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VENERABLE

Title given to the Servants of God after the state of their herioc virtue or martyrdom has been proved and a solemn decree to that effect has been signed by the Pope. (Etym. Latin venerabilis, from venerari, to regard with religious awe.)

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Friday of the Twenty-Seventh Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem St. Denis, Bishop, & Companions; Opt Mem St. John Leonardi, Priest; Opt Mem St. John Henry Newman, Priest, Doctor

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Today the Church offers three Optional Memorials: —St. Denis, a third-century apostle of Gaul, became first bishop of Paris. He suffered martyrdom there, together with his priest Rusticus and his deacon Eleutherius. He is one of the

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