ST. JUAN DIEGO CUAUHTLATOATZIN, ST. LEOCADIA,VIRGIN AND MARTYR, ST. SYRUS, BISHOP OF PAVIA, ST. PETER FOURIER, CANON REGULAR



ST. JUAN DIEGO CUAUHTLATOATZIN

St. Juan Diego, Roman Catholic layman saw apparition of the Virgin Mary at Tepeyac Mexico.Dec.9




ST. LEOCADIA,VIRGIN AND MARTYR

 ST. LEOCADIA was a native of Toledo, and was apprehended by an order of Dacian, the cruel governor under Diocletian in 304, Dec 9




ST. SYRUS, BISHOP OF PAVIA

Evangelized and served as first bishop of Pavia, Italy in the 1st century; tradition says that he was appointed by the Apostles, and an old legend says that he was the boy with five loaves who appears in the Gospels. Worked with Saint Juventius of Pavia. Fought Arianism. Died. relics in the cathedral of Pavia, Italy; Dec. 9




ST. PETER FOURIER, CANON REGULAR

St. Peter Fourier, Roman Catholic Priest and Founder of the Congregation of Notre Dame. A native of Mirecourt, Lorraine, France.Dec. 9

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