Peter Chanel was born in 1804 near Cras in France. His parents were peasants. His parish priest, the Abbe Trompier, […]

Priest, writer and founder. St Louis-Marie is perhaps most famously known for his prayer of entrustment to Our Lady, 'Totus […]

Pope John Paul II canonised Gianna Mola, a mother who died because she refused to have an abortion. The following […]

Mystic. Dominican tertiary. Catherine was born in 1347, the youngest of about 20 children of a Sienese dyer, Giacomo Benincasa. […]

Pope. Anthony Ghislieri was born in 1504 in Piedmont, Italy. He joined the Dominicans in 1518, was ordained in 1540 […]

Foster father of Jesus and husband of Our Lady. Patron saint of families, homes, hospices, manual workers, especially carpenters, and […]

Bishop. Patriarch of Alexandria. Born in 296, to Christian parents, Athanasius became deacon and secretary to Bishop Alexander. He attended […]

Apostle. Philip was from Bethseda in Galilee. Soon after Jesus called him to be an apostle, he began to convert […]

These forty saints died for their faith between 1535 and 1679. They were selected from 200 already beatified by earlier […]