St Montanus and Companions
Montanus, Lucius, Victoricus, Flavian and companions were ten disciples of St Cyprian of Carthage (in what is now Tunisia). They […]
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St Ethelbert of Kent
King. Born in 560, Ethelbert was the Anglo Saxon king who welcomed St Augustine and his monks when they arrived […]
St John Ogilvie
Jesuit priest and martyr. John Ogilvie was born at Drum na Keith in Banffshire, Scotland, in 1580 and brought up […]
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St Porphyry of Gaza
Bishop. Born in Salonica in 352, Porphyry became a monk and lived in the Egyptian desert and the Jordan valley. […]
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St Gabriel Possenti
Monk. Patron of young people. Gabriel was born in 1838, a younger son of the governor of Assisi. He studied […]
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Blessed Daniel Brottier
Priest. Born in France in 1876, Daniel began his working life as a teacher. After a few years working at […]
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St David
Monk. Patron saint of Wales. Not a great deal is known about St David. The oldest written evidence about him […]
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St Chad
Bishop. Chad was the first bishop of Mercia and Lindsay at Lichfield. Born in Northumbria in the 7th century, he […]
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St Katharine Drexel
Nun and foundress. Katharine Drexel was the daughter of a millionaire banker. Born in Philadelphia in 1858, she had an […]
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Saint Casimir
Polish prince. Patron of Lithuania. Casimir was the third son of King Casimir IV of Poland. Born in 1458, he […]
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St Ciaran of Saighir
Bishop and monk. Ciaran was born in West Cork in the 6th century. He came from an Ossory family. Ciaran […]
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Sts Baldred and Bilfrith
Hermits. Baldred lived during the 6th century in Northumberland, as a hermit, first at Tyningham and then on the Bass […]
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Saint Perpetua
Martyrs. Perpetua was a 22 year-old married Christian woman who lived in Carthage during the first century. She had given […]
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Saint John of God, religious
Founder of the Brothers Hospitallers. Patron of hospitals, the sick, booksellers and printers. John was born in Portugal in 1495. […]
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St Catherine of Bologna
Italian Poor Clare nun, writer, teacher, mystic and artist. Born in Bologna on 8 September 1413, Catherine came from an […]
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St Oengus the Culdee
Monk and writer. Oengus was the author of the earliest Irish Martyrology, called the 'Felire'. Born of a royal Ulster […]
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St Paul Aurelian
Bishop. Patron of Paul in Cornwall. He is also known as Saint Pol de Leon. According to his Life written […]
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St Gerald of Mayo
Abbot. Gerald was an Englishman who became a monk at Lindisfarne in the 8th century. He then travelled to Inishbofin […]
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St Matilda
Wife, mother and queen. Matilda was born at Engern in Westphalia in 895. Married to the German King Henry I, […]
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Saint Artemides Zatti
Artémides Zatti was an Italian-born religious of the Salesians of Don Bosco and a noted pharmacist, who emigrated to Argentina […]
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St Fintan Lobur
Fintan was an Irish abbot who lived in the sixth century. Although of Munster descent, he was born in Leinster. […]
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St Edward the Martyr
King. Edward was born in 962, the son of the English King Edgar and his first wife Elfleda. He succeeded […]
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St Cuthbert
Monk and bishop. Cuthbert was an Anglo-Saxon saint of the early Northumbrian church in the Celtic tradition. Tradition says he […]
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St Nicholas Owen
Jesuit lay-brother and martyr. There is no record of his family, birthplace, date of birth, or baptism. Nicholas was a […]
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Remembering: Alphonsus (Phonsie), Mc Entaggart, KHS , KCSG
Remembering: Alphonsus (Phonsie), Mc Entaggart, KHS , KCSG ,
St Toribio of Lima
Reforming bishop. A patron of missionaries and South America. Toribio Alfonso de Mogrobejo was born in Mayorga, in Spain, in […]
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Saint Oscar Romero
Archbishop and martyr. Oscar Arnulfo Romero was born into a family of ten on 15 August in Ciudad Barrios, El […]
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Feast of the Annunciation
In both the East and West, Mary is the most important of saints - although little is known of her […]
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St Liudger
Bishop. Frisian by birth, Liudger was one of the eighth century Anglo Saxon missionaries who evangelised parts of northern Europe. […]
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St John of Egypt
Hermit. Born in Asyut, Egypt, in 304, John was a carpenter. When he was 25 he went out into the […]
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St Tutilo
Monk, and gifted musician. Tutilo was an Irish monk who lived in the late ninth and early tenth centuries. He […]
Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church
Today is also the Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church. On 11 February 2018, Pope Francis […]
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St Gwynllyw and Gwladys
These sixth century saints were the parents of Cadoc, one of the early founders of monasticism in South Wales. They […]
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St John Clemacus
Monk and Abbot of Mt Sinai. A seventh century Palestinian, John was married as a young man. When his wife […]
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Remembering: Donal, Downes, GCHS, Gold Palm of Jerusalem 2011 – KC*SG
Remembering: Donal, Downes, GCHS, Gold Palm of Jerusalem 2011 - KC*SG,
St Acacius
Bishop of Antioch. According to legend, this third century saint was so revered by his flock that they nicknamed him […]
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St Hugh of Grenoble
Bishop and monk. Hugh was born in 1052, at Chateauneuf in France. He was the son of a knight called […]
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St Francis of Paola
Patron saint of seafarers. Founder of the Franciscan Minim Friars, Born at Paola in Calabria, in 1416, Francis lived at […]
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St Luigi Scrosoppi
Italian priest and founder of the Sisters of Providence. Luigi was born on 4 August 1804, at Udine in Italy, […]
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St Benedict the African
Laybrother. Born in Sicily in 1526, to African slave parents, Benedict was freed by his owner at a young age. […]
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Spring Mass
Spring Mass which will take place in Kilkenny on Sat 5th April 2025 – Sun 6th April 2025. The details […]
St Vincent Ferrer
Friar. Vincent Ferrer was born in Valencia in Spain, in 1357. His father was an Englishman, married to a Spanish […]
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St William of Aebelholt
Augustinian abbot. Born in France in 1127, William of Aebelholt went on to become one of Denmark's most revered saints. […]