Church Fathers
Two Legends of St John the Evangelist
The very earliest sources of the Roman Rite attest to the custom by which the feast of the Lord’s Birth is followed immediately by three
Gregory DiPippo December 27, 2022 No Comments
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Church Fathers
St Servulus of Rome
The Dialogues of St Gregory the Great are a collection of stories and miracles of Saints whom the author knew personally, or were known by
Gregory DiPippo December 23, 2022 No Comments
Church Fathers
Believing Thomas
On the calendar of the usus antiquior, today is the feast of the Apostle St Thomas. This feast was instituted in the West in the
Gregory DiPippo December 21, 2022 No Comments
Historia
Pace Pessimus, Bello Non Spernendus
The first civil war of the Roman Empire is famously known as the year of the Four Emperors. After the last of the Julio-Claudians, the
Gregory DiPippo December 20, 2022 No Comments
Church Fathers
Pope St Leo the Great Preaches on the Ember Days of December
The Ember days are fasting days that each occur toward the end of each season, on the Wednesday, Friday and Saturday of the third week
Gregory DiPippo December 16, 2022 No Comments
Historia
The Pope Who Gave Us the Agnus Dei
On this day in the year 687, St Sergius I was elected to the papacy; he would reign for nearly 14 years. Like that of
Gregory DiPippo December 15, 2022 2 Comments
Historia
The Resignation of Pope St Celestine V
On this day in the year 1294, Pope St Celestine V abdicated from the Papacy in the fifth month of his reign, a strange denouement
Gregory DiPippo December 13, 2022 No Comments
Nova Latinitas
“Non Fecit Taliter Omni Nationi!”
Today is the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, which celebrates the apparitions of the Virgin Mary to St Juan Diego on the hill of
Gregory DiPippo December 12, 2022 1 Comment