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How much do you know about the saints? Saints of the Liturgical Year, brimming with information, includes over two hundred and sixty brief biographies, including thirty-three new entries, as well as a glossary of terms to help explain the theology of the Roman Catholic Church. Based on the General Roman Calendar, presently in use in the Roman Catholic Church, it also includes the feasts, Saints,...

St. John Eudes was born in Ri, Normandy, France, on November 14, 1601. In 1615, he was sent to study with the Jesuits at Caen, and there he joined (1618) that school’s Sodality of Our Lady. In 1620, he received the tonsure and minor orders, but he remained uncertain whether he should become a diocesan priest. While in Caen, he became familiar with the Oratorians—a society of priests living in community that had been established by St. Philip Neri (see May 26)—and
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