Pope Saint Clement
Saint Clement, early Christian leader and Bishop of Rome, revered by the Petrine faction, distinct from Pauline followers.
Saint Irenaeus
Saint Irenaeus was an Early Church Father who exposed Gnosticism through influential writings, defending and preserving the Catholic faith.
Saint Cyril of Alexandria
Saint Cyril of Alexandria, Patriarch of Alexandria, was an anti-Nestorian theologian who clarified doctrines of the Trinity and Incarnation.
Saint Thomas More
Saint Thomas More is the patron Saint of politicians, statesmen, and lawyers. He was imprisoned in the Tower of London for refusing to acknowledge Henry VIII as supreme head of the Church of England. He was eventually beheaded on July 6, 1535 his last words being ""I die the king's good servant, but God's first."
Saint Germaine Cousin
Born in 1579 of humble parents at Pibrac, a village about ten miles from Toulouse; died in her native place in 1601. From her birth she seemed marked out for suffering; she came into the world with a deformed hand and the disease of scrofula, and, while yet an infant, lost her mother. Her father soon married again, but his second wife treated Germaine with much cruelty.
Saint Ephrem
Saint Ephrem the Syrian, a deacon and doctor of the Church, is best known for his prolific hymn-writing and defense of orthodox trinitarianism against the Arians. His many hymns have earned him the title “Harp of the Holy Spirit.”
Saint Justin Martyr
Saint Justin Martyr (c.100-165) is the patron of Philosophers and Apologists and is a Father of the Church. He wrote many works, some of which are still extant. After giving a defense of the Faith, he was martyred under the Roman Prefect Rusticus in the reign of Emperor Marcus Aurelius.
Saint Agnes of Montepulciano
Saint Agnes of Montepulciano, a visionary Dominican abbess, performed miracles, experienced mystical phenomena, and was noted for her profound spiritual gifts.
Pope Saint Leo IX
Leo IX, born Bruno of Egisheim, was a reformative pope known for combating simony and clerical immorality and influencing the East-West Schism's onset.
Saint Apollonius the Apologist
Saint Apollonius, a Roman senator and Christian martyr, was executed for his faith after a notable defense before the praetorian prefect.
