Saint Dismas (The Penitent Thief)
A former bandit leader who spared the Holy Family during the Flight into Egypt, Dismas was crucified alongside Jesus. He obtained his conver…
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A former bandit leader who spared the Holy Family during the Flight into Egypt, Dismas was crucified alongside Jesus. He obtained his conver…
An Augustinian bishop and confessor to Pope Pius VII, the Venerable Giuseppe Bartolomeo Menochio demonstrated heroic fidelity to the Church …
Formerly the grand cupbearer to King Clotaire III, Hermeland left the court to become a monk at Fontenelle. Sent to the diocese of Nantes, h…
Born in Upper Picardy to a noble family, Humbert became a priest in Laon before following Saint Amand to Rome. He dedicated his wealth to th…
Bishop of Sirmium in Pannonia, Irenaeus was martyred in 304 under Diocletian. Despite the tears of his wife, children, and mother who begged…
Son of Abraham and Sarah, Isaac is an Old Testament patriarch whose birth was announced by an angel. A figure of Christ through his obedienc…
Spanish priest of the Diocese of Toledo, formator of seminarians and spiritual director, nicknamed the 'Father of the Poor' for his radical …
Italian religious (1672-1732), Lucy Filippini founded in Montefiascone, with Cardinal Marcantonio Barbarigo, the institute of the Maestre Pi…
Italian religious, co-founder and first Superior General of the congregation of the Poor Daughters of Saint Cajetan, dedicated to the servic…
Palestinian nun born in Jerusalem in 1843, co-founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Rosary of Jerusalem, she was canonized by Po…
King of Salem and priest of the Most High in the 19th century BC, Melchizedek welcomed Abraham with bread and wine after his victory. A prop…
A Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest, Blessed Omelyan Kovch saved many Jews during the Holocaust before dying a martyr at the Majdanek concentr…
The sanctuary of Notre-Dame de Bon-Secours in Compiègne was founded in 1637 by Father Boniface, a Capuchin, following a vow to protect the c…
The sanctuary of Our Lady of Le Puy finds its origin in apparitions of the Virgin Mary on Mount Anis to a widow and then to a paralyzed woma…
On March 24, 1400, two shepherds discovered a statue of the Virgin Mary in a thorn bush radiating a miraculous light near Châlons. This even…
A French layperson and founder of the Emmanuel Community, Pierre Goursat dedicated his life to adoration, compassion, and evangelization.
A French layperson and founder of the Emmanuel Community, Pierre Goursat dedicated his life to adoration, compassion, and evangelization.
Presented by tradition as the son of Emperor Philip, Quirinus was baptized by Pope Fabian before being martyred under Claudius II in 269. Hi…
The Venerable Giuseppe Spoletini (1870-1951) was an Italian Franciscan priest. Known as the "Confessor of Rome," he dedicated his life to th…
Italian religious of the congregation of the Sisters of Saint John the Baptist, declared Venerable in 2026.
The Annunciation recounts the visit of the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary in Nazareth to announce that she would conceive the Son of God. …