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Saints of the Day
'Tis the Memorial of Saint Bonaventure, Bishop & Doctor of the Church, O.F.M. (1221-1274, the Doctor Seraphicus ["Seraphic Doctor"]; A.K.A. Giovanni di Fidanza, of Bagnorea), Cardinal-Bishop of Albano & seventh (VII) Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor, who attended the Second Council of Lyons (1272-1274, the fourteenth ecumenical council).

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Saint Quote o' the Day

"The best perfection of a religious man is to do common things in a perfect manner. A constant fidelity in small things is a great & heroic virtue."
—Saint Bonaventure, O.F.M. (1221-1274, feast: 15 July)

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