ENGLISH SPEAKING SAINTS WITH OTHERS February 11


 ENGLISH SPEAKING SAINTS WITH OTHERS  February 11


B.VIRGIN MARY OF LOURDES


ST. SOTERA,VIRGIN AND MARTYR ON THE VIA APPIA

Young and of noble family, but humble spirit, she dedicated herself to works of charity. She was arrested in 304 during the persecutions unleashed by the Emperor Diocletian. She faced her torturers with courage, and still refusing to deny the faith, she was beheaded.  Feb. 11


ST GREGORY II, POPE, Gregory II Born c. 669, Pope/St. Gregory II was the scion of a noble Roman family. Under Sergius I , Gregory was the librarian and the keeper of the purse; he accompanied Pope Constantine when the pope traveled to Constantinople to protest the anti-western canons of the Second Trullan (or Quintisext) Council (692). Feb.11

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