Archive for May 12, 2020
Daily Reflection 13.05.2020
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St. Richrudis of Marchiennes
Born: 612 in Gascony, France Died: 12 May 687 in Marchiennes, Belgium of natural causes, relics translated to Paris, France, relics destroyed in 1793 during the French Revolution Feast day: 12 May Born to the nobility, the daughter of Ernold. Married to the Frankish nobleman Saint Adalbald of Ostrevant. Her family objected to Adalbald’s military incursions […]
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St. Epiphanius of Salamis
Born: 315 at Besanduk, near Eleutheropolis, Judea Died: 403 at sea of natural causes Venerated: in Catholicism Eastern Orthodoxy Oriental Orthodoxy Feast: 12 May, 17 Pashons (Coptic Orthodoxy) A Hellenized Jew, and convert to Christianity. Fluent in five languages, and extensively studied in theology and the classics. Monk in several communities in Egypt, returning to Palestine in […]
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St. Pancras of Rome
Born: c.290 at Phrygia Died: beheaded c.304 on the Via Aurelia, Rome, Italy, relics interred in the Saint Pancras church, Rome, but were destroyed in 1798, his head is still in the basilica of Saint John Lateran Patronage: against cramps, against false witness or perjury, against headaches, children, oaths, treaties, diocese of Albano, Italy, 27 […]
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