| Cancer Prayer Group |
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| Saint Peregrine is the Patron Saint of those who have cancer! His feastday is May 1st. |
| Welcome to Saint John Neumann's Cancer Prayer Group Website! |
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| Websites about Saint Peregrine: Order of Friar Servants of Mary EWTN Novena Father Pat's Place Father Lovasik Publication of St. Peregrine St. Peregrine Religious Articles |
| History of Saint Peregrine St. Peregrine Laziosi was born in Forli, Italy in AD 1620. As a young man he led a rebellious and dissolute life and was very hostile to the Church. Once he punched St. Philip Benizi vciously in the face. The good and gentle saint meekly turned the other cheek. St. Peregrine was so deeply moved that he immediately changed his ways. |
| The Blessed Virgin appeared to him in a vision and urged him to "go to Siena" and join the Servites of Mary. For 30 years there after, he led a life of repenatance, prayer and whenever possible, solitude and silence. He was ordained a priest and became an eloquent preacher, persuasive in reconciling sinners. He suffered from an ugly foot cancer which was extremely painful and made him revolting to others. Through it all he showed patience and courage. The night before he was to have his foot amputated, he was miraculously cured while he slept. He became, as a result, the patron of all who suffer from foot ailments, cancer or incurable diseases. St. Peregrine died at 85 in 1345. He was canonized in 1726. |
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