Monk and doctor of the Church. Saint Jerome is considered to be one of the greatest Biblical scholars. Born of […]

Carmelite nun. Patron of the missions. Therese was born in 1873 in Alencon in France. When she was 15 she […]

Benedictine abbot. The gentle saint was born to a wealthy family in 895 near Fosse, in France. From his youth, […]

Mystic. Foundress of the Divine Mercy movement. St Faustina was born Helen Kowalska in the village of Glogowiec, Lodz Province […]

Priest. Founder of the Carthusians. Born in Cologne in 1033 to a noble family, Saint Bruno studied at the cathedral […]

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 […]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Evangelist. Patron of artists and doctors. All we know of Luke comes from the New Testament. He was a Greek […]

Jesuit priest and martyr of Canada. Born in 1593 in Normandy, Brebeuf became a Jesuit in Rouen in 1617. His […]

More than 150,000 people gathered in Warsaw this morning, for the beatification of Fr Jerzy Popieluszko, a Catholic priest and […]

Founder of the Passionists. Born in northern Italy in 1694, Paul Daneo lived at a time when many regarded Jesus […]

Nurse and nun. Maria was born in 1888 to a poor Italian family in Brendola in northern Italy. Her father […]

Abbot and monastic pioneer of Palestine. Hilarion was born in 291 in Gaza. He studied at Alexandria, where he became […]

'Do not be afraid' was the most often-used Biblical quote of Pope John Paul II. Karol Józef Wojtyła was born […]

Philosopher, statesman and martyr. Born in Rome around 475, Severenus Boethius was the son of a rich Christian Roman family. […]

Archbishop of Cuba and founder of the Claretians. Antony was born in 1809 in northern Spain. As a young man […]

The Welsh Martyrs commemorated today are the priests Philip Evans and John Lloyd, John Jones, David Lewis, John Roberts, and […]

Franciscan priest. Brazil's first native-born saint. Antonio was one of 11 children born in Guarantingueta near Sao Paulo, Brazil, Antonio […]

These fourth century saints were probably brothers, from Tyre in Lebanon. They were shipwrecked on the Eritrean coast while on […]

Apostles and martyrs. According to Matthew and Mark, Simon was a Canaanite. Saint Luke described him as a zealot. Saint […]

Chiara Badano was born in the small town of Sassello in Savona, Italy, on 29th October 1971. Her parents were […]

Irish monk and missionary. St Foillan was a brother of St Fursey, a 7th century bishop. Together they travelled to […]

Spanish Jesuit laybrother. Patron saint of Majorca. Born in 1533, Alphonsus inherited the family textile business at 23. Within the […]

This feast was originally kept in the springtime in the Eastern Church, and dedicated to 'the martyrs of the whole […]