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Hope you enjoy reading about some Saints and Feasts Days we have selected to share with you for the week of: January 10 to January 16, 2010.
10 ST. WILLIAM OF BOURGES
William de Don Jeon was born at Nevers France. He was named Archbishop of Bourges in 1200. He was in great demand as a confessor, aided the poor of his See, defended ecclesiastical rights against seculars, even the king, and converted many Albigensians during his missions to them. He died at Bourges on January 10, and was canonized in 1218 by Pope Honorius III.
11 ST. PAULINUS
12 ST. BENEDICT BENNET
13 ST. HILARY
Hilary was born to pagan parents in Poitiers, France. His studies in the classics and philosophy led him to read Scripture. He became convinced there was only one God who’s Son became man, died and rose to save all people. He and his family were baptized a Christian. He became a pastor and bishop. The Emperor Constantius II exiled Hilary from Poitiers when he refused to condemn the faith, as he had strong faith convictions and defended it fearlessly. He continued to preach and write. His writings could be fierce in defending the faith, but dealing with heresy, he was very charitable.
14 ST. SAVA
Sava was the son of Stephen I, founder of the Nemanydes dynasty. Sava founded several monasteries and began the reformation and education of the country, where religion and education had fallen to a low estate. Through his efforts, he finished the uniting of his people that had been begun by his father, translated religious works into Serbian, and gave his people a native clergy and hierarchy. He made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, was later sent on a second visit there on an ecclesiastical mission, and died on the way back at Tirnovo, Bulgaria, on January 14. He is the patron of Serbia.
15 ST. ITA
Ita was reputedly of royal lineage. She was born at Decies, Waterford, Ireland. She moved to Killeedy, Limerick, and founded a community of women dedicated to God. She also founded a school for boys, and one of her pupils was St. Brendan. Many extravagant miracles were attributed to her (in one of them she is reputed to have reunited the head and body of a man who had been beheaded; in another she lived entirely on food from heaven), and she is widely venerated in Ireland. She is also known as Deirdre and Mida.
16 ST. MARCELLUS
St. Marcellus was elected Pope in 307, the last years of the persecution of the Church by Diocletian. He undertook the ecclesiastical reorganization of the Church and was most merciful to those who repented after having denied their Faith. When certain people known as the Lapsi refused to do penance for their apostasy and thus were not pardoned by St. Marcellus, the tyrant Emperor Maxentius sent St. Marcellus into exile, where he died in 309 as a result of privations.
Information gained from:
Saints and Feast Days, Loyola University Press, 1985
http://www.catholic.org/saints/