Saint Beatrice (Beatrix)
Sister of the martyrs Simplicius and Faustinus, Beatrice was strangled in prison around 303 by order of the greedy Lucretius who coveted her…
Saints Calendar
July 29th
9 saints celebrated
Saint Cyriacus
Bishop of Ancona, Saint Cyriacus was martyred in Palestine during the reign of Julian the Apostate after visiting the Holy Land. His cult de…
Saint Lupus (Saint Leu)
A nobleman from Toul who became Bishop of Troyes in the 5th century, Saint Loup was a great defender of the faith against the Pelagian heres…
María Isabel Tejada Cuartas
María Isabel Tejada Cuartas (1887-1925), in religion Sister María del Perpetuo Socorro, was a Colombian missionary religious sister of the L…
Saint Martha (Hostess of Jesus Christ)
Sister of Lazarus and Mary Magdalene, Martha is famous for having welcomed Jesus at Bethany. After the Resurrection, she went into exile in …
Nelson Baker
Nelson Baker (1842-1936) was an American Catholic priest, famous for his monumental charitable work in Lackawanna, known as the City of Char…
Saint Prosper of Orléans
Successor to Saint Aignan to the see of Orléans in 453, Saint Prosper was a virtuous bishop and a friend to the great minds of his time such…
Urban II
Pope from 1088 to 1099, Eudes de Lagery, under the name Urban II, was the promoter of the Gregorian Reform and the initiator of the First Cr…
Saint William of Saint-Brieuc
Bishop of Saint-Brieuc in the 13th century, Guillaume distinguished himself by his heroic charity towards the poor and his firmness in the f…