Saint of the Day
| St. Rita | |
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St. Rita was born at Spoleto, Italy in 1381. At an early age, she begged her parents to allow her to enter a convent. Instead they arranged a marriage for her. Rita became a good wife and mother, but her husband was a man of violent temper. In anger he often mistreated his wife. He taught their children his own evil ways.
Rita tried to perform her duties faithfully and to pray and receive the sacraments frequently. After nearly twenty years of marriage, her husband was stabbed by an enemy but before he died, he repented because Rita prayed ... Read More » |
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- St. Quiteria
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- St. Atto
- St. Ausonius
- St. Basiliscus
- St. Bobo
- St. Boethian
- St. Castus & Emilius
- St. Conall
- St. Fulk
- St. Faustinus
- St. Helen
- St. John Baptist Machado
- Bl. John of Cetina
- Bl. John Forest
- St. Marcian of Ravenna
- St. Rita of Cascia
- St. Romanus of Subiaco
- Bl. Matthias of Arima
- St. Michael Ho-Dinh-Hy
- Bl. Peter of the Assumption
- St. Peter Pareuzi
- St. Julia of Carthage
Tomorrow's Saint of the Day
| St. John Baptist Rossi | |
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This holy priest was born in 1698 at the village of Voltaggio in the diocese of Genoa and was one of the four children of an excellent and highly respected couple. When he ws ten a nobleman and his wifre who were spending the summer at Voltaggio obtained permission from his parents to take him back with them to Genoa to be trained in their house. He remained with them three years, winning golden opinions from all, notably from two Capuchin friars who came to his patrons home. They carried such a favourable report of the boy to his uncle who ... Read More » |
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