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Martyr mentioned in the doubtful Acts of Sts. Processus and Martinianus. Other martyrs named Lucina were also recorded, including one who ministered to martyrs and died about 250, and another connected to St. Sebastian's martyrdom.

St. Salome and St. Judith, Anchorites - Feast day is June 29th (An anchorite is a woman who lives in seclusion for religious purposes) According to legend, St. Salome was an Anglo-Saxon princess in the ninth century. While on a trip home from a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, she was temporarily ...

The holy men and women are also called the "Protomartyrs of Rome." They were accused of burning Rome by Nero , who burned Rome to cover his own crimes. Some martyrs were burned as living torches at evening banquets, some crucified, others were fed to wild animals. These martyrs died before ...

Elias and four companions, Daniel, Isaias, Jeremy, and Samuel were Egyptians who visited Christians condemned to work in the mines of Cilicia during Maximus' persecution, to comfort them. Apprehended at the gates of Caesarea, Palestine, they were brought before the governor Firmilian, and ...

Peregrine Laziosi was born of a wealthy family at Forli, Italy, in 1260. As a youth he was active in politics as a member of the anti-papal party. During one uprising, which the Pope sent St. Philip Benizi to mediate, Philip was struck in the face by Peregrine. When Philip offered the other cheek, ...

The writings of St. Irenaeus entitle him to a high place among the fathers of the Church, for they not only laid the foundations of Christian theology but, by exposing and refuting the errors of the gnostics, they delivered the Catholic Faith from the real danger of the doctrines of those heretics. ...

“They went back to clean up and salvage what they could after the worst flooding in the history of the Roanoke Valley had left behind a path of destruction and

Editor: On behalf of the leadership and citizens of Luzerne County, I’d like to extend most hearty congratulations to all involved in the making of the film “Agnes.”

Hermit of Thessalonika, Greece. He remained in his small hermitage for seventy years, attracting many followers. In 1054, David's relics were translated to pavia, Italy.

Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer was born in Barbastro, Spain, on January 9, 1902, the second of six children of Jose and Dolores Escriva. Growing up in a devout family and attending Catholic schools, he learned the basic truths of the faith and practices such as frequent confession and communion, the ...