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April, 13th | Saint Martin I
Saint Martin I’s Story
When Martin I became pope in 649, Constantinople was the capital of the Byzantine empire and the patriarch of Constantinopl...
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April, 12th | Saint Teresa of Los Andes
Saint Teresa of Los Andes’ Story
One needn’t live a long life to leave a deep imprint. Teresa of Los Andes is proof of that.
As a young girl growi...
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April, 11th | Saint Stanislaus
Saint Stanislaus’ Story
Anyone who reads the history of Eastern Europe cannot help but chance on the name of Stanislaus, the saintly but tragic bi...
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April, 10th | Saint Magdalen of Canossa
Saint Magdalen of Canossa’s Story
Wealth and privilege did nothing to prevent today’s saint from following her calling to serve Christ in the poor...
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April, 9th | Saint Casilda
Saint Casilda’s Story
Some saints’ names are far more familiar to us than others, but even the lives of obscure holy persons teach us something.
A...
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April, 8th | Saint Julie Billiart
Saint Julie Billiart’s Story
Born in Cuvilly, France, into a family of well-to-do farmers, young Marie Rose Julie Billiart showed an early interes...
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April, 7th | Saint John Baptist de La Salle
Saint John Baptist de La Salle’s Story
Complete dedication to what he saw as God’s will for him dominated the life of John Baptist de La Salle. In...
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April, 6th | Saint Crescentia Hoess
Saint Crescentia Hoess’ Story
Crescentia was born in 1682, the daughter of a poor weaver, in a little town near Augsburg. She spent play time pray...
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April, 5th | Saint Vincent Ferrer
Saint Vincent Ferrer’s Story
The polarization in the Church today is a mild breeze compared with the tornado that ripped the Church apart during t...
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April, 4th | Saint Isidore of Seville
Saint Isidore of Seville’s Story
The 76 years of Isidore’s life were a time of conflict and growth for the Church in Spain. The Visigoths had inva...
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April, 3rd | Saint Benedict the African
Saint Benedict the African’s Story
Benedict held important posts in the Franciscan Order and gracefully adjusted to other work when his terms of o...
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April, 2nd | Saint Francis of Paola
Saint Francis of Paola’s Story
Francis of Paola was a man who deeply loved contemplative solitude and wished only to be the “least in the househol...
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