Saint Joseph of Cupertino by Ermes Dovico

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Chair of Saint Peter

Chair of Saint Peter

The feast of the Chair of Saint Peter has very ancient origins. From the Latin cathedra, "chair" indicates the seat of the bishop, including the Holy Father's, as Bishop of Rome

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Saint Peter Damian

Saint Peter Damian

He drafted a Rule stressing the importance of the "rigour of the hermitage" and defining the monastic cell as the "parlour where God converses with men"

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Saints Jacinta and Francisco Marto

Saints Jacinta and Francisco Marto

The Church celebrates the memorial of the two little shepherds on February 20th: these are the first non-martyred children to be proclaimed saints

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Saint Lucy Yi Zhenmei

Saint Lucy Yi Zhenmei

This exemplary Chinese catechist, who suffered martyrdom at the age of 47, had demonstrated virtuousness from childhood

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Saint Geltrude Comensoli

Saint Geltrude Comensoli

She founded the Institute of the Sacramentine Sisters which was consecrated to the perpetual adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

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The Seven Holy Founders

The Seven Holy Founders

They founded the Order of the Servants of Mary

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Saint Juliana

Saint Juliana

She was a victim of the Great Persecution (303-305)

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Saint Claude de la Colombière

Saint Claude de la Colombière

He became the confessor of saint Margaret Mary Alacoque and worked tirelessly, both writing and preaching, to spread the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

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Ash Wednesday

Ash Wednesday

Ash Wednesday marks, in the Roman rite, the beginning of Lent

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Saints Fusca and Maura

Saints Fusca and Maura

They were tortured and killed by the sword

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Saint Benedict of Aniane

Saint Benedict of Aniane

He was among the protagonists of the Carolingian Renaissance, defended orthodoxy and contributed to spreading the Rule of Saint Benedict of Nursia throughout the Holy Roman Empire.

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Our Lady of Lourdes

Our Lady of Lourdes

On February 11, 1858, at the Massabielle cave in Lourdes, the Blessed Virgin appeared to the 14-year-old Bernadette Soubirous, an illiterate peasant. It was the first of a series of eighteen Marian apparitions

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