Category: Saint of the Day

Saint Eric was a king of Sweden, and is one of the great Catholic patrons of that country. He was called “the Father and Lawgiver of the People.” He was martyred by some pagan Danes as he was leaving a … Continue reading →

He was the fifty-fifth pope who died a martyr after a long imprisonment by the Arian king Theodoric.

Saint Paschal Baylon was born on the feast of Pentecost, on the twenty-fourth of May, 1540. That is why he was called “Paschal.” He was a little peasant boy who tended sheep. In his leisure, he read holy books and … Continue reading →

There are two great Irish saints named Brendan, and both were abbots. Saint Brendan the Younger, whose feast is May 16, was educated by Saint Ita and Saint Finian. He was the first one ever to make a voyage to … Continue reading →

Saint Simon was born at Kent, in England, of a distinguished family. He was called “Simon Stock” because at the age of twelve he began living a contemplative life in the hollow (the stock) of a great oak tree, which … Continue reading →

This is the great and wonderful Catholic priest born at Nepomuk, in Bohemia, who became court chaplain at Prague and confessor to the wife of King Wenceslaus IV. Because he would not reveal to the king what the queen had … Continue reading →

She was a beautiful virgin and martyr, the daughter of an Irish king, who was beheaded by the order of her pagan father. Martyred with her was her chaplain, Saint Gerebernus Read our Did You Know? about St. Dymphna.

He is the founder of the Christian Brothers, known technically as the “Brothers of the Christian Schools.” Saint John Baptist de la Salle was born at Rheims, in northern France. This is where Saint Joan of Arc crowned the Dauphin … Continue reading →

Saint Boniface went from Rome, where Saint Paul was beheaded, to Tarsus in Cilicia, where Saint Paul was born. He went there to recover the relics of some precious Catholic martyrs. He was seized by pagans, condemned as a Catholic, … Continue reading →

Saint Robert Francis Bellarmine was born at Montepulciano, in Tuscany, in Italy. He joined the Society of Jesus when he was eighteen years old. In 1599, in spite of all his protestations and entreaties, and even tears, he was made … Continue reading →

The first of the great Fatima apparitions, to three children in Portugal, occurred on May 13, 1917. There were five more apparitions, one on June 13, one on July 13, one on August 19, one on September 13 and the … Continue reading →

This feast is to let us know how royal it is to shed our blood for the Catholic Faith, and to suffer anything so as to practice and profess it. The whole story of the Catholic Faith in the early … Continue reading →

This feast was first promoted by Saint Peter Julian Eymard, in 1868, the year he died. The purpose of this feast is to let us know that without Mary there would be no Blessed Sacrament, because it was she who … Continue reading →

Blessed Imelda Lambertini was the daughter of an Italian count, at Bologna, in Italy. She was a student at a Dominican convent in that city. They accepted her as a novice at the age of nine. She had an intense … Continue reading →