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Memorial

Saint Charles Borromeo

Feast day
November 04
Patron of
seminarians and bishops
Origin
Italian

Life

Charles Borromeo was Archbishop of Milan and a leader of the Catholic Counter-Reformation. He implemented the reforms of the Council of Trent, established seminaries, and personally ministered during the plague.

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