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St. James was present at the ressurection of Christ.He was one of the few people to witness this extrodinary event. Around his time, people were being persecuted because of the fact that they were Christian. So being a follower of Jesus at this time was a very dangerous thing yet James stayed faithful to Jesus and actually died as a Martyr

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St. James was born Galilee around the time of Jesus. He later became one of Jesus' apostles which changed his life entirely. If James was not born in Galilee, he would never have become so close to Jesus and would never have had such a big effect in the early Church.

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St. James furthered the efforts of the Church while also portraying the Mark Apostolic being the author of the first Catholic Epistle. In the Epistle, it shows that St. James was very familiar and knowledgeable with the teachings of the Gospel. St. James was also present at the council of Jerusalem in about the year 50. Being the Bishop of Jerusalem and one of the 12 apostles of Jesus, St. James had a major role in the early Church

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Saint James the less

Feast day- May 3

Often reffered to as the brother of the Lord because his mother Mary was either a sister or a close relative of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Saint James was the first Bishop of Jerusalem. It is said That James was also a witness to the resurrection of Jesus Christ. St. James was martyred for the Faith by the Jews in the Spring of the year 62.

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Peter was there for a lot of Jesus' life. He was there when Jesus said his parables. He was also there at the time of his crucifixion and the last supper. Peter was a good supporter of him through it all. Although he was a Saint he still messed up and denied Jesus 3 times.

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This Saint had no fear of death, he never renounced Christ and was sentenced to death for it
In 107, during the reign of the brutal Emperor Trajan, this holy Bishop was wrongfully sentenced to death because he refused to renounce the Christian faith. He was taken under guard to Rome where he was to be brutally devoured by wild beasts in a public spectacle. During his journey, his travels took him through Asia Minor and Greece. He made good use of the time by writing seven letters of encouragement, instruction and inspiration to the Christians in those communities. We still have these letters as a great treasure of the Church today.

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The content of the letters addressed the hierarchy and structure of the Church as well as the content of the orthodox Christian faith. It was Bishop Ignatius who first used the term "catholic" to describe the whole Church. These letters connect us to the early Church and the unbroken, clear teaching of the Apostles which was given to them directly by Jesus Christ. They also reveal the holiness of a man of God who became himself a living letter of Christ. The shedding his blood in the witness of holy martyrdom was the culmination of a life lived conformed to Jesus Christ. Ignatius sought to offer himself, in Christ, for the sake of the Church which he loved. His holy martyrdom occurred in the year 107.

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Feast day: October 17

The second Bishop of Antioch, Syria, this disciple of the beloved Disciple John was consecrated Bishop around the year 69 by the Apostle Peter, the first Pope. A holy man who was deeply loved by the Christian faithful, he always made it his special care to defend "orthodoxy" (right teaching) and "orthopraxy" (right practice) among the early Christians.

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Peter was not the perfect Saint. He had many problems and was not for our religion in the beginning. He has also been known to have denied Jesus. Its hard to believe that much later he became our first pope. St. Peter was a martyr and was crucified. He didnt feel he was worthy as Jesus so he chose to be put on a cross and had it inverted, so he hung upside down.

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Peter was a fisherman at the lake of Gennesare. While there he met Jesus. He couldnt catch anything that day so Jesus told him to put the biggest net he had in the water. He listened, and to his surprise, along with the others on the boat, he had a full net. He and the others were all shaken about this and it converted them.

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Feast day: June 29

Patron of fishermen, net makers, and ship builders

Death: 64

Peter, who was also known as Simon Peter of Cephas, is considered the first Pope. Despite his papacy, Peter had humble beginnings and became one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. He was ordained by Jesus in the "Rock of My Church" written in Matthew 16:17-18, which says, "Jesus replied, 'Simon son of Jonah, you are a blessed man!
Peter was a native of Bethsaida, near Lake Tiberias and was the son of Jonah. He and his brother Andrew were fishermen on Lake Genesareth.

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As stated before, Augustine was born in in Thagaste and lived for a majority of his life in Hippo, both in Northern areas of Africa, this are would later become under the power of the Roman Empire.
During Augustine's time the Roman Empire was at its height, and it fell. The Fall of Rome was something very shocking to happen at the time. As a response to this large event in history, which many saw as punishment for straying away from God, Augustine wrote a very important work, "The City of God," a collection of 22 books with the following structure:

Part I (Books 1–10): a critique of Roman religion and philosophy, corresponding to the Earthly City

Part II (Books 11-22): discussion on the City of God and its relationship to the Earthly City

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Augustine embodied the term "universal" through his life. He proved through his conversion that change is possible, which to many people around the world as a sign of hope. It is a beacon of change for the better for those who wish to abstain from worldly pleasures.

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We feel that Augustine embodies the term Catholic because, similarly to the definition of the word itself, he is a universal saint. He is commonly known as a party animal who knew how to have a good time. This is reflected through his being of the patron saint of brewers due to his conversion after living a life of without God pursuing parties, and worldly ambitions.
Contrarily, Saint Augustine is also the patron saint of printers and theologians. This obviously appeals to the more studious people of the world, while he also appeals to the more extroverted partiers, thus making him a universal saint because he appeals to all.
St. Augustine is also described as "universal" because he is universally venerated all throughout Christianity.

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Given the birth name Aurelius Augustinus; he was born in Thagaste, Numidia (modern-day Souk Ahras, Algeria) on the 13th of November 354.
Growing up, his mother was a devout Christian, but his father was a Pagan minor Roman Official. He went to a school to study Latin literature and there he became acquainted with Pagan beliefs and practices.
Augustine was a Pagan until the age of 31 where, in the summer of 386, he was converted to Christianity. Augustine stated in his autobiography, "Confessions," that he heard a child-like voice calling out to him to take up and read. So he flipped to a random page in the Bible and opened up to a passage in Paul's Epistle to the Romans. Wherein Paul outlines how the Gospel transforms believers, and the believers' resulting behavior.
After being baptized Christian by Ambrose, a mentor to Augustine, he decided to take up a life of priesthood and then eventually Augustine became Bishop of Hippo, giving him the title Bishop Augustine of Hippo. There, he worked tirelessly to try to convert the residents of Hippo to convert to Christianity
Augustine died on the 28th August 430, aged 75, in Hippo, Numidia, which is now modern-day Annaba, Algeria.

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1.http://saintaugustineacademy.com/saint-augustine-of-hippo-facts-prayers/
2.http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=5358
3.http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=677