St. Leo the Great – Pope, Confessor, Doctor of the Church
LEO was born at Rome. He embraced the sacred ministry, was made archdeacon of the Roman Church by…
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St. Bademus – Martyr
BADEMUS was a rich and noble citizen of Bethlapeta in Persia, who founded a monastery near that city,…
The Seven Dolors of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Popular devotion to the Sorrows of Our Blessed Lady, whom Holy Church invokes as Queen of Martyrs. In…
St. Perpetuus – Bishop
ST. PERPETUUS was the eighth Bishop of Tours from St. Gatian, and governed that see above thirty years,…
Blessed Herman Joseph of Steinfeld
HERMAN from his earliest years was a devoted client of the Mother of God. As a little child…
St. Celestine – Pope
ST. CELESTINE was a native of Rome, and upon the demise of Pope Boniface he was chosen to…
St. Richard of Chichester – Bishop
RICHARD was born, 1197, in the little town of Wyche, eight miles from Worcester, England. He and his…
St. Francis of Paola – Confessor
AT the age of fifteen Francis left his poor home at Paola in Calabria, to live as a…
St. Hugh – Bishop
It was the happiness of this Saint to receive from his cradle the strongest impressions of piety by…
St. Bejamin – Deacon, Martyr
ISDEGERDES, Son of Sapor III., put a stop to the cruel persecutions against the Christians in Persia, which…