Radio Don Bosco - Saint of the day

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: Presented by Ratovoarivelo Ndrasantsoa Marie Frédeline; Category: Saint of the day; Also available:; Published: 30 July 2022

30 July - Peter Chrysologus, or Peter of Ravenna, born around 380 in Imola, is a theologian, adviser to Pope Leo I. Above all a pastor, he preached a lot, which earned him the name Chrysologus (Golden Word). He was declared Doctor of the Church by Pope Benedict XIII in 1729.

: Presented by Ratovoarivelo Ndrasantsoa Marie Frédeline; Category: Saint of the day; Also available:; Published: 29 July 2022

29 July - Martha is the sister of Lazarus, and of Mary Magdalene. They lived in Bethany where Martha was the mistress of the house. Of great goodness she distinguished herself for her devotion to the needy and her great hospitality to the Saviour and his disciples.

: Presented by Ratovoarivelo Ndrasantsoa Marie Frédeline; Category: Saint of the day; Also available:; Published: 28 July 2022

28 July - Saint Samson de Dol is one of the seven founding saints of Brittany. He is said to have been born in the region of present-day Glamorgan (South-West Wales). Amon and Anna, his parents, had waited a long time to have a child.

: Presented by Ratovoarivelo Ndrasantsoa Marie Frédeline; Category: Saint of the day; Also available:; Published: 27 July 2022

27 July - Saint Nathalie of Cordoba martyred in 852. During the persecution unleashed by the Caliph Abd al-Rahman II, like many inhabitants of Cordoba, Aurelius and his wife Nathalie, as well as their cousins Felix and his wife Liliose (or Liliane), pretended to be Muslims.

: Presented by Ratovoarivelo Ndrasantsoa Marie Frédeline; Category: Saint of the day; Also available:; Published: 26 July 2022

July 26 - Joachim is Anne's husband and the father of the Virgin Mary. They are celebrated on July 26th in the Roman rite and on September 9th in the East. The canonical Gospels of the New Testament do not name Mary's parents, but the story of Joachim and Anne appears in the apocryphal Gospel of James.

: Presented by Ratovoarivelo Ndrasantsoa Marie Frédeline; Category: Saint of the day; Also available:; Published: 25 July 2022

July 25 - James of Zebedee, or James the Greater, one of the Twelve, brother of the apostle John, is mentioned in the Synoptic Gospels. The two brothers are like fishermen on Lake Tiberias who leave their boat to follow Jesus. He is called Major to differentiate him from James of Alpheus, another of the Twelve.

: Presented by Ratovoarivelo Ndrasantsoa Marie Frédeline; Category: Saint of the day; Also available:; Published: 24 July 2022

July 24 - Charbel, born Youssef Antoun Makhlouf in Bekaa Kafra (North Lebanon) on May 8, 1828. Son of Antoun Zaarour Makhlouf and Birgita Chidiac, humble Maronite peasants (Eastern Catholic Christians), the young Youssef, receives a very pious education, which gives him from childhood a strong taste for prayer.

: Presented by Ratovoarivelo Ndrasantsoa Marie Frédeline; Category: Saint of the day; Also available:; Published: 23 July 2022

July 23 - Brigitte of Sweden, daughter of Birger Persson, Swedish prince and descendant of the Brahe family, was born in 1303 in Sweden on the Finsta farm in the historic province of Uppland. Mother of eight children including Catherine of Sweden.

: Presented by Ratovoarivelo Ndrasantsoa Marie Frédeline; Category: Saint of the day; Also available:; Published: 22 July 2022

22 July - Originally from the city of Magdala, on the western shore of Lake Tiberias, Mary Magdalene or Mary of Magdala, sister of Martha and Lazarus, is the most present woman in the New Testament.

: Presented by Ratovoarivelo Ndrasantsoa Marie Frédeline; Category: Saint of the day; Also available:; Published: 21 July 2022

July 21 - Victor de Marseille was a Roman soldier, officer in the Theban legion entirely composed of Christians, massacred during the reign of emperors Diocletian and Maximian Hercules in Agaune. Victor, an officer in the emperor's guard, is said to have arrived in Marseille on the occasion of a visit to the city of Emperor Maximian Hercules.

: Presented by Ratovoarivelo Ndrasantsoa Marie Frédeline; Category: Saint of the day; Also available:; Published: 20 July 2022

July 20 - St. Peter transferred his apostolic chair from Antioch to that of Rome in order to establish the faith of Jesus Christ. He brought with him several faithful, among whom was Apollinaire. Peter consecrated him bishop and sent him to the city of Ravenna to preach the Gospel.

: Presented by Ratovoarivelo Ndrasantsoa Marie Frédeline; Category: Saint of the day; Also available:; Published: 19 July 2022

19 July - He belonged to a senatorial family in Rome. He was ordained deacon by St. Damascus I. Arsene was chosen by Theodosius I to be tutor to his son Arcadius. Unable to overcome the obstinacy of his pupil, and disgusted with the court, he withdrew to the desert of Scété in Egypt.

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