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Saint of the Day (26 August) ✠ St. Alexander of Bergamo ✠ Alexander may simply have been a Roman soldier or resident of Bergamo who was tortured and killed for not renouncing his Christian faith. Details of his life are uncertain, but subsequent Christian legends consider him a centurion of the Theban Legion commanded by Saint Maurice. He was a survivor of the decimation, that is, the killing of every tenth man. He escaped to Milan. At Milan, he was recognized and imprisoned, and it was demanded that he renounce his Christian faith. However, he was visited in jail by Saint Fidelis and Bishop Saint Maternus. Fidelis managed to organize Alexander's escape. Alexander fled to Como but was captured again. Brought back to Milan, he was once more condemned to death by decapitation, but during the execution the executioner's arms went stiff. He was imprisoned again, but Alexander once again managed to escape, and ended up in Bergamo after passing through Fara Gera d...

Saint of the Day (August  26) ✠  Saint Teresa Jornet Ibars ✠ Born : 9 January 1843 Aytona, Lleida, Catalonia, Kingdom of Spain Died : 26 August 1897 (aged 54) Liria, Valencia, Kingdom of Spain Canonized: 27 January 1974, Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope Paul VI Venerated in : Catholic Church Beatified : 27 April 1958, Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City by Pope Pius XII Canonized: 27 January 1974, Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope Paul VI Feast : 26 August Attributes : Religious habit Patronage: • Little Sisters of the Abandoned Elderly • People rejected by religious orders • Elderly people Her beatification was celebrated under Pope Pius XII on 27 April 1958 in Saint Peter's Basilica while Pope Paul VI later canonized her as a saint in 1974. Teresa Jornet Ibars was born on 9 January 1843 ...