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St. Simplicius, Pope
ST. SIMPLICIUS was the ornament of the Roman clergy under Sts. Leo and Hilarius, and succeeded the latter in the…
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St. David, Bishop
ST. DAVID, son of Sant, Prince of Cardigan and of Non, was born in Wales in the fifth century, and…
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Memorial of Sts. Romanus and Lupicinus
ROMANUS at thirty-five years of age left his relatives and spent some time in the monastery of Ainay at Lyons,…
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St. Leander, Bishop
ST. LEANDER (c. 534-c. 596) was born of an illustrious family at Carthagena in Spain. He was the eldest of…
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St. Porphyry, Bishop
AT the age of twenty-five, Porphyry, a rich citizen of Thessalonica, left the world for one of the great religious…
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the Memorial of St. Tarasius
TARASIUS was born at Constantinople about the middle of the eighth century, of a noble family. His mother Eucratia, brought…
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St. Matthias
AFTER our blessed Lord’s Ascension His disciples met together, with Mary His mother and the eleven apostles, in an upper…
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St. Peter Damian
ST. PETER DAMIAN was born in 988, and lost both parents at an early age. His eldest brother, in whose…
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St. Polycarp, Bishop & Martyr
ST. POLYCARP, Bishop of Smyrna, was a disciple of St. John. He wrote to the Philippians, exhorting them to mutual…
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Sts. Faustinus and Jovita, Brothers
Faustinus and Jovita were brothers, nobly born, and zealous professors of the Christian religion. They preached the Gospel without fear…