FEBRUARY

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Memorial of Bl. Elizabeth Canori Mora (+1825), wife and mother, Trinitarian Third Order member.

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The 2^nd Provincial Chapter of the Spanish Discalced was held in Madrid on this day in the year 1609.  Fr. Francisco de Santa Ana was elected to succeed John Baptist of the Conception as Minister Provincial.

8  February

9  February

On this day in 1217, Honorius III issued his letter Operante divine dispositionis from the Lateran, approving the Trinitarian Rule of Life, several points of which had been revised.  This papal Bull is addressed to John, minister, and the Brothers of the Order of the Holy Trinity and gives the complete text of the first revised edition of the Trinitarian Rule.

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14  February

Feast of St. John Baptist of the Conception (+1613), priest, Spanish reformer of the Order of the Holy Trinity.

John Baptist of the Conception, Spanish reformer of the Trinitarian Order, died in the Trinitarian house of Cordoba on this day in the year 1613.  He was 51 years old.

15  February

Memorial of St. Cyril, bishop, and St. Methodius monk, transferred from 14 February and celebrated by the Trinitarian Order on this day.

16  February

On this day in 1677, the decree introducing the Cause for the Beatification-Canonization of John Baptist of the Conception was issued.

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26  February

On this day in the year 1596 – appropriately the Monday before Ash Wednesday – after passing through his hometown of Almodóvar del Campo to say farewell to his mother, brothers and sisters, and relatives, John Baptist Rico of the Conception entered the Trinitarian house of Valdepeñas, which had been established by the Province of Andalusia in 1594 for the Recollection.  Miguel de la Reina, Minister of the community, welcomed him with open arms but was bewildered by this unexpected decision made by the predicador maior of Seville.

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