Trinitarian Sister of Valencia, witness of heroic charity in the concentration camps of Ravensbrueck and Auschwitz where she died.

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Reformer of the cloistered Trinitarian Sisters, foundress of the monastery of Trinitarian Sisters of El Toboso, mystic writer.

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Anna Maria Taigi was born in Siena, Italy, in 1769. At the age of 6 she moved to Rome with her mother and father. She married Dominic Taigi and raised her family in Rome. Although she was very busy in caring for her household, she never failed to exercise works of charity towards the poor and sick. Being such a model of virtue and holiness, many came to her seeking advice. She died in 1837, and her body is kept in the basilica of St. Chrysogonus.

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Benedict Joseph Labre was born of a poor family in France in 1748. He often sought admission to monasteries, but was refused each time. Then he set out on pilgrimages, visiting many shrines, especially in Italy, where he gave a beautiful example of prayer and a holy life to all he met. He spent his last years in Rome, where he died in 1783.

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Born in Cadiz, Spain, in 1743, he joined the Capuchin Friars and became a well-known preacher, travelling throughout much of Spain. Through his fervent preaching of the Word of God and by the example of his holy life, he led men and women to lead holier lives. He was a zealous promoter of devotion to the Virgin Mary and the worship of the Most Holy Trinity. He died on March 24, 1801.

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Young witness of the love of God in the perfect fulfillment of the simple actions of ordinary life, model of religious life.

Dominic was born in Dima (Vizcaya) on May 11, 1901, and after having received a Christian upbringing from his parents, he felt a calling to the religious life and the priesthood. He entered the Trinitarian Order and began to live out intensely its spirituality. Soon after being ordained a priest, he was stricken with incurable consumption. Without sadness or regret, but rather joyfully and lovingly accepting God's will, he resigned himself to sickness, suffering and eventual death. He died on April 7, 1927. His mortal remains now rest in the Trinitarian church in Algorta (Vizcaya), Spain. He was beatified on October 30, 1983 by Pope John Paul II.

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Wife and mother of a family, Trinitarian Tertiary, martyr of the faithful love in the life of matrimony, exposing the height of mystical life.
Feast Day: February 4^th

Elizabeth Canori-Mora was born in Rome on November 21, 1774. She married a young lawyer, Christopher Mora, on January 10, 1798. She embraced marriage as her God-given vocation and vowed to live it as a sacrament of salvation for herself, her husband and whatever children God would give them.
Marriage, however, proved to be a cause of much suffering for Elizabeth as her husband had a mistress and was squandering the family resources on her. She offered herself to God for the conversion of her husband, who also became a compulsive gambler, a heavy drinker and a shady businessman. Elizabeth's inner pain was as deep as her conviction that the divine law of wedded fidelity admitted no exceptions. Elizabeth died on February 5, 1825.

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St. Felix led the life of a hermit with other hermits near Cerfroid, in the territory of Meaux, towards the end of the twelfth century. When John De Matha arrived there and revealed his intention of founding a religious Order for the redemption of Christian captives, the hermits "offered themselves and all they had to God for establishing the new Order." According to tradition, St. Felix of Valois has been considered a special co-worker of St. John De Matha and, for this reason, co-founder of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity. He is believed to have died around the year 1212.

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Model of religious life and humility, director of religious, popular preacher.

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Founder of the Congregation of the Trinitarian Sisters of Madrid, a life given over to the liberation of young women in need.

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Was a missionary bishop who zealously committed himself to the evangelization in Madagascar. He was a member of the first group of Trinitarians that arrived on that island in 1926.

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Innocent XI was born in Como, Italy in 1611. After he earned a degree in civil and canon law in Naples, he moved to Rome, became a cleric, and assumed duties in the Vatican Curia. He was made a cardinal and was assigned to the Church of Novara, where he worked as a gentle and good shepherd for those under his care. Summoned to Rome in 1676, he was elected pope and assumed care for the entire Church, guiding it with wisdon and courage during difficult times. He died in 1689 after many hardships and disappointments.

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Reformer of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity, mystic and writer, teacher of spiritual life, witness of the life of prayer, penitence and apostolate.

Born in 1651 in Almodovar del Campo, Spain, he entered the Order of the Most Holy Trinity in Toledo, and successfully carried out the apostolate of preaching. Moved by the Spirit, he undertook the reform of the Order, which was brought to completion with its approval by Pope Clement VIII in 1599. He died in Cordoba in 1613, and was canonized in 1975 by Pope Paul VI. His many spiritual writings are full of wisdom and piety.

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John De Matha was born in Faucon in Provence around the year 1154. He completed his graduate studies with honors at the University of Paris, where he later taught theology. Ordained to the priesthood, he experienced a heavenly vision while offering his first Mass. He quickly realized that he had been destined by the Lord to redeem Christian captives. To attain this objective, he founded the Order of the Most Holy Trinity at Cerfroid in 1194. He wrote the Order's Rule, which was approved by Innocent III on December 17, 1198. Professing the Rule with great zeal, he was very active in redeeming Christian captives and performing works of mercy. In all this, he sought the glory of the Triune God, whose mystery of Love and Redemption he set as the foundation and purpose of his Order. He died at Rome in the house of St. Thomas in Formis on the Caelian Hill on December 17, 1213.

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John de Ribera was born in Seville, Spain, about the year 1532. He studied theology in Salamanca and, shortly after ordination, because of his outstanding virtues, he was made a bishop, first of Badajoz, then of Valencia. He cared for the duties given him admirably. He worked for a moral renewal through the establishment of a solid formation for his clergy. He died in Valencia on January 6, 1611.

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St. Louis was born in 1214 and became king of France when he was only twenty-two years old. He married and became the father of eleven children, who received from him an intense Christian formation. He excelled in penance, prayer and in his love for the poor. While ruling his kingdom, he not only had high regard for peace among his peoples and for the temporal needs of his subjects, but also for their spiritual welfare as well. He undertook two crusades, one in 1248 the other in 1270, to recover the tomb of Christ, and died near Carthage in 1270.

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Daughter of Lope de Vega, cloistered Trinitarian of Madrid, of a holy life, one of the main female lyric writers of the XVII in Spain.

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Co-foundress of the Trinitarian Sisters of Madrid, a life as mother dedicated to the abandoned young girls without a home.

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Born in Andujar, Spain, around the year 1522, he joined the Order of the Most Holy Trinity and was assigned to the apostolate of preaching. He set out for the provinces of Almeria and Granada, where he zealously preached the Gospel to Moors as well as to Christians. Captured by the Moors, he died a martyr near the town of La Peza in 1569.

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Patron of Trinitarian youth and of the diocese of Vic (Barcelona), unequaled figure of Spanish mysticism, teacher of spiritual literature, considered by popular devotion intercessor for cancer sufferers.

Born at Vich, Spain, in 1591, he first entered the Calced Trinitarians, and then later joined the Reformed Trinitarians, where he advanced in a wonderful way in the life of perfection. He gave himself completely to the strict observance and contemplative prayer, being graced with many mystical gifts from God. He died at Valladolid on April 10, 1625, and was canonized on June 8, 1862 by Pope Pius IX.

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A life dedicated to the teaching and governing of the brothers. Counselor of the great personages of the Spanish court, great apostle of the devotion to Mary, founder of the Congregation of Ave Maria for the service to the poor and sick.

St. Simon was born in Valladolid, Spain, around the year 1552. Steeped in piety from childhood, he joined the Order of the Most Holy Trinity, where he spent almost his whole life teaching or governing the friars. At the same time, he was very active in the apostolate. He was also engaged in giving spiritual direction, in doing charitable works and in promoting divine worship, especially the devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. He died on September 24, 1624. Pope John Paul II canonized him on July 3, 1988.

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Trinitarian Tertiary, foundress of the Trinitarian Sisters of Rome, a life dedicated to the education of poor children.

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Counselor of popes, bishops and governors, model of hope from the mystery of suffering, because of his long sickness in place of announcing Christ crucified.

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St. Vincent Pallotti was born in 1795. He was an exemplary priest and taught theology in a Roman seminary. He founded the Society of the Catholic Apostolate with the objective that the faith of believers might be strenghtened through its charitable works. He died in 1850.

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