Saint of the Day

Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini

St. Frances Xavier Cabrini was born in Sant' Angelo Lodigiano, Lombardy, Italy, on July 15, 1850, as Maria Francesca Cabrini. She was the youngest of thirteen children and was born two months early...

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Saint Martin de Porres

St. Martin de Porres was born in Lima, Peru in 1579 as the son of Spaniard Juan de Porres, and a freed colored-woman from Panama, Ana Velasquez. Being of mixed race, Martin was of a lower social ca...

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Saint Wolfgang, Bishop
Saint Alonso Rodriguez
Saint Abraham Kidunaia

Pope Saint John Paul II

Karol Józef Wojtyla, who has been referred to as John Paul II since he was elected Pope in October 1978, was born on May 18, 1920, in the Polish town of Wadowice, a tiny settlement 50 km from Krako...

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