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Category: Saint of the Day
Memorial of St. Polycarp
by Catholic Lane Administrator
ST. POLYCARP, Bishop of Smyrna, was a disciple of St. John. He wrote to the Philippians, exhorting them to mutual love and to hatred of heresy. When the apostate Marcion met St. Polycarp at Rome, he asked the aged Saint if he knew him. “Yes,” St. Polycarp answered, “I know you for the first-born of […]
Memorial of St. Peter Damian
by Catholic Lane Administrator
ST. PETER DAMIAN was born in 988, and lost both parents at an early age. His eldest brother, in whose hands he was left, treated him so cruelly that a younger brother, a priest, moved by his piteous state, sent him to the University of Parma, where he acquired great distinction. His studies were sanctified […]
Memorial for Bl. Pope John-Paul II
by Catholic Lane Editor
In November 2011, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops approved placing a memorial for Bl. John Paul II on the calendar for Oct. 22, the anniversary of his election as Pope in 1978. He was beatified by Pope Benedict XVI on May 1, 2011 in front of St. Peter’s Basilica.
