Diocese of Lucena
 
 
Life of Saints
 
 
     
Read More
 
Most Read
St. Margaret Clitherow -- 26 March 2022
 
St. Margaret Clitherow was born in Middleton, England, in 1555, of protestant parents. Possessed of good looks and full of wit and merriment, she was a charming personality. In 1571, she married John ... READ MORE
St. Dismas -- 25 March 2022
 
All that is known of Dismas is that he is the Good Thief crucified with Christ on Calvary. The other thief is known as Gestas. A completely unsubstantiated myth from the Arabic Gospel of the Infancy t... READ MORE
St. Aldemar -- 24 March 2022
 
Death: 1080 Abbot and miracle worker, called "the Wise." Born in Capua, Italy, he became a monk in Monte Cassino and was called to the attention of a Princess Aloara of the region. When she built a... READ MORE
St. Toribio Alfonso de Mogrovejo -- 23 March 2022
 
Patron: of Native rights; Latin American bishops; Peru Birth: 1538 Death: 1606 Bishop and defender of the rights of the native Indians in Peru, Born in Mayorga, Spain, he studied law and became a... READ MORE
St. Lea -- 22 March 2022
 
A letter which St. Jerome wrote to St. Marcella provides the only information we have about St. Lea, a devout fourth century widow. Upon the death of her husband, she retired to a Roman monastery and ... READ MORE
PREV | NEXT
You are viewing records from 131 to 135 of total 886.
 
St. Norbert -- 06 June 2020
 
St. Norbert was born at Xanten in the Rhineland, about the year 1080. The early part of his life was devoted to the world and its pleasures. He entered upon the ecclesiastical state in a worldly spiri... READ MORE
St. Bibiana -- 02 December 2020
 
St. Bibiana, Virgin and Martyr (Feast day - December 2nd) Other than the name, nothing is known for certain about this saint. However, we have the following account from a later tradition. In the y... READ MORE
St. John Chrysostom -- 13 September 2020
 
Birth: 344 Death: 407 St. John, named Chrysostom (golden-mouthed) on account of his eloquence, came into the world of Christian parents, about the year 344, in the city of Antioch. His mother, at ... READ MORE
St. Lawrence O'Toole -- 14 November 2020
 
Birth: 1125 Death: 1180 St. Lawrence, it appears, was born about the year 1125. When only ten years old, his father delivered him up as a hostage to Dermod Mac Murehad, King of Leinster, who treat... READ MORE
St. Nicholas -- 06 December 2020
 
Patron: of Bakers and Pawnbrokers The great veneration with which St. Nicholas has been honored for many ages and the number of altars and churches all over the world that are dedicated in his memo... READ MORE
PREV | NEXT
You are viewing records from 826 to 830 of total 887.
     
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Diocese of Lucena dot org                                            All Rights Reserved ©2020
This website is developed and maintained by and for the faithful of the Diocese of Lucena
 
HOME   |   BACK TO TOP    |   LOG IN