Category: Catholic Saints

35views 1shareVirgin During the Revolution she was most holy educated, and achieved extraordinary culture in classical, modern sciences and languages. She was the founder of the Society of the Sacred Heart, she…

32views 1sharePope and Martyr He baptized Valeriano, husband of St. Cecilia, and his brother Tiburcio He decreed that the assets of the Church be the patrimony of the poor. V/. St. Urban…

18views 1sharePope and Confessor His given name was Hildebrand. He was a monk and became one of the most distinguished Pontiffs, tireless defender of the freedom of the Church; for which he…

81views 1shareCatholic Feast In its secular wars to shake off the yoke of the Moorish, Spain visibly experienced the protection of the Apostle James. The battle cry of our grandparents was: St….

19views 1shareBishops and Martyrs The seven apostolic men, consecrated Bishops by Saint Peter in Rome, widely spread the faith throughout Spain, and founded the first seven episcopal sees: Torquatus, in Guadix; Cecilius,…

47views 1shareConfessor From his childhood he undertook the path of holiness, and made himself respected by his companions for the prestige of his chastity. He embraced religious life in the Franciscan Order,…

29views 1shareVirgin Daughter of Senator St. Pudente and sister of Saint Práxedes, she consecrated her virginity to God, and her person and property at the service of the Martyrs. Her house, in…

27views 1sharePope and Confessor Pietro Angeleri di Murrone, Italian, lived as a young hermitic life; later, surrounded by disciples, he founded the Congregation that was called of the Celestinian monks, similar to…

39views 1shareMartyr A fifteen-year-old boy, he suffered for the true faith a variety of torments, from which God triumphantly brought him out by dint of stupendous wonders, which converted many Gentiles. V/….

15views 1shareConfessor Born in Torre Hermosa (Zaragoza), he was a shepherd in his teens. At the age of twenty he entered the Franciscan Order as a layman. “He excelled among the saints…

48views 1shareBishop and Confessor He was a regular canon of the Order of Saint Augustine, and later Bishop of Gubbio. The invocation of him is powerful against diabolical obsessions. V/. St. Ubald…

15views 1shareConfessor He was Canon of Reims and glorious founder of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, a congregation of teachers dedicated to teaching the poor in a Christian way. He died…

15views 1shareConfessor Born in Madrid, he watered with his sweat the fields that surround the capital of Spain, and its temples with tears of ardent devotion. Despite his poverty, he wonderfully exercised…

30views 1shareMartyr He was Roman; he lived shamelessly with a woman named Aglaé; But both were converted, and he suffered terrible torments for the true faith, in the midst of which he…

27views 1shareBishop, Confessor and Doctor A student of the College of Montepulciano, his homeland, he entered the Society of Jesus at the age of sixteen, where he did very brilliant studies. His…

31views 1shareMartyrs Nereus and Achilles, employed in the most noble imperial house of Flavia Domitilda, were baptized by the Apostle Saint Peter. Through his teachings, the virgin Flavia Domitilda consecrated her virginity…

45views 1shareApostles Philip was, like Peter and Andrew, a native of Bethsaida, in Galilee. He preached the Gospel to the Scythians, and suffered martyrdom, crucified, in Hierapolis, around the year 80. James…

11views 1shareConfessor He was the teacher of his century. The word of this apostle conquered two Saints for the altars: Saint Francis of Borgia and St. John of God. Other Saints consulted…

53views 1shareMartyrs Gordianus, judge, ex officio persecuted Christians in the empire of Julian the Apostate. Converted while he was processing a priest, he came down from the stand to the dock and…

15views 1shareBishop and Confessor In the midst of the corruption of the 15th century, the sanctity of this Dominican religious and Archbishop of Florence shined. His distinguished discretion and his moral science…