Optional Memorial of St. Bede the Venerable, 673-735; became a monk at the abbey of Saints Peter and Paul in Wearmouth-Jarrow, England, and was ordained at the age of 30; spent most of his life in the monastery studying scripture, teaching, and writing; considered one of the most learned men of his time
Saint of the Day: St. David I of Scotland, 1080-1153; son of St. Margaret of Scotland; known for his religious devotion and generosity to the poor; endowed the founding of several dioceses and many monasteries
Saint of the Day: St. Crispin of Viterbo, 1668-1750; studied at the Jesuit college and became a shoemaker; joined the Franciscan Capuchins and served as gardener and cook; effected many miraculous cures during an epidemic; also known for his prophecies and spiritual wisdom
Optional Memorial of St. Christopher Magallanes and companions, martyrs; lived under a very anti-Catholic government in Mexico in the early 20th Century; Christopher and other priests were forced to minister secretly to Catholics; martyred over a period of 22 years time, in eight Mexican states
Saint of the Day: St. Theophilus of Corte, 1676-1740; founded Franciscan houses in Corsica and Tuscany; famous for his preaching and missionary efforts; served God's people in the confession, in the sickroom, and at the graveside
Optional Memorial of Pope St. John I, 470-526; "inherited" the Arian heresy, which denied the divinity of Christ; sent by the western emperor to seek less severed treatment of Arians by the eastern emperor; imprisoned by the western emperor over suspicion of a conspiracy; died in prison from the treatment he received
Saint of the Day: St. Paschal Baylon, 1540-1592; became a Franciscan lay brother in 1564, and spent most of his life as a humble doorkeeper; had a deep love for the Blessed Sacrament; defended the doctrine of the Real Presence against a Calvinist preacher in France
Saint of the Day: St. Simon Stock; brought Carmelites from the Holy Land to Europe, and founded Carmelite communities in such cities as Cambridge, Oxford, Paris, and Bologna; elected Superior-General of the order in 1254; received an apparition of the Blessed Virgin in 1251, in which she gave him the brown scapular
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