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The Conversion of St. Paul
THE great apostle Paul, named Saul at his circumcision, was born at Tarsus, the capital of Silicia, and was by…
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St. Timothy, Bishop, Martyr
TIMOTHY was a convert of St. Paul. He was born at Lystra in Asia Minor. His mother was a Jewess,…
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St. Raymund of Pennafort
BORN A. D. 1175, of a noble Spanish family, Raymund, at the age of twenty, taught philosophy at Barcelona with…
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St. Agnes, Virgin, Martyr
ST. AGNES was but twelve years old when she was led to the altar of Minerva at Rome and commanded…
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St. Canutus, King, Martyr
ST. CANUTUS, King of Denmark, was endowed with excellent qualities of both mind and body. It is hard to say…
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St. Peter’s Chair at Rome
ST. PETER having triumphed over the devil in the East, the latter pursued him to Rome in the person of…
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St. Anthony, Hermit
ST. ANTHONY was born in the year 251, in Upper Egypt. Hearing at Mass the words, “If thou wilt be…
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St. Hilary of Poitiers, bishop and doctor
ST. HILARY was a native of Poitiers in Aquitaine. Born and educated a pagan, it was not till near middle…
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St. Alered, Abbot
“ONE thing thou lackest.” In these words God called Aelred from the court of a royal Saint, David of Scotland,…
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St. Theodosius, the Cenobiarch
THEODOSIUS was born in Cappadocia (in what is now central Turkey) in 423. The example of Abraham urged him to…