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The priest whose preaching turned Piacenza upside down
St Andrew Avellino (November 10) adopted an ecclesiastical tonsure as a young man to escape the temptations from women
The brother who 'watched the door' for 46 years
St Alphonsus Rodriguez (October 30) began his life in prosperity - but then his world fell to pieces
St Cuthbert of Canterbury, reformer of the English Church
In the eighth century St Cuthbert (October 26) held a synod to improve the moral condition of the English Church
St Paulinus, the 'awe-inspiring' priest who helped convert an English king
St Paulinus of York (October 10) was sent to England by Pope Gregory in 1601
The French ecclesiastic who met a barbaric end
St Leger (October 2) was fatally drawn into the power struggles of Merovingian France
'We have heard that the English wish to be converted'
St Homorius (September 30), the fifth Archbishop of Canterbury, was a key figure in the establishment of Christianity in England
The saint who only slept three hours a night
The Virgin Mary appeared in a dream and said just one word to Alphonsus de Orozco (1500-1591): “Write”
St Omer, September 9, patron of the blind
A town named after St Omer, in the Pas-de-Calais, played a crucial role in educating English Catholics
The Lancashire priest executed for his zeal
St Edmund Arrowsmith (August 28) was hanged, drawn and quartered and his head set upon a pike
The English martyr hanged at the age of 80
St John Kemble (August 22), a much-loved Catholic priest whose execution was horribly botched
The king who stamped out paganism in Hungary
St Stephen of Hungary (August 16) was humble, and worked for the poor - yet did not always turn the other cheek
St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (August 9)
Edith Stein, Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, was killed in Auschwitz
Daily readings: August 8 - August 14
Scripture readings for the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms
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