Saint Helena
Saint Helena, Empress Mother of Constantine, discovered the True Cross during a Holy Land pilgrimage and sponsored numerous churches in Rome and Jerusalem.
Saint Mamas
Saint Mamas, a great martyr, was born in prison to Christian parents, orphaned young, and raised by a widow before his martyrdom.
Saint Stephen the Great
Saint Stephen the Great (977-1038), son of Magyar chieftain Géza, fervently promoted Christianity after becoming Hungary's first king in 997.
The Solemnity Of The Assumption
The Feast of the Assumption celebrates both the departure of Mary from this life by her natural death and her assumption bodily into heaven.
Saint Maximilian Kolbe
Saint Maximilian Kolbe was a Polish Conventual Franciscan friar who volunteered to die in place of a stranger in the Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz in Poland.
Pope Saint Pontian
Pope Saint Pontian, who reigned from 230-235, holds the distinction of being the first pontiff to abdicate.
Saint Euplius
Saint Euplius is venerated as a martyr and saint by the Catholic Church. With Saint Agatha, he is a co-patron of Catania in Sicily.
Saint Clare of Assisi
Saint Clare of Assisi was one of the first followers of Saint Francis of Assisi. She founded the Order of Saint Clare, commonly referred to today as the Poor Clares.
Saint Lawrence
Saint Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr, was one of the victims of the persecution of Valerian in 258. He is one of the most celebrated Martyrs of the Church.
Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein)
St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein), German philosopher turned nun, converted from atheism, martyred in Auschwitz, canonized in 1998, patron saint of Europe.
