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Saint of the Day – 5 January –S aint Syncletica (c320-c400) Virgin

Saint of the Day – 5 January –S aint Syncletica (c320-c400) Virgin, Anchorite, Mystic, Spiritual Guide, Abbess in the Sketic Desert? Name means: “the chosen one” (From the Greek). Syncletica was born around 320 in Alexandria in Egypt and died there of natural causes in around 400. Patronags – against bodily ills, against loss of parents, against temptations, of the ill, of single laywomen. Also…

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The Vigil of the Epiphany of Our Lord, Madonna dell’Abbondanza / Our Lady of Abundance, Cursi, Italy (1641), St Telesphorus, (Died c138) Pope Martyr and Memorials of the Saints for 5 January

The Vigil of the Epiphany of Our Lord Madonna dell’Abbondanza / Our Lady of Abundance, Cursi, Italy (1641) – 5 January:https://anastpaul.com/2021/01/05/our-lady-of-abundance-cursi-italy-and-memorials-of-the-saints-5-january/ St Telesphorus (Died c138) Pope Martyr, Papal Ascension – 128 to 129 and died by Martyredom in 138 to 139.The Roman Martyrology reads today: “In Rome, in the time of…

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Quote/s of the Day – 5 January – Saint Syncletica (c320-c400)

Quote/s of the Day – 5 January – The Memorial of Saint Syncletica (c320-c400) Virgin, Anchorite, Mystic, Spiritual Guide, Abbess in the Sketic Desert? “We hold to the Crossas our sailand so we canset a safe course.” Some sisters asked St Syncletica:‘What do we have to do to be saved?‘She heaved a sigh, wept bitterly and then said: “We all know what we must do to be savedbut because of our…

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