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September 28: Saint Wenceslaus was King of Bohemia who promoted Christianity in his lands, for which his pagan mother opposed him and his twin brother killed him.

August 12: Saint Jane Frances de Chantal was the co-founder of the Order of "The Visitation" with Saint Francis de Sales. The order was for those women desirous of seeking perfection but unable to subject themselves to the austere practices.

June 6: Norbert was born in the year 1080 in Xanten, Germany, to a noble and wealthy family. He lived a life of pleasure until one day he lost consciousness after being thrown from his horse and heard the voice of the Lord.

August 14: The Virgin Mary appeared to Maximilian and presented him with two crowns, one of white roses for purity, the other of red ones for martyrdom. He accepted both.

November 13: Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini founded the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart. By 1907 her order had built free schools, orphanages and convents in 8 countries.

January 4: Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton founded the first religious order for women in America, the Sisters of Charity and became known as Mother Seton.

November 4: Saint Charles Borromeo, while only a sub-deacon, was a Cardinal and administrator of the vacant diocesan see of Milan, Papal Secretary of State, and entrusted with the government of the Papal States, as well as supervisor of the Franciscans, the Carmelites and the Order of Malta.

October 6: Saint Bruno, a Carthusian monk, lived a heroic life of mortification and solitude according to the Carthusian spirituality.

July 23: Saint Bridget was canonized in 1391, and is the patron saint of the Kingdom of Sweden. She is also considered one of the "Patron Saints of Europe".