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Saint Joseph Calasanz
Image: San José de Calasanz | Francisco Jover y Casanova Saint Joseph Calasanz Saint of the Day for August 26 (September 11, 1556 – August 25, 1648) Saint Joseph Calasanz’ Story https://www.franciscanmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/SODAug26.mp3 From Aragon, where he was born in 1556, to Rome, where he died 92 years later, fortune alternately smiled and frowned on the work of Joseph […]
Saint Louis of France
Image: HDR photo of the Apotheosis of St. Louis | Sculpture by C.H. Niehaus Saint Louis IX of France Saint of the Day for August 25 (April 25, 1214 – August 25, 1270) Saint Louis of France’s Story https://www.franciscanmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/SODAug25.mp3 At his coronation as king of France, Louis IX bound himself by oath to behave as God’s anointed, as […]
Saint Bartholomew
Image: Sant Bertolomeu | Bernat Jiménez Saint Bartholomew Saint of the Day for August 24 (b. 1st century) Saint Bartholomew’s Story https://www.franciscanmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/SODAug24.mp3 In the New Testament, Bartholomew is mentioned only in the lists of the apostles. Some scholars identify him with Nathanael, a man of Cana in Galilee who was summoned to Jesus by Philip. Jesus paid him […]
