Saint Claude de la Colombière
He became the confessor of the nearby Visitation monastery, where Margaret Mary Alacoque was living. Then, he worked tirelessly, both writing and preaching to spread the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Saints Cyril and Methodius
They were proclaimed patrons of Europe by John Paul II with the apostolic letter Egregiae Virtutis
Saints Fusca and Maura
According to the most renowned Passio, Fusca was born into a pagan family of Ravenna. She confided her desire to learn more about Christianity to Maura, her affectionate nurse, who encouraged her...
Saint Benedict of Aniane
He was among the protagonists of the Carolingian Renaissance, defended orthodoxy and contributed to spreading the Rule of Saint Benedict of Nursia throughout the Holy Roman Empire.
Our Lady of Lourdes
On February 11, 1858, at the Massabielle cave in Lourdes, the Blessed Virgin appeared to the 14-year-old Bernadette Soubirous. It was the first of a series of eighteen Marian apparitions
Saint Scholastica
St. Benedict's sister is invoked against storms and lightning because of the famous miracle narrated in the Dialogues of Saint Gregory the Great
Saint Apollonia
The martyrdom of Saint Apollonia is described as a consequence of the preaching of a fortune-teller who had incited the pagan crowds of Alexandria to persecute Christians
Saint Josephine Bakhita
In the encyclical Spe Salvi, Benedict XVI draws on the life of Josephine Bakhita for a meditation on hope, a theological virtue that had entered powerfully in the life of the Sudanese Saint...
Saint John of Triora
He was one of the missionaries who proclaimed Christ in China without yielding to compromise, to the point of sacrificing their lives
Holy Martyrs of Nagasaki
By postponing their liturgical memory by one day, to avoid the coincidence with that of Saint Agatha, the Church today remembers the martyrdom that took place on February 5th, 1597 on a hill near Nagasaki, where 26 crucified Christians glorified Christ to their last breath.
Saint Agatha
She is among the seven ancient martyrs – together with Lucy, Agnes, Anastasia, Cecilia, Felicita and Perpetua – to be invoked in the Roman Canon.
Saint Gilbert of Sempringham
He was the founder of the only religious order that was entirely English
