The saint remembered as a devout mother and bride, adorned with extraordinary graces, invoked for the liberation of souls in Purgatory, beloved by the people for her moving charity, did not want marriage, but marriage became her way to holiness.

A true innovator of hospital care and founder of the Fatebenefratelli (Hospital Order of St. John of God), he discovered his vocation after living an adventurous life for over 43 years.

Extraordinary pages on the Faith of the early Christians describe the Passion of Perpetua and Felicitas, among the most illustrious African saints

She is famous for founding the Order of the Poor Clares, known as "Colettines", inspired by her desire to return to the original austerity of the Rule of Saint Clare.

He was elected to the papal throne in June 253 after the death in exile of Pope Cornelius. It was a very difficult phase for the Church...

The patron saint of Lithuania and Poland lived for barely over 25 years, but they were enough for him to earn the love of his people, who called him “defender of the poor”. He is particularly invoked against carnal temptations.

She was a missionary among African Americans and the American Indians, fostering their education and bringing them the proclamation of Christ.

With the works of charity that flowed from this love and by her example, Agnes “played a remarkable role”, as John Paul II said in his homily for her canonization, “in the civil and cultural development of her nation”.

Attracted to the life of the monks, he entered the monastery of a small Breton village and became its abbot in 504.

Wanting to imitate the ancient hermits, at 35 years old he retired to live under a large fir tree in Condat (today's Saint-Claude).

He made a vow to spread the devotion to the Virgin of Sorrows, whom he often called in his letters "our Co-redemptrix"

St. Alexander of Alexandria (c. 250-326 / 328) is remembered above all for the important role he played in the conflict of the heresiarch Arius, first in the Egyptian city and then at the Council of Nicaea.