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Juniper, "the jester of the Lord" is sometimes called the saint of comedy. He was also known for his patience—it is said that St. Francis once described the perfect friar by citing "the patience of Brother Juniper, who attained the state of perfect patience because he kept the truth of his low
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Succor: In the Bible's Old
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Guinevere family of names, it is very difficult to determine, for names that begin with gin-, jen-, or jun-, which family they ultimately originated with.
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estate constantly in mind, whose supreme desire was to follow Christ on the way of the cross." St. Frances held
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to produce, hence youth producing, or evergreen. Ginepro (Italian for
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