Adele Bonolis
Italian layperson (1909-1980), declared Venerable in 2021, she dedicated her life to the rehabilitation of marginalized women and former pri…
Saints Calendar
August 11th
10 saints celebrated
Saint Alexander the Charcoal Burner
A philosopher of noble birth, Alexander chose out of humility to become a charcoal burner in Comana to hide his learning and beauty. Unexpec…
Saint Gaugeric (Géry)
Bishop of Cambrai in the 6th century, Saint Géry was a tireless pastor and the apostle of the Brussels region. Famous for his charity toward…
Isabela de Rosis
Isabela de Rosis (1842-1911) was an Italian religious sister, foundress of the Congregation of the Reparation Sisters of the Sacred Heart, r…
Maurice Tornay
A canon of the Great St Bernard and missionary, Maurice Tornay died a martyr in Tibet in 1949 while attempting to defend the religious freed…
Blessed Nicolas Appleine
A priest and canon in Prémery in the 15th century, Nicolas Appleine led a humble and hidden life. After his death in 1466, numerous miracles…
Saint Rusticula (Rusticle)
Elected abbess of Arles at only eighteen, Rusticula led a community of three hundred nuns with great austerity. Falsely accused by King Clot…
Saint Susanna of Rome
Niece of Pope Saint Caius and a relative of Emperor Diocletian, Susanna refused to marry Maximian Galerius to remain faithful to her vow of …
Saint Taurinus of Rome
A Roman nobleman whose birth was foretold by an angel, Taurinus left his homeland to evangelize Normandy in the 5th century. As the first bi…
Saint Tiburtius
Son of the prefect of Rome Chromatius, Tiburtius converted to Christianity under the influence of Saint Sebastian. After miraculously surviv…