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    "content": "André Bessette — feast January 6.",
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      "name": "André Bessette",
      "latinName": "Andreas Bessette",
      "feastMonth": 1,
      "feastDay": 6,
      "feastLabel": "January 6",
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  "slug": "saint-andre-bessette",
  "name": "André Bessette",
  "latinName": "Andreas Bessette",
  "feastMonth": 1,
  "feastDay": 6,
  "feastLabel": "January 6",
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  "url": "https://latinprayer.org/saints/saint-andre-bessette/",
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  "bodyMarkdown": "Saint André Bessette was a humble Holy Cross brother from Quebec, Canada, known for his extraordinary devotion to Saint Joseph. Born in 1845, he was orphaned at age twelve and worked as a manual laborer before entering religious life. As doorkeeper of Notre-Dame College in Montreal, he welcomed thousands of sick and afflicted people. He built Saint Joseph's Oratory, now the largest church in Canada.",
  "bodyHtml": "<p>Saint André Bessette was a humble Holy Cross brother from Quebec, Canada, known for his extraordinary devotion to Saint Joseph. Born in 1845, he was orphaned at age twelve and worked as a manual laborer before entering religious life. As doorkeeper of Notre-Dame College in Montreal, he welcomed thousands of sick and afflicted people. He built Saint Joseph&rsquo;s Oratory, now the largest church in Canada.</p>"
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