Saint Francis of Paola by Ermes Dovico

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Saint Francis of Paola

Saint Francis of Paola

Mystic and founder of the Order of Minims, he was called “the other Francis” for his charity.

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Saint Hugh of Grenoble

Saint Hugh of Grenoble

His name is linked to the Carthusian Order, whose foundation he facilitated, and to the Gregorian Reform, which he wholeheartedly supported.

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Saint Benjamin

Saint Benjamin

The saint celebrated today bears the name of the youngest of Jacob's sons. Saint Benjamin, deacon and martyr, lived between the fourth and fifth centuries AD. His martyrdom took place during the persecutions in Persia.

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Saint Leonard Murialdo

Saint Leonard Murialdo

Before being a man of action, Saint Leonard Murialdo was a man of prayer, sure that “the man who prays is the most powerful in the world”.

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Saint Mark of Arethusa

Saint Mark of Arethusa

He was imprisoned and tortured. The way he endured his ordeal was such that even his persecutors admired him and it earned him the title of "Confessor of the Faith".

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Saint Stephen Harding

Saint Stephen Harding

He was one of the co-founders of the Cistercian Order, became the third abbot of Citeaux and wrote the famous Charta Caritatis.

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Saint Rupert of Salzburg

Saint Rupert of Salzburg

Founder of churches and monasteries, he carried out an important part of his apostolate in the lands inhabited by the ancestors of Austrians and Bavarians.

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Saint Ludger

Saint Ludger

The meeting with Boniface and the news of his martyrdom made a great impression on Ludger.

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Annunciation of the Lord

Annunciation of the Lord

To manifest His omnipotence God chooses Nazareth, a secondary town in the peripheral region of Galilee. And above all he chooses the most humble Mary.

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Saint Catherine of Sweden

Saint Catherine of Sweden

She shared the same attraction to the Christian virtues that inspired the whole of her mother’s life (Saint Bridget) and, like her, she received heavenly revelations.

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Saint Turibius of Mogrovejo

Saint Turibius of Mogrovejo

Thanks to his solicitude, roads, schools, hospitals, convents and churches were built. He said: “The only one whom we must always make happy is Our Lord”.

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Saint Lea of Rome

Saint Lea of Rome

She was a Roman widow who left her wealth to follow the way of Christ becoming worthy of Paradise through prayer, penance and spiritual motherhood towards various virgins.

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