Sts. Peter and Paul (d. 64 & 67)
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Peter: St. Mark ends the first half of his Gospel with a triumphant climax. He has recorded doubt, misunderstanding and the opposition of many to Jesus. Now Peter makes his great confession of faith: "You are the Messiah" (Mark 8:29b). It was one of the many glorious moments in Peter's life, beginning with the day he was called from his nets along the Sea of Galilee to become a fisher of men for Jesus.
The New Testament clearly shows Peter as the leader of the apostles, chosen by Jesus to have a special relationship with him. With James and John he was privileged to witness the Transfiguration, the raising of a dead child to life and the agony in Gethsemane. His mother-in-law was cured by Jesus. He was sent with John to prepare for the last Passover before Jesus' death. His name is first on every list of apostles.
And to Peter only did Jesus say, "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah. For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my heavenly Father. And so I say...
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Andrew
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Ansgar
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Casimir
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Claude la Colombière
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Colette
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Conversion of St. Paul
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David of Wales
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Dedication of St. John Lateran
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Dedication of St. Peter and Paul
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Egwin
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Elizabeth of Hungary
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Elizabeth of Portugal
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Francis Solano
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Francis Xavier
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Frederick Ozanam
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Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows
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George
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Gertrude
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Gilbert of Sempringham
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Giles
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Gregory Nazianzen
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Gregory the Great
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Gregory VII
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Henry
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Hesychius of Jerusalem
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Hilarion
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Hilary
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Holy Name of Mary
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Honoratus Kozminski
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Hugh of Grenoble
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Hyacintha of Mariscotti
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Ignatius of Antioch
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Ignatius of Laconi
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Ignatius of Loyola
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Irenaeus
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Isidore the Farmer
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Jacinta and Francisco Marto
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Jacopone da Todi
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James of the Marche
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James Oldo
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James the Greater
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Jane Frances de Chantal
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Januarius
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Jeanne Jugan
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Jerome
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Joachima
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Joachim and Ann
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Joan of the Cross
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John Baptist de la Salle
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John Bosco
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John Chrysostom
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John Damascene
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John Duns Scotus
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John Eudes
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John Fisher
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John Francis Burté and Companions
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John Francis Regis
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John I
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John Jones and John Wall
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John Leonardi
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John Neumann
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John of Capistrano
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John of Fiesole
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John of God
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John of Kanty
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John of Monte Corvino
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John of Parma
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John of the Cross
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John of Vercelli
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John Ogilvie
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John the Apostle
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John the Gardener
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John Vianney
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John XXIII
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Jolenta (Yolanda) of Poland
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Josaphat
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Joseph
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Josephine Bakhita
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Juan Diego
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Julie Billiart
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Junipero Serra
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Justin
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Jutta of Thuringia
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Kateri Tekakwitha
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Katharine Drexel
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Lawrence
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Lazarus
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Leander of Seville
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Leopold Mandic
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Leo the Great
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Louise de Marillac
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Louis Mary de Montfort
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Louis of France
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Louis of Toulouse
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Lucy
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Ludovico of Casoria
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Luke
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Madeleine Sophie Barat
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Magdalen of Canossa
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Marcellinus and Peter
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Margaret Mary Alacoque
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Margaret of Cortona
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Margaret of Scotland
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Marguerite Bourgeoys
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Marguerite d'Youville
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Maria Bertilla Boscardin
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Maria Goretti
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Marian and James
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Mark
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Martha
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Martin de Porres
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Martin I
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Martin of Tours
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Martyrdom of John the Baptist
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Mary Ann of Jesus of Paredes
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Mary Magdalene
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Mary, Mother of God
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Matthias
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Matt Talbot
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Maximilian
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Michael, Gabriel and Raphael
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Michael Giedroyc
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Miguel Agustín Pro
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Monica
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Most Holy Name of Jesus
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Mother Marianne Cope
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Mother Teresa of Calcutta
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Narcissus of Jerusalem
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Nereus and Achilleus
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Nicholas
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Norbert
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Oliver Plunkett
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Orlando Catanii
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Oswald
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Our Lady of Fatima
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Our Lady of Guadalupe
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Our Lady of Lourdes
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Our Lady of Mount Carmel
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Our Lady of Sorrows
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Our Lady of the Rosary
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Hermano Pedro de San Jose de Betancur
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Pacifico of San Severino
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Patrick
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Paulinus of Nola
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Paul Miki and Companions
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Paul the Hermit
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Perpetua and Felicity
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Peter and Paul
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Peter Canisius
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Peter Chanel
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Peter Chrysologus
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Peter Claver
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Peter Damian
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Peter Gonzalez
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Peter Julian Eymard
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Peter of Alcantara
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Peter of Tarentaise
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Peter Regalado
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Peter Regaldo
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Philip and James
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Philip Neri
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Pius V
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Pius X
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Polycarp
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Pontian and Hippolytus
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Pope Urban V
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Porphyry of Gaza
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Presentation of the Lord
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Queenship of Mary
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Rafal Chylinski
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Raymond Lull
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Raymond of Penyafort
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Rita of Cascia
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Robert Bellarmine
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Romuald
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Rose of Lima
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Rose of Viterbo
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Rose Philippine Duchesne
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Rose Venerini
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Sabas
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Salvator of Horta
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Scholastica
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Sebastian
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Seraphin of Montegranaro
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Seven Founders of the Order of Servites
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Sharbel Makhlouf
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Simon and Jude
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Solanus Casey
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Stanislaus
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Stephen
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Sylvester I
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Sylvester of Assisi
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Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein)
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Teresa of Avila
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Teresa of Los Andes
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Theophilus of Corte
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Therese of Lisieux
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Thomas Aquinas
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Thomas Becket
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Thomas More
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Thomas of Villanova
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Thomas the Apostle
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Timothy and Titus
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Transfiguration of the Lord
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Triumph of the Cross
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Turibius of Mogrovejo
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Veronica Giuliani
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Vincent
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Visitation
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Wenceslaus
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