He is one of the most beautiful figures to have been witness to Christ during the Great Persecution, to the point of giving up his life.

The founder of the Maestre Pie (Pious Teachers) was educated according to strong Christian principles, which in time would allow her talents to bear full fruit.

Don Bosco was his first and greatest biographer

After the death of his parents, he entered the monastery of Mount Carmel, whose spirituality was inspired from the beginning by the example of the Blessed Virgin and the prophet Elijah.

The saints remembered today were the first to suffer martyrdom for refusing to take the oath to the Act of Supremacy of 1534.

 Their joint worship was established with the 1969 calendar reform.

One cannot even imagine what would have become of the Church and Catholic truth without a man of God like Athanasius, everywhere revered as “the father of orthodoxy”.

Pius XII instituted the feast of “St. Joseph the Worker” to help workers not to lose sight of the Christian sense of labour.

He was one of the greatest figures of the Catholic Reformation, who defended the true faith against heresies and linked his name to the Battle of Lepanto.

Her 33 years of earthly life, one of the many signs of her total belonging to Jesus, were accompanied by extraordinary mystical gifts. She is co-patroness of Italy and Europe.

He confronted all the enemies of the Church with charity and vigour, transmitting to the people the truths of faith, also through popular songs he composed to inflame hearts even more with the love of God.

She grew up with a simple rule of life: “Does Jesus like this? And does this displease Him?”