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30. St Winifred (died c. 650) of Holywell in North Wales |
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The story about St Winifred of Holywell (in Welsh Treffynon) in Clwyd, north Wales is that a would-be suitor, when informed she was engaged to another (Christ?), cut off her head. A well sprang up where it hit the ground. But, her uncle, St Beuno, came and put her head back on again. She became an abbess at Holywell with eleven other virgins who came to join her there. Patrick Duffy tells her story.
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31. St Alphonsus Rodriquez (1533-1617) Jesuit lay brother |
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This Alphonsus is to be distinguished from another Alphonsus Rodriguez, a Jesuit priest, who wrote "Exercicio de perfeccion y virtudes cristianas" (English title: "The practice of Christian perfection") in 3 volumes which was frequently re-edited and translated into many languages and was recommended reading in novitiates before Vatican II. Our saint overcame many tragedies in his early life, became a Jesuit lay brother at forty and had an enormous influence on all he came in contact with. Patrick Duffy tells his story.
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29. St Colman of Kilmacduagh (560-632) |
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St Colman of Kilmacduagh had a reputation for being a vegetarian and for his love of birds and animals. The monastery he set up at Kilmacduagh on the borders of south Galway and north Clare. This monastery gave its name to a diocese in the area which is now united with Kilfenora and Galway. Patrick Duffy tells the story.
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29. St Hilda (614-680) abbess of Whitby |
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St Hilda was of the royal house of King Edwin of Northumbria and became abbess of the double monastery at Whitby. Because of the school she founded there she is regarded as a patroness of women's education. Even though she favoured the Celtic model of the Church, she accepted the decision of the Synod of Whitby to abide by the Roman practice. Patrick Duffy tells her story.
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28. Saints Simon and Jude (1st century) apostles |
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According to St Venantius Fortunatus, a poet and bishop of Poitiers in the sixth century, Saints Simon and Jude went together as missionaries to Persia, and were martyred there. If this is true, it may explain, to some extent, why so little is known about them and also why they are usually put together. Patrick Duffy puts together some notes on what is known of them.
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