Life of St Thomas à Becket, Bishop, Martyr
Life of St Thomas à Becket, Bishop, Martyr: According to a contemporary writer, Thomas Becket was the son of Gilbert...
Life of St Thomas à Becket, Bishop, Martyr: According to a contemporary writer, Thomas Becket was the son of Gilbert...
Few days ago, I picked up a pithy profile of St. Francis of Assisi. It was my first time to...
ST. AGNES JANUARY 21 Patron: of young girls, chastity, rape survivors, and the Children of Mary Birth: 291 Death: 304...
Father Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi was born in Nigeria in 1903. He was brought up by the missionaries and trained...
Nicholas, also called “Little John,” because of his small stature was born at Oxford in the year 1550. He saved...
St. Patrick of Ireland is one of the world's most popular saints. He was born in Roman Britain and when...
Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna, disciple of Saint John the Apostle and friend of Saint Ignatius of Antioch, was a revered Christian leader...
February 20th, dioceses in Portugal celebrate the feast of Blesseds Francisco, 11, and Jacinta, 10, the youngest non-martyrs to be...
St Theodosius was born at Mogariassus, in Cappadocia, in 423. He imbibed the first tincture of virtue from the fervent...
William Berruyer, was a member of the illustrious family of the ancient counts of Nevers, and he was educated by...
Neumann was born in Prachatice, Bohemia (modern-day Czech Republic. He attended school in Budweis and joined the seminary there in...
St. Genevieve was a beautiful peasant born around 422 in Nanterre, France, to her father Severus and her mother Gerontia....
St. Basil the Great, born at Caesarea of Cappadocia in 330 was one of ten children of St. Basil the...
St. Sylvester, born in Rome, was ordained by Pope St. Marcellinus during the peace that preceded the persecutions of Diocletian....
Saint Stephen, one of the first ordained deacons of the Church was the first Christian martyr. The Greek word from...
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Saint Mary (Paula) Di Rosa was born in 1813. As a strong woman, she had tackled enormous projects from the...
John was born in Spain in 1542, he learned the importance of self-sacrificing love from his parents. His father gave...
St. Lucy's history was lost and all we really know for certain is that this brave woman who lived in...
Ambrose was descended from an ancient roman family, which, at an early period had embraced Christianity, and numbered among its...
Maria Giuseppa Rossello, the foundress of the Daughters of Our Lady of Mercy was born at Albisola Marina, Liguria, Italy,...
Sabas who was born at Mutalaska, Cappadocia, near Caesarea was the son of an army officer, assigned to Alexandria, who...
Barbara was born in the mid third century in Heliopolis, Phoenicia to her rich pagan father Dioscorus. Barbara was really...
St. Bibiana was Virgin and Martyr. Other than the name, nothing is known for certain about this saint. However, according...
A soldier and courtier to King Yezdigerd I of Persia in the early fifth century, James was a Christian who,...
Felicity was a rich, noble widow. She was a mother of seven sons, all of whom were martyred. Felicity devoted...
Born in Grenoble, France, of a family that was among the new rich, Rose Philippine learned political skills from her...