NEW YORK:
P.J. KENEDY,
PUBLISHER TO THE HOLY SEE,
EXCELSIOR CATHOLIC PUBLISHING HOUSE,
5 BARCLAY STREET.
1903
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CONTENTS
MARCH.
1. PAGE
ST. DAVID, Archbishop, Patron of Wales.......... 491
St. Swidbert, or Swibert, the ancient, Bishop
and Confessor................................. 493
St. Albinus, Bishop of Angers, Confessor........ 494
St. Monan, Martyr............................... 495
2.
Martyrs under the Lombards...................... 496
St. Ceada, or Chad, Bishop and Confessor........ 497
St. Simplicius, Pope and Confessor.............. 498
St. Marnan, Bishop and Confessor................ 499
St. Charles the Good, Earl of Flanders, Martyr.. 500
St. Joavan, or Joevin, Bishop and Confessor..... 501
3.
St. Cunegundes, Empress......................... 501
SS. Marinus and Asterius, or Astyrius, Martyrs.. 503
SS. Emeterius and Chelidonius, Martyrs.......... 503
St. Winwaloe, or Winwaloc, Abbot................ 504
St. Lamalisse, Confessor........................ 506
4.
St. Casimir, Prince of Poland................... 506
St. Lucius, Pope and Martyr..................... 508
St. Adrian, Bishop of St. Andrew's, Martyr...... 509
5.
SS. Adrian and Eubulus, Martyrs................. 510
St. Kiaran, or Kenerin, Bishop and Confessor.... 511
St. Roger, Confessor............................ 512
St. John Joseph of the Cross.................... 512
6.
St. Chrodegang, Bishop of Metz, Confessor....... 519
B. Coleus, Virgin and Abbess.................... 520
St. Fridolin, Abbot............................. 522
St. Baldrede, Bishop of Glasgow, Confessor...... 522
SS. Kyneburge, Kyneswide, and Tibba............. 522
St. Cadroe. Confessor........................... 523
7.
St Thomas of Aquino, Doctor of the Church
and Confessor................................. 523
SS. Perpetua and Felicitas, &c., Martyrs........ 533
St. Paul, Anchoret.............................. 540
8.
St. John of God, Confessor...................... 541
Venerable John of Avila, Apostle of Andalusia... 542
St. Felix, Bishop and Confessor................. 547
SS. Apollonius, Philemon, &c., Martyrs.......... 548
St. Julian, Archbishop of Toledo, Confessor..... 548
St. Duthak, Bishop of Ross, in Scotland,
Confessor..................................... 549
St. Rosa, of Viterbo, Virgin.................... 549
St. Senan, Bishop and Confessor.. .............. 549
St. Psalmod, or Saumay, Anchoret................ 550
9.
St. Frances, Widow ............................. 550
Gregory of Nyasa, Bishop and Confessor.......... 552
On the Writings of St. Gregory.................. 553
St. Pacian, Bishop of Barcelona, Confessor...... 557
On the Writings of St. Pacian................... 557
St. Catherine of Bologna, Virgin and Abbess..... 559
10.
SS. The Forty Martyrs of Sebaste................ 560
St. Droctovaeus, Abbot........................... 563
St. Mackessoge, or Kessoge, Confessor........... 564
11.
St. Eulogius of Cordova, Priest and Martyr...... 564
St. Sophronius, Patriarch of Jerusalem,
Confessor..................................... 566
St. AEngus, Bishop and Confessor................. 567
St. Constantine, Martyr......................... 568
12.
St. Gregory the Great, Pope and Confessor....... 568
On the Life of St. Gregory...................... 580
St. Maximilian, Martyr.......................... 581
St. Paul, Bishop of Leon, Confessor............. 581
13.
St. Nicephorus, Patriarch of Constantinople,
Confessor..................................... 582
St. Euphrasia, Virgin........................... 585
St. Theophanes, Abbot and Confessor............. 587
St. Kennocha, Virgin in Scotland................ 588
St. Gerald, Bishop.............................. 588
St. Mochoemoc, in Latin Pulcherius, Abbot....... 588
14.
St. Maud, or Mathildis, Queen of Germany........ 589
SS. Acepsimas, Bishop, Joseph, Priest, and
Aithilahas, Deacon, Martyrs................... 591
St. Boniface, Bishop of Ross, Confessor......... 594
15.
St. Abraham, Hermit............................. 594
St. Zachary, Pope and Confessor................. 596
16.
St. Julian, of Cilicia, Martyr.................. 597
St. Finian, surnamed Lobhar, or the Leper....... 598
17.
St. Patrick, Bishop and Confessor, Apostle of
Ireland....................................... 599
SS. Martyrs of Alexandria....................... 604
St. Joseph of Arimathea......................... 605
St. Gertrude, Virgin and Abbess of Nivelle ..... 605
18
St. Alexander, Bishop of Jerusalem, Martyr...... 606
St. Cyril, Archbishop of Jerusalem, Confessor... 607
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On the Writings of St. Cyril.................... 614
St. Edward, Ring and Martyr..................... 617
St. Anselm, Bishop of Lucca, Confessor.......... 618
St. Fridian, Bishop of Lucca, Confessor......... 619
19.
St Joseph....................................... 620
St. Alcmund, Martyr............................. 624
20.
St. Cuthbert, Bishop and Confessor.............. 625
St. Wulfran, Archbishop of Seas................. 629
21.
St. Benedict, Abbot............................. 639
St. Serapion, the Sindonite..................... 638
St. Serapion, Abbot of Arsinoe.................. 639
St. Serapion, Bishop of Thmuis in Egypt......... 640
St. Enna, or Endeus, Abbot...................... 641
22.
St. Basil of Ancyra, Priest and Martyr.......... 641
St. Paul, Bishop of Narbonne, Confessor......... 644
St. Lea, Widow.................................. 644
St. Deogratias, Bishop of Carthage, Confessor... 644
St. Catherine of Sweden, Virgin................. 644
23.
St. Alphonsus Turibius, Bishop and Confessor.... 645
SS. Victorian, Proconsul of Carthage. &c.,
Martyrs....................................... 649
St. Edelwald, Priest and Confessor.............. 650
24.
St. Irenaeus, Bishop of Sirmium, Martyr.......... 651
St. Simon, an Infant, Martyr.................... 653
St. William of Norwich, Martyr.................. 653
25.
The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary..... 661
St. Cammin, Abbot............................... 666
26.
St. Ludger, Bishop of Munster, Apostle of
Saxony........................................ 661
St. Braulio, Bishop of Saragossa, Confessor..... 663
27.
St. John of Egypt, Hermit....................... 664
St. Rupert, or Robert, Bishop and Confessor..... 688
28.
SS. Priscus, Malchus, and Alexander, Martyrs.... 669
St. Sixtus III., Pope........................... 670
St. Gontran, King and Confessor................. 671
29.
SS. Jonas, Barachisius, &c., Martyrs............ 672
SS. Armogastes, Archinimus, and Saturns,
Martyrs....................................... 674
St. Eustasius, or Eustachius, Abbot............. 675
St. Gundleus, Confessor......................... 673
St. Mark, Bishop and Confessor.................. 675
30.
St. John Climacus, Abbot........................ 677
St. Zozimus, Bishop of Syracuse................. 681
St. Regulus, or Rieul........................... 681
31.
St. Benjamin, Deacon, Martyr.................... 691
St. Acacias, or Achates, Bishop of Antioch in
Asia Minor, Confessor......................... 683
St. Guy, Confessor.............................. 685
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