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Showing posts with label bishops. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bishops. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 24, 2018

SS Timothy and Suranus, Abbot (Jan 24)

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Today in the Office we celebrate in the Office the feast of St Timothy , of whom the martyrology says: "At Ephesus, St. Timothy,...
Tuesday, May 2, 2017

St Athanasius, May 2

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St Athanasius is extremely important not just as a Father of the Church, but also from a monastic point of view, for his Life of St An...
Saturday, January 28, 2017

January 28: St Cyril of Alexandria, Memorial

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Cyril of Alexandria (c. 376 - 444), bishop and doctor of the Church, played a central role in the first Council of Ephesus, but he remai...
Friday, January 27, 2017

January 27: St John Chrysostom, Class III

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I've become a considerable fan of St John Chrysostom of late largely due to his wonderful commentaries on many of the psalms.  But h...
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Thursday, January 26, 2017

January 26: St Polycarp

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St Polycarp (69 – 155 AD) was a 2nd century bishop of Smyrna, martyred for refusing to burn incense to the Emperor.  The  account of hi...
Tuesday, January 24, 2017

January 24: St Timothy, Memorial

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St Timothy is most famous as the recipient of two of the letters of St Paul.  He accompanied St Paul on several of his journeys, and was...
Saturday, January 14, 2017

January 14: St Hilary, Bishop, Doctor of the Church, Memorial

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Hilary of Poitiers (c310 –368) was Bishop of Poitiers.  He has a particular importance to the Western monastic tradition for his patrona...
Wednesday, January 4, 2017

January 4: St Titus, Bishop and Confessor, Memorial

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St Titus appears in the martyrology today with this description: "In Crete, the birthday of St Titus, who was ordained Bishop of ...
Wednesday, December 7, 2016

December 7: St Ambrose, Class III

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Saint Ambrose (340-397), was bishop of Milan, and is a doctor of the Church.  Pope Benedict XVI gave a General Audience on the sai...
Tuesday, December 6, 2016

December 6: St Nicholas, Memorial

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C14th De Grey Hours National Library of Wales Saint Nicholas (270–346) was Bishop of Myra (part of modern-day Turkey). He had a ...
Friday, December 2, 2016

December 2: St Peter Chrysologus, Memorial

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St Peter Chrysologus, circa 380 – 450, was Bishop of Ravenna from about AD 433.  He is a Doctor of the Church.  According to the Wik...
Monday, August 22, 2016

August 22: St Timothy, Memorial

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Pope Benedict XVI gave a General Audience on St Timothy in 2006: "Timothy is a Greek name which means "one who honours...
Tuesday, August 2, 2016

August 2: St Alphonsus Liguori, Memorial/Portiuncula indulgence

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Today is the memorial of St Alphonsus Mary de Liguorni (1696 – 1787), founder of the Redemptorists, so you might particularly say a pray...
Sunday, December 29, 2013

St Thomas a Becket

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In some countries today is the feast of St Thomas Becket, murdered in 1170 over a dispute over the rights of the Church with King Henry ...
Monday, September 17, 2012

St Hildegarde of Bingen OSB (Ben/OF), Sept 17

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Pope Benedict XVI formally declared St Hildegard a saint earlier this year, and extended her feast (which has long featured in the Benedict...
Thursday, September 13, 2012

St John Chrysostom (OF), Sept 13

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St John Chrysostom (349-407), bishop and Doctor of the Church, tends to be rather neglected in the West (though he is cited extensively...
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Wednesday, September 5, 2012

St Laurence Justinian (EF), Sept 5

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St Laurence Justinian, d 1455, of whom the martyrology says: "The feast of St. Lawrence Justinian, first Patriarch of Venice, who, ...
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012

St Augustine of Hippo (Aug 28)

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Today is the feast of St Augustine in the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms, as well as the Benedictine 1962 calendar. From the martyr...
Friday, August 3, 2012

SS Lydia and Aspren (August 3)

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From the martyrology: "At Philippi in Macedonia, St. Lydia, a dealer in purple, who was the first to believe in the Gospel when the ...
Thursday, August 2, 2012

St Alphonsus Mary de Liguori (August 2)

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From the martyrology: "At Nocera dei Pagani in Campani...St. Alphonsus Maria Liguori, founder of the Congregation of our most Holy ...