Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles
Peter and Paul are traditionally honored together as the great apostolic pillars of the Church of Rome. Peter, a fisherman...
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Saint Junipero Serra, Priest
Junipero Serra was born Miguel Jose Serra in 1713 on the island of Mallorca, Spain. A Franciscan friar and professor,...
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Saint Thomas, Apostle
Thomas was one of the Twelve Apostles and appears most vividly in the Gospel of John. In the days after...
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Saint Maria Goretti, Virgin and Martyr
Maria Goretti was born in 1890 in Corinaldo, Italy, to a poor farming family. After her father died of malaria,...
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Saint Benedict, Abbot
Benedict was born around 480 in Nursia, Italy, as the Western Roman Empire had recently collapsed and Europe was entering...
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Saint Henry
Henry II was born in 973 and became Duke of Bavaria, King of Germany in 1002, and Holy Roman Emperor...
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Saint Bonaventure, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
Bonaventure was born Giovanni di Fidanza around 1217 in Bagnoregio, Italy. He studied at the University of Paris during the...
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Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Mount Carmel, a ridge overlooking the Mediterranean in the Holy Land, is associated in Scripture with the prophet Elijah and...
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Saint Camillus de Lellis, Priest
Camillus de Lellis was born in 1550 in Bucchianico, in the Kingdom of Naples. A large, restless man who had...
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Saint Mary Magdalene
Mary Magdalene came from Magdala, a fishing town on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee. The Gospels identify...
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Saint Bridget
Bridget of Sweden was born around 1303 into a noble Swedish family. She married Ulf Gudmarsson, raised eight children, served...
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Saint James, Apostle
James, son of Zebedee and brother of John, was a fisherman from Galilee called by Jesus near the Sea of...