Nun. Frances Xavier Cabrini was the first American citizen to be canonised. Born in 1850, in Lodi in Italy, she […]

Archbishop of Dublin. Laurence (Lorcan O Tuathail) was born about 1128 in Co Kildare, of a marriage between the chieftain […]

Hermit. Born in Leinster, in the 9th century, Fintan was captured and made a slave by Vikings who took him […]

Archbishop of Canterbury. Born in Abingdon in about 1175, to devout parents Reginald and Mabel, Edmund studied in Oxford and […]

Queen and patron of Scotland. Born in 1046, Margaret was educated mainly in Hungary, where her family were exiled during […]

As a seventh-century Anglo-Saxon abbess, Hilda was one of the most influential Church leaders of her day. At a time […]

Bishop. Born at Avalon in Burgundy, in 1135, St Hugh came to England at the request of King Henry II, […]

Missionaries. These were three Jesuits: Roque Gonzalez, Alonozo Rodriguez and Juan de Castillo who were involved in the 'Reductions' of […]

Bishop. According to tradition, Mawes was the 5th century founder and patron of the fishing village near Falmouth in Cornwall, […]

Bishop and martyr. Nerses lived in fourth-century Armenia. He was an official in the court of King Arshak. After the […]

King of East Anglia. On Christmas Day 855, at the age of 14, Edmund was declared King of Norfolk by […]

Bishop. Saint Liberalis was born at the end of the ninth century in Brive, in southwest France. Little is known […]