Bl. Elia of St. Clement, (OCD), Virgin Feastday: May 29 Michele Marco Piperis Bl. Elia of St. Clement, (OCD), Virgin Feastday: May 29 Born in Bari, Italy on January 17, 1901 to deeply devout parents;…More
Bl. Elia of St. Clement, (OCD), Virgin Feastday: May 29
Michele Marco Piperis Bl. Elia of St. Clement, (OCD), Virgin Feastday: May 29
Born in Bari, Italy on January 17, 1901 to deeply devout parents; the third of nine children, four of which died in infancy. At her baptism four days later, she was given the name Theodora, ‘gift of God’.
On May 11, 1911 at the age of 10, she received her First Communion. The night before she dreamt of St. Therese of the Child Jesus who predicted to her: “you will be a nun like me”. She eventually entered the Association of the Blessed Imelda Lambertini, a Dominican nun, and afterwards joined the ‘Angelic Army’ of St. Thomas Aquinas.
Her spiritual director, Fr. Peter Fiorillo, O.P. introduced her to the Third Order Dominicans who accepted her as a Novice on April 20, 1914, and she made her profession on May 14, 1915. At the end of 1917 Theodora sought advice from a Jesuit priest, Fr. Sergio Di Gioia who became her new confessor. About a year later, he …More
Michele Marco Piperis Bl. Elia of St. Clement, (OCD), Virgin Feastday: May 29
Born in Bari, Italy on January 17, 1901 to deeply devout parents; the third of nine children, four of which died in infancy. At her baptism four days later, she was given the name Theodora, ‘gift of God’.
On May 11, 1911 at the age of 10, she received her First Communion. The night before she dreamt of St. Therese of the Child Jesus who predicted to her: “you will be a nun like me”. She eventually entered the Association of the Blessed Imelda Lambertini, a Dominican nun, and afterwards joined the ‘Angelic Army’ of St. Thomas Aquinas.
Her spiritual director, Fr. Peter Fiorillo, O.P. introduced her to the Third Order Dominicans who accepted her as a Novice on April 20, 1914, and she made her profession on May 14, 1915. At the end of 1917 Theodora sought advice from a Jesuit priest, Fr. Sergio Di Gioia who became her new confessor. About a year later, he …More
Saints of the Day:
Feast of Corpus Christi
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Bona of Pisa
Conon the Elder
Conon the Younger
Daganus
Eleutherius of Rocca d’Arce
Felix of Atares
Gerald of Mâcon
Gerardesca of Pisa
Giles Dalmasia
Hesychius of Antioch
John de Atarés
Maximinus of Trier
Maximus of Verona
Restitutus of Rome
Richard Thirkeld
Theodosia of Caesarea and Companions
Ursula Ledochowska
Votus of Atares
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Martyrs of Toulouse …More
Saints of the Day:
Feast of Corpus Christi
—
Bona of Pisa
Conon the Elder
Conon the Younger
Daganus
Eleutherius of Rocca d’Arce
Felix of Atares
Gerald of Mâcon
Gerardesca of Pisa
Giles Dalmasia
Hesychius of Antioch
John de Atarés
Maximinus of Trier
Maximus of Verona
Restitutus of Rome
Richard Thirkeld
Theodosia of Caesarea and Companions
Ursula Ledochowska
Votus of Atares
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Martyrs of Toulouse
Martyrs of Trentino
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Bernard of Roquefort
Brunsecha of Killyon
Elia of San Clemente
Garcia d’Aure
Joseph Gerard
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Feast of Corpus Christi
—
Bona of Pisa
Conon the Elder
Conon the Younger
Daganus
Eleutherius of Rocca d’Arce
Felix of Atares
Gerald of Mâcon
Gerardesca of Pisa
Giles Dalmasia
Hesychius of Antioch
John de Atarés
Maximinus of Trier
Maximus of Verona
Restitutus of Rome
Richard Thirkeld
Theodosia of Caesarea and Companions
Ursula Ledochowska
Votus of Atares
—
Martyrs of Toulouse
Martyrs of Trentino
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Bernard of Roquefort
Brunsecha of Killyon
Elia of San Clemente
Garcia d’Aure
Joseph Gerard
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