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Wednesday, April 26, 2017

April 26: SS Cletus and Marcellinus

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In the 1963 monastic breviary, today is a memorial for St Cletus only. Older breviaries, though, mark it as a semiduplex feast of bo...
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...
Thursday, January 5, 2017

Saints of the martyrology for January 5: St Telesphorus, Pope;St Apollinaris of Egypt; St Emiliana, virgin

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St Telesphorus St Telesphorus, who is commemorated today in the Extraordinary Form calendar, was pope between around 127 to 136 AD.  ...
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Saturday, December 31, 2016

Seventh day of the Octave; St Sylvester, Pope, memorial

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Today is the seventh day of the Octave of the Nativity (and of course New Year's Eve, a good time to reflect on the past year and pl...
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 ...
Friday, October 14, 2016

October 14: Pope St Callistus I

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Pope St Callistus I was pope from around 217 and was martyred in 222. Most of what we know of him comes from a life by his enemy Tertu...
Friday, September 23, 2016

Pope St Linus I, Memorial: September 23

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Pope Saint Linus I (d. ca. 76) was the second Bishop of Rome following St Peter.  St Irenaeus wrote: "The blessed apostles, th...
Friday, September 7, 2012

Pope St Adrian III (from the martyrology, Sept 7)

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Pope Adrian III (pope from 884-885), of whom the martyrology says: "At Nonantola, Pope St. Adrian III, remarkable for his zeal to r...
Monday, September 3, 2012

Pope St Pius X (EF/Benedictine)/St Gregory (OF), Sept 3

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From the martyrology: "St Pius X, Pope, whose birthday is recorded on August 20." Pope Pius X has a large fan club amongst t...
Tuesday, August 21, 2012

St Bernard Ptolemy OSB/ St Jane Frances de Chantal (EF)/St Pius X (OF) - Aug 21

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From the martyrology: "At Siena, in Tuscany, blessed Bernard Ptolemy, abbot and founder of the Congregation of Olivetans." an...
Saturday, July 28, 2012

SS Nazarius, Celsus, Victor and St Innocent I (July 28, EF)

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From the Roman Martyrology : "At Milan, the birthday of the holy martyrs Nazarius and a boy named Celsus. While the persecution excit...
Saturday, May 5, 2012

Pope St Pius V (May 5)

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El Greco From the martyrology: "Pope St. Pius V, confessor of the Order of Preachers, who went to sleep in the Lord on the 1st...
Thursday, April 26, 2012

Pope St Cletus, memorial (April 26)

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From the martyrology: "At Rome, the birthday of St. Cletus, the pope who governed the Church the second after the apostle St. Peter,...
Tuesday, April 17, 2012

St Anicetus, Pope (from the martyrology), April 17 (EF); April 20 (OF): the date of Easter controversy

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From the martyrology: "At Rome, St. Anicetus, pope and martyr, who received the palm of martyrdom in the persecution of Marcus Aurel...
Monday, March 12, 2012

St Gregory the Great, Class II (March 12)

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 St Gregory dispatches St Augustine and his monks to England  From the martyrology: "At Rome, St. Gregory, pope and eminent do...
Saturday, September 3, 2011

September 3: St Pius X, Pope, Class III

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Pope St Pius X, whose feast we celebrate today, lived from 2 June 1835 to 20 August 1914, and was Pope from 1903 onwards. He was the first...
Saturday, March 12, 2011

March 12: Pope St Gregory I the Great, OSB, Class II

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Pope St Gregory I (540-604), known as 'Dialogus' in the Eastern Churches because of his Dialogues, Book II of which is the Life of ...
Sunday, January 16, 2011

January 16: Pope St Marcellus I, Memorial

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Pope St Marcellus I was pope from May 308 to 309.   He seems to have been an active administrator, doing much to reorganize the Church afte...