Pope Saint Damasus

Pope Damasus I was a 4th-century bishop of Rome, known for commissioning the Vulgate Bible and transitioning the liturgy from Greek to Latin.

Pope St. Fabian

Eusebius, born just a few years after Fabian's death, tells us how Fabian came to Rome after Pope Anteros died in 236. A layperson,...

Pope St. Hilary

To replace a man like St. Leo the Great was not easy, but the next pope was a man after Leo's heart, the archdeacon...

Pope Saint Cornelius

Pope Saint Cornelius (251-253) whose feast day is September 16th. A Roman priest, Cornelius was elected Pope to succeed Fabian in an election delayed fourteen months by Decius' persecution of the Christians. The main issue of his pontificate was the treatment to be accorded Christians who had been apostasized during the persecution.
Pope St. Benedict XI

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...