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May 25, 2006

St. Gregory VII, pope

St. Gregory VII was born in Soana, Italy, around the year 1020. Educated in Rome, he became a Benedictine monk and was chaplain to Pope Gregory VI. Although he was chosen to be the 152nd pope, he declined. He later became the 157th pope. He was a great reformer in the church, suspending corrupt clergymen...
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May 22, 2006

St. Rita of Cascia

St. Rita of Cascia wanted to join a religious order from a very young age. However, when she was 12 her parents arranged her marriage. She obediently married the abusive man when she turned 18 and had twin sons. Her husband abused her for 18 years, after which he was murdered. He repented at the...
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May 20, 2006

St. Bernadine of Siena

St. Bernadine of Siena was a theological writer, a preacher, a priest and a Friar Minor. A charismatic preacher, St. Bernadine became associated with public speaking, advertising and public relations. The saint was also a great peacemaker who said gossip was a major source of arguments which could turn violent. He died in Italy in...
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May 19, 2006

St. Peter Wright

St. Peter Wright was born in England in 1603 to a Protestant family. St. Peter converted to Catholicism and eventually became a priest and Jesuit. St. Peter served as a chaplain to English soldiers in the English Civil War. He was arrested in 1651 during Oliver Cromwell’s oppression of Catholics. St. Peter Wright was imprisoned...
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May 16, 2006

St. John Nepomucene

St. John Nepomucene was born around 1340 in Bohemia. He became a priest who converted many people through his preaching. He was counselor and advocate of the poor in King Wenceslaus IV’s court. St. John was a confessor to the queen and was imprisoned for not telling the king what the queen said in her...
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May 9, 2006

St. Pachomius

St. Pachomius was born in Egypt. Although he was not born into a Christian family, he converted after leaving the military around 313. With the help of hermits, he founded a community of monks and made a rule for the monks in 320. By the time St. Pachomius died, about 3,000 monks and nuns lived...
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May 6, 2006

St. Evodius

St. Evodius was a bishop who may have been consecrated by St. Peter. One of the 72 disciples of Jesus, St. Evodius was the successor of St. Peter in Antioch (which is modern day Turkey). According to tradition, St. Evodius was the first person to use the term Christian. He died a martyr around the...
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May 5, 2006

Blessed Nunzio Sulprizio

Blessed Nunzio Sulprizio was born April 13, 1817, in Pescara, Abruzzi, Italy. He was an apprentice blacksmith and a layman. As a youth, he is said to have been pious, chaste and patient. He died young, at the age of 19, on May 5, 1836, in Naples, Italy. Pope Paul VI beatified Blessed Nunzio Sulprizio...
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May 4, 2006

St. Anthony

St. Anthony was a Benedictine abbot who lived in the sixth century. The disciple of St. Benedict accompanied St. Maura on missions to France before founding the St. Julian at Tours monastery. He lived as a hermit at le Rocher, France.
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May 2, 2006

St. Athanasius

St. Athanasius was born around the year 295 in Alexandria, Egypt. A deacon and secretary to the bishop of Alexandria, he went to the Council of Nicea in 325. There he began a lifelong battle against the Arian heresy, which denied Christ’s divinity. He became the bishop of Alexandria around 328, and he spent about...
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April 29, 2006

St. Catherine of Siena

St. Catherine of Siena was born in Tuscany, Italy, March 25, 1347. She began to have visions of Jesus, Mary and saints at the age of 6. Although her parents wanted her to marry, she became a Dominican tertiary at age 16. She was a counselor to Pope Gregory XI and Pope Urban VI. St....
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April 28, 2006

St. Peter Chanel

St. Peter Chanel was born July 12, 1803, in France to a peasant family. He was a good student and was ordained at age 24. He joined the Society of Mary (Marists) in 1831 and spent five years teaching at a seminary. In 1836, he led a group of missionaries to New Hebrides in the...
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