Holy Chinese Martyrs
The liturgical calendar commemorates today the heroic testimony of a large number of martyrs who made themselves imitators of Christ crucified in order to guard their greatest gift, faith
Saints Aquila and Priscilla
They are among the first great examples of Christian spouses, persevering in faith and united in joy and adversity
Saint Maria Goretti
“The sweet little martyr of purity” (as Pius XII called her when he canonized her) preferred earthly death rather than sin with the one who became her executioner.
Saint Anthony Mary Zaccaria
The founder of the Barnabites spread both the custom of ringing the bells at three o'clock on Friday afternoon and the continuous adoration of the Eucharist through the devotion of the Quarantore
Saint Elizabeth of Portugal
As queen, she had hospitals, monasteries and churches built, became protector of orphans and ordered her almsgiver never to send away anyone in need empty-handed
Saint Thomas
According to tradition, he evangelized Syria, Persia and finally India, where he witnessed to Christ until his martyrdom in 72. Many of his relics are preserved in the Basilica of St. Thomas the Apostle in Ortona, Abruzzo.
Saint Bernardino Realino
He grew up with many interests and sometimes risking the abyss, from which he was saved thanks to his faith
Most Precious Blood of Jesus
With the reform of the liturgical calendar (1969), the celebration was combined with that of Corpus Christi. But in the extraordinary form of the Roman Rite, as well as in the dedicated institutes, it is always possible to solemnly celebrate the Most Precious Blood of Jesus
Holy First Martyrs of the Church of Rome
The day after the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, the Church celebrates the many Christian martyrs who were brutally killed during the first persecution in Rome, which took place under Nero and began in 64.
Saints Peter and Paul
Through preaching, suffering and the witness given to Christ by their personal martyrdom under Nero they enabled the development of the Church and the transmission of the Christian faith
Saint Irenaeus of Lyons
He was the first theologian who lived after the apostolic age to compile an organic synthesis of Christianity. He bequeathed a very rich doctrine, ranging from the pre-eminence of the Church of Rome to the role of Mary as the new Eve
