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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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St. Titus, Bishop, Confessor–W (III) – St. Dorothy, Virgin, Martyr–R (Comm.)
Titus was an early Christian missionary and Church leader, a companion and disciple of Paul the Apostle, mentioned in several of the […]
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First Friday – St. Romuald, Abbot–W (III)
ROMUALD (c. 951 - traditionally 19 June, c. 1025/27) was the founder of the Camaldolese order and a major figure in the […]
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St. John of Matha, Confessor–W (III)
THE life of ST. JOHN OF MATHA was one long course of self-sacrifice for the glory of God and the good of […]
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Septuagesima Sunday–V (II) – St. Cyril of Alexandria, Bishop, Confessor, Doctor
Cyril was the Patriarch of Alexandria from 412 to 444. He was enthroned when the city was at the height of its […]
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St. Scholastica, Virgin–W (III)
OF this Saint but little is known on earth, save that she was the sister of the great patriarch St. Benedict, and […]
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Apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Lourdes–W (III)
The first of these is the apparition of 11 February 1858, when Bernadette Soubirous, a 14-year-old peasant girl, admitted to her mother […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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, […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Chair of St. Peter–W (II) – (Comm. St. Paul, Apostle)
Early martyrologies indicate that two liturgical feasts were celebrated in Rome, centuries before the time of Charles the Bald, in honor of […]
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Quinquagesima Sunday–V (II) – St. Peter Damian, Bishop, Confessor, Doctor
Saint Peter Damian (Latin: Petrus Damiani; Italian: Pietro or Pier Damiani; c. 1007 – 21 or 22 February 1072 or 1073), was […]
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Ferial–V (IV)
QUINQUAGESIMA SUNDAY—INTROIT. BE Thou unto me a God, a Protector, and a house of refuge, to save me: for Thou art my […]
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St. Matthias, Apostle–R (II)
Matthias (Hebrew transliteration: Mattityahu; died c. 80 A.D.) was, according to the Acts of the Apostles, the apostle chosen by the believers […]
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(Day of fast and abstinence) ASH WEDNESDAY–V (I)
“Remember, man, that thou art dust, and unto dust thou shalt return.” Ash Wednesday is from a liturgical point of view one […]
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(f) Ferial–V (III)
ST. LEANDER, Bishop. ST. LEANDER was born of an illustrious family at Carthagena in Spain. He was the eldest of five brothers, […]
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(f/a) Ferial–V (III) – St. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows, Confessor–W (Comm.)
Saint Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows (born Francesco Possenti March 1, 1838 - February 27, 1862) was an Italian Passionist clerical […]
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(f) Ferial–V (III)
INTROIT. The Lord hath heard, and hath had mercy on me: the Lord became my Helper. (Psalm) I will extol Thee, O […]