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St. Thomas Becket, bishop and martyr
ST. THOMAS, son of Gilbert Becket, was born in Southwark, England, in 1117. When a youth he was attached to…
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St. Delphinus, Sts. Thrasilla & Emiliana
LITTLE is known of St. Delphinus before his elevation to the episcopate. He assisted at the Council of Saragossa, in…
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St. Servulus
SERVULUS was a beggar, and had been so afflicted with palsy from his infancy that he was never able to…
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St. Peter Canisius
The founder of Protestantism broke from the Church in the same year in which Peter Canisius was born. The year…
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St. Nemesion, Martyr
IN the persecution of Decius, Nemesion, an Egyptian, was apprehended at Alexandria upon an indictment for theft. The servant of…
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St. Olympias, widow
ST. OLYMPIAS, the glory of the widows in the Eastern Church, was of a noble and wealthy family. Left an…
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Saint Eusebius of Vercelli, bishop
ST. EUSEBIUS was born of a noble family, in the island of Sardinia, where his father is said to have…
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St. Mesmin
ST. MESMIN was a native of Verdun. The inhabitants of that place having proved disloyal to King Clovis, an uncle…
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St. Nicasius, Archbishop, and his Companions, Martyrs.
IN the fifth century an army of barbarians from Germany ravaging part of Gaul, plundered the city of Rheims. Nicasius,…
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St. Valery, Abbot; St. Finian, Bishop
ST. VALERY was born at Auvergne, in the sixth century, O and in his childhood kept his father’s sheep. He…