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St. Szymon of Lipnica

Born: 1st October 1549 at Almendral, Spain as Anne Garcia Died: 7th June 1626 at Antwerp, Belgium of natural causes Beatified: 6th May 1917 by Pope Benedict XV 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 […]

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