ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JANUARY
Saints celebrated on the 27th of January
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| A page of one of Fortunatus Hueber's Saints' books, "Stammenbuch..." (1693) |
This virgin bride of Christ was born of noble parents in 1604 at Loxa in Spain. Her father's name was Don Emanuel de Rosales and Alarion, her mother, who was a very virtuous woman, Catharina Connete and Hinoloz. Maria was raised godly by her mother (she was the first child of this marriage).
When in 1619 Franciscans of the province of Saint John the Baptist came to Loxa to build a monastery there, she was so edified by the poor, austere way of life of these religious that, in order to imitate it, she secretly cut off her hair, put on a rough woolen dress.
At first, her parents disapproved of her new way of life. Later they allowed her to enter the Third Order of Saint Francis, where she was admitted shortly after. Full of glowing zeal, she now devoted herself to such severe works of penance that her strength began to fail. On January 27, 1645 she died a most blessed death in the Lord. (Born.)
(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 4, Augsburg, 1875, p. 193)
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