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| | Saint Patrick's Church: Saints of November 6 |
 | | Christina Bruzo (Bruso), like her namesake in Belgium, could be styled 'the Astonishing,' since her life is a continuous record of most extraordinary phenomenon which indeed would tax our credulity, but they were recorded by a contemporary Dominican, her parish priest. |
 | | In 1268, Christina received stigmatic wounds in her hands, feet, on her forehead and in her side, which bled every Easter. |
 | | According to local tradition, this Leonard was a crusader, who, taken prisoner by the Saracens, was miraculously set free and returned safely home (Benedictines). |
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