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Saint Louis IX of France

At his coronation as king of France, Louis IX bound himself by oath to behave as God’s anointed, as the father of his people and feudal lord of the King of Peace. Other kings had done the same, of ...

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Saint Bernard de Clairvaux

St. Bernard of Clairvaux, who is revered as a Doctor of the Church for his numerous attempts to prevent a schism in the Church in 1130 and for his writings and sermons that had a significant impact...

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Saint John Eudes
Saint Helena
Saint Joan of the Cross
Saint Hippolytus
Saint Clare of Assisi

Saint Lawrence

The esteem in which the Church holds Lawrence is seen in the fact that today’s celebration ranks as a feast. We know very little about his life. He is one of those whose martyrdom made a deep and l...

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