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Tag: Saint
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Timothy & Titus
Saints Timothy and Titus (Timothy: 17-97 & Titus: Died 107) were two of the many converts to Christianity inspired by St Paul. Letters from St Paul to Timothy and Titus are included in the New Testament. St Timothy was a native of Lycaonia; his mother a convert to Christianity. He travelled with Paul for three years preaching,…
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Paul (Saul of Tarsus)
St Paul (ca 5-67), also known as St Saul of Tarsus, although not one of the original twelve apostles, became a critical figure in the early spread of Christianity. St Paul was a devout Jew of Roman citizenship and was educated at the school of Gamaliel in Jerusalem. He received a good education, having probably…
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Francis de Sales
Francis de Sales | DAILY PRAYERS St Francis de Sales (1567-1622) was born into the noble Sales family of the Duchy of Savoy, France. He was the first of six sons. He received a good education and was awarded a Doctorate in Law and Th…
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Marianne Cope
St Marianne Cope (1838-1918) was born in Heppenheim, Germany. At one year old, her family emigrated to New York, US. She attended the local parish school until the eighth grade when, as the eldest child and because of her father’s invalidity, she worked in a local factory to support her family. In 1862, St Marianne…
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Vincent of Saragossa
St Vincent (Died ca 304) was born in Huesca but lived in Saragossa, Spain. He was ordained a Deacon and commissioned to preach the Gospel throughout the Diocese of Saragossa. He was also the spokesperson for Bishop Valerius of Saragossa who had a speech impediment. During Emperor Diocletian’s period of Christian persecution, St Vincent and Bishop…
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Agnes of Rome
St Agnes (ca 291-304) was born into a wealthy Christian family and, with such wealth came many marriage suitors. She refused them all, opting for a life of ‘resolute devotion to religious purity’. When St Agnes refused to marry the Governor’s son, he reported her to his father for being a Christian. His father promised her many…
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Fabian & Sebastian
St Fabian ( 200-250) was appointed Pope in 236. Eusebius of Caesarea wrote that during the conclave to appoint the new Pope, a dove, “Settled on [Fabian’s] head as a clear imitation of the descent of the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove upon the Saviour,” and he was proclaimed worthy to be…
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Wulfstan
St Wulfstan (1008-1095) was born at Long Itchington in Warwickshire, England. In his early youth, he was noted for his special religious and spiritual nature. He studied at Evesham and Peterborough Abbeys and then joined the Benedictine Monastery in Worcester where he was ordained a priest in 1038. He served as Monastery Prior and in…
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Margaret of Hungry
St Margaret (1242-1271) was born the daughter of King Béla IV of Hungary. One of her sisters was also canonised a saint, Kinga of Poland, and one beatified, Blessed Yolanda of Poland. St Margaret was the ninth of ten children. At 4yrs, she was entrusted to the Veszprem Dominican Monastery and when she was 10yrs, transferred to the…
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Anthony of Egypt
St Anthony (251-356) was born into a wealthy landowner family in Coma, Egypt. He is known by numerous titles including, the Father of all Monks, Anthony the Great, Anthony of Egypt, Anthony the Abbot, Anthony of the Desert, Anthony the Anchorite and Anthony of Thebes. He is said to have lived until he was 105yrs. At the age…