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Category: Saint of the day

Saint of the day: St. Pope Benedict XI

Nicholas Boccasini was born at Treviso, Italy, in 1240. Hhe entered the Dominican Order at the age of 14. After 14 years of study, he became lector of theology, an...

Saint of the day: St. Maria Goretti

July 6 marks the feast day of St. Maria Goretti, a young virgin and martyr whose life is an example of purity and mercy for all Christians. St. Maria Goretti is best...

Saint of the Day: St. Elizabeth of Portugal, Patron of Hospitals

Elizabeth was born a princess in 1271 into the royal house of Aragon in Hungary. She was the daughter of King Peter III and his wife Constance of Sicily and the sister...

Saint of the day: St. Thomas, Apostle and Patron of Architects

Thomas was called Didymus, which means the twin. He was a man of great courage and self sacrifice. When Jesus told His disciples that He would return to Judea to visit...

Saint of the day: Sts. Processus and Martinian 

According to legend, Martinian and Processus were imperial soldiers assigned as the warders of St. Peter and St. Paul in the Mamertine Prison when they were arrested by...

Saint of the day : St. Gall, Hermit

According to St. Gall’s 9th-century biographers in Reichenau, he was from Ireland and entered Europe as a companion of St Columbanus. Gallus as a young man went to...

Saint of the day: The first Martyrs of the church of Rome

There were Christians in Rome within a dozen or so years after the death of Jesus, though they were not the converts of the “Apostle of the Gentiles” (Romans 15:20)....

Saint of the day: Sts. Peter and Paul, first Pope and Apostle

Every year on June 29th, the Church celebrates the feast day of Sts. Peter & Paul. As early as the year 258, there is evidence of an already lengthy tradition of...

Saint of the day: St. Anthelm, Bishop

St. Anthelm, rightfully regarded as the greatest ecclesiastic of his age, was born about the year 1107 in Savory of a noble family. He was educated for the church. After...

Saint of the day: St. William of Monte Vergine, Hermit

William was born in 1085 into a noble family of Vercelli in northwest Italy. He was brought up by a relation after the death of his parents and undertook a pilgrimage to...