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St. Alphege -- 19 April 2021
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| Patron: of Greenwich; Solihull; kidnap victims
Birth: 953
Death: 1012
Archbishop and "the First Martyr of Canterbury." He was born in 953 and became a monk in the Deerhurst Monastery in Glouceste... READ MORE |
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St. Apollonius the Apologist -- 18 April 2021
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| 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 |
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St. Anicetus -- 17 April 2021
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| Anicetus was a Syrian from Emesa. He became pope about 155 and actively opposed Marcionism and Gnosticism. His pontificate saw the appearance of the controversy between East and West over the date of ... READ MORE |
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St. Bernadette 
-- 16 April 2021
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| Patron: of illness, people ridiculed for their piety, poverty, shepherds, shepherdesses, and Lourdes, France
Birth: January 7, 1844
Death: April 16, 1879
Beatified: 1925
Canonized: by Pope Pius XI... READ MORE |
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St. Paternus -- 15 April 2021
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| 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 |
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St. Lydia Purpuraria -- 03 August 2020
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| Lydia Purpuraria (1st century) was born at Thyatira (Ak-Hissar), a town in Asia Minor, famous for its dye works, (hence, her name which means purple seller). She became Paul's first convert at Philipp... READ MORE |
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St. Clare of Assisi
-- 11 August 2020
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| Patron: of eye disease, goldsmiths, laundry, television
Birth: 1194
Death: 1253
Canonized: Pope Alexander IV on September 26, 1255
St. Clare of Assisi was born in Assisi on July 16, 1194, as Chi... READ MORE |
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St. Stephen the Great
-- 16 August 2020
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| Patron: of Hungary
Death: 1038
St. Stephen the Great (977-1038), was the son of the Magyar chieftain Geza, Stephen succeeded him as leader in 997. Already raised a Christian, in 996 he wed the dau... READ MORE |
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St. Clare of Montefalco
-- 17 August 2020
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| Birth: 1268
Death: 1308
Clare was born at Montefalco, Italy, around 1268. As a young woman she joined a convent of Franciscan tertiaries. This group established Holy Cross Convent at Montefalco in... READ MORE |
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St. Helena
-- 18 August 2020
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| Patron: of New discoveries
Death: 330
St. Helena was the mother of Emperor Constantine the Great and an Empress of the Roman Empire. Very little is known about Helena's early life, but it is belie... READ MORE |
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