Monk and first bishop of York. Paulinus was one of the second group of monks sent to England by Pope […]

Pope and reformer. Although few people had as great an impact on the twentieth century as Pope John XXIII, he […]

Bishop. Wilfrid was born in Northumbria in 633, the son of a noble family. He was educated at Lindisfarne, and […]

Carlo was born in London on 3rd May 1991 to Italian parents and was baptised at Our Lady of Dolours […]

King of England. Born in 1003, Edward was the son of Ethelred the Unready and his Norman wife Emma. He […]

Pope and martyr. This early Pope was born a slave, served sentence as a convict, was the champion of forgiveness […]

These Sixth century Celtic saints were possibly brother and sister. St Selevan is associated with Killeevan in County Monaghan, Ireland. […]

Foundress of the reformed (Discalced) Carmelites. Teresa was born in 1515 to an aristocratic family in Avila. As a child […]

Lay brother. Born in 1725, in Basilica, Italy, Gerard trained and worked in his father's trade as a tailor before […]

Born on 2 July 1647 Margaret Mary Alacoque was a French Roman Catholic Visitation Sister and mystic, who promoted devotion […]

Bishop and martyr. Born in Syria, Ignatius converted to Christianity and eventually became bishop of Antioch. In the year 107, […]

Hermit. St John lived sometime in the 5th century. As a young man, he went into the Egyptian desert to […]