by Agustinos Recoletos | Dec 24, 2018
Among the Augustinians the devotion and cult to St. Joseph dates back to the XV century. The general chapter of 1491, celebrated in Rome, ordained: «Let the office of St. Joseph, whose feast falls on March 19, be celebrated in all houses and convents of our...
by Agustinos Recoletos | Dec 24, 2018
Helen Valentini was born in 1396 in north eastern Italy. She was married at the age of eighteen and had six children. The sudden death in 1441 of her husband Antonio affected her greatly. She is reputed to have cut off her hair and placed it, with her jewellery, in...
by Agustinos Recoletos | Dec 24, 2018
Anselm Polanco, Bishop of Teruel, died, shot by Republican forces, in the closing days of the bitter Spanish Civil War of 1936-39. Born the son of simple but deeply religious farm labourers in Buenavista de Baldavia, Palenecia on 16th April 1881 Anselm professed as an...
by Agustinos Recoletos | Dec 24, 2018
Augustina Canozzi was born in the Como province of Italy about 1435. While young she was twice married and twice widowed. She also lived with a mercenary soldier and bore him a son who died in infancy. She decided to reform her life, took the name Christine to denote...
by Agustinos Recoletos | Dec 24, 2018
Simon Fidati was born in Cascia in the central Italian region of Umbria about the year 1295. He joined the Augustinian Order at a young age. As a young priest he became a well-known popular preacher and attracted large crowds wherever he spoke. He would hold his...
