Saint Ambrose
"Ambrose for bishop!" Who knows how different the history of Milan and its diocese would have been, described for centuries with the adjective "Ambrosian,” without the voice of that child who in 374 shouted the name of the then high imperial official Ambrose (340-397), which was immediately followed by the acclamation of the faithful gathered in the church.
Saint Nicholas of Bari
The title “of Bari” is due to the transfer to the Apulian capital of many of his relics, which took place in 1087.
Saint Sabbas the Archimandrite
First a desert father and then founder of a particular type of monastery, called “lavra,” Saint Sabbas the Archimandrite (439-532) played a substantial role in the spread of Eastern monasticism.
Saint Edmund Campion
Saint Edmund Campion (1540-1581) also known as the Pope’s Champion was one of the forty martyrs of England and Wales to be canonised by saint Paul VI in 1970.
Saint Bruno
Eremitical life was heaven on earth for Saint Bruno, it allowed him to meditate on God and taste “a peace that the world does not know, favouring the joy of the Holy Spirit.”
