Archive for September 25, 2020
St. Finbarr
Born: c.550 at Connaught, Ireland as Lochan Died: 25 September 623 at Cloyne, Ireland of natural causes, interred in the cathedral at Cork, Ireland Patronage: Cork, Ireland, diocese of, Barra, Scotland, Cork, Ireland Saint Finbarr, who lived in the sixth century, was a native of Connaught, Ireland. He founded a monastery or school at Lough […]
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St. Sergius of Moscow
Born: c.1314 near Rostov, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia as Bartholomew of Radonezh Died: 25 September 1392 at the Trinity Lavra of Saint Sergius of natural causes Canonized: 1449 by Pope Nicholas V Feast day: 25 September Born to the nobility, his family moved to Radonezh to escape attack against the city of Rostov, losing their fortune […]
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St. Albert of Jerusalem
Death: 1215 Feastday: September 25 Patriarch of Jerusalem and patron of the Carmelite Order. He was an outstanding ecclesiastical figure in the era in which the Holy See faced opposition from Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa. Serving as a mediator in the dispute between the emperor and Pope Clement III, Albert was made an imperial prince, […]
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