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November Saints

Saint Leonard Murialdo  (1828-1900) Born to a wealthy, pious family, Leonard studied at the University of Turin, and the College of Saint Sulpice in Paris, France, before being ordained in 1851. After studies in France, he returned to Italy to take the assignment of provisional director of an impoverished college for young working men. He […]

November Saints

Saint Agostina Livia Pietrantoni (1864-1894) Olivia Pietrantoni was born on 27 March 1864. Her parents were farmers and Livia’s childhood and youth were imbued with the values of an honest, hard-working, religious family. The child received Confirmation when she was only four, and Holy Communion about eight years later. At the age of seven, she […]