Category: Saint of the Day

She was martyred under Nero, near Naples.

Noted in the world everywhere, the great Saint Januarius was martyred for the Catholic Faith under the Emperor Diocletian. His body is now enshrined in the Cathedral of Saint Januarius in Naples. There are two vials of his blood there, … Continue reading →

He was a Dominican lay brother who came from Spain and lived a humble life as a doorkeeper in a priory in Lima, in Peru. He was one of the great apostles of the souls in purgatory, and was sixty … Continue reading →

He was a Franciscan, a man of simple and innocent mind, who was first admitted and then dismissed by the Capuchins and later accepted by the Conventuals. Through sheer childlike simplicity he managed to learn enough theology to be ordained … Continue reading →

She was a nun who became an abbess, first on Mount Disibode and then on Mount Rupert in Germany. She was greatly admired and praised by Saint Bernard of Clairvaux. She wrote the lives of the two saints on whose … Continue reading →

Two years before the great Saint Francis of Assisi died, and when he was forty-two years old — one year after he had built the first crib in honor of Our Lord — he went off to a lonely mountain … Continue reading →

Saint Edith was the daughter of King Edgar of England. Her mother was also a saint, Saint Wilfrida. Saint Edith was dedicated to God from her earliest years and became a nun when she was fourteen.

She was a glorious Catholic virgin who was burned at the stake at Chalcedon, in Asia Minor, for her Faith and her purity. She is one of the many venerated virgin martyrs of the Church. The image below depicts a … Continue reading →

Saint Cornelius was the twenty-second Pope. Saint Cyprian was a bishop of Carthage in Africa. This Pope and this bishop are commemorated on the same day because Saint Cyprian died on the day that the body of Saint Cornelius was … Continue reading →

He was a member of the great Florentine family known as the Medici. The last twenty-six years of his life he lived as a hermit in the forests of Parma.

The feast of today was extended to the whole Church in 1817 by Pope Pius VII to try to make atonement to the Blessed Mother of God for the horrors inflicted on all those she loved by the Masons and … Continue reading →

Saint Maternus was the son of the widow of Naim whom Jesus raised from the dead, as we are told in the seventh chapter of Saint Luke. He became an ardent disciple of Saint Peter. He was named by Saint … Continue reading →

The Holy Cross on which Our Lord was crucified was first discovered by Saint Helena in the year 326. A large part of it was placed in a church in Jerusalem. This Holy Cross was stolen from Jerusalem in 615 … Continue reading →

He was a Syrian and became a monk when he was a young man. He was one of the greatest glories of his century. The Holy Scriptures and the Traditions of the Church were the subject matter of all his … Continue reading →

Eight days after the birth of the Blessed Virgin, her holy parents, Saint Joachim and Saint Anne, inspired by God, gave her the name of Mary. The name Mary means Lady, and also Star of the Sea. Just to say … Continue reading →