Saint Angela of Foligno

Feast: January 4

Saint Angela of Foligno, also known as the Mistress of Theologians, was born in 1248 in Foligno, Umbria, Italy. She was born into a wealthy non-Christian family and led a life of indulgence and sin...

Saint Benedict of Nursia

Feast: July 11

Saint Benedict of Nursia, also known as Benedict of Narsia, Benedict of Norsia, and Benedetto da Norcia, was a prominent figure in Catholicism as the founder of Western Monasticism. Born to the Roman...

Saint Catherine of Bologna

Feast: March 9

Saint Catherine of Bologna, also known as Caterina dei Vigri, Caterina Vigri, or Catherine da Bonon, was born on September 8, 1413, in Bologna, Italy. She was born into a noble family, and according...

Saint Catherine of Siena

Feast: April 29

Saint Catherine of Siena, also known as Caterina Benincasa, Catharine of Siena, or Katharine of Siena, was born on March 25, 1347, in Siena, Tuscany, Italy. She was the youngest of 24 children, and...

Saint Elizabeth of Schönau

Feast: June 18

Saint Elizabeth of Schönau, also known as Elizabeth of Sconauge or Elisabeth of Schönau, was born in 1126 in Bingen, Germany, to the German nobility. From a young age, she displayed a deep devotion...

Saint Gemma Galgani

Feast: April 11

Saint Gemma Galgani, also known as the Flower of Lucca, was born on 12 March 1878 in Borgo Nuovo di Camigliano, Lucca, Tuscany, Italy. She was the eldest daughter of a poor pharmacist, but her life...

Saint Margaret of Cortona

Feast: February 22

Saint Margaret of Cortona, also known as Margherita, was born in 1247 in Loviano, Tuscany, Italy, to a farmer's family. Unfortunately, her mother passed away when she was just seven years old,...

Saint Syncletica

Feast: January 5

Saint Syncletica, also known as Sincletica, was a remarkable woman who lived during the fourth century in Alexandria, Egypt. Born into a wealthy and privileged family, she chose to abandon her...