05 April - Vincent Ferrier is a priest of the Dominican Order, born on 23 January 1350 near Valencia (Crown of Aragon) and died on 5 April 1419 in Vannes (Brittany).
April 04 - Isidore of Seville, born between 560 and 570 in Cartagena and died on April 4, 636, was a seventh-century ecclesiastic, metropolitan bishop of Hispalis (Seville), one of the main cities of the Visigothic kingdom between 601 and 636
03 April - Born in England, Richar lived from 1197 to 1253. Although a member of the nobility and a very wealthy man, his family was ruined in no time and Richard's older brother had to write off his debts in prison shortly after their parents died. Richard did everything he could to save his brother.
02 April - François was born in 1416 in the small village of Paule, hence the name François de Paule in Calabria. He had an exemplary childhood because from an early age he was attracted to vigils and prayer.
1st April - Born in Châteauneuf-sur-Isère in 1053, Saint Hugues was first, at the age of 20, a priest in Valence and then appointed Bishop of Grenoble in 1080.
March 09 — Frances of Rome lived from 1384 to 1440 Coming from a good family, her whole life, since her childhood, expresses total union with God, already preparing her to consecrate herself to Christ.
08 March — Briefly, the story of John of God began when he left home at the age of only eight. Born in Portugal, his real name is João Cidade.
March 07 — Perpetua and Felicity are the martyrs of Roman Africa, whose account of their killing was the first to be preserved. Perpetua is a patrician while Felicity is a slave. They asked the bishop of Carthage to baptize them.
March 06 — Saint Colette was born in Corbie in 1381 and died on March 06, 1447, in Gand in Belgium. This period corresponds to the division of the Church better known as the "Great Western Schism" which took place between 1387 and 1417 due to the existence of three popes, one in Rome, another in Avignon and a last one in Pisa.
05 March — Jean-Joseph de la Croix was born in Ischia in 1654. At the age of 16, he chose the religious path by entering the Discaled Friars Minors. During 30 years, he travelled all over Italy to enforce the reforms brought by Peter of Alcàntara in the life of priests in Spain.
04 March— Casimir is born in 1458 in Cracovie. The second son of the king, he led Poland from 1479 until 1481 while his father stayed in Lithuania.
03 March — Guénolé lived in Fith century Only at the age of ten, he was brought by his parents to the abbey of Ile Lavret on the Côtes-d'Armor. His parents were none other than Saint Fragan and Saint Gwen.
At the end of its second General Assembly, held from 15 to 18 October 2024, the Episcopal Commission for Justice and Peace sent a message to government officials at all levels, as well as to all Malagasy and all people of goodwill.
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