List of Saints whose feast Day is May 24

Blessed Benedict of Cassino was a Benedictine monk at Monte Cassino and abbot of the monastery at Capua, Italy. He was known to live a very austere lifestyle and for charity in the neighbouring community. [Read More …]

Blessed Mario Vergara was a priest in the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions. He was born on November 16 1910 in Frattamaggiore, Naples, Italy and died as a martyr on May 24 1950 in Shadaw, [Read More …]

Blessed Isidore Ngei Ko Lat was a young layman catechist in the diocese of Loikaw, Myanmar. He was born on September 7 1918 in Ahtet Tawpon, Kayin, Myanmar and died as a martyr on May [Read More …]

St Afra of Brescia was a married lay-woman born in the 2nd century AD in Brescia, Lombardy, Italy. She converted to Christianity as an adult after she was baptized by Saint Apollonius of Brescia. She [Read More …]

St Nicetas of Pereaslav was a married layman, a tax collector, and later a monk in Pereaslav, Russia. He was also known as the wonder-worker or the Miracle worker. As a tax collector, he was [Read More …]

Blessed John del Prado was a Franciscan priest born in 1563 in Morgobresio, in Leon, Spain. He was sent to evangelize in Morocco by Pope Urban VIII after a plague killed the Franciscans who were [Read More …]

Blessed Louis-Zéphirin Moreau was the Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec and the founder of both the Sisters of Saint-Joseph of Saint-Hyacinthe and the Sisters of Sainte-Martha. He was born on April 1 1824 in Bécancour, Quebec, [Read More …]

St Joanna the Myrrhbearer was the lay woman in the 1st century who had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities by Jesus and became His follower. We celebrate her feast day on May 24 [Read More …]

Blessed Maria Gargani, also known as Maria Crocifissa of Divine Love, was a member of the secular Franciscan Order and the founder of the Sisters Apostles of the Sacred Heart. born on the evening of [Read More …]