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 […]

Archbishop of Milan. Charles was born in 1528 to an aristocratic family, who lived in a castle on the shore […]

Parents of Saint John the Baptist. Both were old when the Angel Gabriel came to tell them they were going […]

Missionary archbishop. Born in Northumbria in 658, Willibrord studied at Ripon monastery under Saint Wilfrid and spent twelve years studying […]

Abbot. This 6th century saint founded a monastery in Holyhead, Anglesey. Together with his friend Seiriol, Saint Cybi is regarded […]

Elizabeth of the Trinity is the Carmelite's newest Saint, canonised by Pope Francis in 2016. The Carmelite Nuns in Britain […]

St John Lateran is the Pope's church, the cathedral of the Diocese of Rome where the Bishop of Rome presides. […]

One of the most famous Roman soldier-martyrs, almost nothing is known of his life except his martyrdom in the 4th […]

Pope. Born in Rome probably, in the 5th century, of Tuscan parents, little is known of Pope Leo's early life. […]

Born in 316 in Hungary, Saint Martin was one of the most popular saints of the Middle Ages. His father […]

Archbishop. Born in 1584 in Wolodimir, then part of Poland. His parents belonged to the Eastern Rite Church of Kiev […]

Bishop. This Sixth century saint was an Irish nobleman who was baptised by St Colman. Later he became a monk […]

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 […]

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

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

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 […]

Roman martyr, patron saint of music. According to legend, Cecilia was a Roman Christian from a patrician family who lived […]

Monk. Ireland's sixth century missionary to Europe. Born in Leimster in Ireland around 543, Saint Columban was a monk at […]

Irish Bishop. Born in Munster in 530, St Colman was a royal bard at Cashel. He was about 50 when […]

Italian Franciscan priest, writer, preacher and patron of popular missionaries. Saint Leonard was born in Port Maurizio in 1676. After […]

Franciscan priest. Born in Lucera, southeast Italy, in 1681, Francesco entered the Conventual Franciscans when he was just 14. After […]

Nun and visionary. Founder of the devotion of the Miraculous Medal. Catherine came from a large farming family near Dijon […]

Irish abbot. Brendan was one of the early monastic Irish saints. He was a friend and disciple of St Columba. […]

Apostle and martyr. Patron saint of Scotland and Russia. Andrew was a brother of Simon Peter. A fisherman who lived […]

Jesuit priest and martyr. Born around 1540, Edmund Campion was the son of a London bookseller and educated at Christ's […]

Born in 1858, to a French aristocratic family, Charles was left an orphan by the age of six, and he […]