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29views 1shareVirgin Daughter of Senator St. Pudente and sister of Saint Práxedes, she consecrated her virginity to God, and her person and property at the service of the Martyrs. Her house, in…

27views 1sharePope and Confessor Pietro Angeleri di Murrone, Italian, lived as a young hermitic life; later, surrounded by disciples, he founded the Congregation that was called of the Celestinian monks, similar to…

39views 1shareMartyr A fifteen-year-old boy, he suffered for the true faith a variety of torments, from which God triumphantly brought him out by dint of stupendous wonders, which converted many Gentiles. V/….

15views 1shareConfessor Born in Torre Hermosa (Zaragoza), he was a shepherd in his teens. At the age of twenty he entered the Franciscan Order as a layman. “He excelled among the saints…

48views 1shareBishop and Confessor He was a regular canon of the Order of Saint Augustine, and later Bishop of Gubbio. The invocation of him is powerful against diabolical obsessions. V/. St. Ubald…

16views 1shareConfessor He was Canon of Reims and glorious founder of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, a congregation of teachers dedicated to teaching the poor in a Christian way. He died…

15views 1shareConfessor Born in Madrid, he watered with his sweat the fields that surround the capital of Spain, and its temples with tears of ardent devotion. Despite his poverty, he wonderfully exercised…

30views 1shareMartyr He was Roman; he lived shamelessly with a woman named Aglaé; But both were converted, and he suffered terrible torments for the true faith, in the midst of which he…

28views 1shareBishop, Confessor and Doctor A student of the College of Montepulciano, his homeland, he entered the Society of Jesus at the age of sixteen, where he did very brilliant studies. His…

32views 1shareMartyrs Nereus and Achilles, employed in the most noble imperial house of Flavia Domitilda, were baptized by the Apostle Saint Peter. Through his teachings, the virgin Flavia Domitilda consecrated her virginity…

45views 1shareApostles Philip was, like Peter and Andrew, a native of Bethsaida, in Galilee. He preached the Gospel to the Scythians, and suffered martyrdom, crucified, in Hierapolis, around the year 80. James…

11views 1shareConfessor He was the teacher of his century. The word of this apostle conquered two Saints for the altars: Saint Francis of Borgia and St. John of God. Other Saints consulted…

53views 1shareMartyrs Gordianus, judge, ex officio persecuted Christians in the empire of Julian the Apostate. Converted while he was processing a priest, he came down from the stand to the dock and…

16views 1shareBishop and Confessor In the midst of the corruption of the 15th century, the sanctity of this Dominican religious and Archbishop of Florence shined. His distinguished discretion and his moral science…

36views 1shareBishop, Confessor and Doctor Called the Theologian, a close friend of Saint Basil the Great, after exquisite literary training in Athens, he retired to a monastery. The emperor of spanish descent…

36views 1shareArchangel The main feast of Saint Michael is celebrated on September 29. Today commemorates the appearance of the Holy Archangel on Mount Gargano, in Italy, in the year 492. Pius XII…

23views 1shareBishop and Martyr Polish, Bishop of Krakow, rebuked King Boleslaus for his libidinous life. That Irritated the king, and he murdered the saint by his own hand, while the Saint celebrated…

16views 1shareCatholic Feast The Emperor Domitian condemned Saint John the Evangelist to be burned in a cauldron of boiling oil, from which he miraculously emerged unharmed. In this way, the holy brother…

24views 1sharePope and Confessor He was a Lombard, and at the age of fourteen he entered the Order of Preachers. From the chair of St. Peter he fought the Protestants of Germany…

16views 1shareWidow With her fervent prayer and heroic patience, she overcame the obstinacy of the pagan husband, and brought him to the catechumenate. Twice she was the mother of Saint Augustine, because…