Saint Castora Gabrielli

Feast: June 14

Saint Castora Gabrielli, also known as Saint Castora of Umbria, was a laywoman who lived in Sant'Angelo in Vado, Umbria, Italy during the 14th century. Although not much is known about her early life...

Saint Catherine of Genoa

Feast: September 15

Saint Catherine of Genoa, born Catherine Fieschi into the noble family of Jacopo Fieschi and Francesca di Negro in Genoa, Italy, was a descendant of the papal lineage of Pope Innocent V and Pope...

Saint Edward The Confessor

Feast: January 5

Saint Edward the Confessor, also known as Edward the Confessor, was born a prince in 1003 in Islip, Oxford, England. He was the son of King Ethelred II and Queen Emma, and half-brother to King Edmund...

Saint Elizabeth of Portugal

Feast: July 4

Saint Elizabeth of Portugal, also known as Elisabet of Portugal, Elizabeth of Aragon, Isabel of Portugal, or Isabella of Portugal, was born in 1271 in Aragon, Spain. She was the daughter of King...

Saint Fabiola of Rome

Feast: December 27

Saint Fabiola of Rome, also known as Fabiola the Faithful, was born into the noble Roman patrician class during the fourth century in Rome, Italy. Despite her privileged upbringing, Fabiola's life...

Saint Gengulphus of Burgundy

Feast: May 11

Saint Gengulphus of Burgundy, also known as Gengulphus of Avallon, was born to wealthy Burgundian nobility in Burgundy, France. He lived during the 8th century and from historical accounts, we...

Saint Godelieve

Feast: July 30

Saint Godelieve, also known as Godelieve of Ghistelles or Godelieve of Gistel, was born in 1049 in Londefort-lez-Boulogne, France, to the Flemish nobility. She was the daughter of Hemfried, Lord of...

Saint Gummarus

Feast: October 11

Saint Gummarus, also known as Gomer, Gommaire, Guntmar, Gummar, Gommar, Gummaro, and Gummario, was born in the year 717 in Brabant, Belgium. He was the son of the Lord of Emblem, a court official....

Saint Hedwig of Andechs

Feast: October 16

Saint Hedwig of Andechs, also known as Hedwig of Silesia, was born in 1174 at Castle Andechs in Bavaria, which is now part of modern-day Germany. She was the daughter of Berthold IV, Duke of Merania....

Saint Helena of Constantinople

Feast: August 18

Saint Helena of Constantinople, also known as Saint Helen or Helena Augusta, was a remarkable woman who played a significant role in the history of Christianity. Born around 248 in Drepanon,...

Saint Louis XI

Feast: August 25

Saint Louis IX, also known as Louis Capet and the Most Christian King, was born on 25 April 1214 in Poissy, France. He was the son of King Louis VIII and Blanche of Castile. At the age of eleven,...

Saint Margaret The Barefooted

Feast: August 5

Saint Margaret The Barefooted, also known as Margaret of Cesolo, Margaret la Picena, and Margherita, was born into poverty in the small village of Cesolo, San Severino, Italy, in the year 1325....

Saint Marguerite Dyouville

Feast: December 23

Saint Marguerite Dyouville, also known as Mary Margaret Dufrost de Lajemmarais d’Youville, was born on October 15, 1701, in Varennes, Quebec, Canada. She was the eldest of six children born to...

Saint Monica

Feast: August 27

Saint Monica, also known as Monnica, was born in the year 322 in the town of Tagaste, which is now known as Souk Ahrus in Roman North Africa, modern-day Algeria. She was raised in a Christian family,...

Saint Nicholas of Flüe

Feast: March 21

Saint Nicholas of Flüe, also known as Brother Klaus, Bruder Klaus, Nicholas von Flüe, or Niklaus von Flüe, was born on March 21, 1417, in Sachseln, Canton Unterwalden, situated near Lake Lucerne in...

Saint Olaf II

Feast: July 29

Saint Olaf II, also known as Heilag-Olav, Holy Olaf, Olaf Haraldson, Olaf Haraldsson, Olaf of Norway, Olaf the Fat, Olaf the Holy, Olaf the Thick, Ola, Olao, Olaus, Olav, Olave, Olavs, Tola, Tooley,...

Saint Pharaïldis of Ghent

Feast: January 4

Saint Pharaïldis of Ghent, also known as Farahilde, Farailde, Pharaild, Pharailde, Pherailde, Vareide, Varelde, Veerhilde, Veerle, or Verylde, was born around the year 650 in Ghent, Belgium. She was...

Saint Philip Howard

Feast: October 19

Saint Philip Howard, also known as Philip Earl of Arundel, was born on 28 June 1557 in Norfolk, England. He came from a noble and renowned family, being the grandson of the poet Henry, Earl of...

Saint Radegunde

Feast: August 13

Saint Radegunde, also known as Radegonda, Radegund, Rhadegund, Radegonde, Radigund, and Radegundes, was a remarkable figure in Catholic history. Born in 518 in Erfurt, Saxony, she was the daughter of...

Saint Rita of Cascia

Feast: May 22

Saint Rita of Cascia, also known as Margarita of Cascia and the "Saint of the Impossible," was born in 1386 in Roccaparena, Umbria, Italy. She was the daughter of Antonio and Amata Lotti, who were...

Saint Theodore of Sykeon

Feast: April 22

Saint Theodore of Sykeon, also known as Theodore of Sikion, Theodore the Sykeote, Theodore of Siceone, or Teodoro il Siceota, was born in the town of Sykeon, Galatia, to pagan parents named Mary and...

Saint Thomas More

Feast: June 22

Saint Thomas More, also known as omnium horarum homo (a man for all seasons), was a remarkable figure of the 16th century. Born on February 7, 1478, in London, England, he grew up to become a highly...

Saint Zedislava Berka

Feast: January 1

Saint Zedislava Berka, also known as Zdislava Berka, Zedislava Berkiana, and Zdislava of Lemberk, was born around 1220 in the diocese of Križanov, Ždár nad Sázavou, Vysocina kraj, which is in...