On Wed, 19 Aug 1998, CA. Muessig wrote:
> Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 12:27:56 +0100 (BST)
> From: "CA. Muessig" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Subject: FEAST 19 August
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> Today, 19 August, is the feast of ...
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>
> *Louis of Anjou, bishop of Toulouse (1297): Grand-nephew of Louis IX of
> France. Pope John XXII canonized him at Avignon in 1317, at which ceremony
> Louis's mother was present. (Are there any other saints whose parents were
> present at their canonizations?)
>
Were Maria Goretti's parents still alive when she was canonized in 1950?
She was born in 1890 & murdered at ae 17, so it is theoretically possible.
Tom Izbicki
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