St Andrew Corsini

Bishop of Fiesole. Andrew Corsini was the son of a rich Florentine family, born in 1302. He lead a dissolute […]

St Agatha

Saint Agatha. Virgin martyr. Born in 231 AD at Catania or Palermo, Sicily, she was martyred in approximately 251. She […]

St Paul Miki and Companions

Martyrs of Japan. St Francis Xavier brought Christianity to Japan in 1549. By the time he left a few years […]

St Dorothy

Martyr. Patron of brides, florists and midwives. This third century saint died at Caesarea in Cappadocia during the persecutions of […]

St Colette

Nun. Born in Corbie, France in 1381, Colette began to follow the Third Order Rule when she was 21. She […]

Saint Ronan

Bishop. St Ronan was an early Christian bishop from Kilmaronen in Lennox, Scotland. Bede describes him as an Irish monk […]

Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes

On this day, more than one hundred and fifty years ago, a 14 year-old girl, Bernadette Soubirous, saw Our Lady […]

Bl James Fenn and Companions

Martyrs. Born in 1540, James Fenn came from Montacute, near Yeovil in Somerset. His brothers John and Robert were both […]

St Modomnoc

Abbot. Modomnoc was born in the 6th century, and, according to legend was a son of the royal O'Neill family […]

St Valentine

Two early Christian martyrs called Valentine are listed on this day in the Roman Martyrology. One was a Roman priest, […]

Saints Cyril and Methodius

These early Christian 'Apostles of the Slavs' were brothers from Thessaloniki. It seems that although their father Leo was a […]

St Claude la Colombière

Jesuit priest, missionary and ascetical writer. Claude was born in 1641 in Saint-Symphorien-d'Ozon, in the ancient Province of Dauphiné, in […]