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St. Pachomius -- 09 May 2021
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Birth: 292
Death: 348
St. Pachomius was born about 292 in the Upeer Thebaid in Egypt and was inducted into the Emperor's army as a twenty-year-old. The great kindness of Christians at Thebes towar... READ MORE |
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St. Peter of Tarantaise -- 08 May 2021
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Birth: 1102
Death: 1175
Cistercian archbishop. Peter was born near Vienne, in Dauphine, France, and joined the Cistercian Order at Bonneveaux at the age of twenty with his two brothers and father.... READ MORE |
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St. Rose Venerini -- 07 May 2021
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Birth: 1656
Death: 1728
Beatified: May 4, 1952
Canonized: 3 June 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI
Blessed Rose was born at Viterbo in 1656, the daughter of Godfrey Venerini, a physician. Upon the death... READ MORE |
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St. Dominic Savio -- 06 May 2021
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Patron: of choirboys, the falsely accused, and juvenile delinquents
Birth: April 2, 1842
Death: March 9, 1857
Beatified: March 5, 1950 by Pope Pius XII
Canonized: June 12, 1954 by Pope Pius XII
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St. Hilary of Arles -- 05 May 2021
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Birth: 400
Death: 449
Bishop of Arles, France, and friend and relative of St. Honoratus. He was born to a noble family in Lorraine and was successful, although he gave up his secular career to joi... READ MORE |
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St. Joan of Arc
-- 30 May 2021
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Patron: of soldiers and France
Birth: 1412
Death: 1431
Canonized: Pope Benedict XV
St. Joan of Arc is the patroness of soldiers and of France.
On January 6, 1412, Joan of Arc was born to piou... READ MORE |
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St. Ephrem -- 09 June 2021
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Death: 373?
"I was born in the way of truth: though my childhood was unaware of the greatness of the benefit, I knew it when trial came."
Ephrem (or Eprhaim) the Syrian left us hundreds of hymns... READ MORE |
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St. Emily de Vialar
-- 17 June 2021
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St. Emily de Vialar, Virgin, Foundress of the Sisters of St. Joseph "of the Apparition"
Anne Marguerite Adelaide Emily de Vialar was the eldest child and only daughter of Baron James Augustine de V... READ MORE |
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St. Colette -- 06 March 2021
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Patron: Women seeking to conceive, expectant mothers and sick children
Birth: 1380
Death: 1447
Beatified: January 23, 1740 by Pope Clement XII
Canonized: May 24, 1807 by Pope Pius VII
Colette w... READ MORE |
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ST. MACARIUS of Egypt (c. 300 – 391) was a Christian monk and hermit. He is also known as Macarius the Elder or Macarius the Great. -- 19 January 2023
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Macarius was born in Lower Egypt. A late tradition places his birthplace in the village of Shabsheer (Shanshour), Roman Egypt around 300 AD. At some point before his pursuit of asceticism, Macarius ma... READ MORE |
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