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Praying at St. Monica’s tomb at the Augustinian basilica in Rome

May 16, 2025
By Mountain Butorac
OSV News
Filed Under: News, Saints, World News

St. Monica is the patron saint of mothers, women in difficult marriages and alcoholics. She died in the fourth century in the coastal town of Ostia, Italy, about 13 miles west of Rome.

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