Tag: Prayer
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St Elizabeth of Hungry
Featured Saint: St Elizabeth of Hungary (1207 – 1231) St Elizabeth was born a Princess, the daughter of the King of Hungary, at the Castle of Sarospatak. She was taken to Germany at the age of five, to become betrothed to Ludwig IV whom she married at fourteen. St Elizabeth became interested in the Franciscan…
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St Margaret of Scotland
Featured Saint: St Margaret of Scotland (1045 Approx. – 1093) St Margaret was also known as Margaret of Wessex, Queen Margaret of Scotland and the Pearl of Scotland. St Margaret was born in Hungary while her father, Prince Edward, was in exile. She grew up in a very religious and pious environment. Her family returned…
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St Albert The Great
Featured Saint: St Albert Magnus or Albert the Great (1193 Approx. – 1280) St Albert the Great was born the son of a Count at Lauingen in Germany. He was well educated and studied at the University of Padua. Inspired by the Blessed Virgin Mary, but against the wishes of his family, he joined the…
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St Gertrude The Great
Featured Saint: St Gertrude the Great (1256 – 1302) St Gertrude was born at Eisleben in Germany. She was sent to a monastery at the age of four, possibly because she was orphaned or her parents offered her as a child oblate to the Church. St Gertrude received a good education, as demonstrated by her…
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St Frances Xavier Cabrini
Featured Saint: St Frances Xavier Cabrini (1850 – 1917) St Frances, born two months premature, was the youngest of eleven children. Her family had a wealthy cherry tree farm at Lodi in Italy. Only four of her brothers and sisters survived to adulthood. At 13, she attended a Daughters of the Sacred Heart School and…
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St Josaphat
Featured Saint: St Josaphat Kuntsevych (1580 – 1623) St Josaphat was born into a noble Christian family at Volodymyr in Ukraine. His father was a business man and town councillor. In his youth he was apprenticed to a local merchant who, recognising his virtues, offered him his entire fortune and his daughters hand in marriage.…
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St Martin of Tours
Featured Saint: St Martin de Tours (316 – 397) St Martin was born at Savaria in Hungary. His father was a senior military officer and stationed in Italy where St Martin grew up. At 10, St Martin started to attend a Christian Church, against his parents’ wishes, and at eighteen, he was baptised. As the…
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Pope Saint Leo The Great
Featured Saint: Pope Saint Leo the Great (400 Approx. – 461) Pope St Leo was born at Tuscany in Italy. Following the death of Pope Sixtus III, he was unanimously elected to succeed him. He described himself as an unworthy heir and deputy of St Peter. Pope Saint Leo helped centralise spiritual authority within the…
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St John Lateran
Featured: Feast of the Dedication of the Arch-basilica of St John Lateran The St John Lateran Basilica is the oldest Major Basilica in Rome and the oldest Church in the Western World. It was consecrated in 324 A.D. and is dedicated to “Christ the Saviour”. It is the cathedral of the Bishop of Rome, the…
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Blessed John Duns
Featured Person: Blessed John Duns (or Duns Scotus) (Approx. 1266 – 1308) John Duns was born into a leading family at Duns in Berwickshire, Scotland. He joined the Franciscans at Dumfries, was educated at Oxford and ordained a Catholic Priest, probably around the minimum age of 25yrs. Blessed John lectured at the University of Paris…