Saint Wenceslas
Son of the Duke of Bohemia, he lived in a land where Christianity was beginning to spread thanks to the evangelization of the Slavic peoples initiated a few decades earlier by Saints Cyril and Methodius.
Saint Vincent de Paul
He was one of the most shining examples of charity working through the Church, so solicitous in helping the poorest and so brilliant that his legacy lives on thanks to the institutes he founded.
Saints Cosmas and Damian
They treated the sick without asking for compensation so were nicknamed Anargyroi, a Greek word meaning “without money”
Our Lady of the Rosary of San Nicolás
On 25 September 1983, a mother named Gladys Quiroga de Motta, while praying the Rosary in San Nicolás de los Arroyos (Argentina), saw the Virgin Mary holding the Child Jesus. It was the first of a long series of apparitions.
Saint Pacificus
His favourite passage from the Gospel was taken from the Sermon on the Mount...
Saint Pio of Pietrelcina
“The fate of the chosen souls is to suffer”, said Saint Pio of Pietrelcina (1887-1968), born Francesco Forgione, and raised in a devout family that recited the Rosary together every evening...
Saints Maurice and companions
The oldest written source on the martyrdom of St Maurice and his companions is the Passio Agaunensium martyrum
Saint Matthew
First publican, then apostle and evangelist, and finally saint...
Korean Holy Martyrs
The edict of King Sunjo in 1802 ratified the persecutions that had already been taking place since the end of the 18th century. Their blood has not been fruitless. In 1886 religious freedom was granted.
Saint Januarius
Januarius was Bishop of Benevento. Traces of his veneration exist in several ancient sources. His martyrdom took place at the beginning of the 4th century, during Diocletian's persecutions.
Saint Joseph of Cupertino
Even more than for his infused science, he became known for his levitations, which he would have liked to conceal.
Saint Robert Bellarmine
He was one of the most erudite men of his time, a strenuous defender of Catholic orthodoxy after the divisions caused by the Protestant Reformation
