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Saint of the day  (August 25)  ✠ Patricia of Naples ✠  Born : seventh century Constantinople  Died: AD Naples  Feast day: August 25  Patronage : Naples (co-patron)  Venerated in : Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church St. Patricia according to legend, was of a noble and perhaps royal family in Constantinople who fled to Italy to escape marriage and became a virgin consecrated to God in Rome. She returned to constantinople, distributed her wealth to the poor, and then went back to Italy;, where she died soon after, at Naples. She is a patron of Naples, and like St. Januarius there, a vial believed to be filled with her blood reportedly liquefies thirteen hundred years after her death. Feast Aug. 25  Patricia of Naples (or Patricia of Constantinople) (Italian: Santa Patrizia) (died ca. 665 AD) is an Italian virgin and saint. Tradition states that she was noble; she may have been related to the Roman Emperor. Some sources say that...

Saint of the day  (25 August)  ✠ Saint Genesius of Rome ✠  Born: 3rd century Ethiopia  Died: 303 AD, Rome, Italy  Venerated in: Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church  Major shrine: Church of Santa Susanna, Rome, Italy  Feast: August 25  Patron Saint of actors, clowns, comedians,  converts, dancers, musicians, stenographers, printers, lawyers, epileptics, thieves, torture victims  Prayer: The Story of Saint Genesius of Rome Creation and Redemption are part of a grand masterpiece of love initiated by God, the Divine Artist. He created the world out of love, in love and for love. All who dwell upon it can become a manifestation of His Beauty - by responding to His invitations of grace. There is an integral connection between beauty and the Christian vocation to manifest the presence of the living God in this world. Beauty is a path to encountering the God who is its source and summit. To be fully Christian is to be f...

Saint of the Day (August  25) ✠  St. Joseph Calasanz ✠ Founder of the Piarist Order Religious Priest Born: September 11, 1557,  Peralta de Calasanz, Spain Died: August 25, 1648,  Rome, Italy Feast: August 25; August 27; (Pre-1969 General Roman Calendar) Canonized: 16 July 1767, Rome, Papal States by Pope Clement XIII Major shrine: San Pantaleo, Rome Parents: María Gastón y de Sala, Pedro de Calasanz y de Mur Siblings: Pedro Calasanz Major shrineSan Pantaleo, RomeFeast • August 25 • August 27 (Pre-1969 General Roman Calendar) AttributesCassock, biretta, and ferraioloPatronageChristian schools Calasanz was born at the Castle of Calasanz near Peralta De La Sal in the Kingdom of Aragon, on September 11, 1556, the youngest of the eight children, and second son, of Pedro de Calasanz y de Mur, an infanzón (minor noble...

Saint of the Day (August  25) ✠  St Louis IX, King of France ✠ Born: April 25, 1214, Poissy Died: August 25, 1270, Tunis, Tunisia Children: Philip III of France, Robert, Count of Clermont, John Tristan, Count of Valois, Peter I, Count of Alençon, more Grandchildren: Philip IV of France, Louis I, Duke of Bourbon, Charles, Count of Valois, more Organization founded: Toulouse 1 University Capitole Aunt: Berengaria of Castile Spouse: Margaret of Provence (m. 1234)​ Issue among others... • Isabella, Queen of Navarre • Louis • Philip III, King of France • John Tristan, Count of Valois • Peter I, Count of Alençon • Blanche, Infanta of Castile • Margaret, Duchess of Brabant • Robert, Count of Clermont • Agnes, Duchess of Burgundy • House: Capet Father: Louis VIII, King of France Mother: Blanche of Castile Religion: Roman Catholicism As an adul...