St. Irenaeus who was born in the early 2nd century was Bishop of Lugdunum in Gaul, then a part of the Roman Empire (now Lyon, France). He was an early Church Father and apologist.
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Cyril of Alexandria who was born in 376 AD was the Patriarch of Alexandria from 412 to 444. Cyril wrote extensively Christological controversies of the late-4th centuries.
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St. Anthelm was born near Chambéry in 1107. When he was thirty years old, he resigned from this position to become a Carthusian monk at Portes.
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St. William of Vercelli was born in 1085 into a noble family of Vercelli in northwest Italy and brought up by a relation after the death of his parents.
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St. John the Baptist was a Jewish prophet of priestly origin who preached the imminence of God’s Final Judgment and baptized those who repented.
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St Joseph Cafasso who was born on 15 January 1811 was an Italian Catholic priest, a significant social reformer in early 19th-century Turin. He was one of the so-called "Social Saints" of the city who emerged during that era.
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Saint Thomas More born on 7 February 1478 was venerated by Roman Catholics as Saint Thomas More, was an English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman and noted Renaissance humanist.
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Saint Aloysius Gonzaga was born in Italy on March 9, 1568, was an Italian aristocrat who became a member of the Society of Jesus. While still a student at the Roman College, he died as a result of caring for the victims of an epidemic.
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Saint Vincent Kaun was born in Korea around 16 century he was a Martyr of Japan who was brought in 1591, as a prisoner of war and was subsequently converted to Christianity.
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Saint Romuald was born in 951 AD – traditionally 19 June was the founder of the Camaldolese order and a major figure in the eleventh-century "Renaissance of eremitical asceticism".
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