St Eligius of Noyon – Feast Day – December 1 2023
St Eligius of Noyon was also known as Eloi or Eloy. He was the Bishop of Noyon, France. He was born in 588 AD in Chaptelat, near Limoges, France, and died on December 1 660 [Read More …]
St Eligius of Noyon was also known as Eloi or Eloy. He was the Bishop of Noyon, France. He was born in 588 AD in Chaptelat, near Limoges, France, and died on December 1 660 [Read More …]
St Andrew the Apostle was also known as Andrew the Protoclete, Andreas, or Endres. He was the Brother of St Peter the Apostle and one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. He was born in [Read More …]
St Radbod of Utrecht, also known as Radbodus, Radboud, Ratbod, or Redbad. Born in 850 AD in the Gascony Lomagne region of France. Worked at Utrecht, Netherlands and died on 917 AD in Deventer, the [Read More …]
Memorial of Saint Maximus of Riez. Born on Early 5th Century AD in France, Europe. Worked at Riez, France and died on 460 AD in Riez, France [Read More …]
St Andrew Tran Dung-Lac was a Vietnamese Roman Catholic priest who was executed by beheading during the reign of emperor Minh Mạng. He was born around 1795 in Bac Ninh, Vietnam. He was beheaded and [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 Felix of Valois was also known as Hugh. He was a hermit and a co-founder of the Trinitarian Order together with John of Matha. He was born in April 1127 in Valois, France, and [Read More …]
St Lawrence O’Toole, also known as Lorcán Ua Tuathail. He was the Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland in the 12th century. He was born in 1128 AD in Kilkea, County Kildare, Ireland, and died on November [Read More …]
St Albert the Great was the Bishop of Regensburg, Dominican friar, philosopher, and scientist. He was born in 1200 AD in Lauingen, Bavaria, Germany. He died on November 15 1280 in Cologne, Germany. We celebrate [Read More …]
St Abbo of Fleury was also known as Abbon. He was a Benedictine monk and abbot of Fleury Abbey in France. He was born around 945 AD near Orleans, France. He was stabbed to death [Read More …]
St Josaphat’s name at birth was John (Ivan) Kuntsevych. He was a monk and the archbishop of the Archeparchy (archdiocese) of Polotsk, the Ruthenian Catholic Church. He was born in 1580 in Volodymyr Ukraine and [Read More …]
St Martin of Tours was the 3rd bishop of Tours in France. He was born in 316 AD in Savaria, (now Szombathely) Hungary. He died on November 8 397 AD in Candes-Saint-Martin, France. We celebrate [Read More …]
St Leo the Great or Pope Leo I was born in 400 AD in Tuscany, Italy. He was the bishop of Rome from September 29 440 AD until he died on November 10 461 in [Read More …]
St Engelbert of Cologne was also known as Engelbert of Berg. He was the Archbishop of Cologne, Germany in the early 13th century. He was born in 1185 AD in Berg, Germany, and died as [Read More …]
St Leonard of Noblac, also known as Leonardo of Noblet, Leonhard of Limoges, Lienard of Limousin, or Linhart. He was a hermit and abbot of the abbey of Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat. He was born in the late [Read More …]
St Guido Maria Conforti was the Roman Catholic archbishop who founded the Xaverian Missionary Fathers. He was born on March 30 1865 in Ravadese, Parma, Italy and died on November 5 1931 in Parma, Italy. [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 Alphonsus Rodriguez, also known as Alonso, was a Jesuit lay brother. He was born on July 25 1532 in Segovia, Spain, and died on October 31 1617 at the age of 85 in Palma, [Read More …]
St Gaetano Errico was a Roman Catholic priest and founder of The Missionaries of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary. He was born on October 19 1791 in Secondigliano, Naples, Italy, and died on [Read More …]
St Simon the Zealot or the Cananean was one of the chosen apostles of Jesus as written in the New Testament of the Holy Bible. He is one of those apostles whose information is little [Read More …]
St Abraham the Poor was also known as Abraham the Child, or Abraham the Simple. He was a hermit and a disciple of Saint Pachomius of Tabenna for 23 years. He was born in the [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 …]
Saints Crispin and Crispinian, also known as Crispinus and Crispianus, were Christian brothers who preached Christianity during the day and made shoes by night in Soissons, France. They were born in the 3rd century AD [Read More …]
St Anthony Mary Claret was the founder of the Claretians (Congregation of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary). He was born on December 23 1807 in Sallent, Barcelona, Spain and died on October [Read More …]
St John of Capistrano was a Franciscan friar and Catholic priest born on June 24 1386 in Capestrano, Abruzzi, Italy, and died on October 23 1456 at the age of 70 in Ilok, Syrmia, Croatia [Read More …]
St John Paul II was the Pope and head of the Catholic Church from October 16 1978 until April 2 2005. He was born in Wadowice, Poland as Karol Józef Wojtyła on May 18 1920. [Read More …]
St Paul of the Cross (Paolo Francesco Danei) was the founder of the Passionists. He was born on January 3 1694 in Ovada, Piedmont, Italy. He died on October 18 1775 at the age of [Read More …]
St John (Jean) de Brebeuf was a Jesuit missionary in Canada, born on March 25 1593 in Condé-sur-Vire, Normandy, France. He worked with the Huron (Wyandot) people of North America until he was martyred on [Read More …]
St Luke the Evangelist is the author of the canonical Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles. He was born in the 1st century AD in Antioch, Syria. He was a disciple of [Read More …]
St Ignatius was the Bishop of Antioch who was born in Syria. He died as a martyr in 107 AD in Rome during the persecutions of Christians by Emperor Trajan in Antioch. We celebrate his [Read More …]
Pope St Callistus I, also called Callixtus, was the bishop of Rome from 218 AD until 222 AD. He was born in the 2nd Century AD and died as a martyr in 222 AD in [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 …]
Pope St John XXIII was born on November 25 1881 in Sotto il Monte, Bergamo Province, Lombardy Region, Italy, and given the name Giuseppe Angelo Roncalli. He was the 260th pope who convened the Second [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 Daniel Comboni was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop who served as a missionary in Africa. He was the founder of both the Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus and the Comboni Missionary Sisters. [Read More …]
Saints Denis, Rusticus, and Eleutherius Feast Day. Born on Early 3rd Century in Italy, Europe. Worked at Paris, France and died on 258 A.D in Paris, France [Read More …]
St Bruno was born in Cologne Germany around the year 1030 AD. He was the founder of the Carthusian Order. He died on October 6 1101 in Serra San Bruno, Vibo Valentia, Italy. His feast [Read More …]
Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos was a German Redemptorist who worked as a missionary in the United States. He was born on January 11 1819 in Füssen, Bavaria, Germany. He died on October 4 1867 in [Read More …]
St Francis of Assisi was an Italian Catholic friar and deacon who founded the men’s Order of Friars Minor (the Franciscans), the women’s Order of St. Clare (The Poor Clares), and the Third Order of [Read More …]
St Gerard of Brogne was a Benedictine monk who founded the Brogne Abbey in Belgium. He was born in 895 AD in Staves, Namur, Belgium, and died on October 3 959 AD in Brogne, Belgium. [Read More …]
St Jerome was a Latin priest, historian, and theologian. He was born between 342–347 AD in Stridon on the border of Dalmatia and Pannonia (now the town could be in Croatia or Slovenia). He died on [Read More …]
In the Bible, the only archangels that are mentioned are Michael, Gabriel and Raphael. The angels are messengers of God who bring oracles to humankind about what God wishes for man. An archangel is an [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 …]
St Vincent de Paul was a Catholic priest who served the poor. He was born on April 24 1581 in the village of Pouy, in Guyenne and Gascony, France. He died on September 27 1660 [Read More …]
Saints Cosmas and Damian, martyrs were born in Arabia in the 3rd century AD. They were Arab twin brothers who studied medicine and practiced as doctors in Syria. They charged no fee for their services [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 …]
St Padre Pio of Pietrelcina is also known as Francesco Forgione. He was a Franciscan Capuchin, friar, and priest born on May 25 1887 in Pietrelcina, Benevento, Italy. He died on September 23 1968 at [Read More …]
Memorial of Saint Ignatius of Santhia. Born on 5 June 1686 in Italy, Europe. Worked at Italy and died on 22 September 1770 in Turin, Italy [Read More …]
St Matthew the Apostle is also known as Levi. He was one of the twelve apostles of Jesus. Before being called by Jesus, he was a tax collector. [Read More …]
Saints Andrew Kim Tae-gŏn, Paul Chŏng Ha-sang, and Companions are the Korean Martyrs who were killed in Korea for their faith during the 19th-century persecutions of Catholic Christians. 103 Catholic Christians were canonized as saints [Read More …]
St Januarius was a 3rd-century Bishop of Benevento, Italy. He died as a martyr in 305 AD in Pozzuoli, Campania during the Diocletian’s persecutions of Christians. We celebrate his feast day on September 19 every year [Read More …]
Saint Joseph of Cupertino Feast Day. Born on 17 June 1603 in Italy, Europe. Worked at Cupertino, Italy and died on 18 September 1663 in Ossimo, Italy [Read More …]
St Robert Bellarmine was a cardinal and the Archbishop of Capua in Campania, Italy. He was born on October 4 1542 in Montepulciano, Italy. He died on September 17 1621 at the age of 78 [Read More …]
St Cyprian, bishop of Carthage was born in 190 AD in Carthage, Tunisia and died as a martyr on September 14 258 AD. He is known for fighting the Novatian Schism together with Saint Cornelius, [Read More …]
St John Chrysostom was the Archbishop of Constantinople and Doctor of the Church. He was born in 347 AD in Antioch, Turkey and died on September 14 407 at the age of 58 years in [Read More …]
Memorial of Saint Magnus of Fussen. Born on Early 7th Century AD in Germany, Europe. Worked at Bavaria, Germany and died on 666 AD in Monastery at Füssen, Bavaria, Germany [Read More …]
St Gregory the Great was also known as Pope Gregory I or Gregorius Anicius. He was born in 540 AD in Rome, Italy, and died on March 12 604 in Rome. He is famously known for [Read More …]
Memorial of Saint Agricola of Avignon. Born on 630 AD in France, Europe. Worked at Avignon, France and died on 700 AD in Avignon, France [Read More …]
Memorial of Saint Augustus of Campania. Born on Early 5th century in Algeria, Africa. Worked at Campania, Italy and died on Late 5th century in Campania, Italy [Read More …]
Memorial of Saint Aidan of Lindesfarne. Born on Around 590 AD in Ireland, Europe. Worked at Iona, Scotland, Northumbria, England and died on 31 August 651 AD in Bamburg, England [Read More …]
Memorial of Saint Fiacre of Breuil. Born on 7th century in Ireland, Europe. Worked at Meaux, France and died on 18 August 670 AD in France [Read More …]
Solemnity of the Nativity of St John the Baptist is celebrated on June 24. Memorial of the Passion St John the Baptist (Beheading) is held on August 29 every year. John was born six months [Read More …]
St Augustine of Hippo was also called Aurelius Augustinus. He was a philosopher, theologian, and the bishop of Hippo Regius in Numidia, North Africa. He was born on November 13 354 in Thagaste, Numidia in [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 …]
St Bartholomew was one of the twelve apostles of Jesus. He is also referred to as Nathanael or Nathaniel. He hailed from Cana in Galilee and was martyred in Armenia for converting Polymius, King of [Read More …]
St Pius X was the Pope of the Catholic Church from August 4 1903 until August 20 1914. He was born on June 2 1835 in Riese, Treviso, Italy with the birth name Giuseppe Melchiorre [Read More …]
St Bernard was an abbot of Clairvaux. He was born in 1090 in Fontaine-les-Dijon, Burgundy, France. He died August 20 1153 in Clairvaux Abbey, Clairvaux, Champagne, France at the age of 63 years. His feast [Read More …]
St John Eudes was a Roman Catholic priest and founder of the Order of Our Lady of Charity and The Eudists (Congregation of Jesus and Mary). He was born on November 14 1601 in the [Read More …]
Memorial of Saint Hyacinth. Born on 1185 AD in Poland, Europe. Worked at Many Countries in Northern Europe and died on 15 August 1257 in Kraków, Poland [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 …]
St Maximilian Mary Kolbe was also known as Raymund Kolbe. He was a Catholic priest and a Conventual Franciscan friar born on January 8 1894 in Zduńska Wola, Poland. He died on August 14 1941 [Read More …]
St Hippolytus of Rome was born in 170 AD and died in October 235 AD on the Island of Sardinia, Italy. He was a Christian theologian in the second and third centuries. It has not [Read More …]
St Lawrence was one of the seven deacons of the city of Rome who were martyred together with Pope Sixtus II in 258 AD during the Christian persecution by the Roman Emperor Valerian II. He [Read More …]
Memorial of Saint Dominic, Priest. Born on 8 August 1170 in Spain, Europe. Worked at Notre Dame de la Prouille, France and died on 6 August 1221 in Bologna (present-day Emilia-Romagna, Italy) [Read More …]
St Sixtus II, Pope and Martyr, and Companions, Martyrs Pope Sixtus II was born in Greece in the Roman Empire in the early 3rd century AD. He was the bishop of Rome and pope from [Read More …]
The Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord is celebrated by various Christian communities in honor of the transfiguration of Jesus on the mountain. The feast was present in various forms by the 9th century, [Read More …]
St John Vianney was born with the name Jean-Baptiste-Marie Vianney. He was born on May 8 1786 in Dardilly, Lyon, in France and died on August 4 1859 (aged 73) in Ars-sur-Formans, Ain, in Eastern [Read More …]
St Waltheof of Melrose was Born in 1095 in England to the English nobility, the second son of Simon, Earl of Huntingdon, and Maud (Matilda), grand-niece of William the Conqueror. Grandson of Saint Waldef of [Read More …]
St Eusebius of Vercelli was the first bishop in Vercelli in Northern Italy. He was born on March 2 283 AD in Sardinia. He died on August 1 371 in Vercelli, Piedmont in Northwest Italy [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 …]
St Peter Chrysologus was also called “Peter the Golden-worded” because of his exceptional oratorical eloquence. He was born in 380 AD in Imola, Province of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, North-Central Italy, and died on July 31 450 [Read More …]
Memorial of Pope Saint Victor I. Born on Early 2nd Century AD in Algeria, Africa. Worked at Rome, Roman Empire and died on 199 AD in Rome, Roman Empire [Read More …]
Memorial of Pope Saint Celestine I. Born on Mid 350s AD in Italy, Europe. Worked at Rome and died on 27 July 432 in Rome, Italy [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 James the Apostle is also called James, son of Zebedee, or James the Greater. He was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ and his younger brother was St John the Apostle. He [Read More …]
St Sharbel (Charbel) Makhlouf was also known as Youssef Antoun Makhlouf. He was a Maronite monk, a priest and a hermit. He was born on May 8 1828 in Bekaa Kafra, North Governorate, Lebanon, and died [Read More …]
St Lawrence of Brindisi was also called Julius Caesar Rossi, Giulio Cesare Russo or Lorenzo da Brindisi. He was a Roman Catholic priest of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin and a theologian. He was [Read More …]
St Apollinaris was made the first bishop of Ravenna by Saint Peter himself. He was born in Antioch, Syria, now in modern-day Turkey, and died on July 23 79 AD in Ravenna, Italy as a [Read More …]
Memorial of Saint John Plessington. Born on 1637 in United Kingdom, Europe. Worked at England and died on 19 July 1679 in Barrows Hill, Boughton, England [Read More …]
Feast of St. Frederick, Bishop of Utrecht, Martyr. Born on Born around 780 AD in Netherlands, Europe. Worked at Utrecht, Netherlands and died on 834/838 AD in Utrecht, Netherlands [Read More …]
Feast of Saint Clement of Ohrid. Born on 830-840 AD in Bulgaria, Europe. Worked at Ohrid, Macedonia and died on July 27, 916 (date of burial) in Ohrid [Read More …]
St Bonaventure was the Cardinal Bishop of Albano and also known as “the Seraphic Doctor”. He was born with the name Giovanni di Fidanza in 1221 in Bagnoregio in the Province of Viterbo, Lazio, Italy. [Read More …]
St Camillus de Lellis was born on May 25 1550 in Bocchiavico, Abruzzi, Kingdom of Naples, Italy. He was the founder of the Congregation of the Servants of the Sick and Poor (the Camellians). He [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 …]
Feast of Saint John Jones. Born on 1559 in United Kingdom, Europe. Worked at England and died on 12 July 1598 in Southwark, London [Read More …]
St Benedict of Nursia was also known as Benedetto da Norcia. He was a monk and an abbot born on March 2 480 AD in Norcia, Umbria, Italy. He died on March 21 547 AD [Read More …]
Feast of Martyrs of Damascus. Born on Early 18th Century in Syria, Asia. Worked at Damascus, Syria and died on 9-10 July 1860 in Damascus, Syria [Read More …]
St Augustine Zhao Rong and Companions are also known as the Martyr Saints of China or Martyrs of China. They are a group of 120 saints of the Catholic Church composed of 87 Chinese Catholics [Read More …]
Memorial of Saint Killian. Born on 640 in Ireland, Europe. Worked at Diocese of Würzburg, Germany and died on 8 July 689 in Würzburg Germany [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 Anthony Maria Zaccaria, also known as St Anthony Mary Zaccaria, was born in 1502 in Cremona, Duchy of Milan. He died on July 5 1539. He was the founder of Barnabites religious order and [Read More …]
St Thomas the Apostle was also called Didymus (Twin), the Doubting Thomas or the Apostle of India. He was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus who doubted that Jesus had resurrected. He was born [Read More …]
Feast of Saint Bernadine Realino. Born on 1 December 1530 in Italy, Europe. Worked at Lecce, Italy and died on 2 July 1616 in Lecce, Italy [Read More …]
St Junipero Serra y Ferrer OFM was born with the name Miguel Jose Serra Ferrer on November 24 1713 in Petra, Mallorca (Majorca), Spain. He was a Roman Catholic priest and friar of the Order of [Read More …]
The Church honours the martyrdom of Saint Paul and Saint Peter in Rome with the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul. This liturgical feast is celebrated on June 29 every year. This feast celebration, also [Read More …]
St Irenaeus was the Bishop of Lyon, France. He was born in 130 AD in Smyrna in Asia Minor now in modern-day İzmir, Turkey. He died as a martyr in 202 AD in Lyon, France, [Read More …]
St Cyril of Alexandria was born in 376 AD at Didouseya, Alexandria, Egypt. He was the Patriarch and Bishop of Alexandria from 412 AD to 444 AD. He died of natural causes in 444 AD [Read More …]
Saint Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer y Albás was a Roman Catholic priest and founder of Opus Dei. He was born on January 9 1902 in Barbastro, Aragon, Spain. He died of cardiac arrest on June [Read More …]
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