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LIBERIAN BASILICA

The patriarchal Basilica of St. Mary Major, also known as the Basilica of Our Lady of Snows and St. Mary ad praesepe because of the relic of the crib of Bethlehem reserved there. Originally built by Pope St. Liberius (352-66).

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Saturday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Anthony Mary Zaccaria, Priest; Opt Mem of St. Elizabeth of Portugal (USA)

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Today is the Optional Memorial of St. Anthony Mary Zaccaria (1502-1539), who was the founder of the Clerks Regular of St. Paul, later called the Barnabites from the name of their principal church in Rome. He also founded a congregation of nuns, the Angelic Sisters of Saint Paul. St. Anthony was a great…

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