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Feast of Saint Valentine
Date: February, 14 The Roman Martyrology lists not one, but two Valentines, for February 14th. The first reads thus: “On… Read More
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Feast of Saint Catherine de Ricci
Date: February, 13 Saint Catherine was born in Florence in 1522. Her baptismal name was Alexandrina, but she took the name of Catherine… Read More
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Feast of Saint Buonfiglio Monaldo
Date: February, 12 He was one of seven Florentines who had joined the Confraternity of the Blessed Virgin (the Laudesi)… Read More
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Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes
Date: February, 11 February 11th marks the first apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary in 1858 to fourteen-year-old Marie Bernade… Read More
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Feast of Saint Scholastica
Date: February, 10 St. Scholastica, sister of St. Benedict, consecrated her life to God from her earliest youth. After her brother went to Monte… Read More
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Feast of Saint Apollonia
Date: February, 9 While most of the Christians were fleeing the city following the persecution of Christians which began in… Read More
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Feast of Saint Josephine Bakhita
Date: February, 8 Saint Josephine Margaret Bakhita was born around 1869 in the village of Olgossa in the Darfur region… Read More
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Feast of Saint Richard
Date: February, 7 Richard was from Wessex, England, and his real name is uncertain. He appears to have been an… Read More
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Feast of Saint Paul Miki and Companions
Date: February, 6 Nagasaki, Japan, is familiar to Americans as the city on which the second atomic bomb was dropped,… Read More
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Feast of Saint Agatha
Date: February, 5 St. Agatha, also known as Agatha of Sicily, is one of the most highly venerated virgin martyrs… Read More