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16 May - Luigi Orione was born in Pontecurone, in the Diocese of Tortone, on 23 June 1872. His parents were simple peasants, who had a certain influence on the village through their honesty and Christian fervour. During his childhood, Louis worked in the fields and attended school irregularly.
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15 May - Isidore the Laborer was born around 1070, near Madrid. Placed very young as a farm labourer, he worked for several masters. Faced with the arrival of the Saracens, he fled the Madrid region and continued his humble trade elsewhere.
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14 May - St. Matthias replaced Judas among the Twelve Apostles. Chosen by lot from among those who accompanied Jesus, beginning with John's baptism and until the day he was taken from us (Ascension) (Acts 1, 22), he received the Holy Spirit with the others on the day of Pentecost. Nothing is known of his apostolic activity.
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13 May - Marie-Dominique was born on 9 May 1837 in Mornese in Piedmont to a family of farmers. She could not receive much education because there was no school in her village. It was her father who taught her the rudiments of reading and arithmetic.
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12 May — Nérée and Achillée sare two martyrs put to death in a persecution of Christians in ancient Rome. They convince their mistress, Flavie Domitilla, who is about to marry, that virginity is preferable.
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11th May - Eustelle de Saintes or Estelle de Saintes. According to legend, her father was a Roman of high birth and legate of the city of Saintes. Her mother was descended from an ancient family of druids. She would be a contemporary of Saint Eutrope de Saintes, and would have lived, according to the legend, in the first century of our era.
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10 May - Sainte Solange was born in Saint Martin du Crot (today Sainte-Solange (Cher), in the locality of Villemont). She spent her days tending the sheep of her father, a shepherd, and praying.
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09 May - Pacôme de Tabennèse or Pacôme le Grand, born in Thebaid around the year 292, and died around 9 May 348, is generally considered to be the founder of Christian cenobitism, that is, of religious life lived in common.
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08 May - Désiré was born in March 512 in Sancy (Seine-et-Marne) into a family of the high aristocratic Frankish family. He is a high official of the kings Clotaire and Childebert, son of Clovis, with the title of chancellor or keeper of the royal seal.
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07 May - Flavia Domitilla or Flavie Domitille, sometimes simply called Domitille, is a member of the Flavian Roman imperial family, who died after 95, and is mentioned by historians of the first three centuries. Daughter of Domitilla the Younger, and therefore granddaughter of the Roman Emperor Vespasian and niece of the emperors Titus and Domitian, she married the Roman consul Titus Flavius Clemens.
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06 May - Dominic Savio, born 02 April 1842 in Riva di Chieri in the Kingdom of Sardinia. He came from a relatively poor family. His father, Charles Savio, is a blacksmith and his mother is a seamstress; they will have eight other children. Soon his parents taught Dominic to pray, to love God.
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05 May - Udith von Sangerhausen, born and married in Thuringia; died in Kulmsee (former East Prussia) on 12 May 1260. Became an early widow, she left her country and her relatives.
Diocese of Miarinarivo
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Read more ...Zatti, our brother
The short film "Zatti, our brother" (Argentina, 2020) focuses on one of the most difficult episodes of his life. We are in Viedma, in 1941: at the age of 60, Zatti is forced to leave the hospital he has attended for decades. His faith and strength are tested.
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