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Saint Januarius of Naples

Januarius was born in Benevento to a rich patrician family. At a young age of 15, he became local priest of his parish in Benevento, which at the time was relatively pagan. When Januarius was 20, h...

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Exaltation of the Holy Cross

The feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross commemorates the discovery of the True Cross by Saint Helena, the mother of Emperor Constantine in 326 AD. During the excavation near t...

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Saint Magnus of Fussen

Saint Teresa of Calcutta – Mother of the destitute

Mother Teresa was born on August 26, 1910, in Skopje, Albania, as Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu. She was the youngest child born to Nikola and Drane Bojaxhiu. Her religious formation was assisted by the vi...

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