MORE |
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St. Addal -- 05 August 2021
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Death: 180
A disciple of Christ sent by St. Thomas to the court of King Abgar the Black, the second century Osroene ruler. Legendary accounts claim Abgar wrote to Christ asking Jesus to cure him of... READ MORE |
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St. John Vianney
-- 04 August 2021
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Jean-Baptiste-Marie Vianney, known as John in English, was born May 8, 1786 in Dardilly, France and was baptized the same day. He was the fourth of six children born to Matthieu and Marie Vianney.
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St. Lydia Purpuraria -- 03 August 2021
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Lydia Purpuraria (1st century) was born at Thyatira (Ak-Hissar), a town in Asia Minor, famous for its dye works, (hence, her name which means purple seller). She became Paul's first convert at Philipp... READ MORE |
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St. Benedict of Nursia -- 11 July 2021
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Patron: of students and Europe
Birth: 480
Death: 543
Canonized: Pope Honorius III in 1220
St. Benedict is believed to have been born around 480, as the son to a Roman noble of Norcia and the twi... READ MORE |
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St. Peter Thomas -- 25 January 2021
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Birth: 1305
Death: 1366
Carmelite Latinpatriarch and papal legate. Peter was born in Gascony, France and joined the Carmelites while still a young man. In 1342 he was appointed procurator of the o... READ MORE |
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Sts. Denis, Rusticus, and Eleutherius -- 09 October 2020
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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. Margaret of Antioch
-- 20 July 2021
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Nothing certain is known of her, but according to her untrustworthy legend, she was the daughter of a pagan priest at Antioch in Pisidia. Also known as Marina, she was converted to Christianity, where... READ MORE |
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St. Paul of the Cross -- 20 October 2020
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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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