January
11Saints of the Day...and Events
January
11
Saints of the Day...and Events
St. Francisca Salesia Aviat, Frances de Sales, 1844-1914
From France, she founded the Sister Oblates of Saint Francis of Sales in Troyes,
France,
dedicated to helping young women who poured into the cities during the
Industrial Revolution. She took the
Salesian
Rule for the congregation
Opened homes and schools for working class girls.
Her canonization miracle involved the healing of a 14 year
old Philadelphia girl.
St. Theodosius Abbot, (423-529)
From Cappadocia, Antioch, govern a monastery near Bethlehem.
Bishop of Jerusalem Superior of all the religious communities of Palestine.
He built a large monastery, three churches and five
hospitals.
He
successfully opposed the Eutychian heresy in Jerusalem and all of Palestine,
and for this was banished by the emperor Anastasius.
The holy abbot suffered a long and painful illness and
refused to pray to be cured, calling it a salutary penance for his former
successes. He died at the age of a hundred and six.
Events of January 11 - Saints of January 11:
http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0111.htm
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