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Find accurate definitions of over 5,000 Catholic terms and phrases (including abbreviations). Based on Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.

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JESSE WINDOW

A stained-glass representation of Christ's human genealogy. The symbol is in the form of a many-branched tree and takes on a variety of forms. Christ is at the summit, with the main characters in his genealogy depicted on the branches beneath. The name is derived from Jesse, the father of King David, who is the root of the tree (I Samuel 16:18-22; Isaiah 11:1).

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Thursday of the Thirty-First Week in Ordinary Time

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The Roman Martyrology commemorates St. Leonard of Limoges (d. 559). He was a hermit-abbot who was a convert of St. Remigius. He was a French courtier offered a bishopric, but became a recluse at Micy, France. He then lived at Limoges, France, and he was given land by the royal court on which he…

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