Saint Adelaide of Burgundy

Feast: December 16

Saint Adelaide of Burgundy, also known as Adelaide of Italy or Adelheid, was born in around 931 in the kingdom of Burgundy, which is now modern-day Burgundy, France. She was the daughter of King...

Saint Anastasia of Sirmium

Feast: December 25

Saint Anastasia of Sirmium, daughter of Saint Fausta of Sirmium, was a matron of a noble Roman family whose life, though shrouded in historical obscurity, became a testament to steadfast faith....

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 Anne Line

Feast: February 27

Saint Anne Line, also known as Anne Higham and Anne Lyne, was born around 1565 in Dunmow, Essex, England. She was raised in a wealthy Calvinist family, but her life took a dramatic turn when she and...

Saint Bathilde

Feast: January 30

Saint Bathilde, also known as Baldechilde, Baldhild, Bathild, Bathildes, Bathildis, Batholda, or Bauteur, was born around 630 in England. In her youth, she was tragically kidnapped from her homeland...

Saint Blaesilla

Feast: January 22

Saint Blaesilla, also known as Blesilla, was born around 363 in Rome, Italy. She was the daughter of Saint Paula, a noblewoman who was known for her devotion to the Christian faith. Blaesilla grew up...

Saint Bridget of Sweden

Feast: July 23

Saint Bridget of Sweden, born in 1303, was the daughter of Birger Persson, governor and provincial judge of Uppland, and Ingeborg Bengtsdotter, both of royal Swedish descent. She began receiving...

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 Clotilde

Feast: June 3

Saint Clotilde, also known by various names such as Chlodechildis, Chrodechildis, Clothilde, and Clotichilda, was born in 475 in Lyons, France. As the daughter of King Chilperic of Burgundy, she was...

Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton

Feast: January 4

Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, also known as Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, or Mother Seton, was born on August 28, 1774, in New York City, USA. She came from a wealthy and influential Episcopalian family,...

Saint Elizabeth of Hungary

Feast: November 17

Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, also known as Elizabeth of Thuringia, Elisabeth, and Elisabetta, was a princess and the daughter of King Andrew of Hungary. Born in 1207 in Presburg, Hungary, she grew up...

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 Etheldreda

Feast: June 23

Saint Etheldreda, also known as Æðelþryð, Æthelthryth, Athelthryth, Audrey, Edeltrude, Edilthride, Ediltrudis, Eteldreda, Ethelreda, and Etheldreda, was born around 636 in East Anglia, England. She...

Saint Eulalia of Merida

Feast: December 10

Saint Eulalia of Mérida, also known as Aulaire of Mérida, Aulazie of Mérida, or Olalla of Mérida, was a consecrated virgin and martyr who lived in the early fourth century in Spain. She is often...

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 Felicity of Rome

Feast: November 23

Saint Felicity of Rome, also known as Felicitas, was a rich and noble widow. She was the mother of seven sons, all of whom were martyred for their faith. The names of her sons were Alexander, Felix,...

Saint Frances of Rome

Feast: March 9

Saint Frances of Rome, also known as Franziske av Rome or Francesca Bussa de’ Leoni, was born in Rome, Italy in 1384 to the noble Bussa family. Her parents, Paul Bussa and Jacobella de’ Roffredeschi,...

Saint Gertrude of Nivelles

Feast: March 17

Saint Gertrude of Nivelles, also known as Gertrude of Landen, was born in the year 626 in the town of Landen, Belgium. She was the younger daughter of Saint Pepin of Landen, a nobleman, and Saint Ida...

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 Helen of Skofde

Feast: July 31

Saint Helen of Skövde, also known as Helen of Sköde, Elena, and Elin, was born into the Swedish nobility in the 12th century in Västergötland, Sweden. She lived during a time of great social and...

Saint Ida of Boulogne

Feast: April 13

Saint Ida of Boulogne, daughter of Duke Godfrey IV of Lorraine and a descendant of the Blessed Emperor Charlemagne, lived a life dedicated to faith and service. At the age of seventeen, she married...

Saint Ida of Herzfeld

Feast: September 4

Saint Ida of Herzfeld, also known as Ida of Herzfeld, was a renowned Catholic Saint who lived during the reign of Charlemagne. She was born as the great-granddaughter of Charlemagne and grew up in...

Saint Jeanne De Chantal

Feast: August 12

Saint Jeanne de Chantal, also known as Jane Frances of Chantal, was born on 28 January 1572 in Dijon, Burgundy, France. She was born into a noble family, the daughter of the president of the...

Saint Jeanne De Lestonnac

Feast: February 2

Saint Jeanne de Lestonnac, also known as Jane de Lestonnac or Joan de Lestonnac, was born on 27 December 1556 in Bourdeaux, France. At the young age of 16, she married Gaston de Montferrant, Baron of...

Saint Joaquina Vedruna Vidal De Mas

Feast: August 28

Saint Joaquina Vedruna Vidal De Mas, also known as Joachina de Vedruna, Joachima de Vedruna, and Joaquima de Vedruna Vidal de Mas, was born on April 16, 1783, in Barcelona, Spain. She was married to...

Saint Julitta of Iconium

Feast: June 16

Saint Julitta of Iconium, also known as Juliot, was a devoted Christian and the mother of Saint Cyriacus of Iconium. Not much is known about her early life, but she was born in Iconium (modern-day...

Saint Lea of Rome

Feast: March 22

Saint Lea of Rome, also known as Saint Lea or Saint Lea of Marcella, was born into a wealthy noble family in Rome, Italy. Little is known about her early life, including her exact birth and death...

Saint Louise De Marillac

Feast: March 15

Saint Louise de Marillac, also known as Louise de Marillac Le Gras, was born on August 12, 1591, in Meux, France. From a young age, she felt called to religious life but was unable to find a convent...

Saint Ludmila of Bohemia

Feast: September 16

Saint Ludmila of Bohemia, also known as Ludmilla, was born in 860 in Mielnik, which is situated in modern-day Poland. She was the daughter of a Slavic prince and grew up in a noble and influential...

Saint Macrina The Elder

Feast: January 14

Saint Macrina The Elder, also known as Macrina of Caesarea, Macrina of Neo-Caesarea, Macrina the Senior, and Macrina l’Anziana, was a remarkable woman who played a significant role in the early...

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 Margaret of Scotland

Feast: November 16

Saint Margaret of Scotland, also known as Margaret of Wessex, was born around 1045 in Hungary. She was the granddaughter of King Edmund Ironside of England and the great-niece of Saint Stephen of...

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 Matilda of Saxony

Feast: March 14

Saint Matilda of Saxony, also known as Matilda of Germany or Matilda of Ringelheim, was born around 895 in Engern, Westphalia, Germany. She was the daughter of Count Dietrich of Westphalia and...

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 Olga of Kiev

Feast: July 11

Saint Olga of Kiev, also known as Elena, Helena, Helga, Olga Prekrasa, Olga the Beauty, or Olha, was the first Christian queen of Ukraine. She was born in 879 in Pskov, Russia. In the year 903, she...

Saint Paula of Rome

Feast: January 26

Saint Paula of Rome, born on May 5, 347 in Rome, Italy, was a prominent figure in the early Christian Church and is considered a revered Catholic Saint. Born into the imperial Roman nobility, she was...

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 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...