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From: CA Muessig <[log in to unmask]>
> Today, 19 August, is the feast of ...
>
> *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?)
>
> Tom Izbicki wrote:
> 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.
Maria's mother was present at her canonization. So was her murderer,
Alessandro Serenelli.
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