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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. Nemesius -- 19 December 2021
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Martyr of Egypt. He was burned alive in Alexandria, Egypt, during the persecutions under Emperor Trajanus Decius. Nemesius was arrested and scourged and then burned to death. Like Christ, he was execu... READ MORE |
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St. Peter Canisius -- 21 December 2021
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Birth: 1521
Death: 1597
In 1565, the Vatican was looking for a secret agent. It was shortly after the Council of Trent and the pope wanted to get the decrees of the Council to all the European bis... READ MORE |
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St. John of Kanty -- 23 December 2021
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The people of Olkusz in Bohemia in 1431 had every reason to be suspicious of their new pastor. They knew what a Cracow professor would think of their small rural town. But even more insulting, their t... READ MORE |
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St. Benedict of Nursia -- 11 July 2021
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Patron: of students and Europe
Birth: 480
Death: 543
Canonized: Pope Honorius III in 1220
St. Benedict is believed to have been born around 480, as the son to a Roman noble of Norcia and the twi... READ MORE |
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St. Margaret of Antioch
-- 20 July 2021
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Nothing certain is known of her, but according to her untrustworthy legend, she was the daughter of a pagan priest at Antioch in Pisidia. Also known as Marina, she was converted to Christianity, where... READ MORE |
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