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Quadratura Ultima

Last Quarter · 42% · Day 22.9

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Thursday, March 12, 2026

During Lent, we we celebrate 29 holy individuals.

Saints
21
Saint Basilissa of Asia
Saint Basilissa of Asia
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Pre-Congregation

Saint Basilissa of Asia was a Christian martyr in ancient Asia. Unfortunately, not much is known about her life,...

Saint Almut of Wetter
Saint Almut of Wetter
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Pre-Congregation

Saint Almut of Wetter, also known as Almud, was born in the 9th century in Germany into a royal family. Not much is...

Saint Bernard of Carinola
Saint Bernard of Carinola
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Post-Congregation

Saint Bernard of Carinola, also known as Bernard of Capua, was born in 1040 in Capua, Italy. He was a priest, bishop,...

Saint Paul Aurelian
Saint Paul Aurelian
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Pre-Congregation

Saint Paul Aurelian, also known as Paul of Léon, was born as a Romano-Briton prince in Glamorgan, Wales. His parents...

Saint Heiu of Hartlepool
Saint Heiu of Hartlepool
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Pre-Congregation

Saint Heiu of Hartlepool was a remarkable figure in the early Christian history of Northumbria, part of modern England....

Saint Luigi Orione
Saint Luigi Orione
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Post-Congregation

Saint Luigi Orione, also known as Aloysius Orione, was born on June 23, 1872, in Pontecurone, Alessandria, Italy. He...

Saint Joseph Zhang Dapeng
Saint Joseph Zhang Dapeng
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Post-Congregation

Saint Joseph Zhang Dapeng, also known as Iosephus Zhang Depeng, Joseph Tchang Taong, Joseph Tshang-ta-Pong, and Ruose,...

Saint Egdunus
Saint Egdunus
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Saint Egdunus was a Christian martyr who lived during the time of the persecutions of Emperor Diocletian....

Saint Fechno
Saint Fechno
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Saint Fechno, also known as Fiachna, was a spiritual student of Saint Columbanus and accompanied him on his mission to...

Saint Gorgonio of Nicomedia
Saint Gorgonio of Nicomedia
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Pre-Congregation

Saint Gorgonius of Nicomedia, also known as Saint Gorgonio, was an army officer and member of the staff in the house of...

Saint Mura Mcferedach
Saint Mura Mcferedach
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Pre-Congregation

Saint Mura McFeredach, also known as Murames McFeredach, Muran McFeredach, Murin of Fahan, or Mura of Fahan, was born...

Saint Indrecht of Iona
Saint Indrecht of Iona
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Saint Indrecht of Iona, also known as Indrecht of Ireland, was a revered monk and the Abbot of Iona Abbey. He lived...

Saint Peter of Nicomedia
Saint Peter of Nicomedia
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Pre-Congregation

Saint Peter of Nicomedia, also known as Peter the Chamberlain, was an esteemed figure in the palace of Diocletian in...

Saint Seraphina
Saint Seraphina
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Post-Congregation

Saint Seraphina, also known as Fina or Serafina, was born into poverty in San Geminiano, Tuscany, Italy, in the year...

Saint Theophanes The Chronographer
Saint Theophanes The Chronographer
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Pre-Congregation

Saint Theophanes the Chronographer, also known as Theophanus the Chronicler, Theophanus the Confessor, Theophanus of...

Pope Saint Innocent I
Pope Saint Innocent I
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Pre-Congregation

Pope Saint Innocent I, also known as Innocenzo, was the 40th Pope of the Catholic Church. He was born in Albano...

Saint Doroteo of Nicomedia
Saint Doroteo of Nicomedia
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Pre-Congregation

Saint Doroteo of Nicomedia, also known as Doroteus, was a devout Christian who lived during the third century in...

Saint Corman of Iona
Saint Corman of Iona
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Pre-Congregation

Saint Corman of Iona, also known as Coman, was a seventh-century priest who was highly influential as a monk and...

Saint Maximilian of Thebeste
Saint Maximilian of Thebeste
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Pre-Congregation

Saint Maximilian of Thebeste, also known as Maximilian of Tebessa, Maximilian of Theveste, or Mamilian, was born in the...

Saint Peter The Deacon
Saint Peter The Deacon
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Saint Peter the Deacon, also known as Peter Levita, was a significant figure in the early history of the Catholic...

Saint Alphege The Bald
Saint Alphege The Bald
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Saint Alphege The Bald, also known as Alphege of Winchester, Alphege the Elder, Ælfheah, Elphege, Elfego, and Elpigio,...

Blesseds
8
Blessed Claudius The Minor
Blessed Claudius The Minor
Blessed
Pre-Congregation

Blessed Claudius The Minor, also known as Claude, was a Franciscan monk who lived during an unknown period of time....

Blessed Manuel Solórzano
Blessed Manuel Solórzano
Blessed
Post-Congregation

Blessed Manuel Solórzano, also known as Manuel Solórzano and Eleuteria Antonia Guillén, was a devout Catholic layman...

Blessed Girolamo Da Recanati
Blessed Girolamo Da Recanati
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Post-Congregation

Blessed Girolamo Da Recanati, also known as Girolamo Gherarducci and Jerome, was a priest and a member of the Hermits...

Blessed Rutilio Grande García
Blessed Rutilio Grande García
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Post-Congregation

Blessed Rutilio Grande García, born on 5 July 1928 in El Paisnal, San Salvador, El Salvador, was the youngest of seven...

Blessed Nelson Rutilio Lemus Chávez
Blessed Nelson Rutilio Lemus Chávez
Blessed
Martyr
Post-Congregation

Blessed Nelson Rutilio Lemus Chávez was a young, single layman who lived in the archdiocese of San Salvador, El...

Blessed Beatrix Of Engelport
Blessed Beatrix Of Engelport
Blessed
Pre-Congregation

Blessed Beatrix of Engelport, also known as Beatrix of Hundsrück, was a Dominican nun who lived in the 13th century in...

Blessed Angela Salawa
Blessed Angela Salawa
Blessed
Post-Congregation

Blessed Angela Salawa, also known as Aniela Salawa, was born on 9 September 1881 in Siepraw, Malopolskie, Poland. She...

Blessed Giustina Bezzoli Francucci
Blessed Giustina Bezzoli Francucci
Blessed
Post-Congregation

Blessed Giustina Bezzoli Francucci was born into a noble family in Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy, around the year 1257. From a...