St Angela Merici
Founder of the Ursuline nuns. Angela was born in 1474, at Desenzano on the shores of Lake Garda near Verona […]
Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
Centuries of Service to Christians in the Holy Land
Founder of the Ursuline nuns. Angela was born in 1474, at Desenzano on the shores of Lake Garda near Verona […]
Dominican friar and theologian. Thomas was born to a noble family at Rocca Secca near Aquino. He was educated from […]
Queen, wife, mother and nun. This saint was a English woman whose life went from rags to riches. As a […]
Founder of the Salesian Order. John was born on 16 August 1815 in Piedmont, the youngest son of a peasant […]
Priest and martyr. The son of a French schoolmaster, Theophane was born in 1829 in Saint-Loup sur-Thouet. He joined the […]
Bishop of Fiesole. Andrew Corsini was the son of a rich Florentine family, born in 1302. He lead a dissolute […]
Martyrs of Japan. St Francis Xavier brought Christianity to Japan in 1549. By the time he left a few years […]
Martyr. Patron of brides, florists and midwives. This third century saint died at Caesarea in Cappadocia during the persecutions of […]
Bishop. St Ronan was an early Christian bishop from Kilmaronen in Lennox, Scotland. Bede describes him as an Irish monk […]
Nun. Born in Corbie, France in 1381, Colette began to follow the Third Order Rule when she was 21. She […]
On this day, more than one hundred and fifty years ago, a 14 year-old girl, Bernadette Soubirous, saw Our Lady […]
Martyrs. Born in 1540, James Fenn came from Montacute, near Yeovil in Somerset. His brothers John and Robert were both […]
Abbot. Modomnoc was born in the 6th century, and, according to legend was a son of the royal O'Neill family […]
These early Christian 'Apostles of the Slavs' were brothers from Thessaloniki. It seems that although their father Leo was a […]
Two early Christian martyrs called Valentine are listed on this day in the Roman Martyrology. One was a Roman priest, […]
Jesuit priest, missionary and ascetical writer. Claude was born in 1641 in Saint-Symphorien-d'Ozon, in the ancient Province of Dauphiné, in […]
Elias and four companions, Daniel, Isaiah, Jeremiah (also known as Jeremy and Jeremias), and Samuel, were Egyptian martyrs who visited […]
These seven men from some of the most prosperous families in Florence, set themselves up as hermits on Monte Senario, […]
Bishop. Born in Ireland, Colman became a monk at Iona and succeeded St Fintan as bishop of Lindisfarne. Bede gives […]
Bishop. Born in 345, this saint was one of the founders of the Armenian church. He worked with St Isaac […]