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Showing posts with label confessor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label confessor. Show all posts
Saturday, February 4, 2017

From the martyrology: St Gilbert of Sempringham (Feb 4)

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Today the martyrology records the feast of the founder of England's distinctive double order, the Gilbertines (alas, long since def...
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 ...
Tuesday, October 4, 2016

October 4: St Francis of Assisi

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Pope Benedict XVI gave a General Audience  on the saint in 2010.  Here are a few extracts: "A sun was born into the world"....
Wednesday, August 31, 2016

St Raymund Nonnatus (EF), Aug 31

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St Raymond being nourished by angels Eugenio Caxes From the martyrology: "At Cardona, in Spain, St. Raymond Nonnatus, Cardina...
Saturday, August 27, 2016

St Joseph Calasanctius (EF)/St Monica (OF), Aug 27

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From the martyrology: "At Rome, the demise of St. Joseph, confessor, illustrious by the innocence of his life and miracles, w...
Thursday, August 25, 2016

St Louis OF (EF)/St Joseph Calasanz (OF) - Aug 25

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Louis IX with Pope Innocent IV at Cluny From the martyrology: "At Paris, St. Louis, confessor, King of France, illustrious by t...
Tuesday, August 23, 2016

St Philip Benizi (EF)/St Rose of Lima (OF) - Aug 23

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Claudio Cuello St Rose of Lima (1586-1617) was the first canonised saint native to the Americas.  A Dominican tertiary, she devoted he...
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Tuesday, August 16, 2016

St Stephen of Hungary (OF)/St Joachim (EF), Aug 16

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In the ordinary form, today is the feast of St Stephen of Hungary (c967-1038), of whom the martyrology (of 15 August) says: "At ...
Tuesday, September 18, 2012

St Joseph of Cupertino (EF), Sept 18

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From the martyrology: "At Osimo, St. Joseph of Cupertino, confessor of the Order of the Friars Minor Conventual, who was placed amon...
Monday, September 10, 2012

St Nicholas of Tolentino (EF only); St Pulcheria (Sept 10)

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"At Tolentino, in the March of Ancona, the departure from this life of St. Nicholas, confessor, of the Order of Augustinians." ...
Thursday, September 6, 2012

St Zachary (from the martyrology, Sept 6)

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da Vinci The martyrology often serves to remind us that there are many Old Testament saints, as well as new!  Today, therefore, we cele...
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 17, 2012

St Hyacinth (EF), Aug 17

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St Hyacinth (1185-1257) was a Dominican from Poland. Educated in Paris and Bologna, he started out as a secular priest, but while in ...
Saturday, August 4, 2012

St Dominic (August 4)

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From the martyrology: "St. Dominic, confessor, founder of the Order of Friars Preachers, who on the sixth day of this month rested ...
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 ...
Tuesday, July 31, 2012

St Ignatius (July 31)

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Rubens From the martyrology: "At Rome, the birthday of St. Ignatius, priest and confessor, founder of the Society of Jesus, reno...
Thursday, July 5, 2012

St Anthony Mary Zaccaria (EF, July 5)

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Saint Anthony Maria Zaccaria (1502 – 1539) was the originator of the Forty Hours devotion to the Blessed Sacrament. Born in Cremona, Ita...
Wednesday, March 28, 2012

St John Capistrano (EF memorial: March 28)

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From the martyrology: "St. John Capistrano, confessor, a priest of the Order of Friars Minor, who is mentioned on the 23rd of Octob...
Friday, March 16, 2012

St Patrick (Class I in many places); St Joseph of Arimathea

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From the martyrology: "At Downpatrick in Ireland, the birthday of St. Patrick, bishop and confessor, who was the first to preach ...