Category: Saint of the Day

He was the founder of the Order of the Hermits of Saint Francis, called the Minims, which means the Least.  He died on Good Friday, when he was ninety-one years old. He was canonized twelve years after his death. The … Continue reading →

She was a sister of the illustrious martyr, Saint Hermes, whom she helped during his imprisonment and torture under Emperor Hadrian. She was martyred a few months after her brother and they are buried together.

He was a Benedictine, and was for fifty-two years Bishop of Grenoble. He was made a bishop despite his humility in not wanting to be elevated to that dignity, and in spite of his efforts to retire and become a … Continue reading →

He was a deacon of the Catholic Church in Persia where he was imprisoned and tortured to death because he would not stop preaching the Catholic Faith.

This is one of the churches called the “Seven Churches” of Rome. These seven great churches of Rome are: Saint Peter’s, which is called the Vatican. Saint John Lateran. It contains the heads of the Apostles Saint Peter and Saint … Continue reading →

He was a monk on Mount Sinai who went there to live at the age of sixteen. He became an abbot, but after four years returned to his life as a hermit on this sacred mountain. It was on Mount … Continue reading →

She was a Welsh saint. Her husband, Gundleus, became a saint too, and so did her son, Saint Cadoc.

These were Persian brothers who, with nine companions, were martyred for the Catholic Faith.

He was an abbot at Norcia in Italy. Pope Saint Gregory the Great relates that when he died his soul was seen ascending into heaven in the form of a dove.

He was one of the great apostles of the Holy Name of Jesus. Three other great apostles of the Holy Name of Jesus are: Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, Saint Bernardine of Siena and Saint Ignatius of Loyola. Saint John of … Continue reading →

He was Bishop of Salzburg in Germany and preached the Gospel throughout Bavaria and Austria.

He was the last of the Greek Fathers and a great Doctor of the Church. His veneration for holy pictures and images caused him to have his right hand cut off by order of the Emperor Leo the Isaurian. His … Continue reading →

It was on March 27, in the year 33, that Jesus rose from the dead. This was the first Easter Sunday. Our Lord died at three o’clock in the afternoon, on March 25, in the year 33, and was three … Continue reading →

This is the Spanish, Portuguese and Catalan form of Emmanuel, which means God with us. In Italy they would call him Emmanuele. He was one of a group of forty-three martyrs put to death under the emperor, Diocletian.

He was the apostle of Saxony, and the first Bishop of Munster. He supported the Emperor Charlemagne in his appreciation and realization of the sanctity and the necessity of the Catholic Faith. Saint Ludger wrote Saint Gregory of Utrecht’s life.