St Veronica Giuliani (July 9) received well-attested imprints of the stigmata
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The girl who was murdered at the age of 11
Thursday, 30 June 2011
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St Maria Goretti (July 6) died while resisting a rape. Her murderer later repented and had a vision of the Virgin Mary
The 17th-century martyr whose corpse was found in the 1920s
Friday, 24 June 2011
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St John Southworth (June 28) was arrested five times before he was eventually hanged
The princess who forswore sleep in order to pass her nights in prayer
Monday, 20 June 2011
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St Etheldreda (June 23) helped establish religious life as an acceptable vocation for ex-queens and princesses in England
The early preacher to the Gentiles nicknamed ‘Jupiter’
Monday, 13 June 2011
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St Barnabas (June 11) was a crucial figure in the early history of Christianity, who preached to the Gentiles together with St Paul
The priest whose asceticism killed three disciples
Thursday, 9 June 2011
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St Norbert (June 6) grew up cocooned in privilege and luxury
The Maid of Orleans who tried to rescue France
Wednesday, 25 May 2011
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After being captured by the English, Joan of Arc suffered more from being denied the sacraments than from physical privations
The baker murdered by his apprentice
Thursday, 19 May 2011
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St William of Perth (May 23) had taken in an abandoned child and taught him the arts of bakery
The monk who softened St Augustine’s teaching on grace
Thursday, 12 May 2011
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St Vincent de Lérins (May 14) tried to find a middle way between Augustine and the Pelagians
The priest who saved boys from a life of crime and girls from prostitution
Friday, 6 May 2011
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St Agostino Roscelli (May 7) insisted he was merely a ‘poor priest’. John Paul II thought otherwise
The Holy Father says he is too ‘disorganised’ to reform the Roman Curia. But the corruption has to be driven out. What he needs is a Godly hit man
By William Oddie