Inigo Lopez de Loyola was on his way to military fame and fortune when a cannon ball shattered his leg....

St. Peter was baptized, educated, and ordained a deacon by Cornelius, Bishop of Imola. St. Peter merited...

“Jesus loved Martha and Mary and Lazarus.” This unique statement in John’s gospel tells...

According to his biographer in the Liber Pontificalis, Innocent was a native of Albano Laziale and the...

St. Pantaleon came from Nicomedia, near the Black Sea, in Asia. He was such a famous doctor that the...

Saints Joachim and Anne, are the parents of the Virgin Mary. Nothing was mentioned of them in the Bible...

Nothing is known of St. James the Great’s early life, though it has been established that he is...

Although this saint never traveled far from the Lebanese village of Beka-Kafra where he was born, his...

Throughout the life of Brigitta or Bridget she saw visions concerning the reform of the Church, messages...

St. Mary Magdalene is one of the greatest saints of the Bible and a legendary example of God’s...

Lawrence was born on July 22, 1559, and died 60 years later on his birthday in 1619. His parents William...

According to tradition, Saint Peter sent Apollinaris to Ravenna, Italy, as its first bishop. His preaching...

These sister-martyrs were two Christian women from Seville in Spain who maintained themselves by selling...

Born to the Italian nobility. He studied theology at the Benedictine Monastery of Saint Perpetuus at...

St. Alexius was the only son of a wealthy senator of Rome, Euphemian, and his wife, Aglaë. He was born...

The Order of Carmelites takes its name from Mount Carmel, which was the first place dedicated to the...

St. Bonaventure, born as John, known as “the seraphic doctor,” was born at Bagnoregio, in...

St. Kateri Tekakwitha is the first Native American to be recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church....

As German king and Holy Roman Emperor, Henry was a practical man of affairs. He was energetic in consolidating...

These two friars were martyred in England in the 16th and 17th centuries for refusing to deny their faith....

It is unfortunate that no contemporary biography was written of a man who has exercised the greatest...

Veronica’s desire to be like Christ crucified was answered with the stigmata. Veronica was born in Mercatelli,...

Christianity arrived in China by way of Syria in the 600s. Depending on China’s relations with the outside...

Gregory Grassi was born in Italy in 1823, ordained in 1856, and sent to China five years later. Gregory...

Not much is known of the early life of Emmanuel Ruiz, but details of his heroic death in defense of the...

She was the daughter of a poor Italian tenant farmer, had no chance to go to school, never learned to...

During the same time when Martin Luther was attacking abuses in the Church, a reformation within the...

Elizabeth was a Spanish princess who was given in marriage to King Dennis of Portugal at the age of twelve....

Poor Thomas, little is known about him, yet he made one remark and has been branded as the “Doubting...

Born in Country Meath in 1629, Oliver studied for the priesthood in Rome and was ordained there in 1654....

Born on Spain Island of Malloroca, Serra entered the Franciscan Order taking the name of Saint Francis,...