Widow. This early Christian saint came from the noblest of Roman families, the Scipios and Gracchis. She was happily married […]

Michal Kozal was born in the village of Nowy Folwark, in Poland, on 27 September 1893. His family were farmers. […]

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 […]

Abbot. Born around 500AD, near the Clyde, ancient chronicles describe how Gildas became a monk after his wife died. He […]

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 […]

Patron saint of sufferers from throat diseases. One of the 'Fourteen Holy Helpers' , Blaise is believed to have been […]

Bishop of Fiesole. Andrew Corsini was the son of a rich Florentine family, born in 1302. He lead a dissolute […]

Saint Agatha. Virgin martyr. Born in 231 AD at Catania or Palermo, Sicily, she was martyred in approximately 251. She […]

Martyrs of Japan. St Francis Xavier brought Christianity to Japan in 1549. By the time he left a few years […]