Martha was the sister of Lazarus and Mary of Bethany. Jesus gently reproved her when she complained about Mary not […]

Bishop. His name means 'Peter the golden-worded'. Born in around 380, he was Bishop of Ravenna from about 433 AD […]

Founder of the Jesuits. Ignatius was born in 1491, the youngest son of a Basque nobleman. As a young man […]

Bishop and founder of the Redemptorists. Alphonsus was born in 1696 near Naples, the son of a Neapolitan nobleman. He […]

St Eusebius of Vercelli Bishop. Born in Sardina in the fourth century, to a Christian family who had suffered persecution […]

Cistercian abbot. Of noble birth, (he was the son of Earl Simon of Northampton and Matilda, the great niece of […]