"It is the saints who change the world for the better, they transform it in a lasting way, injecting in it energies that only love inspired by the Gospel can arouse. The saints are the great benefactors of humanity!"
Pope Benedict XVI
Friday, August 12, 2011
Day 342 -- Saint Hilaria of Augsburg
Saint Hilaria of Augsburg was the mother of Saint Afra of Augsburg. While she was visiting the tomb of her daughter with friends, she was seized by authorities and martyred by being burned alive around the year 304.
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