Another name for All Saints’ Day is All Hallows’ Day or Hallowmas. This is the feast that is celebrated in honour of all the known and unknown saints. This day is usually designated as a [Read More …]
The Chair of Saint Peter (Cathedra Petri: in Latin), also known as the St Peter’s Throne, is a relic conserved in St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City, the independent enclave of the Pope inside Rome, Italy. The relic is a wooden seat that tradition claims the Apostle St Peter, the [Read More …]
St Joseph was the husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the foster father of our Lord Jesus Christ. His feast day is celebrated on March 19 every year in the Catholic Church. He is [Read More …]
Saints Perpetua and Felicity were Christian martyrs born in the 2nd Century in Carthage, North Africa. They were killed and died as martyrs in 203 AD aged 20–22 in Carthage during the Christian persecutions by [Read More …]
St Justin was an early Christian philosopher who was born in the year 100 AD in Flavia Neapolis (Modern-day Nablus), Samaria. He died as a martyr in Rome, in 165 AD at the age of [Read More …]
Saint William of Gellone brief life History Date of Birth 755 AD Country of Birth France in Europe Profession Second Duke of Toulouse and founder of the abbey of Gellone Place of Work France Date [Read More …]
St. Rita of Cascia, originally named Margherita Lotti, was an Italian woman who became a widow and later joined the Augustinian order as a nun. She was born in 1381 in Roccaporena, Perugia, Umbria, Italy [Read More …]
Memorial of Saint Victor Maurus. Born on 3rd century in Mauritania, Africa. Worked at Milan, Italy and died on 303 AD in Milan, Italy [Read More …]
St Florian of Lorch. Born on Around 250 AD in Austria, Europe. Worked at Noricum Austria and died on 304 AD in Enns (river) Austria [Read More …]
Memorial of Saint Joseph the Worker. Born on 1st Century BC in Israel, Asia. Worked at Nazareth and died on 1st century, prior to the Passion, of natural causes in Nazareth [Read More …]
Memorial of Our Lady of Good Counsel. Born on 500 AD in Italy, Europe. Worked at Italy and died on 1 March 589 in St David's, Pembrokeshire, Wales [Read More …]
Memorial of Saint Athanasia of Aegina. Born on 790 AD in Greece, Europe. Worked at Greece and died on 14 August 860 in Timia, Greece [Read More …]
Memorial of Saints Basilissa and Anastasia of Rome. Born on 1st Century AD in Italy, Europe. Worked at Rome, Italy and died on 68 AD in Rome [Read More …]
Memorial of Saint Matilda of Saxony. Born on 894/97 AD in Germany, Europe. Worked at Germany and died on 14 March 968 in Quedlinburg, Saxony, Holy Roman Empire [Read More …]
St Frances of Rome was the founder of a religious community of Benedictine Oblates. She was born in 1384 AD in Rome, Italy, and died on March 9 1440 in Rome. We celebrate her feast [Read More …]
Memorial of Saint Conrad of Piacenza. Born on 1290 AD in Italy, Europe. Worked at Italy and died on 19 February 1351 in Noto, Kingdom of Sicily [Read More …]
Memorial of Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order. Born on 1st Century AD in Afghanistan, Asia. Worked at Rome, Italy and died on 6 December 343 (aged 73) in Rome, Roman Empire [Read More …]
Our Lady of Lourdes is a Roman Catholic title of the Blessed Virgin Mary venerated in honor of the Marian apparitions that reportedly occurred in 1858 in the vicinity of Lourdes in France. The first [Read More …]
The Presentation of the Lord 22 When the days were completed for their purification according to the law of Moses, they took him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord, 23 just as [Read More …]
St Elizabeth Ann Seton was born on August 28 1774 in New York City, New York, USA as Elizabeth Ann Bayley. She worked in New York City, New York, USA and died around January 4 [Read More …]
The Feast of The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph
The Holy Family consists of the Child Jesus, the Virgin Mary, and Saint Joseph. Veneration of the Holy Family was formally begun in the 17th century by Saint François de Laval, the first bishop of New France, who founded a Confraternity. [Read More …]
Memorial of Adam the Patriarch and Eve the Matriarch. Born in the garden of Eden until expelled by God. Father and mother of Cain, Abel, Seth [Read More …]
Memorial of Saint Adelaide of Burgundy. Born on 931 AD in France, Europe. Worked at Selz in Alsace and died on 16 December 999 in Seltz, Alsace [Read More …]
Memorial of Saint Virginia Centurione Bracelli. Born on 2 April 1587 in Italy, Europe. Worked at Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia and died on 15 December 1651 (aged 64) in Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia [Read More …]
St Juan Diego, Hermit was also known as Cuauhtlatoatzin. He is the one who was granted apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary in 1531 on the Hill of Tepeyac in Mexico. It is from these [Read More …]
Memorial of Saint Bibiana, Virgin and Martyr. Born on 4th century in Italy, Europe. Worked at Rome, Italy and died on 4th century in Rome, Italy [Read More …]
Our feast today is known in the Western Roman Catholic Church as the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and in the Eastern Churches as the Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple. [Read More …]
St Elizabeth of Hungary was a princess and the daughter of King Andrew of Hungary. She was born on July 7 1207 in Bratislava, Slovakia (previously Pozsony, Hungary). She died on November 17 1231 at [Read More …]
All Souls’ Day is also known as the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed. This is the day when we remember our dead friends and family members and pray for their souls in purgatory and [Read More …]
St Alfred the Great was the King of Wessex from 871 AD to 886 AD and King of England from 886 AD until 899 AD. He was born in 849 AD in Wantage, Berkshire, Wessex [Read More …]
St Edwin of Northumbria, also known as Aeduini, or Eadwine, was the King of Deira and Bernicia, which later became known as Northumbria. He was born in 586 AD in Deira, England. He died in [Read More …]
Saint Edward the Confessor Feast Day. Born on 1003 AD in United Kingdom, Europe. Worked at London, England and died on 5 January 1066 in London, England [Read More …]
St Lorenzo Ruiz (Lawrence) was born on November 28 1594 in Binondo, Manila, Philippines. He and died as a martyr on September 29 1637 in Nagasaki, Hizen Province, Japan. St Lorenzo Ruiz is the patron [Read More …]
Memorial of Saint Cleopas Feast Day. Born on 1st century AD in Israel, Asia. He was one of the two disciples of the Way to Emmaus. Luke 24:13-35 [Read More …]
Memorial of The Holy Name of Mary. Born on Around 18 BC in Israel, Asia. Worked at Nazareth and died on Unknown in Ephesus, Western Turkey [Read More …]
We celebrate the birth or the nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary on September 8. This is nine months from December 8 when we celebrate her Immaculate Conception in the Catholic Church. The parents of [Read More …]
St Monica was the mother of St Augustine of Hippo. She was born in 332 AD in Thagaste (now in modern-day it is called Souk Ahras, Algeria). She died in 387 AD in the Roman [Read More …]
St Louis, King is also known as Louis IX of France. He was the King of France from 1226 to 1270. He was born on April 25 1214 in Poissy, France and died on August [Read More …]
The Memorial of Saint Helena Saint Helena is the Patron Saint of • Against fire• Against thunder• Archeologists• Converts• Difficult marriages• Divorced people• Dyers• Empresses• Nail smiths• Needle makers• Birkirkara, Malta• Helena, Montana, diocese of [Read More …]
St Stephen I of Hungary also known as King Saint Stephen. He was born in 975 AD in Esztergom, Hungary, and died on August 15 1038 in Esztergom, Hungary. He was the first King of [Read More …]
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary solemnity commemorates that the body of the Blessed Virgin was raised by God soon after her death, and taken up to glory, by a singular privilege, before the general [Read More …]
Memorial of Saint Alphonsus Maria de Liguori. Born on 27 September 1696 in Italy, Europe. Worked at Bishop of St. Agatha and died on 1 August 1787 in Pagani, Campania, Kingdom of Naples [Read More …]
Saints Joachim and Anne are the parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the grandparents of our Lord Jesus Christ. They, however, are not mentioned in the Gospels. The name Joachim means he whom Yahweh [Read More …]
St Bridget of Sweden was also called Birgitta Birgersdotter, Princess of Nericia or Birgitta of Vadstena. She was the founder of the Bridgettines nuns and monks. She was born in 1303 in Uppland, Sweden, and [Read More …]
St Henry II was also known as Saint Henry the Exuberant, Good King Henry, or Heinrich. He was the Duke of Bavaria and a Holy Roman Emperor. He was born on May 6 973 AD [Read More …]
Memorial of Saint Marcus Ji Tianxiang. Born on 1834 in China, Asia. China and died on 7 July 1900 in Yazhuangtou, Jizhou, Hebei, China [Read More …]
St Elizabeth of Portugal is also known as St Elizabeth of Aragon. She was born on January 4 1271 at Aljafería Palace, Zaragoza, Kingdom of Aragon. She died on July 4 1336 at the age [Read More …]
The First Martyrs of the Church of Rome were the Christians who were murdered in the city of Rome by orders of Emperor Nero in 64 AD. These persecutions were very well captured and recorded [Read More …]
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