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CALENDAR of the SAINTS
12 March A.D.2006
Saint Alphege Saint Bernard of Carinola Saint Egdunus Saint Fina Saint Joseph Tshang-ta-Pong 
Saint Luigi Orione
Founded the Hermits of Divine Providence congregation, the Ladies of Divine Providence, and an orphanage in Rome in 1899. Under the patronage of Pope Saint Pius X, he founded the Little Missionaries of Charity. Constructed the Marian shrine at Tortona, a site that became a rallying point for people during times of political unrest. To administer the houses of his congregations, Luigi traveled the world, visiting houses in Wales, Brazil, the United States, and throughout Italy. He died on 12 March 1940 at San Remo, Imperia, Italy of natural causes; body found intact when exhumed in 1965; interred at the shrine of Our Lady of Safe Keeping, Tortona, Italy.
Saint Maximilian
Son of a Roman army veteran. Conscientious objector - when drafted into the Roman army, he refused to serve on the grounds that his faith prohibited it. Martyred for this stand he was beheaded in A.D.295 at Theveste, Numidia, North Africa; buried at Carthage. Saint Mura Saint Paul Aurelian Saint Peter of Nicomedia Saint Peter the Deacon Saint Seraphina Saint Theophanes Saint Vindician
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