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Sts. Joachim and Anne 
-- 26 July 2021
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| Saints Joachim (sometimes spelled "Joaquin," pronounced "wal-keem") and Anne, are the parents of the Virgin Mary. There are no mentions of them in the Bible or Gospels, what we know comes from Catholi... READ MORE |
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St. James the Greater
-- 25 July 2021
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| Patron: of pilgrims and Spain
Death: 44
Nothing is known of St. James the Greater's early life, though it has been established that he is the son of Zebedee and Salome and brother of John the disc... READ MORE |
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St. John Boste -- 24 July 2021
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| Birth: 1544
Death: 1594
One of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. He was born at Dufton, at Westmoreland, England, and studied at Oxford. Becoming a Catholic in 1576, he went to Reims and rec... READ MORE |
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St. Bridget of Sweden -- 23 July 2021
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| Patron: of Sweden
Saint Birgitta was the daughter of Uppland's Lagman, Birger Petersson and his wife, Ingeborg, who was a member of the same clan as the reigning family. Birgitta's family was pious... READ MORE |
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St. Mary Magdalene
-- 22 July 2021
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| Patron: of contemplative life, converts, glove makers, hairdressers, penitent sinners, people ridiculed for their piety, perfumeries, pharmacists, sexual temptation, tanners, women
St. Mary Magdale... READ MORE |
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St. Sylvester -- 31 December 2020
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| St. Sylvester, born in Rome, was ordained by Pope St. Marcellinus during the peace that preceded the persecutions of Diocletian. He passed through those days of terror, witnessed the abdication of Dio... READ MORE |
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St. Bibiana -- 02 December 2020
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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. Wulfric -- 20 February 2021
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| Birth: 1080
Death: 1154
Wulfric (d. 1154) + hermit and miracle worker. Born at Compton Martin, near Bristol, England, he became a priest and was excessively materialistic and worldly. After meetin... READ MORE |
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St. Fabian -- 20 January 2021
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| Death: 250
Eusebius, born just a few years after Fabian's death, tells us how Fabian came to Rome after Pope Anteros died in 236. A layperson, and not a very important one, he may have come for the... READ MORE |
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St. Gelasius -- 21 November 2020
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| St. Gelasius I, Pope (Feast day - November 21) Gelasius was born in Rome, in the fifth century, the son of an African named Valerius. Later, ordained a priest, he was elected Pope on March 1st, 492. ... READ MORE |
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