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Commemorated in the Roman Martyrology

Saint Linus, pope

Commemorated on this date; not observed liturgically this year.

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Saint Pius of Pietrelcina, Priest

Liturgical color: White

Padre Pio was an Italian Capuchin priest whose long ministry at San Giovanni Rotondo centered on the Eucharist, sacramental reconciliation, spiritual direction, prayer, and organized care for the sick.

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Rosary

Rosary is a meditative prayer centered on events in the life of Jesus Christ, contemplated with Mary through repeated biblical prayers.

A standard Rosary consists of an opening, five decades, and a conclusion. Each decade joins the Lord's Prayer, ten Hail Marys, and a doxology with meditation on one mystery from the life of Christ.

The mysteries are grouped as joyful, luminous, sorrowful, and glorious. The luminous mysteries were proposed by Pope John Paul II in 2002; the other three groupings developed over earlier centuries.

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Saint Maximilian Mary Kolbe — priest, martyr, apostle of the Immaculata, and pioneer of Catholic publishing.

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