Category: Saint of the Day

He was the noted monk, a disciple of Saint Peter Damian, who was made Bishop of Gubbio. He is known as Blessed Rudolph of Gubbio.

Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque was a Visitation nun who, in the year 1675, received from Our Lord, Who appeared to her out of the depths of the Blessed Sacrament, the assignment to be the great apostle of the public veneration … Continue reading →

Saint Hedwig was the aunt of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary. She was a queen. She did much to foster convents for the consecration to Jesus and Mary of young Catholic girls. She herself became a nun in her widowhood. She … Continue reading →

He was a poor boy of southern Italy. His great loves were the Blessed Sacrament, Our Lady and the crucifix. He used to say, “Suffer only for God and your suffering will bring you Heaven on earth.” He tried to … Continue reading →

He was the seventeenth Pope and reigned for five years. He built a beautiful church to Our Lady called “Holy Mary beyond the Tiber.” He was martyred for the Faith.

He was a Count of Aurillac in France. He led a life of great and heroic virtue. He founded a Benedictine Abbey and made it one of the most beautiful religious houses of his day. His great devotion was to … Continue reading →

Saint Edward the Confessor, known as Good King Edward, was raised to the throne of England when he was forty years old, on Easter Sunday in 1042. To satisfy his nobles and his people, and so that England might have … Continue reading →

He became a monk at Lindisfarne in England. He founded an abbey at Ripon and was made later Bishop of Compiegne.

He was a king of Northumbria in England who was martyred for the Faith. His wife brought him into the Catholic Church. He was baptized six years before he died.

This feast commemorates the apparition of the Mother of God during her own lifetime to Saint James, the great apostle of Spain, in the year 36, in the town of Saragossa in Spain. This was to encourage Saint James to … Continue reading →

He was born in Ireland and was trained to be a monk by Saint Finian, and by Saint Cadoc in Wales. He founded two monasteries. The city of Kilkenny in Ireland is named for him.

This glorious feast was established as a commemoration of the Third Ecumenical Council of the Church at Ephesus, in 431. It was set up for our own time in 1931 by Pope Pius XI, fifteen hundred years after the Council … Continue reading →

Saint Francis Borgia was the Duke of Gandia and Viceroy of Catalonia, an intimate and trusted friend of the King and Queen of Spain. When his wife died, he distributed his vast estates and titles among his children and became … Continue reading →

He was a priest of Lucca in Italy. With the assistance of Saint Philip Neri and Saint Joseph Calasanctius he founded an Order known as the Clerks Regular of the Mother of God to work among the sick and the … Continue reading →

The great patriarch of pre-Christian times was Abraham, who lived two thousand years before the coming of Christ. He was first called Abram, which means “father”. His name was later changed by God to Abraham, which means “great father”, father … Continue reading →