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St. Anthony Mary Claret
Anthony Mary Claret was a Catalan Spanish Roman Catholic archbishop and missionary, and was confessor of Isabella II of Spain. …
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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. Paul of the Cross
THE eighty-one years of this Saint’s life (1694-1775) were modeled on the Passion of Jesus Christ. In his childhood, when…
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St. Isaac Jogues, John de Brebeuf, companions
The following holy Jesuit mssionaries are the first martyrs in North America: Isaac Jogues, John de Brebeuf, Noel Chabanel, Anthony…
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St. Ignatius of Antioch
ST. IGNATIUS, Bishop of Antioch, was the disciple of St. John. When Domitian persecuted the Church, St. Ignatius obtained peace…
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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…