Saint Valentine, Priest and Martyr
Feast Day: February 14Century: 3rd centuryRegion: Rome (and/or Terni, Umbria) The name Valentinus was common in the early Church, and
Feast Day: February 14Century: 3rd centuryRegion: Rome (and/or Terni, Umbria) The name Valentinus was common in the early Church, and
(Ecclus. 24:14–16) In the sacred text of Ecclesiasticus, Holy Wisdom proclaims: “I took root in an honorable people, and in
Sanctæ Mariæ Sabbato ~ IV. classisCommemoratio : S. Valentini Presbyteri et Martyris Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusSeduliusSalve, sancta parens, eníxa puérpera Regem: qui cælum
Blessed Jordan of Saxony (c. 1190–1237) was the second Master General of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans) and the immediate
2 Cor. 11:19–33; 12:1–9 — Luke 8:4–15 As Holy Church advances through the austere and instructive days of Septuagesima’s season,
Ante Missam Top NextIntroitusPs 43:23-26Exsúrge, quare obdórmis, Dómine? exsúrge, et ne repéllas in finem: quare fáciem tuam avértis, oblivísceris tribulatiónem nostram? adhæsit
Early Life and Conversion St. John of Capistrano was born in 1386 in Capistrano, Italy. He studied law at the
In the spirit of Feria Sexta infra Hebdomadam III in Quadragesima (Friday of the Third Week of Lent), Holy Mother
Ante Missam IntroitusPs 85:17.Fac mecum, Dómine, signum in bonum: ut vídeant, qui me oderunt, et confundántur: quóniam tu, Dómine, adiuvísti me