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February 22, 2015
St. Margaret of Cortona died on 22 February 1297.

January 13, 2015
Today (13 January) is the traditional Feast of the Baptism of Christ, though it is now typically observed on the first Sunday after Epiphany (in 2015 it was celebrated on January 11 ).

November 1, 2014
1 November Marks the Feast of All Saints .

October 4, 2014
October 4 is the Feast of Saint Petronius, bishop of Bologna in the 5th century.

October 4, 2014
Today, October 4, is the feast day of St. Francis .

October 3, 2014
October 3 marks the anniversary of the death of St. Francis of Assisi in 1226.

September 19, 2014
Today, September 19, is the feast day of St. Januarius , better known as San Gennaro, the patron saint of Naples believed to protect the city from volcanic eruptions.

August 10, 2014
Today is the Feast of St. Lawrence (San Lorenzo), who died on 10 August 258 in Rome.

July 2, 2014
Today is the Feast of the Visitation , which is recounted in Luke 1:39-57 .

June 3, 2014
From now through 14 September 2014, visitors to The Cleveland Museum of Art can watch conservators clean Caravaggio’s Crucifixion of Saint Andrew , one of the museum’s most prized paintings.