She was the sister of the great Saint Louis, King of France. She became a Poor Clare nun in practice and died the same year as her brother, in 1270.
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Saint Alexander of Alexandria (326)
He was the courageous Catholic bishop who discovered the heresy of Arius, a priest, who was going about denying the Divinity of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Saint Alexander was the spiritual father and supporter of the great Saint Athanasius.
Saint Porphyry (420)
He was a noble and wealthy Greek. He was first a hermit, and then a bishop, at Gaza in Palestine. He died the same year as Saint Jerome. Saint Porphyry’s life was written by one of his disciples named Mark.
Saint Walburga (779)
She was an English girl who went to Germany and died there as an abbess. She is the sister of Saint Willibald and Saint Winibald, and the daughter of Saint Richard, an English king.
Saint Adela (Adele) (1137)
She was a princess, the youngest daughter of William the Conqueror, King of England.
Saint Matthias (65)
Saint Matthias was the Apostle chosen in place of Judas Iscariot, the traitor and suicide. Saint Matthias was beheaded by the Jews in Jerusalem. His body is kept in the Church of Saint Mary Major in Rome.
Saint Peter Damian (1072)
He was a Camaldolese monk, a cardinal, and is one of the thirty-two Doctors of the Church. He was illustrious and brilliant, simple and outspoken in his denunciation of all heresies and evils. He wrote the life of Saint Romuald, … Continue reading
The Chair of Saint Peter at Antioch (36 – 42)
Antioch, in Syria, was the city where the first Pope of the Catholic Church, Saint Peter, set up his Chair after his departure from Jerusalem. This was at the house of a noble Gentile Christian named Theophilus, the one to … Continue reading
Saint Peter Mavimenus (743)
He was killed by Muslims at Damascus, the city where Saint Paul was baptized, when he said to these men, “Every man who does not hold the Catholic Christian Faith is damned like Mohammed, your false prophet.”
Latest Day for Septuagesima
This is the latest day (except in leap year) when the feast of Septuagesima Sunday can fall. The earliest day on which it can fall is January 18.
Saint Amata (Amy) (1250)
She was a Poor Clare nun and a niece of Saint Clare of Assisi.
Saint Leo Thaumaturgus (787)
Thaumaturgus means wonder-worker. This was the name given to the Bishop of Catania, in Sicily, the town of Saint Agatha. Saint Leo Thaumaturgus professed and taught the Catholic Faith there, in the eighth century.
Saint Odran (452)
Saint Odran was the charioteer of Saint Patrick, the great apostle of Ireland. Saint Odran was martyred in place of Saint Patrick, by giving his life to some pagans who wanted to kill Saint Patrick. Saint Odran died forty-one years … Continue reading
Saint Gabinus (296)
He was the brother of Saint Caius, the twenty-ninth Pope. He was the father of the beautiful little virgin martyr, Saint Susanna, whose feast is August 11, and who was martyred for her Faith and her purity, because she would … Continue reading
Saint Simeon (112)
He succeeded the Apostle Saint James the Less as Bishop of Jerusalem. All were astonished at his fortitude and constancy when he was crucified at the age of one hundred and twenty during the persecution of Trajan.
