St. Nicholas
St. Nicholas The great veneration with which St. Nicholas has been honored for many ages and the number of altars and churches all over the world that are dedicated in….
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St. Dominic Savio
St. Dominic Savio St. Dominic Savio was born on April 2, 1842 in the village of Riva in northern Italy. His father was a blacksmith and his mother a seamstress…..
St. Margaret of Scotland
St. Margaret of Scotland St. Margaret of Scotland, or Margaret of Wessex, was an English princess born in Hungary to Princess Agatha of Hungary and English Prince Edward the Exile….
St. John the Baptist
St. John the Baptist St. John the Baptist was a contemporary of Christ who was known for evangelization and his baptizing of Jesus Christ. John the Baptist was born through….
St. Leo the Great
St. Leo the Great St. Leo the Great, also known as Pope Saint Leo I, was born into a Roman aristocratic family. His response to the call of the Lord….
St. Stephen
St. Stephen St. Stephen was one of the first ordained deacons of the Church. He was also the first Christian martyr. The Greek word from which we derive the English….
St. Josephine Bakhita
St. Josephine Bakhita St. Josephine Bakhita was born around 1869 in the village of Olgossa in the Darfur region of Sudan. She was a member of the Daju people and….
St. Francis Xavier
St. Francis Xavier St. Francis Xavier was a Navarrese-Basque Roman Catholic missionary born in the Kingdom of Navarre on April 7, 1506. His father was a privy counselor and finance….
St. Helena
St. Helena St. Helena was the mother of Emperor Constantine the Great and an Empress of the Roman Empire. Very little is known about Helena’s early life, but it is….
St. Barbara
St. Barbara St. Barbara, also known as the Great Martyr Barbara, was an early Christian Greek martyr born mid-third century in Heliopolis, Phoenicia. Barbara was the daughter to a rich….