Saint Anne

Feast: July 26

Saint Anne is widely recognized as the mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the grandmother of Jesus Christ. She was the wife of Saint Joachim and, according to tradition, they were a well-off...

Saint Gerard Majella

Feast: October 16

Saint Gerard Majella, also known as Geraldo Magela or Gerardo Maiella, was born on April 23, 1725, in the town of Muro, Italy. He was the son of a tailor who unfortunately passed away when Gerard was...

Saint Gianna Beretta Molla

Feast: April 28

Saint Gianna Beretta Molla, also known as Gianna Beretta or Gianna Molla, was born on October 4, 1922, in Magenta, Milan, Italy. She was the tenth of thirteen children born to Alberto and Maria...

Saint Hilary of Poitiers

Feast: January 13

Saint Hilary of Poitiers, Bishop and Doctor of the Church, was born into a wealthy pagan noble family in Poitiers, Gaul. After marrying and raising children—including the saintly Abra—he devoted...

Saint Menna of Sannio

Feast: November 11

Saint Menna of Sannio, also known as Menna the Hermit and the Apostle of Sannio, was a holy hermit who lived in a cave in the Sannio mountains in the region of modern Molise, Italy. He was born in...

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,...