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St. John de Britto, Martyr
DON PEDRO II. of Portugal, when a child, had among his little pages a modest boy of rich and princely…
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St. Valentine, Priest and Martyr
VALENTINE was a holy priest in Rome, who, with St. Marius and his family, assisted the martyrs in the persecution…
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St. Catherine of Ricci
ALEXANDRINA of Ricci was the daughter of a noble Florentine. At the age of thirteen she entered the Third Order…
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St. Benedict of Anian
BENEDICT was the son of Aigulf, Governor of Languedoc, and was born about 750. In his early youth he served…
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St. Severinus, Abbot of Agaunum
ST. SEVERINUS, of a noble family in Burgundy, was educated in the Catholic faith, at a time when the Arian…
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St. Apollonia and the Martyrs of Alexandria
AT Alexandria, in 249, the mob rose in savage fury against the Christians. Metras, an old man, perished first. His…
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St. John of Matha
THE life of St. John of Matha was one long course of self-sacrifice for the glory of God and the…
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St. Jerome Emiliani
ST. JEROME EMILIANI was a member of one of the patrician families of Venice, and, like many other Saints, in…
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St. Dorothy, Virgin and Martyr
ST. DOROTHY was a young virgin, celebrated at Cæsarea, where she lived, for her angelic virtue. Her parents seem to…
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St. Agatha, Virgin and Martyr
ST. AGATHA was born in Sicily, of rich and noble parents—a child of benediction from the first, for she was…