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Saint of the week

The priest who captured the smugness of Gnosticism

June 28, 2012

St Irenaeus (June 28)

The Briton martyred under the Romans who converted his executioner

June 20, 2012

St Alban (June 20)

The king who fostered a Benedictine revival

June 08, 2012

St Edgar, June 8, gained the reputation of presiding over a golden age of peace and plenty in Anglo-Saxon England

The son of a Welsh king who became a hermit by a stream

June 04, 2012

The relics of St Petroc (June 4) have been stolen and returned twice

The Sister who worked tirelessly to build ‘an ever more human world’

May 29, 2012

St Urszula Ledóchowska (May 29)

The Scottish king who spent his last hours reciting the psalms

May 24, 2012

St David of Scotland (May 24)

The 13th-century Carmelite believed to have lived for more than 100 years

May 15, 2012

St Simon Stock (May 16)

The Carthusian monk hung, drawn and quartered for refusing to accept Henry VIII as head of the Church

May 04, 2012

St Robert Lawrence (May 4)

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