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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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St. Theodosius the Cenobiarch
Born: 423 at Garissus, Cappadocia (modern Turkey) Died: 529 at Cathismus of natural causes, buried in the cave where he live as a hermit. It became a noted site for pilgrimages and miracles Born to a pious family, he began his studies at an early age, and became a lector while still a youth. The […]
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St. Francisca Salesia
Born: 16 September 1844 at Sezanne, France as Leonia Aviat Died: 10 January 1914 at Perugia, Italy of natural causes Canonized: 25 November 2001 by Pope John Paul II, her canonization miracle involved the healing of the paralyzing spinal disease of a 14 year old girl from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Daughter of Theodore Aviat, a shopkeeper, […]
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Bl. María Dolores Rodríguez Sopeña
Born: 30 December 1848 Vélez-Rubio, Almería, Kingdom of Spain Died: 10 January 1918 (aged 69) Madrid, Kingdom of Spain Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 23 March 2003, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II Feast: 10 January Patronage: Sisters of the Catechetical Institute Blessed María Dolores Rodríguez Sopeña (30 December 1848 […]
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St. William Berruyer
William Berruyer, of the illustrious family of the ancient Counts of Nevers, was educated by Peter the Hermit, Archdeacon of Soissons, his maternal uncle. From his early childhood Saint William learned to despise the folly and emptiness of the world, to abhor its pleasures, and to tremble at its dangers. His only delight was in […]
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