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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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TABOR

A mountain in Galilee, east of Nazareth. A conspicuous landmark because of its isolated location. Several military events in the Old Testament took place on Mount Tabor. Gideon's brothers were killed there by the Midianites (Judges 8:18). Barak led a dramatic charge down the mountain to defeat the Canaanites (Judges 4:14-16). There is a tradition that Jesus' Transfiguration took place on Mount Tabor rather on Mount Hermon, but it is impossible to prove.

Wed30 April
Easter

Wednesday of the Second Week of Easter; Opt. Mem. of St. Pius V, Pope and Religious

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Today is the Optional Memorial of St. Pius V (1504-1572). He joined the Dominicans at the age of fourteen; he was sixty-two when he was elected Pope. His reign, though short, was one of the most fruitful of the sixteenth century. To Protestantism, which had proclaimed the Reformation, St. Pius replied by…

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