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  • 71Society of the Helpers of the Holy Souls —     Society of the Helpers of the Holy Souls     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Society of the Helpers of the Holy Souls     (Auxiliatrices des Ames du Purgatoire)     A religious order of women founded in Paris, France, 1856, with the object of… …

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  • 72St. Benedict Joseph Labre —     St. Benedict Joseph Labre     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Benedict Joseph Labre     Born 26 March, 1748 at Amettes in the Diocese of Boulogne, France; died in Rome 16 April, 1783.     He was the eldest of fifteen children. His parents, Jean …

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  • 73St. 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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  • 74St. 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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  • 75St. 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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  • 76St. 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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  • 77Ven. Charles Baker —     Ven. Charles Baker     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ven. Charles Baker     (Recté, according to his own entry in the English College David Henry Lewis).     An English Jesuit martyr, born in Monmouthshire in 1616; died at Usk, 27 August, 1679.… …

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  • 78Ven. 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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  • 79diligence — 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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  • 80MANNING, Sir William Montagu (1811-1895) — politician and judge second son of John Edye Manning, of Clifton, England, was born at Alphington, near Exeter, in June 1811. He was educated at private schools and University College, London, and was entered at Lincoln s Inn in November 1827. He …

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