Archive for November 28, 2018
Prayers to St. Albert the Great
Prayer to St. Albert the Great O Divine Creator, Saint Albert was a bishop who introduced Greek and Arabic science to medieval Europe, raising understanding of botany, biology, physics, and other studies of nature. A scientist himself, he wrote many books on these subjects. I ask him to pray for all scientists today, for their […]
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St. James of the Marches
Born: c. 1391 Monteprandone, March of Ancona, Papal States Died: 28 November 1476 Naples, Kingdom of Naples Venerated: in Roman Catholicism (Franciscan Order) Beatified: 1624 by Pope Urban VIII Canonized: 1726 by Pope Benedict XIII Major shrine: Sanctuary of St. James of the Marches Monteprandone, Ascoli Piceno, Italy Feast: 28 November Patronage: Patron of Monteprandone, […]
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St. Stephen the Younger
Born: 714 at Constantinople Died: scourged, stoned and dragged to death through the streets of Constantinople in 764 Patronage: coin collectors, numismatists, smelters Saint Stephen the Younger was a Byzantine monk from Constantinople who became one of the leading opponents of the iconoclastic policies of Emperor Constantine V (r. 741–775). He was executed in 764, […]
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St. Secundinus
Bishop and confessor, b. 372 or 373; d. at Dunshaughlin, 27 Nov., 457. Son of Restitutus, a Lomard, and Liamain, sister of St. Patrick, he was one of nine brothers, eight of whom became bishops in Ireland. His early life and training is obscure, but he appears to have studied in Gaul, and to have […]
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