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Angela of Foligno (ca. 1248-1309) witness Angela sold all of her belongings, convinced that only extreme poverty would allow her to identify herself with the poor God who had revealed himsel...

Syncletica (4th cent.) nun Following in the footsteps of Jesus, gentle and humble in heart, Syncletica led her many disciples to the deep joy that is reached in Christian life when one loves...

Epiphany of the Lord The entire Church remembers on Epiphany that salvation is destined to reach all people, as was revealed by Jesus the Messiah

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George of Choziba (7th cent.) monk Matured through his experience of humiliation, George of Choziba eventually became capable of sustaining his brothers spiritually, with kindness and a steadfast...

John of Scetis (ca. 585-ca. 675) monk In the Egyptian desert, one of the best loved monks was John, an igumen of Scetis Lectionary

Gregory of Nyssa (ca. 335-395) Church father and pastor Today the Eastern churches and the Western monastic calendar commemorate the Church father Gregory of Nyssa Lectionary

Theodosius the Cenobiarch (ca. 423-529) monk A native of Garissos, Cappadocia, Theodosius moved to the Palestinian desert at a young age because he was drawn to monastic life.

Aelred of Rievaulx (1109-1167) monk Aelred was appreciated for his wisdom, his attention to each person's gifts, and his skill in making the community grow in unity

Ilarius of Poitiers (ca. 315-367) pastor Ilarius can be considered one of the creators of Western theological language, together with Tertullian and Novatian

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Seraphim of Sarov (1759-1833) monk In 1759 Prochor Moshnin, who became one of Russia's most beloved monks and was canonized as Seraphim of Sarov, was born in Kursk, Russia

Honoratus of Lérins (ca. 350-429/430) monk and pastor Today early martyrologies commemorate Honoratus, the founder of the monastery of Lérins and a bishop of Arles

Antony the Great (ca. 250-356) monk Antony accepted many disciples; eventually he set out for the "inner desert," heading towards the Red Sea in search of ever greater solitude Lectionary

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Fabian (d. 250), pastor, and Sebastian (d. ca. 287) martyrs Since antiquity the Western Church has commemorated two of its most famous and beloved martyrs on this day: Fabian, bish...

Agnes (3rd cent.) martyr In the second half of the third century, on 21 January of an unknown year, Agnes, barely thirteen years old, died as a martyr in Rome

Damiana (4th cent.) nun and martyr At the beginning of the fourth century, in the Egyptian province of Parallos north of the Nile delta, the monastic superior Damiana was decapitated along w...

Menno Simons (1496-1561) witness In 1535, in the German city of Münster near the Dutch border, a bloodbath put an end to a tragic attempt to establish the New Jerusalem by force Lectionary

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The Revelation of Jesus to Paul the Apostle Overwhelmed by the mercy of Christ crucified for love, Paul realized from the moment of his conversion that his one mission was to announce the Gospel to al...

Timothy and Titus apostles The day after the conversion of St. Paul, the Western churches commemorate Timothy and Titus, bishops of the early Church and Paul's collaborators in the mission to the...

Nino (ca. 276-ca. 340) witness Today the Georgian Church commemorates Nino, an early evangelizer of the Republic of Georgia

Ephrem of Nisibis (ca. 306-373) deacon and hymnographer Ephrem, a deacon of the church of Nisibis and one of the best-loved hymnographers in the churches of Syriac tradition, died on J...

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Gandhi (1869-1948) righteous among the nations In 1948 Mahatma Gandhi, a prophet of nonviolence and universal love, was on his way to daily evening prayer when he was killed by three pistol ...

Marcella (ca. 330-411) nun Marcella, a Roman noblewoman who is remembered as the founder of women's monastic life in the city of Rome, died at the beginning of the year 411

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