Daily Saints

Saint Laurence

Laurence was one of the seven deacons of the Church of Rome and was executed on 10th August 258, four days after Sixtus II and his companions. By now, few of the facts of his life are known for certain: he was probably a Spaniard from Toledo. A basilica was built over Laurence’s tomb fifty …

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Saint Dominic

Dominic was born in old Castile, Spain. He was trained for the priesthood by his uncle-priest, he studied and mastered arts and theology. Later on, he became a canon of the Cathedral at Osma, there an the revival of the apostolic common life described in Acts of the Apostles was attempted. In 1216 he founded …

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Saint Cajetan

Today’s saint was seemed headed for an ordinary life – he was a lawyer, then became a priest who is engaged in the work of the Roman Curia. Shortly after his ordination, his life took a characteristic turn when he joined the Oratory of Divine Love in Rome – i.e., a group devoted to piety …

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Saint John Vianney

“A man with vision will overcome every obstacles and shall perform deeds that seem to be impossible.” John Marie Vianney was a man of vision. He wanted to become a priest but he has to overcome his meager from schooling, which inadequately prepared him for seminary studies. His dedication as a confessor was his most …

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Saint Peter Julian Eymard

Born in La Mure d’Isère, Southeastern France, Peter Julian Eymard’s faith journey drew him from being a diocesan priest of Grenoble in 1834, to joining the Marists in 1839, to founding the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament in 1856. In addition, Eymard coped with poverty, his father’s initial opposition to his vocation, from serious illness, …

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St. Alphonsus Ligouri

St. Alphonsus Ligouri is a moral theologian, he is even declared as the patron of the moral theologians by Pope Pius XII in 1950. In his day, Alphonsus fought for the liberation of moral theology from the rigidity of Jansenism. His moral theology, which went through 60 different editions in the century following him. His …

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