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Saints


St Joseph

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Foster father of Jesus and husband of Our Lady. All that is known of St Joseph for certain is in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. He came from the house of David but his trade as a carpenter shows that he was not rich. He was betrothed to Mary and worried when he learnt that she was pregnant, until an angel came to him in a dream. After the birth of Jesus, Joseph was warned in other dreams firstl... Read More


St Edward the Martyr

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King. Edward was born in 962, the son of the English King Edgar and his first wife Elfleda. He succeeded his father in 975. Three years later, when he was just 15 or 16, he was assassinated at Corfe in Dorset, in 978, and quietly buried at Wareham. It is said that he was on his way to visit his half brother Etheldred, when he was set upon by Etheldred's retainers and stabbed before he could dismo... Read More


St Cuthbert

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St Cuthbert Monk and bishop. Born in 634 on the tiny island of Farne, Cuthbert was most likely a Northumbrian Englishman. As a young shepherd boy by Leader Water he saw a vision, Bede writes, of angels taking the soul of St Aiden to heaven. Later he became a monk under St Eata at Melrose. For years he undertook long journeys on horseback and on foot, ministering to the remotest parts of the countr... Read More

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