|
St. John of the Cross 
-- 14 December 2021
|
| |
| Patron: of Contemplatives, mystics and Spanish poets
Birth: 1542
Death: December 14, 1591
Beatified: January 25, 1675 by Pope Clement X
Canonized: December 27, 1726 by Pope Benedict XIII
Saint ... READ MORE |
|
|
|
|
St. Lucy
-- 13 December 2021
|
| |
| Patron: of Blindness
Lucy's history has been lost and all we really know for certain is that this brave woman who lived in Syracuse lost her life during the persecution of Christians in the early f... READ MORE |
|
|
|
|
Our Lady of Guadalupe
-- 12 December 2021
|
| |
| Patron: of the Americas
n elder Mexican man makes his way to Mass in the early morning twilight of December 9, 1531. He is a peasant, a simple farmer and laborer, and he has no education. Born unde... READ MORE |
|
|
|
|
Pope Saint Damasus I
-- 11 December 2021
|
| |
| Birth: 306
Death: 384
All lovers of Scripture have reason to celebrate this day. Damasus was the pope who commissioned Saint Jerome to translate the Scriptures into Latin, the Vulgate version of t... READ MORE |
|
|
|
|
Pope Saint Gregory III
-- 10 December 2021
|
| |
| He was just standing there, not doing anything special. As a Syrian priest he must have felt a little out of place among the Roman people mourning that day for the dead Pope. As a good preacher, he mu... READ MORE |
|
|
PREV | NEXT
You are viewing records from 231 to 235 of total 886. |
|
|
|
|
St. Paternus -- 15 April 2020
|
| |
| Birth: 482
Death: 565
St. Paternus.The first 5th century saint. He followed his father's path by becoming a hermit in Wales. He founded the monastery at the great church of Paternus, and became a ... READ MORE |
|
|
|
|
St. Anicetus -- 17 April 2020
|
| |
| Anicetus was a Syrian from Emesa. He became pope about 155 and actively opposed Marcionism and Gnosticism. His pontificate saw the appearance of the controversy between East and West over the date of ... READ MORE |
|
|
|
|
St. Paul the Hermit -- 15 January 2022
|
| |
| Patron: of San Pablo City, Philippines
Birth: 229
Death: 342
Also known as Paul the First Hermit and Paul of Thebes, an Egyptian hermit and friend of St. Jerome. Born in Lower The baid, Egypt, he... READ MORE |
|
|
|
|
St. Peter Canisius -- 21 December 2021
|
| |
| Birth: 1521
Death: 1597
In 1565, the Vatican was looking for a secret agent. It was shortly after the Council of Trent and the pope wanted to get the decrees of the Council to all the European bis... READ MORE |
|
|
|
|
St. David I of Scotland -- 24 May 2021
|
| |
| Birth: ~1080
Death: 1153
David, the youngest son of Scotland's virtuous queen, (Saint) Margaret, succeeded his brother to the Scottish throne in 1124. David's friend, (Saint) Aelred, abbot of the ... READ MORE |
|
|
PREV | NEXT
You are viewing records from 671 to 675 of total 887. |
|
