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St. Nemesius -- 19 December 2020

Martyr of Egypt. He was burned alive in Alexandria, Egypt, during the persecutions under Emperor Trajanus Decius. Nemesius was arrested and scourged and then burned to death. Like Christ, he was execu... READ MORE



St. Rufus -- 18 December 2020

Rufus and Zosimus were citizens of Antioch (or perhaps Philippi) who were brought to Rome with St. Ignatius of Antioch during the reign of Emperor Trajan. They were condemned to death for their Christ... READ MORE



St. Olympias -- 17 December 2020

Olympias born into a wealthy noble Constantinople family. She was orphaned when a child and was given over to the care of Theodosia by her uncle, the prefect Procopius. She married Nebridius, also a p... READ MORE



St. Ado of Vienne -- 16 December 2020

Death: 875 An archbishop and scholar, Ado was born in Sens and educated at the Benedictine abbey of Ferrieres. Abbot Lupus Servatus, an outstanding humanist of the time, trained Ado, and was impres... READ MORE



St. Mary Di Rosa -- 15 December 2020

Death: 1855 Saint Mary (Paula) Di Rosa December 15 The pounding on the barricaded door of the military hospital sent every heart thudding in terror. In the middle of the war in Brescia (Italy) in 1... READ MORE


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St. Alphege -- 19 April 2020

Patron: of Greenwich; Solihull; kidnap victims Birth: 953 Death: 1012 Archbishop and "the First Martyr of Canterbury." He was born in 953 and became a monk in the Deerhurst Monastery in Glouceste... READ MORE



St. John Joseph of the Cross -- 05 March 2022

Patron: of Ischia Birth: 1654 Death: 1739 St. John Joseph of the Cross was born about the middle of the seventeenth century in the beautiful island of Ischia, near Naples. From his childhood he w... READ MORE



St. Anthony the Abbot -- 17 January 2021

Two Greek philosophers ventured out into the Egyptian desert to the mountain where Anthony lived. When they got there, Anthony asked them why they had come to talk to such a foolish man? He had reason... READ MORE



St. Julius -- 12 April 2022

Julius whose feast day is April 12th. Julius was the son of a Roman named Rusticus. He was elected Pope to succeed Pope St. Mark on February 6, 337. Julius was soon involved in the Arian controversy w... READ MORE



St. Catherine of Alexandria -- 25 November 2020

Patron: of students, unmarried girls, apologists Birth: 287 Death: 305 Saint Catherine of Alexandria is a canonized saint in the Catholic Church who, per Christian tradition, was martyred around ... READ MORE


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