Saint of the Day

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

Saint Solomon Le Clerq the martyr; Saint of the day September 2

Solomon Le Clerq was the son of a wealthy French wine merchant. He was born on 14 November 1745 in Boulogne-ser-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, France as Nicholas. Though his father wanted him to purs...

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