ILLUSTRATED

L IVES SAINTS

FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR

In Accord with the Norms and Principles of theNew Roman Martyrology

and with the Liturgical Calendar of the U.S.A.

Revision of the Original Edition ofREV. HUGO HOEVER, S.O.Cist., Ph.D.

Illustrated

CATHOLIC BOOK PUBLISHING CORP.New Jersey

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Abachum, Jan. 19 . . . . . . 39Achilleus, May 12 . . . . . . . 201Adalbert, Apr. 23 . . . . . . . 174Adelaide, Dec. 16 . . . . . . . 556Adeline, Oct. 20 . . . . . . . . 479Adrian of Canterbury, Jan. 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Agatha, Feb. 5 . . . . . . . . . 67Agnes, Jan. 21 . . . . . . . . . 42Albert the Great, Nov. 15 . 515Albinus, Mar. 1 . . . . . . . . . 94Alexander, Apr. 22 . . . . . . 172All Saints, Nov. 1 . . . . . . . 496All Souls, Nov. 2 . . . . . . . . 497Aloysius Gonzaga, June 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

Alphonsus Liguori,Aug. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339

Ambrose, Dec. 7 . . . . . . . 544André Bessette, Bl., Jan. 6 24Andrew, Nov. 30 . . . . . . . 534Andrew Dung-Lac andCompanions, Nov. 24 . 527

Andrew Hubert Fournet, May 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

Andrew Kim Taegon andCompanions, Sept. 20 . 423

Angela Merici, Jan. 27 . . . 52Anne, July 26 . . . . . . . . . . 331Annunciation, Mar. 25 . . . 131Anselm, Apr. 21 . . . . . . . . 170Ansgar, Feb. 3 . . . . . . . . . 64Anthelm, June 26 . . . . . . . 271Anthony Mary Claret, Oct. 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484

Anthony of Egypt, Jan. 17 37Anthony Middleton, Bl.,May 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Anthony of Padua,June 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

Anthony Zaccaria, July 5 . 290Anysius, Dec. 30 . . . . . . . 572Apollinaris, Jan. 8 . . . . . . . 26Apollinaris, July 20 . . . . . . 319Apollinaris and Compan-ions, Bl., Sept. 12 . . . . . 410

Apollonia, Feb. 9 . . . . . . . 72Apollonius, Apr. 21 . . . . . . 171Aquila, July 8 . . . . . . . . . . 296Aristedes, Aug. 31 . . . . . . 392Arsenius, May 8 . . . . . . . . 195Assumption, Aug. 15 . . . . 363Athanasius, May 2 . . . . . . 187Athanasius the Athonite,July 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291

Audifax, Jan. 19 . . . . . . . . 39Audry, June 23 . . . . . . . . . 267Augustine of Canterbury,May 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

Augustine Gazotich, Bl.,Aug. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343

Augustine, Aug. 28 . . . . . . 384Augustine Zhao Rong andCompanions, July 9 . . . 297

Aurelius, July 27 . . . . . . . . 333

Barnabas, June 11 . . . . . . 247Barry, Sept. 25 . . . . . . . . . 431Bartholomew, Aug. 24 . . . 377Basil the Great, Jan. 2 . . . 15Bathildis, Jan. 30 . . . . . . . 56Bede the Venerable, May 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

Benedict, July 11 . . . . . . . 301Benedict Biscop (Bennet),Jan. 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

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Benjamin, Mar. 31 . . . . . . 140Benno, June 16 . . . . . . . . 255Berard and Companions,Jan. 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Bernard, Aug. 20 . . . . . . . 372Bernardine of Siena, May 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

Bernardino Realino,July 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

Bernward, Nov. 20 . . . . . . 522Bertille, Nov. 5 . . . . . . . . . 503Bertin, Sept. 5 . . . . . . . . . 397Bertrand of Garrigues, Bl., Sept. 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398

Bibiana, Dec. 2 . . . . . . . . . 536Blase, Feb. 3 . . . . . . . . . . 63Blessed Martyrs of Com-piègne, July 17 . . . . . . . 311

Bonaventure, July 15 . . . . 307Boniface, June 5 . . . . . . . 239Brendan, May 16 . . . . . . . 208Bridget of Sweden, July 23 323Bridgid (Bride) of Ireland,Feb. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Bruno, Oct. 6 . . . . . . . . . . 454

Caesarius of Arles,Aug. 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . 383

Cajetan, Aug. 7 . . . . . . . . 349Callistus I, Oct. 14 . . . . . . 466Camillus de Lellis, July 18 . 313Canute, July 10 . . . . . . . . 300Carmel, Our Lady ofMount, July 16 . . . . . . . 310

Casimir, Mar. 4 . . . . . . . . . 99Castulus, Mar. 26 . . . . . . . 134Catherine of Alexandria, Nov. 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . 528

Catherine Labouré, Dec. 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . 575

Catherine de Ricci,Feb. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Catherine of Siena, Apr. 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Catherine of Sweden,Mar. 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Cecilia, Nov. 22 . . . . . . . . 525Celine, Oct. 21 . . . . . . . . . 480Chaeremon, Dec. 22 . . . . 562Charles Borromeo, Nov. 4 501Charles the Good, Bl.,Mar. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Charles Lwanga andCompanions, June 3 . . 237

Christmas Day, Dec. 25 . . 565Christopher, July 25 . . . . . 329Christopher Magallanes and Companions, May 21 . . 215

Clare, Aug. 11 . . . . . . . . . 356Claude de la Colombiere,Feb. 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Clement I, Nov. 23 . . . . . . 525Cleophas, Sept. 25 . . . . . 432Colette, Mar. 6 . . . . . . . . . 101Columban, Nov. 23 . . . . . 526Conrad of Piacenza, Bl.,Feb. 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Constantius, Sept. 23 . . . . 430Cornelius, Sept. 16 . . . . . 416Cosmas, Sept. 26 . . . . . . 433Cunegundes, Mar. 3 . . . . 98Cyprian, Sept. 16 . . . . . . . 416Cyril, Feb. 14 . . . . . . . . . . 76Cyril of Alexandria,June 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

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Cyril of Jerusalem,Mar. 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Damasus I, Dec. 11 . . . . . 550Damian, Sept. 26 . . . . . . . 433Damien Joseph de Veusterof Molokai, Bl., May 10 198

Dedication of Churchesof Sts. Peter and Paul,Nov. 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . 521

Dedication of St. JohnLateran, Nov. 9 . . . . . . 507

Dedication of St. Mary ofthe Snows, Aug. 5 . . . . 346

Deicolus, Jan. 18 . . . . . . . 38Demetrius, Apr. 9 . . . . . . . 154Denis and Companions,Oct. 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459

Desideratus, May 8 . . . . . 194Dominic, Aug. 8 . . . . . . . . 350Dominic Savio, Mar. 9 . . . 106Donatian, May 24 . . . . . . . 220Donatus, Oct. 22 . . . . . . . 482Dymphna, May 30 . . . . . . 231

Edward Jones, Bl., May 6 193Elizabeth of Hungary,Nov. 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . 519

Elizabeth of Portugal,July 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287

Elizabeth Ann Seton,Jan. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Elizabeth Bichier des Ages, Aug. 26 . . . . . . . 380

Elphege, Apr. 19 . . . . . . . 168Emmerammus, Sept. 22 . 426Epaphras, July 19 . . . . . . 316Ephrem, June 9 . . . . . . . . 245Epiphany (Jan. 6 or Sun-

day after Jan. 1) . . . . . . 23Epipodius, Apr. 22 . . . . . . 172Ethelbert, Feb. 24 . . . . . . 88Ethelreda (Audry), June 23 267Eucherius, Feb. 20 . . . . . . 84Eulogius, Mar. 11 . . . . . . . 108Euplius, Aug. 12 . . . . . . . . 358Eusebius of Vercelli,Aug. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341

Eutychius, Apr. 6 . . . . . . . 150Evaristus, Oct. 27 . . . . . . . 488Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Sept. 14 . . . . . . 414

Fabian, Jan. 20 . . . . . . . . 40Felicity, Mar. 7 . . . . . . . . . 102Felix, July 27 . . . . . . . . . . 333Felix IV (III), Oct 12 . . . . . 464Fiacre, Aug. 30 . . . . . . . . . 389Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Apr. 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Finbar (Barry), Sept. 25 . . 431Firminus, Oct. 11 . . . . . . . 463First Holy Martyrs of Holy Roman Church, June 30 280

Flora, Oct. 5 . . . . . . . . . . . 451Florence, Dec. 1 . . . . . . . . 535Florian, May 4 . . . . . . . . . 190Frances Xavier Cabrini,Nov. 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . 512

Frances of Rome, Mar. 9 . 105Francis of Assisi, Oct. 4 . . 448Francis Caracciolo,June 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

Francis di Girolamo,May 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

Francis of Paola, Apr. 2 . . 143Francis de Sales, Jan. 24 47Francis Xavier, Dec. 3 . . . 538

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Frederick, July 18 . . . . . . . 315Fulbert, Apr. 10 . . . . . . . . 155

Gabriel the Archangel,Sept. 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . 438

Gabriel of Our Lady ofSorrows, Feb. 27 . . . . . 91

Galdinus, Apr. 18 . . . . . . . 166Gatian, Dec. 18 . . . . . . . . 558Gaucherius, Apr. 9 . . . . . . 153Gaudentius of Brescia, Oct. 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486

Gemma Galgani, Apr. 11 . 158Genevieve, Jan. 3 . . . . . . 19Gennaro, Sept. 19 . . . . . . 421Geoffrey, Nov. 8 . . . . . . . . 506George, Apr. 23 . . . . . . . . 173George, July 27 . . . . . . . . 333George Swallowell, Bl.,July 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326

Gerald, Dec. 5 . . . . . . . . . 541Gerald of Aurillac, Oct. 13 465Gerard of Brogne, Oct. 3 . 447Gerard Majella, Oct. 16 . . 471Germaine Cousin,June 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . 254

Germanus, May 28 . . . . . 226Gertrude, Nov. 16 . . . . . . 518Ghislain (Gislenus),Oct. 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461

Gildas the Wise, Jan. 29 . 55Giles, Sept. 1 . . . . . . . . . . 393Gisele, Bl., May 7 . . . . . . . 194Godfrey (Geoffrey), Nov. 8 . 506Gothard (Godehard),May 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

Gregory III, Dec. 10 . . . . . 548

Gregory VII, May 25 . . . . . 222Gregory Barbarigo,June 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . 258

Gregory the Great,Sept. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395

Gregory Nazianzen,Jan. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Guadalupe, Our Lady of,Dec. 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . 551

Guardian Angels, Oct. 2 . . 446Guy (Vignotelli) of Cortona, Bl.June 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . 248

Harvey (Herve), June 17 . 256Hedwig, Oct. 16 . . . . . . . . 469Helena, Aug. 18 . . . . . . . . 370Henry II, July 13 . . . . . . . . 304Heribert (Herbert),Mar. 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Hilary, Jan. 13 . . . . . . . . . 33Hippolytus, Aug. 13 . . . . . 360Holy Innocents, Dec. 28 . . 570Hugh, Apr. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . 142Hyacinth, Aug. 15 . . . . . . . 364Hyacinth, Sept. 11 . . . . . . 407

Ignatius of Antioch,Oct. 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472

Ignatius of Loyola, July 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337

Ildefonsus, Jan. 23 . . . . . . 46Immaculate Conception,Dec. 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545

Ingrid of Sweden, Bl., Sept. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394

Irenaeus, June 28 . . . . . . 274Irmina, Dec. 24 . . . . . . . . . 565Isaac Jogues and Com-panions, Oct. 19 . . . . . . 476

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Isidore the Farmer, May 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Isidore of Seville, Apr. 4 . . 146Ita (Ida), Jan. 15 . . . . . . . . 35

James the Greater, July 25 328James the Less, May 3 . . 188James of the March, Nov. 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . 532

Jane Frances de Chantal,Aug. 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . 369

Januarius (Gennaro), Sept. 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . 421

Jerome, Sept. 30 . . . . . . . 441Jerome Emiliani, Feb. 8 . . 70Joachim, July 26 . . . . . . . 331Joan of Arc, May 30 . . . . . 229Joan Delanoue, Aug. 17 . 368John I, May 18 . . . . . . . . . 211John the Apostle, Dec. 27 568John the Baptist, Martyrdomof, Aug. 29 . . . . . . . . . . 386Nativity of, June 24 . . . 268

John Baptist dei Rossi,May 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218

John Baptist de la Salle,Apr. 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

John Berchmans, Aug. 13 361John Bosco, Jan. 31 . . . . 57John Boste, July 24 . . . . . 326John de Brébeuf andCompanions, Oct. 19 . . 476

John of Capistrano,Oct. 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483

John Chrysostom,Sept. 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . 411

John Climacus, Mar. 30 . . 139John of the Cross, Dec. 14 . 554

John of Damascus, Dec. 4 . 541John Eudes, Aug. 19 . . . . 371John Fisher, June 22 . . . . 264John of God, Mar. 8 . . . . . 104John Gualbert, July 12 . . . 303John Ingram, Bl., July 24 . 326John Joseph of the Cross,Mar. 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

John of Kanty, Dec. 23 . . . 563John Lateran, Dedicationof, Nov. 9 . . . . . . . . . . . 507

John Leonardi, Oct. 9 . . . . 460John of Matera, June 20 . 260John of Matha, Dec. 17 . . 557John Nepomucene,Mar. 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

John Neumann, Jan. 5 . . . 21John Francis Regis,Dec. 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . 574

John Vianney, Aug. 4 . . . . 344Jordan of Saxony, Bl., Feb. 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Josaphat, Nov. 12 . . . . . . 511Joseph, Mar. 19 . . . . . . . . 119the Worker, May 1 . . . . 186

Joseph of Arimathea,Aug. 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . 390

Joseph Calasanz, Aug. 25 379Joseph of Cupertino,Sept. 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . 419

Joseph of Leonissa, Feb. 4 66Josephine Bakhita, Feb. 8 71Juan Diego, Dec. 9 . . . . . 547Jude, Oct. 28 . . . . . . . . . . 490Julia Billiart, Apr. 8 . . . . . . 152Juliana, Feb. 16 . . . . . . . . 80Julius I, Apr. 12 . . . . . . . . 159

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Junipero Serra, Bl.,July 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

Justin, June 1 . . . . . . . . . . 235

Kateri Tekakwitha, Bl., July 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306

Katharine Drexel, Mar. 3 . 96

Landericus, June 10 . . . . . 246Lawrence, Aug. 10 . . . . . . 355Lawrence of Brindisi,July 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320

Lawrence Ruiz andCompanions, Sept. 28 . 436

Lea, Mar. 22 . . . . . . . . . . . 125Leo the Great, Nov. 10 . . . 508Leonard of Noblac, Nov. 6 . 504Liliosa, July 27 . . . . . . . . . 333Louis, Aug. 25 . . . . . . . . . 378Louis Mary de Montfort, Apr. 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Louise de Marillac, Mar. 15 113Lourdes, Our Lady of,Feb. 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Lucy, Dec. 13 . . . . . . . . . . 553Ludolph, Mar. 29 . . . . . . . 138Luke, Oct. 18 . . . . . . . . . . 474

Macarius, Mar. 10 . . . . . . 107Marcellinus, Apr. 20 . . . . . 169Marcellinus, June 2 . . . . . 236Marcellinus of Carthage,Sept. 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . 413

Marcellus I, Jan. 16 . . . . . 36Marcellus the Centurion,Oct. 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493

Margaret Mary Alacoque,Oct. 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470

Margaret Clitherow,Mar. 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Margaret of Scotland,Nov. 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . 517

Maria Goretti, July 6 . . . . . 292Marie Bernadette Soubi-rous, Apr. 16 . . . . . . . . 163

Marie Rose Durocher, Bl.,Oct. 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452

Marius and Companions, Jan. 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Mark, Apr. 25 . . . . . . . . . . 176Martha, Jan. 19 . . . . . . . . 39Martha, July 29 . . . . . . . . 335Martin I, Apr. 13 . . . . . . . . 161Martin de Porres, Nov. 3 . 499Martin of Tours, Nov. 11 . 509MaryAnnunciation of,Mar. 25 . . . . . . . . . . 131

Assumption of, Aug. 15 363Dedication of St. Mary ofthe Snows, Aug. 5 . . 346

Immaculate Conceptionof, Dec. 8 . . . . . . . . . 545

Most Holy Name of, Sept. 12 . . . . . . . . . . 408

Mother of God, Solem-nity of, Jan. 1 . . . . . . 15

Nativity of, Sept. 8 . . . . 401Our Lady of Fatima, May 13 . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Our Lady of Guadalupe,Dec. 12 . . . . . . . . . . 551

Our Lady of Lourdes,Feb. 11 . . . . . . . . . . 74

Our Lady of MountCarmel, July 16 . . . . 310

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Our Lady of the Rosary,Oct. 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . 455

Our Lady of Sorrows,Sept. 15 . . . . . . . . . . 415

Presentation of, Nov. 21 524Presentation of theLord, Feb. 2 . . . . . . . 60

Queenship of, Aug. 22 . 375Visitation of, May 31 . . 233

Mary Magdalene, July 22 . 321Mary Magdalene de’Pazzi, May 25 . . . . . . . 223

Mathilda, Mar. 14 . . . . . . . 111Mathilda (Mechtilde),Nov. 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . 522

Matthew, Sept. 21 . . . . . . 424Matthias, May 14 . . . . . . . 205Maximilian Mary Kolbe, Aug. 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . 362

Maximin of Mesmin, Dec. 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . 555

Maximinus of Trier, May 29 228Maximus, Apr. 14 . . . . . . . 162Maximus, Nov. 27 . . . . . . 531Mechtilde (Mathilda), Nov. 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . 522

Medard, June 8 . . . . . . . . 243Medericus, Aug. 29 . . . . . 388Methodius, Feb. 14 . . . . . 76Methodius, June 14 . . . . . 252Michael the Archangel,Sept. 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . 438

Miguel Agustin Pro, Bl., Nov. 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . 527

Monica, Aug. 27 . . . . . . . . 381Most Holy Name of Jesus, Jan. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Narcissus, Oct. 29 . . . . . . 491Nathalia, July 27 . . . . . . . 333Nativity of Mary, Sept. 8 . . 401Nereus, May 12 . . . . . . . . 201Nicholas of Flue, Mar. 21 . 124Nicholas, Dec. 6 . . . . . . . . 542Nicholas Tavelic and Com-panions, Nov. 14 . . . . . 514

Nicholas of Tolentine, Sept. 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . 406

Nino, Jan. 14 . . . . . . . . . . 34Norbert, June 6 . . . . . . . . 241

Odran, Oct. 27 . . . . . . . . . 489Olympias, July 25 . . . . . . . 330Onesimus, Feb. 15 . . . . . . 79Oswald, Feb. 29 . . . . . . . . 93

Pachomius, May 9 . . . . . . 196Pacific of San Severino, Sept. 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . 431

Pancras, May 12 . . . . . . . 202Paschal Baylon, May 17 . 209Paschasius Radbertus, Apr. 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Paternus, Apr. 15 . . . . . . . 163Patrick, Mar. 17 . . . . . . . . 115Paul, June 29 . . . . . . . . . . 275Conversion of, Jan. 25 . 49

Paul Chong Hasang andCompanions, Sept. 20 . 423

Paul of the Cross, Oct. 20 478Paul Miki and Companions,Feb. 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Paulinus of Aquileia,Jan. 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Paulinus of Nola, June 22 263Paulinus of York, Oct. 10 . 462

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Pelagia, Oct. 8 . . . . . . . . . 458Perpetua, Mar. 7 . . . . . . . 102Peter, June 29 . . . . . . . . . 275Chair of, Feb. 22 . . . . . 86

Peter and Paul, Dedication of Churches of,Nov. 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . 521

Peter Canisius, Dec. 21 . . 561Peter Chanel, Apr. 28 . . . 180Peter Chrysologus, July 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336

Peter Claver, Sept. 9 . . . . 404Peter Damian, Feb. 21 . . . 85Peter Julian Eymard,Aug. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342

Peter, Martyr, June 2 . . . . 236Philip the Apostle, May 3 . 188Philip Neri, May 26 . . . . . . 224Philogonius, Dec. 20 . . . . 560Pio of Pietrelcina, Sept. 23 427Pius V, Apr. 30 . . . . . . . . . 184Pius X, Aug. 21 . . . . . . . . 374Polycarp, Feb. 23 . . . . . . . 86Pontian, Aug. 13 . . . . . . . 360Porphyrius, Feb. 26 . . . . . 90Presentation, Feb. 2 . . . . . 60Presentation of Mary,Nov. 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . 524

Prisca, July 8 . . . . . . . . . . 296Prosper of Reggio,June 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . 270

Protase, Sept. 11 . . . . . . . 407

Queenship of Mary,Aug. 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . 375

Ralph Milner, Bl., July 7 . . 294Raphael the Archangel,Sept. 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . 438

Raymond of Peñafort,Jan. 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Regina, Sept. 7 . . . . . . . . 400Richard, Apr. 3 . . . . . . . . . 144Richard of Lucca, Feb. 7 . 69Rita of Cascia, May 22 . . . 217Robert Bellarmine, Sept. 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . 418

Robert of Molesmes,Apr. 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Robert of Newminster, June 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

Roderick, Mar. 13 . . . . . . . 110Rogatian, May 24 . . . . . . . 220Roger Dickenson, Bl.,July 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294

Romanus, Feb. 28 . . . . . . 92Romanus, Aug. 9 . . . . . . . 354Romaric, Dec. 8 . . . . . . . . 546Romuald, June 19 . . . . . . 258Rosalia, Sept. 4 . . . . . . . . 396Rosary, Our Lady of the,Oct. 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455

Rose of Lima, Aug. 23 . . . 376Rose PhilippineDuchesne, Nov. 18 . . . 520

Rupert of Salzburg, Mar. 27 135Rusticus, Oct. 26 . . . . . . . 487

Samson of Dol, July 28 . . 334Saturninus, Nov. 29 . . . . . 533Saturninus and Compan-ions, Feb. 12 . . . . . . . . 74

Scholastica, Feb. 10 . . . . 72Sebastian, Jan. 20 . . . . . . 40Sebastian of Aparicio, Bl.,Feb. 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

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Seven Founders of theOrder of Servites,Feb. 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Sharbel Makhlouf, July 24 325Sidonius, Nov. 15 . . . . . . . 516Silverius, Dec. 2 . . . . . . . . 537Simon, Oct. 28 . . . . . . . . . 490Siricius, Nov. 26 . . . . . . . . 530Sixtus II and Companions,Aug. 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348

Solange, May 10 . . . . . . . 199Solemnity of Mary, Motherof God, Jan. 1 . . . . . . . 15

Solomon, Mar. 13 . . . . . . . 110Sorrows, Our Lady of,Sept. 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . 415

Stanislaus, Apr. 11 . . . . . . 156Stephen, Aug. 16 . . . . . . . 366Stephen, Dec. 26 . . . . . . . 568Stephen Harding, Mar. 28 136Sylvester I, Dec. 31 . . . . . 573Sylvia, Nov. 3 . . . . . . . . . . 500Symmachus, July 19 . . . . 317

Tarasius, Feb. 18 . . . . . . . 81Theophanes the Chroni-cler, Mar. 12 . . . . . . . . . 109

Teresa of Avila, Oct. 15 . . 468Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, Aug. 9 . . . . . . . . 352

Thérèse of the Child Jesus,Oct. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443

Thomas the Apostle,July 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

Thomas Aquinas, Jan. 28 53Thomas Becket, Dec. 29 . 571Thomas More, June 22 . . 264

Thomas of Villanova,Sept. 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402

Tiburtius, Apr. 14 . . . . . . . 162Timothy, Jan. 26 . . . . . . . 50Titus, Jan. 26 . . . . . . . . . . 50Transfiguration, Aug. 6 . . . 347Toribio de Mogrovejo,Mar. 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Ulric, July 4 . . . . . . . . . . . 288Urban V, Bl., Dec. 19 . . . . 559

Valentine, Feb. 14 . . . . . . 77Valerian, Apr. 14 . . . . . . . 162Veronica, Feb. 4 . . . . . . . . 65Veronica Giuliani, July 9 . 298Viator, Oct. 21 . . . . . . . . . 481Vincent de Paul,Sept. 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . 434

Vincent Ferrer, Apr. 5 . . . . 148Vincent Pallotti, Jan. 22 . . 45Vincent of Saragossa,Jan. 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Visitation of the BlessedVirgin Mary, May 31 . . . 233

Volusian, Jan. 18 . . . . . . . 38

Wenceslaus, Sept. 28 . . . 437William, Jan. 10 . . . . . . . . 29Willibrord, Nov. 7 . . . . . . . 505Wolfgang, Oct. 31 . . . . . . 494Wulfran, Mar. 20 . . . . . . . 123Wulstan, Jan. 20 . . . . . . . 41

Yves, May 19 . . . . . . . . . . 212

Zita, Apr. 27 . . . . . . . . . . . 179

ST. ELIZABETH ANN SETON, ReligiousJanuary 4

ELIZABETH SETON was born in 1774, ofa wealthy and distinguished Episcopalian

family, parishioners at Trinity Church in NewYork, and was a faithful, fervent adherent of theEpiscopal Church until her conversion to Catholi-cism.In 1794, Elizabeth married William Seton, and

they reared five children in the midst of sufferingand sickness. Elizabeth and her sick husbandtraveled to Leghorn, Italy, and there Williamdied. While in Italy, Elizabeth became ac-

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quainted with Catholicism and in 1805 she madeher Profession of Faith in the Catholic Church.Elizabeth established her first Catholic school

in Baltimore in 1808; in 1809 she established areligious community in Emmitsburg, Maryland.Mother Seton saw her small community of

teaching sisters grow and expand from Emmits-burg (1809) to New York (1814), Cincinnati (1829),Halifax (1849), New Jersey (1859), Greensburg(1870), and St. Louis (1909). She died on January 4,1821. She was beatified in 1963 and canonized onSeptember 14, 1975 by Pope Paul VI.PRAYER Lord God, You blessed St. ElizabethSeton with gifts of grace as wife and mother, ed-ucator and foundress, so that she might dedicateher life to the service of Your people. Throughher example and prayers may we learn to ex-press our love for You in love for others. Amen.

ST. JOHN NEUMANN, BishopJanuary 5

JOHN NEUMANN was born in Bohemia onMarch 28, 1811. Since he had a great desire todedicate himself to the American missions, hecame to the United States as a cleric and was or-dained in New York in 1836 by Bishop Dubois.On January 16, 1842, John made his profession

as a Redemptorist, the first to do so in America.He labored in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Maryland.In 1852, he was consecrated Bishop of Philadel-

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phia. There he worked hard for the establishmentof parish schools and for the erection of manyparishes, especially national parishes for the nu-merous immigrants. He was also the first Bishopof the United States to prescribe the Forty HoursDevotion in his diocese.Bishop Neumann died on January 5, 1860, and

was canonized on June 19, 1977 by Pope Paul VI.

PRAYER Almighty God, you called St. JohnNeumann to a life of service, zeal, and compas-sion in guiding Your people in the new world. Byhis prayers enable us to build up the communityof the Church through our dedication to theChristian education of youth and through ourwitness of brotherly love. Amen.

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ST. JOSEPH, Husband of MaryMarch 19—Patron of the Universal Church

and a Happy Death

ST. JOSEPH, the pure spouse of the Blessed Vir-gin Mary and foster-father of our Blessed

Lord, was descended from the royal house ofDavid. He is the “just man” of the New Testament,the lowly village carpenter of Nazareth, whoamong all men of the world was the one chosen byGod to be the husband and protector of the VirginMother of Jesus Christ, God Incarnate. To hisfaithful, loving care was entrusted the childhoodand youth of the Redeemer of the world.

After the Mother of God, not one of the chil-dren of men was ever so gifted and adorned withnatural and supernatural virtues as was St.Joseph, her spouse. In purity of heart, in chastityof life, in humility, patience, fortitude, gentleness,and manliness of character, he reveals to us theperfect type and model of the true Christian.Poor and obscure in this world’s possessions

and honors, St. Joseph was rich in grace andmerit, and eminent before God in the nobility andbeauty of holiness. Because St. Joseph was therepresentative of the Eternal Father on earth, thedivinely appointed head of the Holy Family, whichwas the beginning of the great Family of God, theChurch of Christ, on December 8, 1870, Pope PiusIX, solemnly proclaimed the foster-father of Jesusas Patron of the Universal Church, and from thattime his feast has been celebrated on March 19 asone of high rank. In some places it is observed as aHolyday of Obligation.Devotion to St. Joseph, fervent in the East from

the early ages, has in later times spread and in-creased in such a marvelous way that in our daythe Catholics of all nations vie with one another inhonoring him. Besides the feast of March 19 thereis another feast, that of St. Joseph the Worker,Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary (May 1). Pro-mulgated in 1955, it replaced the older “Solemnityof St. Joseph” which had been celebrated since1847—first as the “Patronage of St. Joseph” on thethird Sunday after Easter and after 1913 as the

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“Solemnity of St. Joseph” on the Wednesday be-fore the third Sunday after Easter. John XXIII in-serted the name of St. Joseph in the Roman Canonor Eucharistic Prayer I.From his throne of glory in heaven, St. Joseph

watches over and protects the Church Militant,and no one who calls on him in need ever calls invain. He is the model of a perfect Christian lifeand the patron of a happy death. His patronageextends over the Mystical Body of Christ, overthe Christian family, the Christian school, andall individuals who in their need appeal to hischarity and powerful intercession, especially inthe hour of death; for he who, when dying, re-ceived the affectionate ministry of his foster-Son,Jesus, and his Virgin spouse, Mary, may well betrusted to obtain for us the mercy of God and thegrace of a peaceful and holy death.

PRAYER Almighty God, You entrusted to thefaithful care of Joseph the beginnings of the mys-teries of our salvation. Through his intercessionmay Your Church always be faithful in her ser-vice so that Your designs will be fulfilled. Amen.

ST. JOHN NEPOMUCENE, Priest and MartyrMarch 20*—Patron of Confessors

IN his early childhood, John Nepomucene was cured of a disease through the prayers of hisgood parents. In thanksgiving, they consecratedhim to the service of God.

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