Saint Benedict of Aniane
He was among the protagonists of the Carolingian Renaissance, defended orthodoxy and contributed to spreading the Rule of Saint Benedict of Nursia throughout the Holy Roman Empire.
Our Lady of Lourdes
On February 11, 1858, at the Massabielle cave in Lourdes, the Blessed Virgin appeared to the 14-year-old Bernadette Soubirous, an illiterate peasant. It was the first of a series of eighteen Marian apparitions.
Saint Scholastica
St. Benedict's sister is invoked against storms and lightning because of the famous miracle narrated in the Dialogues of Saint Gregory the Great.
Saint Apollonia
Her martyrdom was the consequence of the preaching of a fortune-teller who had incited the pagan crowds of Alexandria to persecute Christians.
Saint Josephine Bakhita
In the encyclical Spe Salvi, Benedict XVI draws on the life of Josephine Bakhita for a meditation on hope, a theological virtue that had entered powerfully in the life of the Sudanese Saint thanks to the knowledge of the true God.
Saint John of Triora
He was one of the missionaries who proclaimed Christ in China without yielding to compromise, to the point of sacrificing their lives.
Holy Martyrs of Nagasaki
The Church today remembers the martyrdom that took place on February 5th, 1597 on a hill near Nagasaki, where 26 crucified Christians glorified Christ to their last breath.
Saint Agatha
She is among the seven ancient martyrs – together with Lucy, Agnes, Anastasia, Cecilia, Felicita and Perpetua – to be invoked in the Roman Canon.
Saint Gilbert of Sempringham
He was the founder of the only religious order that was entirely English.
Saint Blaise
The Saint famous for the protection of the throat was bishop of Sebaste, where he suffered martyrdom in 316 under Licinius.
Presentation of the Lord
The feast of the Presentation of the Lord concludes the Christmas celebrations by recalling that, 40 days after His birth, Jesus was taken to the temple by Mary and Joseph.
Saint Brigid of Ireland
The cult of Brigid is so popular in Ireland that countless traditions associated with her have sprung up over the centuries, together with a vast iconography.
