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Saint Cornelius the Pope and Saint Cyprian of Carthage

Saint Cornelius was elected Pope in 251 during the persecutions of the emperor Decius. His first challenge, besides the ever-present threat of the Roman authorities, was to bring an end to the schi...

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Saint Jean-Gabriel Perboyre, the first Saint of China

Jean Gabriel Perboyre was born in Montgesty, near Cahors, in southern France, on 6 January 1802 into a family which gave three missionaries of St. Vincent and two Daughters of Charity to the Church...

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Saint Magnus of Fussen