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Artistic interpretation of St. Charles de Foucauld

Martyr · December 1

St. Charles de Foucauld

Charles de Foucauld, born as Charles Eugène, vicomte de Foucauld de Pontbriand , in religion Charles of Jesus, was a French monk, Catholic priest and hermit who lived among the Tuareg people in the Sahara in Algeria.

France

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Artistic interpretation of St. John of the Cross

Doctor of the Church · December 14

St. John of the Cross

St. John of the Cross was a Spanish Catholic priest, mystic, and Carmelite friar. He is a major figure of the Counter-Reformation in Spain, and he is one of the 38 Doctors of the Church.

Spain

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Artistic interpretation of St. Vincent Pallotti

Priest / Deacon · January 22

St. Vincent Pallotti

Vincent Pallotti, SAC was an Italian Catholic cleric and the founder of the Society of the Catholic Apostolate, later known as the Pious Society of Missions .

Italy

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Artistic interpretation of St. Laura Montoya

Monastic / Hermit · October 21

St. Laura Montoya

Laura Montoya, in full María Laura de Jesús Montoya Upegui , religious name Laura of Saint Catherine of Siena, was a Colombian Roman Catholic religious sister and the founder of the Congregation of the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Virgin Mary and…

Colombia

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Artistic interpretation of St. Bartolomea Capitanio

Monastic / Hermit · July 26; May 18

St. Bartolomea Capitanio

Bartolomea Capitanio was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious and the co-foundress of the Sisters of Charity of Lovere that she established with Vincenza Gerosa.

Italy

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