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St. Marcellus, the Centurion, Martyr
THE birthday of the Emperor Maximian Herculeus, in the year 298, was celebrated with extraordinary feasting and solemnity. Marcellus, a…
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St. Narcissus, Bishop
ST. NARCISSUS was consecrated Bishop of Jerusalem about the year 180. He was already an old man, and God attested…
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St. John Capistran (San Juan Capistrano)
St. John was born at Capistrano, Italy, in 1385. His father had come to Naples under Louis of Anjou, hence…
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St. John Paul II
St. John Paul II. Born Karol Józef Wojtya in Wadowice Poland, 18 May 1920. Ordained a priest in 1946; a…
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St. Peter of Alcantara
PETER, while still a youth, left his home at Alcantara in Spain, and entered a convent of Discalced Franciscans. He…
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St. Margret Mary Alacoque
St. Margaret Mary’s parents, Claude Alacoque and Philiberte Lamyn, were distinguished less for temporal possessions than for their virtue, which…
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St. Teresa of Avila
When a child of seven years, Teresa ran away from her home at Avila in Spain, in the hope of…
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St. Callistus, Pope, Martyr
EARLY in the third century, Callistus, then a deacon, was intrusted by Pope St. Zephyrinus with the rule of the…
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St. Wilfrid, Bishop
“A QUICK walker, expert at all good works, with never a sour face”—such was the great St. Wilfrid, whose glory…