They were brothers who had been baptized by Saint Peter the Apostle. They were soldiers. For refusing to sacrifice to idols they were tortured and finally beheaded.
Category: Saint of the Day
Saint Pancratius (304)
He is one of the best loved of all the boy saints in the Catholic Church. Saint Pancratius was martyred at the age of fourteen. By way of a gift, one of the Popes in the seventh century sent one … Continue reading
Saint Mamertus (477)
He was the Bishop of Vienne in France. In order to avert some impending calamities he introduced the custom of penitential processions, later adopted by the entire Catholic Church as the three Rogation Days preceding Ascension Thursday.
Saint Philip (61) and Saint James (62)
These are two of the Twelve Apostles, whose feasts are commemorated on the same day. This is because their bodies are kept in the same church in Rome, in the Basilica of the Holy Apostles. Saint Philip was crucified for … Continue reading
Saint Antoninus (1459)
Saint Antoninus was a little man, born in Florence. He was admitted to the Dominican Order when he was sixteen years old. He was the Pope’s special theologian at the Council of Florence, and later on was made archbishop of … Continue reading
Earliest Possible Date for Pentecost
This is the earliest day that Pentecost can occur. The latest day on which it can fall is June 13.
Saint Pachomius (348)
He was one of the greatest Fathers of the Desert. He built several monasteries in Egypt and was the first to write a rule for monastic life. Saint Pachomius was given instructions by an angel.
Saint Gregory Nazianzen (389)
Saint Gregory Nazianzen is a Doctor of the Church and one of the greatest saints of the fourth century. He is called Nazianzen because he was bishop of a small town of that name in Cappadocia, in Asia Minor. His … Continue reading
Saint Acacius (303)
He was a centurion in the Roman army who was tortured and beheaded under Diocletian. He is one of the fourteen Holy Helpers and is invoked against headaches.
The Apparition of Saint Michael (525)
The great Archangel Michael, the special Guardian Angel of Saint Joseph, and the Guardian Angel of each one of the Popes, and one of the seven great angels who stand before the throne of God, appeared on a mountain named … Continue reading
Saint John of Beverley (721)
He was an English Benedictine monk who became a bishop. He founded a monastery at Beverley. Saint Bede, the one English Doctor of the Church, was taught and ordained by Saint John.
Saint Stanislaus of Cracow (1079)
He was a saintly Polish archbishop who, because of his courage in teaching the unequivocal Catholic Faith, drew on himself the anger of King Boleslaus II, who one day entered a church where Saint Stanislaus was celebrating Mass, and split … Continue reading
Saint Evodius (67)
He succeeded Saint Peter the Apostle as Bishop of Antioch, the city where the followers of Our Lord were first called Christians.
Saint John before the Latin Gate (95)
In the year 95, Saint John the Apostle, the beloved disciple of Our Lord, and Our Lady’s priest, was arrested at Ephesus and brought to Rome. He was there thrown into a cauldron of boiling oil. He was eighty-three years … Continue reading
Saint Angelus (1220)
Saint Angelus was born at Jerusalem and was the son of Jewish parents who had been converted to Christianity. He became a Carmelite priest and worked many miracles. He was martyred by heretics at Palermo in Sicily for defending the … Continue reading
