Saint of the Day Desk

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 Peter Claver, patron of slaves

St. Peter Claver was born at Verdu, Catalonia, Spain, in 1580 to poor parents. He studied at the Jesuit college of Barcelona. While studying philosophy at Majorca, the young religious was influence...

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Saint Magnus of Fussen

Saint Raymond Nonnatus, Patron of Mercedarian novices; Saint of the Day, August 31

The traditional dates for the life of St. Raymond Nonnatus present him to us as a man of the 13th century. Born in Portell, when his mother had already died, he came into the world by the dagger o...

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