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Saint of the Day  (November 15)  ✠ St. Albertus Magnus ✠  Dominican Friar, Bishop, and Doctor of the Church:  Born: Before 1200 AD Lauingen, Duchy of Bavaria  Died: November 15, 1280 (Aged over 80) Cologne, Holy Roman Empire  Venerated in: Roman Catholic Church  Beatified: 1622 AD Pope Gregory XV  Canonized: 1931 AD Pope Pius XI  Major shrine: St. Andrew's Church, Cologne, Germany  Feast: November 15  Patronage: Medical Technologists/ Technicians; Natural Sciences; Philosophers; Scientists; Students; City of Cincinnati (Ohio)  Albertus Magnus, also known as Saint Albert the Great and Albert of Cologne, was a German Catholic Dominican friar and bishop. Later canonized as a Catholic saint, he was known during his lifetime as Doctor Universalis and Doctor experts and, late in his life, the sobriquet Magnus was appended to his name. Scholars such as James A. Weisheipl and Joachim R. Söder have referred to him as the gre...

Saint of the Day (November 15) ✠ St. Leopold III, Margrave of Austria ✠ Born: September 29, 1073, Gars am Kamp, Austria Died: November 15, 1136, Klosterneuburg Monastery, Klosterneuburg, Austria Full name: Leopold III Children: Henry II, Duke of Austria, Leopold, Duke of Bavaria, Otto of Freising, Agnes of Babenberg, more Grandchildren: Leopold V, Duke of Austria, William Longsword of Montferrat, Conrad of Montferrat, more Parents: Leopold II, Margrave of Austria, Ida of Formbach-Ratelnberg Spouse: Agnes of Waiblingen (m. 1106–1136) Venerated in: Roman Catholic Church Canonized : 6 January 1485 by Pope Innocent VIII Feast : 15 November Attributes : Model of church Patronage : Austria Lower Austria Upper Austria Vienna Death of children Large families Step-parents Leopold was born at Babenberg castle in Gars am Kamp, the son of Margrave...