Saint of the Day

Saint Aelred of Rievaulx

Aelred of Rievaulx was an English Cistercian monk, abbot of Rievaulx from 1147 until his death, and known as a writer. He was born in Hexham, Northumbria, in year 1110, one of the three sons of Eil...

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Saint Raymond of Penyafort; patron saint of canon lawyers

Raymond of Penyafort was a Catalan Dominican friar in the 13th century, who compiled the Decretals of Gregory IX, a collection of canonical laws that remained a major part of Church law until the 1...

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Saint Sylvester I, Pope
Feast of the Holy Family

Saint Thomas Becket, Bishop and Martyr; Patron of Roman Catholic Diocesan Clergy

Saint Thomas Becket was an English nobleman who served as Lord Chancellor from 1155 to 1162, and then notably as Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 until his murder in 1170. He is venerated as a sa...

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