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ST. MESMIN was a native of Verdun [France]. The inhabitants of that place having proved disloyal to King Clovis, an uncle of

Bishop of Vercelli in Italy, St. Eusebius was exiled to Egypt and Palestine by the Arians. The Church confers on him the

ST. OLYMPIAS, Widow. ST. OLYMPIAS, the glory of the widows in the Eastern Church, was of a noble and wealthy family. Left

ST. GATIAN, Bishop. ST. GATIAN came from Rome with St. Dionysius of Paris, about the middle of the third century, and preached

ST. NEMESION, Martyr. In the persecution of Decius, Nemesion, an Egyptian, was apprehended at Alexandria upon an indictment for theft. The servant

There is urgency in the readings and prayers of today. We ask the Father to “drop” and to “rain” the Savior upon

Thomas was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ, according to the New Testament. He is informally called doubting Thomas because

ST. ISCHYRION, Martyr. ISCHYRION was an inferior officer who attended on a magistrate of a certain city in Egypt. His master commanded

ST. SERVULUS was a beggar, and had been so afflicted with palsy from his infancy that he was never able to stand,

The vigils of Christmas, the Epiphany, and Pentecost are called vigiliae majores; they have a proper Office (semi-double), and the vigil of