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Her last day
St. Thérèse said the sky would clear when she died
The young nun was twenty-four, and three of her sisters, nuns in the same convent, were in the room at the end.
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Catholic Saints for Kids
Junior Edition · October 1, 2026
True stories of the saints for curious readers ages 10–12.
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How it worked
St. Pio's gloves came off for only one thing: Mass
The wounds in his hands were so deep that he couldn't make a fist or pull a cord tight.
- His age
- 32
- Where
- San Giovanni Rotondo, southern Italy
- When
- October 1919 AD
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Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, virgin and great teacher of the Church
- Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, who gave her whole life to God, and one of the Church's great teachers
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- 1529 St. Ignatius of Loyola, aged thirty-eight, started his arts course at the College of Sainte-Barbe in Paris on the feast of Saint Remigius, and at the same time began getting to know St. Peter Faber and St. Francis Xavier.Our reportSource
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