Pope St. Damasus I
Probably born near the city of Idanha-a-Nova in what is present-day Portugal. His life coincided with the rise of Constantine I and the reunion...
Pope St. Benedict XI
Nicholas Boccasini born at Treviso, Italy, 1240; died at Perugia, 7 July, 1304. He entered the Dominican Order at the age of fourteen. After...
Pope St. Cornelius
Pope St. Cornelius whose feast day is September 16th. A Roman priest, Cornelius was elected Pope to succeed Fabian in an election delayed fourteen...
Pope St. Gelasius I
Pope St. Gelasius I, was born in Rome, in the fifth century, the son of an African named Valerius. Some have asserted that Gelasius...
Pope St. Celestine V
He was the eleventh of twelve children. His father died early, and his mother raised him with an influence towards a religious vocation. When...
Pope St. John I
Little is known of John's life before he took office as pope, except that he was born in Tuscany and that his father was...
Pope St. Simplicius
St. Simplicius, a native of Tivoli, was elected to succeed St. Hilary. His election was peaceful, his pontificate stormy. The empire in the West...
Pope St. Callistus
Imagine that your biography was written by an enemy of yours. And that its information was all anyone would have not only for the...
Pope St. Telesphorus
Pope St. Telesphorus (ca. 125 - 138 AD) was a Greek who had been an anchorite. He ruled the Church in the time of Emperor...
Pope St. Julius I
The reign of Pope St. Julius (337-352) found at its doorstep the vexing problem of the Eastern Arians. It is true that the Council...
