St. Mark
St. Mark Much of what we know about St. Mark, the author of the Second Gospel, comes largely from the New Testament and early Christian traditions. Mark the Evangelist is….
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St. Ambrose
St. Ambrose St. Ambrose, also known as Aurelius Ambrosius, is one of the four original doctors of the Church. He was the Bishop of Milan and became one of the….
St. Philip Neri
St. Philip Neri St. Philip Neri was a Christian missionary and founder of the Congregation of the Oratory, a community of Catholic priests and lay brothers. He was born in….
St. Angela Merici
St. Angela Merici St. Angela Merici was an Italian religious educator and founder of the Ursulines whose deep prayer life and relationship with the Lord bore the fruit of mystical….
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….
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. Juan Diego
St. Juan Diego St. Juan Diego was born in 1474 as Cuauhtlatoatzin, a native to Mexico. He became the first Roman Catholic indigenous saint from the Americas. Following the early….
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. 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….