Blessed Alexis Falconieri
A 13th-century Florentine merchant, Alexis Falconieri founded the Order of the Servants of Mary with six companions following a vision of th…
Saints Calendar
February 17th
9 saints celebrated
Elisabetta Sanna Porcu
A Sardinian layperson and widow, Elisabetta Sanna Porcu overcame a severe physical disability to dedicate herself to the poor and become a p…
Frederic Tarrés Puigpelat and 25 companions (26)
Blessed Frederic of Berga and his 25 companions, Capuchins of Catalonia, were martyred in hatred of the faith during the Spanish Civil War b…
Isabel Sánchez Romero
Isabel Sánchez Romero, in religion Sister Ascensión de San José, was a Spanish Dominican nun born in 1861 and died a martyr in 1937 during t…
Maria Guzmán Figueroa
Mexican Catholic priest, member of the Missionaries of the Holy Spirit and founder of the Congregation of the Eucharistic Missionary Sisters…
Saint Polychronius
Bishop of Babylon in the 3rd century, Polychronius was arrested with his clergy under Emperor Decius. Having refused to sacrifice to idols a…
Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order (7)
Seven Florentine merchants who, around 1233, abandoned the world to found the Order of the Servites of Mary, dedicated to the devotion of Ou…
Saint Silvin
Born in Toulouse and active in the 8th century, Saint Silvin renounced marriage to evangelize Morinie. A great pilgrim, he visited Jerusalem…
Saint Simeon of Metz
Originally from Crete and of Israelite lineage, Saint Simeon was Bishop of Metz for thirty years. His relics were transferred to the Abbey o…