Lives of the Saints

Lives of the Saints

Saint Francis of Assisi

Saint Francis of Assisi (1181-1226) Feast day: October 4 Saint Francis was born in the town of Assisi in 1181, the son of a wealthy cloth merchant. He worked with his father...
Lives of the Saints

The Life of Saint Pope John XXIII

The Life of Saint Pope John XXIII (1881-1963) Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli was born on November 25, 1881, in Sotto il...
Lives of the Saints

Saint Cyprian of Antioch, Martyr, and Saint Justina, Virgin and Martyr

Saint Cyprian of Antioch, Martyr, and Saint Justina, Virgin and Martyr Cyprian was a well-known pagan in Antioch in...
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Who Is “the Little Flower of Christ”?

Who is "the Little Flower of Christ"? She is Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, one of the best-known...
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Feast of the Archangel Michael

Feast of the Archangel Michael (6 September) Commemoration of the Miracle of Saint Michael at Colossae Michael, leader of the...

Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta

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Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta (Feast: 5 September) Agnes, her baptismal name, was born on 26 August 1910 in Skopje, Macedonia, into a family of Albanian...

Saint Simeon the Stylite

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Saint Simeon the Stylite Saint Simeon was born around 386 in the village of Sis, near Nicopolis (in the Adana region of Turkey). From early...

The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist

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The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist Herod had sent and seized John and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother...

Who was St. Augustine?

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354–430 Feast Day–August 28 Very few men have had such an impact on Christianity as St. Augustine. He was born in AD 354 in North Africa,...

Saint Titus

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Saint Titus Feast: 25 August "But as for you, teach what befits sound doctrine"(Titus 2:1). He was a Greek pagan who came to know Jesus and, according...

The Life of Blessed Élisabeth Turgeon, Apostle of Youth (1840-1881)

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The Life of Blessed Élisabeth Turgeon, Apostle of Youth (1840-1881) "Let the children come to me," Jesus said to his disciples (Luke 18:16). For this...
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