Feast: 26 December Christianity’s first martyr was probably a Greek Jew. Stephen’s story is recounted in the...
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Feast 29 October Listed among the Twelve Apostles in the New Testament, Simon is “the Canaanite” to...
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Feast: 15 October In Castilian Spain, Teresa was born to a wealthy family and educated in an...
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Feast: 1 October Left motherless at 4, she followed two older sisters into the Carmelites, entering at 15 as...
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Feast: 23 September Born in an Italian farming village, Francesco Forgione gained worldwide fame as Capuchin friar...
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Feast: 21 August Known as the "pope of the Eucharist," Pius X was born Joseph Melchior Sarto in...
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Feast: 3 July Named among the Twelve Apostles in all four Gospels, Thomas figured prominently in several stories in...
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Feast: 29 June These apostles share a feast as founders of the church in Rome. Peter, a Galilean fisherman...
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Feast: 26 May Philip's Florentine family intended him for a merchant's life but he preferred serving God, and in...
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Feast: 17 March The patron of Ireland, this bishop was born in Roman Britain, kidnapped at 16 by Irish...
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