Believed to be born around 1181-1182, St. Francis of Assisi was initially baptized as Giovanni but was then renamed as Francesco. He was born into a well-to-do family– his father was a merchant and his mother was believed to be part of a French noble family. He grew up to be a popular young noble …
Anne-Thérèse Guérin, known as St. Theodora, was born on October 2, 1978 in Estables, France. St. Theodora exuded piousness at a young age. Even as a child, she loved prayers. She already knew that her vocation was to become a nun. However, life circumstances did not allow her to pursue her path to becoming a …
At a young age of 14, Blessed Antoine Chevrier had already realized that he wanted to be a priest. He started his studies for priesthood at 17 and was ordained on May 25, 1850 by Cardinal Louis Jacques Maurice de Bonald. He was sent to Saint-André de la Guillotière, where the poorest of Lyon resides, …
Born on January 2, 1873, Marie Françoise-Thérèse Martin was the youngest of nine children. She was well-loved and had an idyllic childhood. However, loss came to her at a tender age of four when her mother died of breast cancer. Brought up in a deeply religious home, St. Therese’s piousness and piety developed at an …
Saint Jerome is particularly important for having made a translation of the Bible which came to be called the Vulgate. It is not the most critical edition of the Bible, but its acceptance by the Church was fortunate. As a modern scholar says, “No man before Jerome or among his contemporaries and very few men …
Angels—messengers from God—appear frequently in Scripture, but only Michael, Gabriel and Raphael are named. Michael appears in Daniel’s vision as “the great prince” who defends Israel against its enemies; in the Book of Revelation, he leads God’s armies to final victory over the forces of evil. Devotion to Michael is the oldest angelic devotion, rising …
Lorenzo was born in Manila of a Chinese father and a Filipino mother, both Christians. Thus he learned Chinese and Tagalog from them, and Spanish from the Dominicans whom he served as altar boy and sacristan. He became a professional calligrapher, transcribing documents in beautiful penmanship. He was a full member of the Confraternity of …
The deathbed confession of a dying servant opened Vincent de Paul’s eyes to the crying spiritual needs of the peasantry of France. This seems to have been a crucial moment in the life of the man from a small farm in Gascony, France, who had become a priest with little more ambition than to have …
Sts. Cosmas and Damian were brothers, born in Arabia, who had become eminent for their skill in the science of medicine. Being Christians, they were filled with the spirit of charity and never took money for their services. At Egaea in Cilicia, where they lived, they enjoyed the highest esteem of the people. When the …
Patriarch of Jerusalem and patron of the Carmelite Order. He was an outstanding ecclesiastical figure in the era in which the Holy See faced opposition from Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa. Serving as a mediator in the dispute between the emperor and Pope Clement III, Albert was made an imperial prince, a sign of favor from …
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