St. Yvo – Confessor
ST. YVO HELORI, descended from a noble and virtuous family near Treguier, in Brittany, was born in 1253.…
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St. Hospitius – Recluse
ST. HOSPITIUS shut himself up in the ruins of an old tower near Villafranca, one league from Nice…
St. Bernardine of Siena – Confessor
IN 1408 St. Vincent Ferrer once suddenly interrupted his sermon to declare that there was among his hearers…
St. Peter Celestine – Pope, Confessor
AS a child, Peter had visions of our blessed Lady, and of the angels and saints. They encouraged…
St. Venantius – Martyr
ST. VENANTIUS was born at Camerino in Italy, and at the age of fifteen was seized as a…
St. Paschal Baylon – Confessor
FROM a child Paschal seems to have been marked out for the service of God; and amidst his…
St. Ubaldus – Bishop, Confessor
St. Ubaldus, Bishop of Gubbio in Central Italy, died at his post in 1160, after great devotion to…
St. John Baptist de la Salle – Confessor
John Baptist de la Salle was born of a noble family of Rheims and as a young man…
St. Pachomius – Abbot
IN the beginning of the fourth century great levies of troops were made throughout Egypt for the service…
St. Robert Bellarmine – Bishop, Confessor, Doctor of the Church
St. Robert Bellarmine, of whom Pope Clement VIII said: “The Church of God had not his equal in…