Saint Bibiana by Ermes Dovico

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Saint John Mary Vianney

Saint John Mary Vianney

Endless rows of penitents forced him to spend up to 16 hours a day in the confessional. He interrupted confessions only to celebrate Mass. The very way he celebrated Mass was the most powerful means of conversion


Saint Aspren of Naples

Saint Aspren of Naples

Aspren is invoked against migraine


Saint Eusebius of Vercelli

Saint Eusebius of Vercelli

He was one of the few bishops to defend strenuously, at the cost of persecution, the righteous faith in the Son of God “begotten, not created, of the same substance as the Father”, as had been solemnly confirmed by the Nicene Creed.


Saint Alphonsus Maria de’ Liguori

Saint Alphonsus Maria de’ Liguori

He was able to speak of the truths of faith to both learned and simple people, writing over a hundred works, some of which have been translated into more than 70 languages


Saint Ignatius of Loyola

Saint Ignatius of Loyola

On 15 August 1534 he and six other companions, among them the future Saints Francis Xavier and Peter Faber, made a vow in the chapel of Montmartre: thus was born what would later officially become the Society of Jesus


Saint Peter Chrysologus

Saint Peter Chrysologus

For his sermons he was proclaimed Doctor of the Church


Saint Martha of Bethany

Saint Martha of Bethany

She is mentioned in three significant Gospel episodes, in which she is portrayed as a woman solicitous in serving and meeting Jesus.


Saint Alphonsa of the Immaculate Conception

Saint Alphonsa of the Immaculate Conception

"I consider the day I have not suffered a lost day for me,” she said


Saint Pantaleon

Saint Pantaleon

He is the patron saint of midwives and co-patron of doctors together with the famous Cosmas and Damian


Saints Anne and Joachim

Saints Anne and Joachim

Today the Church jointly celebrates Saints Anne and Joachim, parents of the Virgin Mary


Saint James the Greater

Saint James the Greater

He was the first of the Twelve to bear witness to Christ through martyrdom


Saint Charbel Makhlouf

Saint Charbel Makhlouf

This great Lebanese miracle worker and hermit was the fifth child of two peasants, who named him Youssef Antoun (Joseph Anthony)...