Sunday, December 22, 2024

The Great Cloud of Witnesses

St. Willibald of Eichstatt Read more

St. Willibald of Eichstatt

Information about his life is largely drawn from the Hodoeporicon of Willibald, a text written in the 8th century by Huneberc, an Anglo-Saxon nun from Heidenheim am Hahnenkamm who knew Willibald and his brother personally. The text of the Hodoeporicon ("Itinerary") was dictated to Huneberc by Willibald shortly before he died. Willibald's father was Richard the Pilgrim, and his...
Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 70
Bl. Angelina of Marsciano Read more

Bl. Angelina of Marsciano

Born to the Italian nobility, the daughter of the Duke of Marciano, and Anna, daughter of the Count of Corbara; her mother died when Angelina was 12. Given in an arranged marriage at age 15 to the Duke of Civitella, Giovanni da Terni, who agreed to honor the girl’s private vow of chastity. Widowed at age 17, she quickly moved to follow a call to religious life before another marriage...
Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 70
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