He was born near Keith in Banffshire, in Scotland, and was educated in Germany by the Jesuits. He became a Jesuit himself in 1608 and returned to Scotland in disguise, saying Masses in secret and handing out bibles and rosaries in the streets. He was arrested in Glasgow in 1614, tortured, paraded through the streets, and hanged on 10 March 1615. His last words were “If there be here any hidden Catholics, let them pray for me but the prayers of heretics I will not have.” After he was pushed from the ladder, he threw his hidden Rosary Beads out into the crowd. One of his enemies caught them, and he became a devout Catholic for the rest of his life. See the article in Wikipedia.
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He was born near Clonenagh and educated there at the monastic school founded there by St Fintan, not far from the present town of Mountrath. He lived for some time as a hermit and then joined the monastery of Tallaght, near Dublin, under St Maelruain. He was a co-author of a martyrology (written in 790 and the oldest in Ireland) and wrote a long poem, the Feliré, or Festology of the Saints, which he finished in about 805. After St Maelruain’s death he returned to his hermitage, where he died on 11 March 824. See the article in Wikipedia.
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Wednesday of the 4th week of Lent, (commemoration of Saint Patrick, Bishop, Missionary)
He was born in Roman Britain around the end of the 4th century, and died in Ireland about the middle of the 5th century. As a missionary bishop, he endured many hardships and faced opposition even from his friends and fellow Christians. Nevertheless, he worked hard to conciliate, to evangelize, and to educate local chieftains and their families. He is remembered for his simplicity and pastoral care, for his humble trust in God, and for his fearless preaching of the gospel to the very people who had enslaved him in his youth. See the articles in Wikipedia and the Catholic Encyclopaedia.
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