Showing posts with label what is a saint. Show all posts
Showing posts with label what is a saint. Show all posts
Friday, October 11, 2013

St. Helen (St Helena)

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Feast Day: August 18  Born in mid-3rd century in the Middle East, St. Helen lived to a ripe old age as Empress Helena, mother of Constantin...
Thursday, October 11, 2012

Saint Teresa of Avila

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Doctor of the Church Feast day: October 15 Saint Teresa was born in Avila, Spain in 1515. She is extroverted, hyperactive and an imaginat...
Friday, March 16, 2012

Saint Maximilian Kolbe

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Feast Day: August 14 Known as Apostle of Consecration to Mary Pope John Paul II declared him the “The Patron Saint of Our Difficult Cent...
Thursday, March 8, 2012

Saint Boniface also known as Bonifacius

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Feast Day: June 5 Boniface, or Winfrid (his baptismal name), was born into a Christian family of noble rank. At a very young age, Winfr...
Thursday, February 23, 2012

Saint Ines (Saint Agnes)

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Feast Day: January 21 Saint Agnes who also goes by the name of Saint Ines (c. 291 – c. 304) was a member of the Roman nobility and raised...
Thursday, June 24, 2010

Saint Anthony of Padua

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Feast Day: January 13 Doctor of the Church St. Anthony of Padua was always seen in public squares and market places preaching and defend...
Thursday, April 8, 2010

Saint Maria Goretti

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Feast Day: July 6 Maria Teresa Goretti was born in Corinaldo, Ancona, Italy, on October 16 1890. She was the third out of six children ...
Friday, March 26, 2010

Saint Arnold Janssen

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Feast Day: January 15 Arnold Janssen was born in Goch, Germany on November 5, 1837. At a young age, he manifested an inclination for the ...
Thursday, March 18, 2010

Saint Vincent Ferrer

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Feast Day: April 5 Saint Vincent Ferrer was born at Valencia, Spain on January 23, 1357. In 1374, he entered the Order of St. Dominic a...
Monday, March 8, 2010

Saint Josephine Bakhita

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Feast Day: February 8 Bakhita was not the name given to her by her parents at birth. The trauma of her abduction caused her to forget her...
Friday, February 19, 2010

Saint Martin de Porres

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Feast Day: November 3 The father of Martin de Porres was a Spanish knight & adventurer and his mother a colored freed-woman from Panama...
Friday, January 8, 2010

Saint Francis de Sales

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Feast Day: January 24 Francis de Sales was born to a wealthy family in France in 1567. His parents intended for him to become a lawyer, bu...
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Saturday, October 24, 2009

Saint John Fisher

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Feast Day: June 22 John Fisher was born in 1459 at Beverly, Yorkshire, England. He studied theology in Cambridge and in 1491, he occupie...
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Thursday, October 22, 2009

Saint Augustine

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Feast Day: August 28 Early Life: Augustine was born on November 13, 354, in Thagaste (present-day Souk Ahras, Algeria), in the Roman provi...
Friday, October 9, 2009

Saint Scholastica

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Feast Day: February 10 Of this Saint, little is known, and almost everything there is to say about Saint Scholastica comes from the Dialo...
Monday, October 5, 2009

Saint Ignatius of Antioch

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Feast Day: October 17 formerly February 1 Early Career St. Ignatius of Antioch also known as Theophorus ("God-Bearer”), had been ...
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Saturday, October 3, 2009

What is a Saint?

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From: Our Catholic Faith (A Manual of Religion) p 394 The model of Christian perfection is our Lord. The saints, who imitated Him steadfa...