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Sts. Joachim and Anne -- 26 July 2021
 
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
St. James the Greater -- 25 July 2021
 
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
St. John Boste -- 24 July 2021
 
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
St. Bridget of Sweden -- 23 July 2021
 
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
St. Mary Magdalene -- 22 July 2021
 
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. Anthony the Hermit -- 28 December 2020
 
Anthony was born about circa 468 at Valeria in Lower Pannonia. When he was eight years old, his father died and he was first entrusted to the care of St. Severinus. After the death of Severinus, an un... READ MORE
St. Volusian -- 18 January 2021
 
Death: 496 Bishop of Tours, France. A senator at Tours, he was initially married, supposedly to a most unpleasant wife. Named bishop of the city in 488, he was forced to leave the see in 496 by the... READ MORE
St. Frumentius -- 27 October 2020
 
Patron: of Aksumite Empire Death: 380 Called "Abuna" or "the fa­ther' of Ethiopia, sent to that land by St. Athanasius. Frumentius was born in Tyre, Lebanon. While on a voyage in the Red Sea with ... READ MORE
St. Martin de Porres -- 03 November 2020
 
Patron: of Mixed Race, Barbers, Public Health Workers, Innkeepers Death: 1639 Beatified: in 1837 by Pope Gregory XVI Canonized: in 1962 by Pope John XXIII St. Martin de Porres was born in Lima, ... READ MORE
Bl. Alvarez of Corova -- 19 February 2021
 
Birth: 1350 Death: 1430 Beatified: September 22, 1741, Saint Peter's Basilica, Papal States by Pope Benedict XIV Alvarez was born in either Lisbon, Portugal, or Cordova, Spain. He entered the Dom... READ MORE
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