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St. John the Silent -- 13 May 2021
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| Birth: 452
Death: 558
Bishop of Colonia in Palestine and a hermit. Born in Nicopolis, Armenia, he established a monastery at the age of eighteen. Appointed a bishop at the age of twenty-eight, he ... READ MORE |
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Sts. Nereus & Achilleus 
-- 12 May 2021
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| So often we hear people or even ourselves excuse an action by saying "I was only following orders." But for Nereus and Achilleus this excuse could not stand in the face of the cross.
Everything we ... READ MORE |
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St. Ignatius of Laconi -- 11 May 2021
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| Birth: 1701
Death: 1781
Ignatius was the son of a poor farmer in Laconi, Italy. He was born on December 17, 1701. When he was about seventeen, he became very ill. He promised to be a Franciscan if... READ MORE |
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St. Damien of Molokai
-- 10 May 2021
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| Patron: of people with leprosy
Birth: 1840
Death: 1889
Beatified: June 4th, 1995, Basilica of the Sacred Heart (Koekelberg), Brussels, by Pope John Paul II
Canonized: October 11th, 2009, Vatican C... READ MORE |
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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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Martyrs of Chalcedon -- 24 September 2020
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| Martyrs of Chalcedon
A group of forty-nine Christians slain in Chalcedon during the reign of Emperor Diocletian . Records indicate that the martyrs were members of the choir in the church of Chalce... READ MORE |
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St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen -- 24 April 2020
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| Birth: 1577
Death: 1622
Franciscan Capuchin martyr. He was born Mark Rey is Sigmaringen, Germany, in 1577. A practicing lawyer, he traveled across Europe as a tutor to aristocrats but then started... READ MORE |
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St. Lea -- 22 March 2021
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| A letter which St. Jerome wrote to St. Marcella provides the only information we have about St. Lea, a devout fourth century widow. Upon the death of her husband, she retired to a Roman monastery and ... READ MORE |
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St. Victorinus of Pettau -- 02 November 2020
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| Death: 304
Bishop and martyr. Originally a Greek, he became bishop of Pettau, in Pannonia (later Styria, Austria). He was martyred during the persecutions of Emperor Diocletian (r. 284-305). Victor... READ MORE |
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St. Theodosius the Cenobiarch -- 11 January 2021
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| Death: 529
Abbot and founder. Born at Garissus, Cappadocia (modern Turkey), in 423, he undertook a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, and after meeting with the famed St. Simeon Stylites, he entered a monast... READ MORE |
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