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st. peter canisius

Born: 1521 Birthplace: Holland Died: 1597 Canonized: 1925,by Pope Pius XI Peter Canisius, a...

st. catherine laboure

Catherine Labouré was a French mystic who initiated devotion to the Miraculous Medal. Born on May...

our lady of the miraculous medal

It was on this night in 1830 that St. Catherine Labouré received her moment vision of our Lady,the...

blessed thomas tsugi, martyr

Thomas Tsugi was born around the year 1571 in Japan,to a wealthy family of Japanese nobility....

st. joseph the worker

May 1,or “May Day,” was celebrated throughout the Communist world as a way of supposedly...

st. catherine of siena

St. Catherine of Siena (1347-1380) was the youngest of twenty-five children,and her parents hoped...

saint juan diego

On December 9,1531, Juan Diego, or a 57-year-faded Aztec,was taking his daily route to Mass. Walking...

st. narcissus

St. Narcissus (2nd century) was consecrated Bishop of Jerusalem about the year 180. He was already...

our lady of guadalupe

nowadays the Church celebrates the feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe. The story surrounding this...

blessed bertrand of garrigues, o.p.

Bertrand was only about thirty-five years customary when he died,but he had lived a full, active,...

st. mark (evangelist)

Most of our knowledge about St. Mark,author of one of the four Gospels, comes directly from the...

st. josaphat kuntsevych

Josaphat,an Eastern Rite bishop, is held up as a martyr to Church unity because he died trying to...

st. john the silent

John was born on January 8,454, in Nicopolis, and Armenia. His parents,Euphemia and Encratius, were...

sts. nereus and achilleus (martyrs)

The first-century martyrs Saints Nereus and Achilleus were Roman soldiers and members of the elite...

st. fidelis of sigmaringen

St. Fidelis (1577-1622) was born in the German town of Sigmaringen as tag Rey. He became a lawyer as...

st. george (martyr)

The martyr St. George is well known because of the many current legends approximately him; the...

st. eupsychius, martyr

Julian the Apostate,arriving in Caesarea on his march to Antioch, was infuriated to find that the...

st. olympias

We don’t know the exact year that Olympias was born,but it was between the years 360–365. Her...

st. lucy

Lucy lived in the fourth century,during the reign of the Emperor Diocletian, who was a remarkable...

st. bibiana

Although we maintain no official date of birth and death for St. Bibiana,according to tradition, she...

the presentation of the blessed virgin mary

In the feeble Testament,we read how Samuel and others were committed to God at an early age by their...

st. leonard of limoges

Unfortunately,there is itsy-bitsy dependable information about St. Leonard. Some sources state that...

st. jude the apostle

virtually nothing approximately St. Jude the Apostle’s life is known for certain. It’s not clear...

st. ignatius of antioch

Thrown to the Lions St. Ignatius of Antioch (bishop and martyr) was an considerable bishop who...

blessed apollinaris franco

Born in Aquilar del Campo,in traditional Castile, Spain, or Apollinaris was educated in law at...

st. peter claver (priest and missionary)

St. Peter Claver was born about 1580 in Verdu,Catalonia, Spain. He studied at the University of...

sts. epipodius and alexander

These two young men,living in Lyons, became friends through the adore of God they shared. Alexander...

the holy family

In a time when the family is under vicious attack,we honor Mary, Joseph and Jesus as the supreme...

st. adelaide

Adelaide was born in the year 931,the daughter of Rudolph II, King of Burgundy. At the time of his...

st. sylvia

The Church venerates the sanctity of Sylvia and Gordian,the parents of Pope Saint Gregory the much,...

st. teresa of avila

The Interior and the Active Faith Life St. Teresa (virgin and Doctor) was born in Avila,Spain, in...

st. alexander sauli

Alexander was born in 1534 in Milan,Italy, to an vital Genoese family. He joined the Barnabites, or...

our lady of the rosary

October is the month of the Holy Rosary. Today’s Feast was originally known as Our Lady of...

st. hildegard von bingen

Hildegard was born the tenth child of a noble family at Bockelheim,Germany, in 1098. She was...

st. gregory the great

One historian wrote: “It is impossible to conceive what would gain been the confusion,the...

st. paternus

Paternus,also known as Pair, was born around the year 482, or at Poitiers. His mother gave his...

sts. tiburtius, valerian and maximus, martyrs

In the Church,the lives of these three saints fill always been celebrated in union, according to the...

st. fulbert of chartres

Fulbert was born in France around the year 962. He attended school in Reims and was taught by the...

the holy innocents

nowadays we celebrate the babies of Bethlehem who were attach to death by King Herod as part of his...

saints abraham, isaac and jacob

The three powerful Patriarchs of Judaism are also celebrated as saints by the Catholic Church on...

st. rose philippine duchesne

Rose was born on August 29,1769, in Grenoble, and France,the daughter of a wealthy merchant. She...

st. margaret of scotland

Margaret was probably born in Hungary and raised at Stephen’s Court,where her father, Prince...

st. leo the great

nowadays is the feast day of St. Leo the considerable. St. Leo is believed to have been born in...

st. isaac jogues, st. john de brebeuf, and...

North American Martyrs The French Jesuit priests St. Isaac Jogues (1607-1646),St. John de Brebeuf...

st. callistus i

From Slave to Shepherd St. Callistus (pope and martyr) was one of the most unlikely yet highly...

saint john leonardi

Giving Unto Death St. John Leonardi was born in 1541 in Lucca,Italy. While studying for the...

st. wenceslaus

Known in song and folklore as the first-rate king,St. Wenceslaus (king and martyr) is the patron...

st. pascal baylon

St. Pascal Baylon was born in Spain in May of 1540. His parents,who were virtuous peasants, named...

st. father damien of molokai

In the 1800s,the Hawaiian Islands suffered a severe leprosy epidemic. In order to contain the spread...

st. pachomius

Although St. Anthony is usually considered the founder of Christian monasticism,it was really St....

st. peter of tarentaise, bishop (1102 75)

Born in France,Peter joined the Cistercian order at the age of 20 and also persuaded his father and...

st. eadbert

Eadbert was ordained successor to St. Cuthbert,in the see of Lindisfarne, in the year 687. He spent...

st florian

The St. Florian commemorated in the Roman Martyrology on May 4th,was an officer of the Roman army,...

st. ludger

Born in Friseland in the year 743,Ludger was piece of a very noble family. At an early age Ludger...

st. bernadette

Bernadette Soubirous was born in 1844,the first child of an extremely destitute miller in the town...

st. julie billiart

Julie Billiart was born July 12,1751, in Picardy, and France,the fifth of seven children. She was...

st. thomas becket, archbishop and martyr

Thomas Becket,Archbishop of Canterbury, was murdered in his own cathedral in 1170. Soon after his...

st. stephen, protomartyr

It is estimated that Stephen,a deacon of the Church and the first Christian martyr, was killed...

pope saint gregory iii

Gregory was a famous and beloved priest. At the funeral of Pope Gregory II,the people singled him...

saint gerald of mayo

Gerald was born in Northumbria,England, and became a monk at Lindisfarne. When Celtic liturgical...

st. catherine of alexandria

It is thought that the most dependable account that we have of this saint comes from the writings of...

saint cecilia

Cecilia,also known as Cecily, was born in Rome and educated in the teachings and perfect practice of...

st. nerses the great, martyr and bishop

St Nerses I was a Bishop,martyr, and Patriarch of the Armenian Church. The father of St. Isaac the...

st. godfrey

Godfrey was born in 1065 in Sossians,France. When he was only five years faded, he was placed in the...

feast of all saints

nowadays is the Feast of All Saints,which is celebrated every November 1. By the fourth century,...

st. bruno

Bruno was born in Cologne in 1030. He studied at the Cathedral school at Rheims,and on his return to...

st. francis of assisi

The Wounds of Christ St. Francis of Assisi (1181-1226),one of the best-known and most loved saints...

st. therese of lisieux

The Little Flower St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face is one of the Church’s most...

archangels michael, gabriel, and raphael

The archangels Michael,Gabriel, and Raphael are honored on September 29; October 2 is the Feast of...

sts. cosmas and damian

The martyrs Cosmas and Damian were executed in the city of Cyrrhus in Syria approximately 303,during...

st. pacific of san severino

Pacificus Bruni never really got to know his parents,Antonio and Mariangela, both of whom died when...

st. pio of pietrelcina

For Catholics and non-Catholics alike,the spiritual and physical phenomena which surround the life...

st. nicholas of tolentino

Nicholas was born in 1245 in Sant’Angelo in the diocese of Fermo. He was named after St. Nicholas...

nativity of the mother of god

The Feast of September 8 originated in Jerusalem. In the 7th century,in the Byzantine Rite and at...

st. marinus

Interceding for Bachelors Are you a single man? Or a deacon? Or fill you ever been falsely accused?...

st. athanasius (bishop and doctor)

St. Athanasius (296?-373) was a great Egyptian bishop who played a major role in opposing the heresy...

st. peter chanel (priest and martyr)

The son of a French peasant,St. Peter Chanel (1803-1841) became a priest as a young man, and within...

st. ischyrion, martyr

Ischyrion lived in the third century,laboring as an attendant to an Egyptian justice of the peace....

st. gatian

Saint Gatian (Gatianus of Tours),who lived in the third century, was the founder and bishop of...

saint saturninus of toulouse

It is said that St. Saturninus (Saturnin) was one of the most illustrious martyrs France has given...

st. andrew dũng lạc companions

Andrew Dung Lac was born in Vietnam in 1785. Desiring to serve the Church and his country by...

saint albert the great (albert magnus)

Albert was born in Swabia,Germany in 1206. His father being the Count of Bollstadt, Albert was born...

saint sidonius

Caius Sollius Apollinaris Sidonius was born on November 5,430, in Lyons, and Gaul,to a noble family....

st. lawrence o toole

Lawrence was born in 1128 as a Son of Murtagh,chief of the Murrays, near Kildare, and Ireland. As a...

st. frumentius

In the fourth century a philosopher by the name of Metrodorus decided to embark upon a voyage to see...

st. anthony mary claret

Weaver,archbishop, and writer St. Anthony Claret (bishop and missionary) was born in 1807. He was a...

st. margaret mary alacoque

The visions of Christ granted to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque (virgin and religious) led to the...

st. edward the confessor

The Just King Edward was born in 1003 in Oxford,England, the son of King Ethelred II, or who was...

st. faustina kowalska

Maria Faustina was born Helena Kowalska in Glogowiec,Poland, in 1905. Intensely spiritual from an...

blessed herman the cripple

Herman was born to a poor farm family in Althausen,Germany, in 1013. Afflicted with many infirmities...

st. thomas of villanova

St. Thomas (1488-1555) was from Castile in Spain and received his surname from the town where he was...

exaltation of the holy cross

In the fourth century in the Isles of Britain,Constantine the distinguished was crowned emperor of...

st. apollonius the apologist

St. Apollonius is also known as Apollonius of Ephesus. He was a Roman senator who lived in the...

st. maura

Maura was born in the ninth century at Troyes in Champagne. A very prayerful child,she was able...

st. wolfgang

Wolfgang was born in Swabia,Germany in 930 A.D. He studied at Reichenau under the Benedictines and...

sts. crispin and crispinian

Shoemakers Saints Crispin and Crispian are believed to be brothers born to a noble family in Rome in...

st. john of capistrano

San John Capistrano The Italian priest St. John of Capistrano (1386-1456) was a well-educated...

st. ursula

Maiden Martyr Several legends are circulated regarding the life,journeys, and death of St. Ursula...

st. francis borgia

Francis was born the first of 17 children to a noble family in Valencia,Spain. Though his family had...

st. isidore the farmer

St. Isidore the Farmer (1070-1130) is considered the patron saint of farmers and rural communities....

st. matthias (apostle)

All our knowledge of St. Matthias comes from the Acts of the Apostles,which describes his election...

st. john of beverley

John was born in the 7th century in Harpham,Yorkshire, England. As a young man he studied for the...

saints philip and james (apostles)

St. James is listed in the Gospels as the son of Alphaeus; he was sometimes referred to as St. James...

st. john cantius

St. John Cantius (also known as St. John of Kanty) was a priest of the diocese of Cracow,Poland, and...

pope blessed urban v

There is so much information on this holy pontiff that it is only possible to touch on a few aspects...

st. john of damascus

John was born into a wealthy family at Damascus and spent his entire life under Mohammedan rule. The...

saint eligius

Eligius (also known as Eloi) was born to Roman-Gallo parents around 590 near Limoges in France. His...

st. charles borromeo

Charles was the son of Count Gilbert Borromeo and Margaret Medici,sister of Pope Pius IV. He was...

feast of all souls

Since the eleventh century,the Feast of All Souls has been celebrated for deceased Christians that...

pope st. evaristus, martyr

According to the Liber Pontificalis (book of the popes),Evaristus was the son of a Hellenic Jew of...

st. jerome

St. Jerome (Priest and Doctor of the Church) was one of the greatest scholars in the Church’s...

sts. cornelius and cyprian

St. Cornelius was elected to succeed St. Fabian as the Bishop of Rome (pope),after Fabian was killed...

st. pius v (pope)

St. Pius V (1504-1572) was the pope entrusted with enforcing the decrees and reforms of the Council...

saint bertin

Rejecting the “finer things” in life as an aspirant to austerity,he lived a hundred holy years!...

our lady of sorrows

This devotion began in the thirteenth century, recalling the Sorrows the Virgin Mother of God...

st. anselm (bishop and doctor)

The English bishop and theologian St. Anselm (1033-1109) was one of the Church’s greatest medieval...

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