St. John Chrysostom, Bishop, Confessor, Doctor–W (III)
ST. JOHN was born at Antioch in 344. In order to break with a world which admired and courted him, he in
St. Peter Nolasco, Confessor–W (III) – St. Agnes, Virgin, Martyr–R (Comm.)
ST. PETER NOLASCO'S feast is celebrated near St. Raymond of Penafort, founder of the Order of Mercedarians, the religious community which sent
St. Francis de Sales, Bishop, Confessor, Doctor–W (III)
FRANCIS was born of noble and pious parents, near Annecy, 1566, and studied with brilliant success at Paris and Padua. On his
St. Martina, Virgin, Martyr–R (III)
MARTINA of Rome was a Roman martyr under Emperor Alexander Severus. She is a patron saint of Rome. She was martyred in
St. John Bosco, Confessor–W (III)
ST. JOHN BOSCO, popularly known as Don Bosco, was an Italian Roman Catholic priest of the Latin Church, educator and writer of
First Saturday – St. Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop, Martyr–R (III)
ST. IGNATIUS, Bishop of Antioch, was the disciple of St. John. When Domitian persecuted the Church, St. Ignatius obtained peace for his
Fourth Sunday after Epiphany–G (II) – Candlemas Day – Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary–W (Comm.)
Forty days after the birth of Christ Mary complied with this precept of the law, she redeemed her first-born from the temple
Ferial–G (IV) – St. Blaise, Bishop, Martyr–R (Comm.), (Blessing of throats)
ST. BLASE devoted the earlier years of his life to the study of philosophy, and afterwards became a physician. In the practice
St. Andrew Corsini, Bishop, Confessor–W (III)
ANDREW CORSINI was born in Florence on November 30, 1302 into the noble and illustrious Corsini house, one of twelve. He was
St. Agatha, Virgin, Martyr–R (III)
ST. AGATHA was born in Sicily, of rich and noble parents—a child of benediction from the first, for she was promised to