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Thursday, April 18, 2024
The Great Cloud of Witnesses

The Great Cloud of Witnesses

St. Willigis Read more

St. Willigis

Saint Willigis was Archbishop of Mainz from 975 until his death as well as archchancellor of the Holy Roman Empire. He had great influence both in Rome as well as in the government of the Holy Roman Empire. He is remembered for beginning the construction of the great cathedral of Mainz. He dedicated the cathedral on August 29, 1009, and named it for St. Martin of Tours. Disaster struck as on...
Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 137
Saint Aristion of Salamis Read more

Saint Aristion of Salamis

Aristion is listed as one of the seventy-two disciples of Jesus. After the Resurrection, Aristion carried the Gospel to the island of Cyprus. There he was martyred for the faith. The Church keeps his memorial on the 22nd of February.

Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 131
St. Robert Southwell Read more

St. Robert Southwell

Saint Robert Southwell, was an English Roman Catholic priest of the Jesuit Order. He was also a poet, hymnodist, and clandestine missionary in post-Reformation England. After being arrested and imprisoned in 1592, and intermittently tortured and questioned by Richard Topcliffe, Southwell eventually was tried and convicted of high treason for his links to the Holy See. On 21 February 1595,...
Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 127
St. Amata of Assisi Read more

St. Amata of Assisi

Amata of Assisi was a Poor Clare nun. After a youth misspent, Amata became very ill and was healed by her aunt, St. Clare. With this miracle she changed her life and entered the Poor Clares, later becoming an acquaintance of St. Dominic. Her memorial is February 20.

Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 146
St. Quodvultdeus Read more

St. Quodvultdeus

Quodvultdeus (Latin for "what God wills", died c. 450 AD) was a fifth-century church father and bishop of Carthage who was exiled to Naples. He was known to have been living in Carthage around 407 and became a deacon in 421 AD. He corresponded with Augustine of Hippo, who served as Quodvultdeus' spiritual teacher. Augustine also dedicated some of his writings to Quodvultdeus....
Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 142
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