St. Francis of Paola
Saint Francis of Paola, founder of the Order of Minims, was born in 1416 in Paula in Calabria, Italy. His parents were remarkable for...
St. John
It is God who calls; human beings answer. The vocation of John and his brother James is stated very simply in the Gospels, along...
St. Edward the Confessor
St. Edward the Confessor was the son of King Ethelred III and his Norman wife, Emma, daughter of Duke Richard I of Normandy. He...
St. John Francis Regis
Born into a family of some wealth, John Francis was so impressed by his Jesuit educators that he himself wished to enter the Society...
St. Casimir
St. Casimir was a prince of Poland and born in the royal palace at Cracow, 3 October 1458. He was the grandson of Wladislaus...
St. John of the Cross
Among the Church's contemplatives, St. John is one of the acknowledged masters of mystical theology. Indeed, perhaps no other writer has had greater influence...
St. Conrad of Piacenza
St. Conrad of Piacenza (1290-1350) was born of a noble family in northern Italy and as a young man married Euphrosyne, daughter of a...
St. Pacificus of San Severino
St. Pacifico was born into a distinguished family in San Severino in the Marche of Ancona in central Italy. After joining the Friars Minor,...
Sts. Justa and Rufina
These martyrs were two Christian women at Seville in Spain who maintained themselves by selling earthenware. Not to concur in idolatrous superstitions, they refused...
