Here's a link to American Catholic which offers SAINT DAYS for NAMING and also a brief bio of each saint.
This one links to an Italian Saint Rose of Viterbo
"Catholic saints are holy people and human people who lived extraordinary lives. Each saint the Church honors responded to God's invitation to use his or her unique gifts. God calls each one of us to be a saint.
Finding a coorelation between an ancestors name and birthdate as supplied by the Social Security Death Index helped me realize that this person most likely did start out life as a Roman Catholic in Poland.
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