Saints & Heroes
July 29: Saint Martha, sister of Saint Lazarus, whom Our Lord resurrected, and of Saint Mary Magdalene.
July 30: Saint Peter Chrysologus, Priest and Bishop, shared the confidence of Pope Leo the Great and enjoyed the patronage of Empress Galla Placidia.
August 2: Saint Eusebius, Bishop of Vercelli, stood against the Arian heresy that denied the Divinity of Christ. He endured exile and imprisonment.
August 3: It has been said that Saint Waltheof strove so greatly for perfection, that his confessors often found him irksome.
August 7: In 1524, Saint Cajetan was part of a group of holy men who strived to reform the Church, which was in moral chaos at that time.
August 10: St. Lawrence, deacon of the Roman Church, was martyred during the persecution of Emperor Valerian in 258.
August 11: Saint Clare performed numerous miracles during her life, and her confidence in Our Lord was total and absolute.
August 13: Pontian, who previously reigned as Pope, and Hippolytus, a former schismatic who renounced his error during persecution, were martyred together in the prison mines of Sardinia.
August 16: Saint Stephen, a pagan prince who converted to the True Faith, is the first king and founder of the Christian Kingdom of Hungary.
August 17: During Saint Beatriz's imprisonment, Our Lady, attired in the blue and white habit of the Conceptionist Order, appeared to Beatriz and instructed her to found an order in Her honor.
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