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March 13: At age seven, feeling drawn to religious life, Saint Euphrasia begged to be allowed to join the religious. At age 30 she was favored with the gift of miracles before her death.

March 14: As a young boy, Lubin had an aptitude for learning and applied to a monastery where he was employed in menial tasks. He eventually became a monk, and later a priest and bishop.

March 15: Saint Louise de Marillac was the foundress of the Daughters of Charity. By the time of her death, her order had built more than 40 houses all over France.

March 17: At the age of sixteen Patrick was abducted and sold into slavery in Ireland. During his bondage, the young Patrick developed a deep prayer life.

March 18: Saint Cyril was bishop of Jerusalem. Sixteen of the thirty-five years of his episcopate were spent in exile, suffering for the Catholic Faith against heretics.

March 19: Saint Joseph was chosen by God as the husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and the protector of her honor, and guardian of Our Lord Himself.

March 20: One night, while working as a shepherd, Saint Cuthbert had a marvelous vision of angels carrying the soul of Saint Aidan to heaven.

March 21: Saint Enda, the father of Irish Monasticism, was once a nobleman who gave up his position to serve God as a monk.

March 22: In an age of sin, Nicholas led a singularly innocent life, untainted by the allurements of the world. His confessor affirms that he preserved his baptismal innocence unto death.