Born in Santa Lucia del Piave near Venice, Claudio was the youngest of nine children and was accustomed to hard work in the fields.
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Ordained a priest, he became one of the pope's seven deacons, and also served six years in the East as papal representative in Constantinople.
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Soon thereafter she joined a third order group founded by St. John Eudes (August 19).
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A combination of various prejudices and political ambition and maneuvering caused the institute much turmoil.
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Shortly thereafter it was Bernard who intervened in a full-blown schism and settled it in favor of the Roman pontiff against the antipope.
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How little we know where God’s grace will lead. Born on a farm in northern France, John died at 79 in the next “county” or department.
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During his reign he held a synod which confirmed the excommunication of the great theologian Origen in Alexandria.
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Jane's husband was killed after seven years of marriage, and she sank into deep dejection for four months at her family home.
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Having refused to marry at 15, she was moved by the dynamic preaching of Francis. He became her lifelong friend and spiritual guide.
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Twelve years later she imitated Teresa by becoming a Carmelite, taking the name Teresa Benedicta of the Cross.
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