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29views 1shareConfessor Neapolitan priest, practicing as an ecclesiastical lawyer, slipped into a lie; but, repentant, he resigned his position and took the habit at the Teatines. He vowed to advance each day…

92views 1shareCatholic Feast On Mount Celius, in Rome, stood the imperial palace, called Lateran (Lateran), which the pious Constantine gave to Saint Sylvester for the abode of the Popes. There he built…

40views 1shareMartyr Roman legionary, for his loyalty to Christ he was burned alive. V/. St. Theodorus.R/. Pray for us. 40views 1share

24views 1shareMartyrs With this name are known four Holy Martyrs brothers who suffered in the last persecution of pagan Rome. Their names were unknown; later it was learned that they were called…

32views 1shareMartyrs Vitalis was Agrícola’s slave; but so intrepid in suffering for Christ that he dragged his master along with his example, and had him as a companion in martyrdom. V/. Saints…

23views 1shareBishop and Confessor He is one of the most distinguished promoters of the Catholic reform. Nephew of Pope Pius IV, he was Secretary of State at the age of twenty-two, and…

26views 1shareCatholic Feast The Church, as a pious mother, dresses in mourning, and strives to appease God in favor of those souls who died in grace, but are detained in the prisons…

30views 1shareApostles Simon Canaanite (from Cana of Galilee) was called Zealot because of his zeal for the law. Judas Tadeo was the brother of St. James the Less and the son of…

24views 1sharePope and Martyr Evaristus, Greek, fifth successor of Saint Peter, ruled the Church for nine years; He ordered that the Christian marriage be celebrated publicly and with the blessing of the…

33views 1shareMartyrs In Rome, Crisanto converted his wife Daria to the faith of Christ; and both consecrated themselves to convert other pagans, for which they were buried alive with stones and earth….

37views 1shareArchangel Raphael means medicine of God. Saint Raphael is one of the seven spirits that assist in the presence of God. He was sent to heal blind Tobias, the old man,…

13views 1shareBishop and Confessor A distinguished apostle of the 19th century, he first exercised the parish ministry, which he left for the missions and Spiritual Exercises, with which he evangelized almost all…

33views 1shareVirgins and Martyrs Ursula and her companions, to preserve their virginity, fled from the ferocity of the Huns; but these, finding them near Cologne, took their lives. V/. Saint Ursula.R/. Pray…

39views 1shareAbbot A fifteen-year-old boy, he traveled to Egypt and learned from the great Saint Anthony the Abbot the way of holiness. Returning to Palestine, his homeland, he withdrew to the desert,…

19views 1shareConfessor Polish, he was born in Kenty, near Krakow, at whose University he received his doctorate, and taught for many years. Ordained priest, he returned to the chair, from where he…

22views 1shareConfessor The blessed Fray Pedro of Alcántara, who, as Saint Therese writes, seemed to be made of tree roots, was born in Alcántara (Extremadura). At the age of sixteen he entered…

25views 1shareEvangelist A native of Antioch, a doctor converted to the faith by Saint Paul, he gave himself to him as a companion on his apostolic trips. He wrote two canonical books:…