march 20 — Wulfran is the son of an officer in the army of Clovis II. When his father died, he distributed all his possessions and left his lands to the monks of Fontenelles...
March 19 — The Joseph being celebrated today is the foster father of Jesus. He is rarely mentioned in the Bible, it is the Gospels according to Luke and Matthew that mention him when talking about Jesus. The Gospel of Mark does not name him Joseph but "the carpenter".
March 18 — He was born in Jerusalem in 315, Cyril was ordained bishop and then placed by Acacius, Archbishop of Caesarea, in the place of Maximus in 350 A.D. But following the condemnation of Arianism by the Council of Nicaea, the relationship between Cyril and Acacius deteriorated very quickly.
March 17 — The Patrice, or Patrick in English, whose feast day is 17 March, is the one called the Apostle of Ireland. He was born in Boulogne-sur-Mer in 373 and tradition considers him to be the nephew of Saint Martin of Tours.
March 16 — Benedict is a Clarean nun, that is to say, a disciple of St. Clare of Assisi. She joined the convent of San Damiano of Assisi in 1214.
March 15 — Louise de Marillac was born on August 12, 1591, in Paris. From an old Auvergne family but only ennobled in 1569 in the person of her grandfather Guillaume de Marillac. The Dominican Sisters gave the young Louise the education usually given to young noble girls: to know God, to read, to write, to paint.
March 14 — Saint Mathilde of Ringelheim, born around 896 and died on March 14, 968 in Quedlinburg, was the wife of Henri l'Oiseleur, the future king of East Francia (Germania). She is the mother of Otto I, founder of the Holy Roman Empire.
March 13 — Rodriguez is a Spanish priest, born in Cabra near Cordoba in Spain. He was ordained in secret since Spain was at that time invaded by the Saracens.
March 12 — It is not surprising that Gregory's name comes up several times in the calendar because there have been several saints with the same first name, but the one we will talk about today is Gregory I, Pope or Gregory the Great.
March 11 — St Rosine is a hermit martyr in the 1st century. Since the 14th century she is venerated in Swabia and is the patron saint of the city of Wendlingen in Germany.
10 March — Sainte Anastasie is a hermit of Egypt. Virgin of great beauty, the emperor Justinian lusted her to be his wife.
02 March — Charles le Bon was the son of knut, the king of Denmark in the 11th century. In 1119, he became Count of Flanders on his return from the First Crusade.
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, You who have come in such large numbers to take part in this national pilgrimage, as well as all of you who are following it from home through the media. We, the bishops of Madagascar, would like to express our deep gratitude to you for having responded to our invitation and for having brought this jubilee initiated by Pope Francis to life spiritually. With you, we take up Mary's song: ‘My soul exalts the Lord’ and we repeat with her: ‘What shall I repay the Lord for all the good he has done me?’....
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