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November 28: Catherine was born Zoé Labouré on May 2, 1806, the ninth of eleven children born to a farm family in Fain-les-Moutiers, France.

November 20: Though only about fifteen years old when crowned in 855, Edmund showed himself a model ruler from the first, anxious to treat all with equal justice.

November 22: Cecilia was a devout Christian maiden of noble Roman birth. She was martyred and is the the patron saint of music and model of chastity.

November 23: Saint Columban resolved at an early age to embrace monastic asceticism and dedicate himself to a strict and disciplined life, abstaining from many of the pleasures of the world.

December 9: Juan Diego was born in Cuautlitlán – today part of Mexico City – in the year 1474 and given the name "Cuauhtlatoatzin" or "Eagle that speaks".

November 24: An exemplary pastor, Andrew was ardent and indefatigable in his preaching, often fasted, and drew many to the Faith by his simple and moral life.

November 26: At his father's behest, Saint Sylvester studied law, but he felt within himself a call to the ecclesiastical state, so he went to study theology and the Sacred Scriptures instead.

December 8: The Church teaches us that the Blessed Virgin Mary was immaculately conceived, that is, from the time of her conception she was free from the stain of the original sin.

November 27: A true shepherd of souls, Saint Francis Fasani's apostolic zeal was firmly grounded on an intense and deep interior life. His life of prayer was fortified by mortification, severe penances, and long hours spent in Eucharistic adoration.