Feast day: October 24
St. Anthony Mary Claret
A Catalan weaver's son who became a tireless missionary preacher, archbishop of Cuba, founder of the Claretians, and a pioneer of spreading the faith through cheap printed books.
He preached thousands of missions, survived an assassin's blade across his face in Cuba, and printed and gave away millions of religious booklets.
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