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St. Emidius of Ascoli Piceno

Born: German Died: beheaded c.303, relics at Ascoli Piceno, Italy Patronage: against earthquakes, Ascoli Piceno, Italy, city of Ascoli Piceno, Italy. As a thirteen-year-old orphan, Anne Garcia Manzanas, of Almendral, Spain, tended her brothers’ sheep. Devoted to the Passion of Christ, she wanted to consecrate her virgin- ity to God, but feared she would be […]

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