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St. Thomas Aquinas, the Angelic Doctor
ST. THOMAS was born of noble parents at Aquino in Italy, in 1226. At the age of nineteen he received…
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St. Colette, Virgin
AFTER a holy childhood, Colette joined a society of devout women called the Beguines; but not finding their state sufficiently…
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Sts. Adrian and Eubulus, Martyrs
IN the seventh year of Diocletian’s persecution, continued by Galerius Maximianus, when Firmilian, the most bloody governor of Palestine, had…
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St. Casimir, King
CASIMIR, the second son of Casimir III., King of Poland was born A. D. 1458. From the custody of a…
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St. Cunegundes, Empress
ST. CUNEGUNDES was the daughter of Siegfried, the first Count of Luxemburg, and Hadeswige, his pious wife. They instilled into…
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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…