Category: Saint of the Day

These were a group of 191 priests, including an archbishop and two bishops, most of whom were massacred, during the French Revolution, in a Carmelite church in Paris known as Les Carmes. They died rather than take the oath to … Continue reading →

Saint Stephen was the great King of Hungary, after whom was named the famous Cathedral in Vienna, known as Stefandom. Saint Stephen was crowned King of Hungary by command of Pope Sylvester II, in the year 1000. He dedicated the … Continue reading →

Saint Aegidius, known in Italian as Egidio and in English as Giles, was a Benedictine monk and abbot. In his early life, he lived as a hermit in France. He is one of the fourteen Holy Helpers and is invoked … Continue reading →

Saint Anna the Prophetess was the daughter of a man named Phanuel who was of the tribe of Aser, one of the Twelve Tribes of Israel. She was one of the very, very few faithful Jewish girls who believed with … Continue reading →

He joined the Order of Our Lady for the Redemption of Captives (the Mercedarians), and succeeded Saint Peter Nolasco as its General. He gave away all his possessions so as to free Catholic slaves from Mohammedans. He was called Nonnatus … Continue reading →

He was an Irishman who went to Meaux in France where he built a hermitage and eventually a monastery. So many pilgrims still visit his shrine that in France a taxicab is called a fiacre in consequence of the constant … Continue reading →

Saint Rose of Lima, in Peru, the patroness of South America and the Philippines, was the first saint canonized who was born in the New World. Her great model was Saint Catherine of Siena. Her baptismal name was Isabel, but … Continue reading →

Saint John the Baptist was six months older than Jesus, but died one year before Him. Saint John the Baptist’s head was cut off by the wicked Jewish tetrarch, Herod Antipas, at the order of a horrid woman named Herodias. … Continue reading →

Saint Augustine of Hippo, Doctor of the Church, was born at Tagaste in northern Africa. His early life was spent in wicked ways. But thanks to the prayers of his holy mother, Saint Monica, at the age of thirty-three Saint … Continue reading →

Seven is a mystical number. Our Lady’s Sorrows are seven and are celebrated twice during the year — on the Friday before Good Friday and on September 15. Our Lady’s joys are also seven and are celebrated within the octave … Continue reading →

He was a Spaniard who went to Rome after being ordained a priest. There he beautifully took care of the education of young boys and girls. This was his great apostolate. For this purpose he founded the Order of Clerks … Continue reading →

He was a native of Normandy and served in the royal court. On his own estate he founded a monastery and became a Benedictine abbot. His French name is Herluin.

He was the sixteenth Pope. He ruled the Catholic Church as Christ’s Vicar for fourteen years. He did beautiful work in taking care of the burying grounds of the Christian martyrs of the early centuries. There were eleven million of … Continue reading →

She was a beautiful little virgin of Constantinople, a member of a royal family. By way of consecrating herself to God, she ran away from home, went to Jerusalem, and then to Rome, where she became a nun. She died … Continue reading →

He was an actor in Rome who, while taking part in a performance that ridiculed Christian Baptism, suddenly sensed the meaning of this sacred and beautiful liturgy and was sacramentally baptized. He was then martyred under Diocletian. Another noted actor … Continue reading →