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Pope St. Sylvester I
Born: Roman Papal Ascension: 314 Died: 31 December 335 at Rome, Italy, relics transferred to the Church of Saint Sylvester in Capite in Rome in 761 Patronage: animals, for good harvests, stone masons, Order of Saint Sylvester, Calvisano, Italy, Castroreale, Italy, Feroleto Antico, Italy, Poggio Catino, Italy St. Sylvester was the first Pope of Rome […]
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Bl. Giuseppina Nicoli
Born: 18 November 1863 in Casatisma, Pavia, Italy Died: 9am on 31 December 1924 in Cagliari, Italy of bronchial pneumonia, her birth family wanted to bury her next to her parents in Casatisma, Italy, but the people of Cagliari begged that she not leave them, and the family agreed, in October 1932 her body was […]
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Bl. Alan de Solminihac
Born: 25 November 1593 in the family castle at Belet, Dordogne, France Died: 31 December 1659 at Mercues, Lot, France of natural causes Beatified: 4 October 1981 by Pope John Paul II Also known as Alain, Alamus, Alanus Additional Memorial 3 January (Augustinians) Born to a noble, pious and patriotic family, Alan wanted to join […]
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