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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. Joseph Cafasso -- 23 June 2021
 
Patron: of prison chaplains, captives, imprisoned people and prisoners Birth: 1811 Death: 1860 Joseph Cafasso was born at Castelnuovo d'Asti in the Piedmont, Italy, of peasant parents. He studied... READ MORE
St. Apollonius the Apologist -- 18 April 2022
 
Death: 185 Martyr whose Apologia, or defense of the faith, is considered one of the most priceless documents of the early Church. Apollonius was a Roman senator who was denounced as a Christian by ... READ MORE
St. Paternus -- 15 April 2022
 
Birth: 482 Death: 565 St. Paternus.The first 5th century saint. He followed his father's path by becoming a hermit in Wales. He founded the monastery at the great church of Paternus, and became a ... READ MORE
St. Felix of Nola -- 14 January 2022
 
Patron: of Nola, Italy Felix was the son of Hermias, a Syrian who had been a Roman soldier. He was born on his father's estate at Nola near Naples, Italy. On the death of his father, Felix distribu... READ MORE
St. Enda -- 21 March 2020
 
Legend has him an Irishman noted for his military feats who was convinced by his sister St. Fanchea to renounce his warring activities and marry. When he found his fiancee dead, he decided to become a... READ MORE
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