Archive for January 13, 2019
St. Kentigern
Born: c.518 at Culross, Fife, Scotland Died: 13 January 603 in Glasgow, Scotland of natural causes, relics in the crypt of the Kentigern cathedral, Glasgow Patronage: Glasgow, Scotland, salmon Grandson of the British prince Lothus; son of Saint Theneva. Hermit. Monk. Missionary to Scotland, beginning at Cathures. Bishop of the Strathclyde Britons in the area […]
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Bl. Francesco Maria Greco
Born: 26 July 1857 Acri, Cosenza, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Died: 13 January 1931 (aged 73) Acri, Cosenza, Kingdom of Italy Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 21 May 2016, Cosenza, Italy by Cardinal Angelo Amato Feast: 13 January Patronage: Little Workers of the Sacred Heart, Acri Blessed Francesco Maria Greco (26 July 1857 […]
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Prayers to St. Hilary of Poitiers
Prayer to St. Hilary of Poitiers All-powerful God, as Saint Hilary defended the divinity of Christ your Son, give us a deeper understanding of this mystery and help us to profess it in all truth. Amen. Prayer of St. Hilary of Poitiers I am well aware, almighty God and Father, that in my life I […]
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St. Hilary of Poitiers
Born: c. 310 AD Pictavium, Gaul (modern-day Poitiers, France) Died: c. 367 Poitiers Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Anglican Communion Lutheran Church Oriental Orthodoxy Canonized: Pre-Congregation Feast: 13 January 14 January (Byzantine Christianity; some local calendars and pre-1970 General Roman Calendar) Saint Hilary was a native of Poitiers in Aquitaine. Born and […]
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St. Aelred of Rievaulx
Born: 1110 Hexham, Northumberland, England Died: 12 January 1167 (aged 56–57) Rievaulx, Yorkshire, England Resting place Rievaulx chapter house next to William, first abbot Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church; Anglican Communion Major shrine: Rievaulx Abbey, Yorkshire, England (destroyed) Feast: 12 January Patronage: bladder stone sufferers Son of Eilaf, a priest during a period when English […]
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St. Bernard of Corleone
Born: 6 February 1605 Corleone, Sicily, Kingdom of Sicily Died: 12 January 1667 (aged 61) Palermo, Sicily, Kingdom of Sicily Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 15 May 1768, Saint Peter’s Basilica, Papal States by Pope Clement XIII Canonized: 10 June 2001, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II Feast: 12 January […]
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Prayer to St. Marguerite Bourgeous
Prayer to St. Marguerite Bourgeous O Mother Bourgeoys, you, whose compassionate power is ever increasing, show us your way of Truth, Faith and Holiness. Make us humble enough to abandon ourselves to the Will of God, generous enough to find in the Cross the joy of the Loving Giver. May your fidelity to Jesus in […]
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St. Marguerite Bourgeous
Born: 17 April 1620 Troyes, Champagne, Kingdom of France Died: 12 January 1700 (aged 79) Fort Ville-Marie, New France, French Colonial Empire Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church (Canada and the United States), Anglican Church of Canada Beatified: 12 November 1950 by Pope Pius XII Canonized: 31 October 1982, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II Major […]
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St. Paulinus of Aquileia
Born: c. 726 Premariacco Died: 802 or 804 Cividale Venerated: in Eastern Orthodox Church, Roman Catholic Church Feast: January 11 Born near Friuli, Italy, Paulinus in his youth worked on his family’s farm. Years later, as a priest, he became a renowned grammar professor whose reputation reached the court of the Frankish emperor Charlemagne. It […]
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St. Tommaso da Cori
Born: 4 June 1655 Cori, Province of Rome, Papal States Died: 11 January 1729 (aged 73) Civitella, Province of Rome, Papal States Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 3 September 1786, Saint Peter’s Basilica, Papal States by Pope Pius VI Canonized:21 November 1999, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II Feast: 11 […]
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