St. Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr
St. Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr The year was 258 A.D. It was a difficult beginning for what would become the First Christian Millennium. Hostility against the early followers of Jesus….
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St. Julia
St. Julia St. Julia of Corsica, also known as St. Julia of Carthage or St. Julia of Nonza, was born to noble, aristocratic parents in Carthage. Overtime, Carthage was subject….
St. Ava
St. Ava Ava was the daughter of King Pepin. She was cured of blindness by St. Rainfredis, became a Benedictine nun at Dinart, Hainault, and later was elected Abbess. Her feast….
St. Henry
St. Henry St. Henry, son of Henry, Duke of Bavaria, and of Gisella, daughter of Conrad, King of Burgundy, was born in 972. He received an excellent education under the….
St. Catherine Laboure
St. Catherine Laboure St. Catherine Labouré was born in France on May 2, 1806 as the ninth of 11 children to Pierre and Madeleine Labouré. In 1815, Catherine’s mother passed….
St. Bridget of Sweden
St. Bridget of Sweden St. Birgitta was the daughter of Uppland’s Lagman, Birger Petersson and his wife, Ingeborg, who was a member of the same clan as the reigning family…..
St. Gertrude the Great
St. Gertrude the Great St. Gertrude the Great, or St. Gertrude of Helfta, was born on January 6, 1256 in Germany. She eventually chose to follow the Lord by pursuing….
St. Damien of Molokai
St. Damien of Molokai The man who would become St. Damien of Molokai, was born in rural Belgium, on January 3, 1840. His name was Jozef De Veuster, and he….
St. Albert the Great
St. Albert the Great The saint and doctor of the Church who would be known as Albertus Magnus was born sometime before the year 1200. He was probably born in….
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini St. Frances Xavier Cabrini was born as Maria Francesca Cabrini on July 15, 1850 in Sant’ Angelo Lodigiano, Lombardy, Italy. She was born two months premature….