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June 19: One day, when Romuald was twenty, he saw his father kill another man in a duel. He fled to a monastery in disgust, and he stayed there for 3 years before deciding to travel, and spent the next 30 years building monasteries and hermitages in Italy.

June 20: Pope Saint Silverius was a Pope who defied the interference of secular, imperial authorities over the Catholic Church. He gave his life in year 537 and is now recognized as the patron saint of the island of Ponza, where he died.

June 23: Saint Thomas Garnet, Jesuit Priest who brought many souls back to the Faith, is included among the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.

June 24: “I tell you, among those born of woman no one is greater than John…” Jesus said.

June 1: Saint Íñigo of Oña brought unity and accord to communities and individuals who had long been at bitter variance, and he tamed men of violent passions.

June 8: Saint William of York was a Bishop who's ministry was perturbed by civil war and medieval English politics.

June 25: Saint William of Vercelli founded a very strict and austere rule for monasticism. If anyone tried to break this rule, storm clouds would appear in the sky.

June 9: It's been said that Ephrem prayed to Our Lord to “stop the flow of inspiration” because he could not work fast enough to pen all the poems and songs the Lord wanted him to write.

June 10: Saint Ithamar was the first Anglo-Saxon bishop in Britain. Many churches were named after him on account of his many miracles.