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St. Sylvester I, Pope
SYLVESTER was born in Rome toward the close of the third century. He was a young priest when the persecution…
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St. Sabinus, Bishop, and Companions
THE cruel edicts of Diocletian and Maximin against the Christians being published in the year 303, Sabinus, Bishop of Assisium,…
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St. Thomas of Canterbury
ST. THOMAS, son of Gilbert Becket, was born in Southwark, England, in 1117. When a youth he was attached to…
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The Holy Innocents, Martyrs
HEROD, who was reigning in Judea at the time of the birth of Our Saviour, having heard that the Wise…
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St. John the Apostle
ST. JOHN, the youngest of the apostles in age, was called to follow Christ on the banks of the Jordan…
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St. Stephen, first martyr
THERE is good reason to believe that St. Stephen was one of the seventy-two disciples of our blessed Lord. After…
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Christmas, the Nativity of the Lord
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day I heard the bells on Christmas day Their old familiar carols play, And…
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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. Frances Xavier Cabrini
Italian born, American saint (1850-1917). Sister Cabrini took religious vows in 1877 and added Xavier to her name to honor…