St. Abraham of Kidunaia
St. Abraham (296-366) was born to a wealthy family near Edessa, Syria. He was forced into an arranged marriage at an early age but...
St. Wenceslaus
St. Wenceslaus was born around 907 near Prague, Bohemia (now the Czech Republic). His father was killed in battle when he was 13 years...
St. Vincent of Saragossa
Legend has it that St. Vincent once stopped by the edge of a vineyard to talk with the men working there and while he...
St. Thomas More
St. Thomas More is the patron Saint of politicians, statesmen, and lawyers. He was the son of John More, a prominent lawyer. As a...
St. Peter Chanel
St. Peter Chanel the protomartyr of the South Seas. St. Peter Chanel was born in 1803 at Clet in the diocese of Belley, France....
St. Joseph the Hymnographer
The most prolific of the Greek hymn writers. A native of Sicily, he was forced to leave his island in 830 in the wake...
St. Hugh of Lincoln
St. Hugh of Lincoln was the son of William, Lord of Avalon. He was born at Avalon Castle in Burgundy and was raised and...
St. Simeon
Saint Simeon was the son of Cleophas, otherwise called Alpheus, who was father also of Saint James the Lesser, the first bishop of Jerusalem,...
St. Alphonsus Liguori, Doctor
St. Alphonsus Ligouri was born near Naples, Italy, in 1732. He was a hard-working student. He received his degree in law and became a...
St. Luke the Younger
Born on the Greek island of Aegina, St. Luke the Younger was the son of farmers and the third of seven children. Saracen raiders forced...
