Results for all Notable Individuals 1 - 10 of 13. |
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Carlo Maderno, a Swiss-Italian architect, was born in Ticino in 1556, and is remembered as one of the fathers of Baroque architecture with his most important work being the facades of St. Peter’s Basilica, Santa Susanna... read more » |
1597-1603 |
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By Pope Pius XI, Belloc was decorated with the Grand Cross of the Order of St. Gregory the Great in 1934 for his services to Catholicism as a writer. To Hilaire Belloc this generation owes a big glimpse of the Homeric spiri... read more » |
1870-1953 |
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Gilbert Keith Chesterton was born in London, England on the 29th of May, 1874. Though he considered himself a mere rollicking journalist, he was actually a prolific and gifted writer in virtually every area of literature.... read more » |
1874-1963 |
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Assunta Goretti was the mother of St. Maria Goretti. July 6th is the feast day of St. Maria Goretti, one of the youngest saints of the Church and the patroness of youth. Born in 1890 to poor farm workers, Maria was stabbed fo... read more » |
1890-1902 |
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Nowadays it is often emphasized that the speaker breaking away from the practice of the past is speaking sincerely. I cannot say this in such a way. I need not break with my past; by the grace of God I am the same as I was ... read more » |
1892-1975 |
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Pope Pius XII once asked Bishop Fulton Sheen how many converts he had made. He answered: Your Holiness, I have never counted them. I am always afraid if I did count them, I might think I made them, instead of the Lord. S... read more » |
1895-1979 |
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One of the reasons I am here on earth today is to prove that man can live by God’s invisible light, and not by food only. Therese Neumann A renowned visitor of hers, Paramahansa Yogananda believed she was here to re... read more » |
1898-1962 |
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The modern world needs to be reminded of the great truth that men are called for eternal life and that their life does not end here, on earth. Our faith in eternal life has a very important meaning: it teaches us to respect... read more » |
1901-1981 |
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Sr. Lucia Santos was born on March 22, 1907. Lucie Dos Santos was only 10 years old when the Virgin appeared to her and her two young cousins, Francisco and Jacinta Marto, on a field outside the town of Fatima, on May 13, 191... read more » |
1907-2005 |
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Pietro Gasparri (1852–1934) was an Italian cardinal who taught canon law at the Catholic Institute in Paris (1879–98) and was apostolic delegate thereafter in South America. After his return he was asked by Pope P... read more » |
1914-1930 |
