Tag: Saint
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Mary Magdalene de Pazzi
St Mary Magdalene (1566 – 1607) was born into one of the wealthiest and most noble families in Florence, Italy. In her youth, her devotion to prayer and penance was implicit in her everyday behaviour. At the early age of 10yrs, she was allowed to receive her First Holy Communion. At the age of 12yrs,…
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Brendan
St Brendan (Approx. 484 – 577) was born in Tralee, Ireland. He received a good education and is thought to have been tutored by St Finnian of Clonard. St Brendan was ordained a priest in 512 and for the next twenty years, he sailed around Ireland and adjoining lands including Wales, Scotland, Brittany and Northern…
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Angela of Foligno
St Angela (1248 – 1309) was born into a wealthy Christian family at Foligno, Italy. She married at an early age and had several children. St Angela made a sudden change to her carefree lifestyle in her late thirties when she received a vision from St Francis…
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Conleth
St Conleth (Approx. 450 – 519), who was probably from County Wicklow (Ireland), was a hermit who lived a life of prayer and penance. He was persuaded, by St Bridget of Ireland, to make sacred church chalices, crosses and other beautiful metalwork decorations for her convent. A noted artefact that he made for…
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Margaret Of Scotland
St Margaret (1045 Approx. – 1093) 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 to England in 1057 whereupon, her…
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Catherine of Genoa
St Catherine (1447-1510) was born into an illustrious Italian family at Genoa in Italy. She was the youngest of five children. At a young age, St Catherine showed a desire to enter a Convent, perhaps hoping to follow in her sister’s footsteps, but her youth prevented it. Instead, after her father’s death, she married a…
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Maria Faustina Kowalska
Sister Maria Faustina Kowalska (1905-1938) was born in Glogowiec, Poland. She was the third of ten children and given the name Helena at baptism. Her devout Catholic parents were poor peasants, her father a carpenter. Her education was basic but she could read and write. Sister Maria Faustina said that she was first drawn to…
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Zeno of Nicomedia
St Zeno (Died 303) was a Roman soldier and Regiment Commander at Nicomedia in Bithynia (modern-day Izmit), Turkey. St Zeno is said to have laughed as Emperor Diocletian (284-305) offered sacrifice to a statue of the Roman goddess Ceres. Diocletian, who infamously…
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Gilbert of Sempringham
St Gilbert (1083-1190) was born in Sempringham, England. He studied Theology in Paris and on his return home opened a mixed gender school. After his ordination, he founded the mixed Order of Gilbertine’s.
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Daniel Brottier
Blessed Daniel (1876-1936) was born in La Ferte-Saint-Cyr, France. Family accounts suggest that from a very early age, Daniel sought a priestly vocation. Although he at first became a teacher, he was ‘restless’ and ‘determined to be a missionary’.