Benedetta Cambiagio Frassinello
A wife who became a religious, Benedetta Cambiagio Frassinello founded the Benedictine Sisters of Providence in 1838 in Ronco Scrivia, dedic…
Saints Calendar
March 21st
7 saints celebrated
Saint Benedict (Patriarch of Western Monks)
Born in Nursia around 480, Saint Benedict abandoned his studies in Rome for the solitude of Subiaco. Founder of the Abbey of Monte Cassino a…
Saint Drosella (daughter of Trajan)
Daughter of Emperor Trajan and a catechumen, Drosella secretly joined a community of virgins in Rome to pray. Denounced by the advisor Hadri…
Emilie Schneider
A German religious of the Daughters of the Cross, Emilie Schneider (1820-1859) dedicated herself to the service of the sick in Düsseldorf an…
Blessed John of Parma
A 13th-century Franciscan friar, John of Parma was elected Minister General of his order in 1247. A diplomat and theologian respected by kin…
Nicholas of Flüe
Nicholas of Flüe (Bruder Klaus), farmer, magistrate and later mystic hermit of the Ranft, died in 1487 and was canonized in 1947 by Pius XII…
Blessed Nicholas of Flüe (Brother Klaus)
A respected magistrate and soldier from Unterwalden, Nicholas of Flüe left his family in 1467 to become a hermit at the Ranft. He lived ther…