Feb. 12 Thursday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time, Weekday
The Roman Martyrology, commemorates St. Eulalia (290-304), the most celebrated virgin martyr of Spain. She was a native of Merida, thirteen years of age, and was burnt at the stake […]
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Feb. 11 Wednesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of Our Lady of Lourdes, Opt. Mem.
The Church celebrates the Optional Memorial of Our Lady of Lourdes today, marking the first apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary in 1858 to fourteen-year-old Marie Bernade (St. Bernadette) Soubirous. […]
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Feb. 10 Memorial of St. Scholastica, Virgin, Memorial
Today is the Memorial of St. Scholastica (480-547). She was the twin sister of St. Benedict, the Patriarch of Western monasticism. She was born in Umbria, Italy, about 480. Under […]
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Feb. 9 Monday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time, Weekday
Today the Roman Martyrology commemorates St. Teilo, Bishop of Llandaff, Wales (d. 6th century), is celebrated as a feast in Wales. Teilo was the son of Ensic and Guenhaff. He […]
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Feb. 8 Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time , Sunday
From the Gospel for the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A: You are the light of the world. A city set on a mountain cannot be hidden. Nor do […]
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Feb. 7 Saturday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time, Weekday
The Roman Martyrology commemorates Blessed Pius IX (1792-1878), who reigned as pope from 1846-1878. He was the last pope to hold temporal power for the Papal States, before they were […]
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Feb. 6 Memorial of St. Paul Miki and Companions, Martyrs, Memorial
Today is the Memorial of St. Paul Miki, a Japanese Jesuit, and his twenty-five companions (d. 1597), who were martyred in Nagasaki, Japan. They were the first martyrs of East […]
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Feb. 5 Memorial of St. Agatha, Virgin and Martyr, Memorial
The Church celebrates the Memorial of St. Agatha (d. 250), who died in defense of her purity, in Catania, Sicily. After Quintanus, the governor of Sicily, tried in vain to […]
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Feb. 4 Wednesday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time, Weekday
The Roman Martyrology commemorates St. Jane (or Joan) de Valois (1464-1505), Queen of France, foundress of the Order of the Most Holy Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, renowned for […]
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Feb. 3 Tuesday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Blaise, Bishop and Martyr; St. Ansgar, Bishop , Opt. Mem.
The Universal Calendar offers two saints, Blaise and Ansgar, for separate celebration as Optional Memorial. St. Blaise (or Blase) (d. 320) enjoyed widespread veneration in the Eastern and Western Churches […]