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  • 21Charles-Felix Cazeau —     Charles Félix Cazeau     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Charles Félix Cazeau     A French Canadian priest, born at Quebec, 24 December, 1807, of Jean Baptiste Cazeau and Genevieve Chabot; died 26 February, 1881. He studied at Nicolet Seminay and… …

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  • 22John Holmes —     John Holmes     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► John Holmes     Catholic educator and priest; born at Windsor, Vermont, in 1799; died at Lorette, near Quebec, Canada, in 1852.     After a few years schooling at Dartmouth College, he left home for… …

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  • 23Peter Talbot —     Peter Talbot     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Peter Talbot     Archbishop of Dublin, 1669 1680; b. at Malahide, Dublin, in 1620. At an early age he entered the Society of Jesus in Portugal, where he pursued his sacred studies with great… …

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  • 24Rene-Edouard Caron —     Reneé Edouard Caron     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Reneé Edouard Caron     A French Canadian statesman and magistrate, b. at Sainte Anne de Beaupre, Canada, 13 October, 1800, of Augustin Caron, a farmer, and Elizabeth Lessard; d. 13 December,… …

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  • 25St. Francis of Assisi —     St. Francis of Assisi     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Francis of Assisi     Founder of the Franciscan Order, born at Assisi in Umbria, in 1181 or 1182 the exact year is uncertain; died there, 3 October, 1226.     His father, Pietro… …

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  • 26St. Mechtilde —     St. Mechtilde     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Mechtilde     (MATILDA VON HACKEBORN WIPPRA).     Benedictine; born in 1240 or 1241 at the ancestral castle of Helfta, near Eisleben, Saxony; died in the monastery of Helfta, 19 November, 1298.… …

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  • 27St. Robert Bellarmine —     St. Robert Francis Romulus Bellarmine     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Robert Francis Romulus Bellarmine     (Also, Bellarmino ).     A distinguished Jesuit theologian, writer, and Cardinal, born at Montepulciano, 4 October, 1542; died 17… …

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  • 28St. Werburgh —     St. Werburgh     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Werburgh     (WEREBURGA, WEREBURG, VERBOURG).     Benedictine, patroness of Chester, Abbess of Weedon, Trentham, Hanbury, Minster in Sheppy, and Ely, born in Staffordshire early in the seventh… …

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  • 29Ven. Thomas Bullaker —     Ven. Thomas Bullaker     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ven. Thomas Bullaker     (Also John Baptist).     A Friar Minor and English martyr, born at Chichester about the year 1604; died at Tyburn, 12 October,1642. He was the only son ot a pious as… …

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  • 30diligence — dil·i·gence / di lə jəns/ n: earnest and persistent application of effort esp. as required by law; also: care (1) see also due diligence Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

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