The Basics: Birthdate in Spain unknown; died about 304 in Spain; canonized pre-congregation; feast day, December 9. Martyr. The Story: Leocadia, a member of the Spanish nobility, had already been tortured as part of the Diocletian persecution because she refused to renounce Christianity. While imprisoned, she heard of additional torture suffered by other Catholics in the… Continue reading Wednesday’s Woman: St. Leocadia
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“I Am the Immaculate Conception”
Note: On Tuesdays and some Sundays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. It was a December 8, 1854, a Friday, to be exact, when Pius IX set forth as dogma that Mary “at the first instant of her conception, by… Continue reading “I Am the Immaculate Conception”
Wednesday’s Woman: St. Catherine Laboure
The Basics: Born May 2, 1806, in France; died December 31, 1876, in France; canonized July 27, 1947, by Pope Pius XII; feast day, November 28. Woman religious; visionary. The Story: She was nobody special. Catherine would have told you that, just a girl in a large family who lost her mother when she was nine… Continue reading Wednesday’s Woman: St. Catherine Laboure
Wednesday’s Woman: St. Elizabeth of Hungary
The Basics: Born July 7, 1207, in Slovakia; died November 17, 1231, in Germany; canonized May 27, 1235, by Pope Gregory IX; feast day, November 17. Wife, mother, princess, Franciscan tertiary. The Story: Elizabeth could have been bitter. After all, the Hungarian princess was taken away from her family as a young child to be raised… Continue reading Wednesday’s Woman: St. Elizabeth of Hungary