The Conversion of St. Paul
THE great apostle Paul, named Saul at his circumcision, was born at Tarsus, the capital of Silicia, and…
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St. Raymond of Pennafort – Confessor
BORN A. D. 1175, of a noble Spanish family, Raymund, at the age of twenty, taught philosophy at…
Saint Vincent, Martyr
THE most glorious martyr St. Vincent was born, some say at Saragossa, others at Valentia, but most authors,…
St. Agnes – Virgin, Martyr
AGNES was but twelve years old when she was led to the altar of Minerva at Rome and…
St. Sebastian – Martyr
SEBASTIAN was an officer in the Roman army, esteemed even by the heathen as a good soldier, and…
St. Canute – King, Martyr
CANUTUS, King of Denmark, was endowed with excellent qualities of both mind and body. It is hard to…
Saint Prisca, Virgin and Martyr
Saint Prisca was a noble Roman lady, and after many torments finished her triumph by the sword, about…
Saint Antony of the Desert
ST. ANTONY was born at Coma, a village near Heraclea, or Great Heracleopolis, in Upper Egypt, on the…
Pope Saint Marcellus
ST. MARCELLUS was priest under pope Marcellinus. whom he succeeded in 308, after that See had been vacant…
Saint Paul the First Hermit
ELIAS and St. John the Baptist sanctified the deserts, and Jesus Christ himself was a model of the…