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St. Catherine of Genoa
She was born in Genoa in 1447, the last of five children. Rich, exceedingly beautiful, and of noble lineage, Catherine…
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Our Lady of Sorrows
Our Lady of Sorrows (Latin: Beata Maria Virgo Perdolens), the Sorrowful Mother or Mother of Sorrows (Latin: Mater Dolorosa, at…
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St. Eulogius, Patriarch of Alexandria
ST. EULOGIUS was a Syrian by birth, and while young embraced the monastic state in that country. The Eutychian heresy…
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The Most Holy Name of Mary
The Feast of the Most Holy Name of Mary is a feast day celebrated since 1684. In that year Pope…
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St. Peter Claver
PETER CLAVER was a Spanish Jesuit. In Majorca he fell in with the holy lay-brother Alphonsus Rodriguez, who, having already…
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St. Cloud, Confessor
ST. CLOUD is the first and most illustrious Saint among the princes of the royal family of the first race…
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St. Eleutherius, Abbot
WONDERFUL simplicity and spirit of compunction were the distinguishing virtues of this holy man. He was chosen abbot of St.…
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St. Laurence Justinian
LAURENCE from a child longed to be a Saint; and when he was nineteen years of age there was granted…
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St. Rosalia, Virgin, & St. Rose of Viterbo
ST. ROSALIA was daughter of a noble family descended from Charlemagne. She was born at Palermo in Sicily, and despising…
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St. Pius X, Pope
Born Joseph Melchior Sarto on June 2, 1835, this remarkable man described himself in his will, “I was born poor,…