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Saint James of Bevagna 13th century · August 23rd A 13th-century Dominican religious from the noble Bianchi family, James of Bevagna was a zealous preacher who converted the Nicolaite heretics in Umbria. Marked by a life of extreme austerity and miracles, he received from Christ on the cross the assurance of … Read the biography

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