Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order, Confessors–W (III)
The Servite Order was founded in 1233 AD, when a group of cloth merchants of Florence, Italy, left their city, families and
Ferial–V (IV)
ST. CATHERINE OF RICCI. ALEXANDRINA of Ricci was the daughter of a noble Florentine. At the age of thirteen she entered the
Ferial–V (IV) – St. Valentine, Priest, Martyr–R (Comm.)
VALENTINE was a holy priest in Rome, who, with St. Marius and his family, assisted the martyrs in the persecution under Claudius
Our Lady on Saturdays–W (IV) – Sts. Faustinus and Jovita, Martyrs–R (Comm.)
FAUSTINUS AND JOVITA were brothers, nobly born, and zealous professors of the Christian religion, which they preached without fear in their city
Sexagesima Sunday–V (II)
BLESSED JOHN DE BRITTO, Martyr. DON PEDRO II. of Portugal, when a child, had among his little pages a modest boy of
Ferial–V (IV)
ST. FLAVIAN, Bishop, Martyr. FLAVIAN was elected Patriarch of Constantinople in 447. His short episcopate of two years was a time of
Ferial–V (IV) – St. Simeon, Bishop, Martyr–R (Comm.)
ST. SIMEON, Bishop, Martyr. ST. SIMEON was the son of Cleophas, otherwise called Alpheus, brother to St. Joseph, and of Mary, sister
Ferial–V (IV)
ST. BARBATUS was born in the territory of Benevento in Italy, toward the end of the pontificate of St. Gregory the Great,
Ferial–V (IV)
ST. EUCHERIUS, Bishop. THIS Saint was born at Orleans, of a very illustrious family. At his birth his parents dedicated him to
Ferial–V (IV) – In some places: St. Margaret of Cortona, Penitent–W
MARGARET OF CORTONA (1247 - February 22, 1297) was an Italian penitent of the Third Order of Saint Francis. She was born