Saint Barnabas
According to tradition, he was in the group of 72 disciples sent by Jesus to announce the Kingdom of God
Saint Landry of Paris
He founded the first hospital in Paris, the Hôtel-Dieu (“Hostel of God”), the oldest in the world still in operation
Saint Ephrem the Syrian
His uniqueness was that he was able to bring together theology and poetry
Corpus Christi
The Solemnity of Corpus Christi was celebrated for the first time in 1247 in the diocese of Liège. At its origin there were the exhortations of Saint Juliana of Cornillon
Saint James Berthieu
He was a Jesuit missionary killed in Madagascar during the Malagasy rebellion of 1896, when he preferred martyrdom to giving in to repeated requests to deny the faith.
Saint Anthony Maria Gianelli
Founder of the Daughters of Our Lady of the Garden, was an admirable example of a priest and bishop
Saint Norbert
The founder of the Premonstratensian Order was born into a family belonging to the high nobility. For about thirty years he was mostly attracted to the worldly life, until an event in 1115...
Saint Boniface
Called the Apostle of Germany, he played a decisive role in the Christianization of Central Europe
Most Holy Trinity
Fides omnium christianorum in Trinitate consistit, “the faith of all Christians rests on the Trinity”, Saint Augustine taught about the greatest mystery that exists.
Ugandan Holy Martyrs
Today the Church celebrates the memory of saint Charles Lwanga and other 21 Catholic martyrs killed on different days between 1885 and 1887 and proclaimed saints all together in October 1964 by Paul VI
Saints Marcellinus and Peter
They were martyred during Diocletian's persecutions
Saint Justin
Benedict XVI has described him as "the most important apologist of the second century"