It would be easy to concentrate on the mystical experiences God gave this saint, rather than on her life. In…
David, the youngest son of Scotland’s virtuous queen, (Saint) Margaret, succeeded his brother to the Scottish throne in 1124. David’s…
St. John Baptist de de Rossi, also known as Giovanni Battista de’ Rossi, was born on February 22, 1698 in…
Saint Rita was born Margherita Lotti in Roccaporena, Italy in 1381. The day after her baptism, Rita was surrounded by…
Eugene de Mazenod was born on August 1, 1782, at Aix-en-Provence in France. Early in life he experienced the upheaval…
In the year 1400, a young man came to the door of the largest hospital in Siena. A plague was…
When the father of this Italian saint died, his good mother brought up her twelve children well, even though they…
St. John I, Pope and Martyr (Feast day – May 18) A native of Tuscany in Italy, John was elected…
Franciscan lay brother and mystic. Born to a peasant family at Torre Hermosa, in Aragon, on Whitsunday, he was christened…
Although little is known about Simon Stock’s early life, legend has it that the name Stock, meaning “tree trunk,” derives…