Category: Catholic Saints

112views 2sharesMartyrs. Twenty-three Martyrs, lead by the Deacon Saint Cyriacus and his two companions, presented their necks to the hangman’s ax in the last and most terrible of the Roman persecutions in…

71views 1shareBishop and Martyr. Bishop of Arezzo in Tuscany, he was beheaded by order of Emperor Julian the Apostate in 362. V: Saint Donatus.A: Pray for us. 71views 1share

41views 1shareConfessor. He founded the Order of  the Congregation of Clerks Regular of the Divine Providence or Theatine Clerks in 1524, dedicated to imitate the life of the Apostles. He himself and by…

26views 1shareMartyrs The men trembled before the barbarous persecution of the prefect Publio Daciano; But two boys and brothers who attended school, Justus, age seven, and Pastor, age nine, spontaneously appeared in…

39views 1shareSixtus, an Athenian philosopher, converted to the only true faith, came to the chair of Saint Peter. Of his seven Deacons, six suffered with him: Felicissimus, Agapitus, Jenarus, Magnus, Vicent and…

34views 1shareConfessor The fervent preacher of the Christian faith; the Holy athlete, gentle to his own, terrible to his enemies, was born in the happy town of Caleruega, in the province of…

40views 1sharePope and Martyr He declared the repetition of baptism unlawful and invalid, even in the case of heretics who had validly received it. Just celebrating, he was beheaded in his own…

31views 1shareBishop, Confessor and Doctor When the wave of impiety grew and announced the frightful storm of the revolution, God raised up Saint Alphonsus so that, for himself and for his Redemptorist…

70views 1shareMartyrs. There were seven brothers who, supported by their heroic mother, preferred to die amid terrible torments rather than be unfaithful to the law of the Lord. Their martyrdom is described…

60views 1shareTwice Saint Peter was chained: in Jerusalem, by order of Herod Agrippa, when the Angel took him out of prison and in Rome, by order of Nero, before being crucified. Both…

117views 2sharesConfessor. He fought for his homeland, Spain, in the citadel of Pamplona (1521). The Reading of the Life of Christ and of the Saints changed him from a torn and vain…

102views 5sharesMartyrs. They were two Christian Persian nobles, who buried in their garden the bodies of the martyrs, for which they were imprisoned. Driven to Rome, and brought before idols, they spat…

45views 1sharePope and Martyrs. Saint Felix was martyred by the Arian emperor Constantius, in the middle of the fourth century; at the beginning of the same century, the three brothers Simplicio, Faustino…

63views 1shareVirgin. Sister of Mary and of Lazarus, she was eager to serve the divine Guest in her house in Bethany; being an image of people who consecrate themselves to God in…

71views 1shareVirgin. (1574). Also known as Saint Catherine of Palma. A native of Valldemuza, on the island of Mallorca, a combination of rare bodily beauty with a great purity of soul. She…

264views 1sharePope and Confessor. Saint Innocent I ruled the Church for fifteen years in the time of Saint Augustine. He condemned Pelagianism, which denied the need for grace. In his time Rome…

403views 2sharesPope and Martyr. He ruled the Church with holy decrees and gave his blood for his sheep in the year 197. During his reign, there was a disagreement as to what…

139views 2sharesMartyrs. They were martyred in Milan in Nero’s time. Saint Ambrose discovered the bodies of these two martyrs and sent the relics to the Basilica of the Apostles. Saint Paulinus of…

147views 1shareMartyr. A native of Nicomedia, he was a distinguished physician. Converted to Christianity, he soon converted his own father, and dedicated himself to bringing the Gentiles to the only true faith….

94views 1shareMother of Most Holy Mary. Among all women, Anne was chosen so that in her womb the mother of God would be conceived without original sin. Saint Anne was a descendant…