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Showing posts with label holy women. Show all posts
Showing posts with label holy women. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 23, 2016

St Clement I, Pope and Martyr, Class III; St Felicity memorial (23 November)

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St Clement (c96 AD) was St Peter's successor as Bishop of Rome.  His only surviving writing, a  letter to the community at Corinth ...
Tuesday, September 11, 2012

SS Protus and Hyacinth (Ben/EF); St Theodora, Sept 11

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St Theodora At Rome, in the Cemetery of Basilla, on the old Salarian road, the birthday of the holy martyrs Protus and Hyacinth, brothe...
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 ...
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 ...
Tuesday, July 24, 2012

St Cristina (July 24)

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Lorenzo Lotto, 1505 From the Roman Martyrology: At Tiro in Tuscany, on Lake Bolsena, St. Christina, virgin and martyr. Because she bel...
Friday, May 4, 2012

St Monica (May 4)

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Death of St Monica Gozzoli, c1464 St Monica (331-387) is famous for her role in the conversion of her husband and children, most notab...
Wednesday, March 14, 2012

St Matilda (March 14)

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From the martyrology: "At Halberstadt in Germany, the death of blessed Queen Matilda, mother of Emperor Otto I, renowned for humilit...
Tuesday, March 6, 2012

SS Perpetua and Felicity, Memorial; St Conan (March 6)

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From the martyrology: "SS Perpetua and Felicity, who on the day following this, received from  the Lord the glorious crown of marty...
Tuesday, July 26, 2011

July 26: SS Joachim and Anne, Class III

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Tradition, drawing on the (non-canonical but very early) Gospel of James, gives us Saints Joachim and Anne as the names of the father and m...
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Friday, July 22, 2011

July 22: St Mary Magdalen, Class III

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Today is the feast of the most famous penitent saint, St Mary Magdalene.  Few saints have attracted so many attempts at revisionist histor...
Sunday, March 6, 2011

March 6: Felicity and Perpetua, martyrs, memorial

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The martyrology entry for today's saints reads: "SS Perpetua and Felicity, who on the day following this, received from  the Lord ...