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St. Catherine of Siena -- 29 April 2021
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Patron: Fire prevention
Birth: 1347
Death: 1380
St. Catherine of Siena was born during the outbreak of the plague in Siena, Italy on March 25, 1347. She was the 25th child born to her mother, alt... READ MORE |
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St. Peter Chanel -- 28 April 2021
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Patron: of Oceania
Birth: 1803
Death: 1841
In St. Peter Chanel, Priest and Martyr (Feast day - April 28) The protomartyr of the South Seas, St. Peter Chanel was born in 1803 at Clet in the dioces... READ MORE |
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St. Zita -- 27 April 2021
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St. Zita was born into a poor but holy Christian family. Her older sister became a Cistercian nun and her uncle Graziano was a hermit whom the local people regarded as a saint. Zita herself always tri... READ MORE |
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St. Cletus -- 26 April 2021
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St. Cletus was the third bishop of Rome, and succeeded St. Linus, which circumstance alone shows his eminent virtue among the first disciples of St. Peter in the West. He sat twelve years, from 76 to ... READ MORE |
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St. Mark
-- 25 April 2021
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Patron: of notaries, Venice, Barristers
Birth: 1st Century
Death: April 25, 68 AD
Much of what we know about St. Mark, the author of the Second Gospel, comes largely from the New Testament and ea... READ MORE |
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St. Edmund Rich
-- 20 November 2020
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Patron: of Abingdon, Oxfordshire; Roman Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth; St Edmund's College, Cambridge
Birth: 1175
Death: 1240
Archbishop of Canterbury England, who battled for discipline and jus... 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. Dominic -- 08 August 2021
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Patron: of Astronomers; astronomy; Dominican Republic; falsely accused people; Santo Domingo Pueblo, Valletta, Birgu (Malta), Managua
Birth: 1170
Death: 1221
Saint Dominic was born in Caleruega, ... READ MORE |
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St. Michael My -- 12 August 2021
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Death: 1838
Canonized: Pope John Paul II
Martyr of Vietnam. He was the mayor of a town in Vietnam when the persecution of Christians started. Michael was martyred with Blessed Anthony Dich, his so... READ MORE |
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St. Benjamin -- 31 March 2021
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Birth: 329
Death: 424
St. Benjamin, Martyr (Feast Day - March 31) The Christians in Persia had enjoyed twelve years of peace during the reign of Isdegerd, son of Sapor III, when in 420 it was dist... READ MORE |
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