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Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Saint Judith the Patron of Prussia
Memorial: May 5th
Patron Saint: Prussia, Female Saint of the Teutonic Knights, Single Mothers
Born: Late 1100's Prussia, modern day Germany
Died: May 12th 1260 in Prussia
Why she is venerated by the Holy Roman Catholic Church: Husband was killed in the Crusades. She sold all of her property to provide for her children. She then left her children with a relative who was the highest ranking officer of the Teutonic Knights. Right afterward, she left to a cave and spent the rest of her life in prayer as a hermit.
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Greetings.
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Thank you Victor. God bless you as well.
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