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Friday, January 20, 2017

January 20: SS Fabian (Pope) and Sebastian (Martyrs), Class III

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Pope Saint Fabian was a layman when elected pope, a position he held from January 10, 236 until his martyrdom on January 20, 250.  St S...
Friday, November 25, 2016

November 25: St Catherine of Alexandria

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Saint Catherine of Alexandria (born c282), is a martyr who was a noted scholar. The daughter of a pagan governor of Alexandria, she co...
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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 ...
Thursday, November 10, 2016

November 10: St Theodore, Memorial

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According to Butler's Lives of the Saints: "ST. THEODORE was born of a noble family in the East, and enrolled while still a ...
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 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 ...
Saturday, September 22, 2012

Ember Saturday (EF/Ben 62); St Maurice and companions, memorial (Ben), Sept 22

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Today is an ember day, traditionally a day of fasting and abstinence. But it is also the memorial of St Maurice in the Benedictine calen...
Saturday, August 18, 2012

St Agapitus, Memorial (Aug 18)

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St Agapitus was martyred at the age of 15 for being a Christian around 267 AD.
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...
Monday, April 30, 2012

St Joseph the Worker, May 1

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Millais, 1850
Monday, April 23, 2012

St George, memorial (April 23)

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Saint George (c. 275/281 – 303) was a Roman soldier from Syria Palaestina and a soldier in the Guard of Diocletian. According to the wiki...
Wednesday, April 18, 2012

St Apollonius: layman, apologist and martyr (April 18)

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From the martyrology: "At Rome, blessed Apollonius, a senator under Emperor Commodus and the prefect Perennius. He was denounced as a...
Monday, March 19, 2012

St Joseph (March 19)

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 From the martyrology: "In Judea, the birthday of St. Joseph, spouse of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary, Confessor and Patron of the U...
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 ...
Thursday, March 15, 2012

SS Longinus, Leocritia, Matrona and Louise de Marillac (March 15)

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James Tissot, c19th There are a few saints of particular interest in the martyrology today. A very early convert indeed... "At...
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...
Saturday, March 10, 2012

The Forty Martyrs, Memorial (March 10)

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From the martyrology for March 9: "At Sebaste in Armenia, under the governor Agricolaus, in the time of Emperor Licinius, the birthd...
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...
Monday, February 6, 2012

From the martyrology: St Dorothy (Feb 6)

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SS Elizabeth of Hungary, Catherine of Alexandria and Dorothy c1480 St Dorothy is one of those saints dropped from the 1969 calendar, ...
Thursday, November 24, 2011

November 24: SS John of the Cross & Chrysogonus, Memorials

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In February 2011, Pope Benedict XVI gave a General Audience on St John of the Cross: "Two weeks ago I presented the figure of the gre...