February 28th, 2016

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FEBRUARY 28 is the traditional memorial of SAINT ANGELA OF FOLIGNO (+1309). It is celebrated by the Franciscan Tertiaries and Regulars on january 4, but in the United States on January 7. Although she died in 1309, she was not beatified until 1701, despite years of...

POPE SAINT FABIAN

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As with so many of the other popes we have written about, the sources of information are few: The Liber Pontificalis, written by a number of unknowns over the centuries and compiled in the 1500s, and Eusebius’ The History of the Church, written in the fourth...

February 22nd, 2016

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FEBRUARY 22 is the traditional feast day of ST. MARGARET OF CORTONA (+1297).Margaret was born in Loviana, Tuscany in 1247. It was a time of renewal and revolt. The Dominicans and the Franciscans were new. There were always soldiers about due to the various local wars...

SAINT SEVERIAN, BISHOP OF SCYTHOPOLIS

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FEBRUARY 21 is the traditional memorial day of ST. SEVERIAN, BISHOP OF SCYTHOPOLIS (+453)St. Severian, was the bishop of a town in Galilee, now an area by the Palestinean-Israeli border. During his episcopate, the Monophysite heresy was rampant.. the heresy,...

saint valentine

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 FEBRUARY 14 is the feast day of ST. VALENTINE (+269).How Valentine came to be associated with lovers and romance is a story of itself: According to some historians, it began with new rules from the emperor, Claudius II. It became illegal for young people to marry.The...