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
Saint Cyril of Alexandria
He was called “Seal of all the Fathers” because of the way he expounded the doctrine of the Incarnation and defended orthodoxy
Saint Josemaría Escrivá
The founder of Opus Dei had the merit of remembering that all men are called to holiness, which can be achieved first of all through the sanctification of daily work.
