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Showing posts with label doctors. Show all posts
Showing posts with label doctors. Show all posts
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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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, 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...
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...
Tuesday, November 15, 2016

November 15: St Albert the Great, Memorial

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Fresco, 1352, by Tommaso da Moderna Pope Benedict XVI gave a General Audience on this doctor of the Church in March 2010: "One o...
Saturday, October 15, 2016

October 15: St Teresa of Avila, Doctor of the Church, Class III

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Alonso del Arco (1635-1704) Pope Benedict XVI gave a General Audience on St Teresa on 2 February 2011: "In the course of the C...
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...
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...
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...
Monday, August 20, 2012

St Bernard of Clairvaux (Aug 20), Class III/OF Memorial

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From the martyrology: "In the territory of Langres, the demise of St. Bernard, first abbot of Clairvaux, illustrious for virtues, lea...
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 ...
Friday, April 27, 2012

St Peter Canisius, memorial (April 27)

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Pope Benedict XVI gave a General Audience on the saint in February 2011: "Today I want to talk to you about St Peter Kanis, C...
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Saturday, April 21, 2012

St Anselm OSB, Class III (April 21): The struggle between State and Church

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Best known perhaps for his proof of the existence of God, St Anselm (1033-1109) is very much a saint for our times, when the relationship b...