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Saints of the Day
'Tis the Optional Memorial of Saint Sixtus II, Pope, & Companions, Martyrs (died 258, also spelt Xystus; A.K.A. the Martyred Deacons of Rome), twenty-fourth (XXIV) Bishop of Rome, martyred in the reign of the Roman emperor Valerian, victims of his persecution.

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'Tis also the Optional Memorial of Saint Cajetan, Priest, C.R. (1480-1547, the "Hunter of Souls," A.K.A. Gaetano dei Conti di Thiene), member of the Oratory of Divine Love, founder of the Theatines (C.R.), formally the Congregation of the Clerics Regular of the Divine Providence, & a mount of piety that became the Bank of Naples.

'Tis the Monday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time (Tempus per annum, "time through the year"): Wikipedia-link.