St. Ava Ava was the daughter of King Pepin. She was cured of blindness by St. Rainfredis, became a Benedictine…
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St. Henry
St. Henry St. Henry, son of Henry, Duke of Bavaria, and of Gisella, daughter of Conrad, King of Burgundy, was…
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St. Catherine Laboure
St. Catherine Laboure St. Catherine Labouré was born in France on May 2, 1806 as the ninth of 11 children…
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St. Bernard of Clairvaux
St. Bernard of Clairvaux St. Bernard, Abbot and Doctor of the Church St. Bernard was born of noble parentage in…
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Sts. Joachim and Anne
Sts. Joachim and Anne St. Joachim (sometimes spelled “Joaquin,” pronounced “wal-keem”) and Anne, are the parents of the Virgin Mary.…
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St. Bridget of Sweden
St. Bridget of Sweden St. Birgitta was the daughter of Uppland’s Lagman, Birger Petersson and his wife, Ingeborg, who was…
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St. Roch
St. Roch Untrustworthy sources say he was probably born at Montpellier, France, son of the governor there. He was orphaned…
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St. Emma
St. Emma St. Emma, also known as Emma of Lesum, or Emma of Stiepel, lived in the city that is…
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St. Gertrude the Great
St. Gertrude the Great St. Gertrude the Great, or St. Gertrude of Helfta, was born on January 6, 1256 in…
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St. Damien of Molokai
St. Damien of Molokai The man who would become St. Damien of Molokai, was born in rural Belgium, on January…
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