Saint Alphonsa of India

Feast: 28 de julho

Saint Alphonsa of India, also known as Alphonsa Muttathupadathu, Alphonsa of Bharananganam, Alphonsa of the Immaculate Conception, Anna Muttathupadathu, and Annakutty, was born on 19 August 1910 in...

Saint Angela Merici

Feast: 27 de janeiro

Saint Angela Merici, born on March 21, 1474, in Desenzano, Lake Garda, Italy, was a devout Franciscan tertiary who went on to establish the Institute of Saint Ursula, also known as the Ursuline...

Saint Colette

Feast: 6 de março

Saint Colette of Corbie (1381–1447) was a French Franciscan abbess and the founder of the Colettine Poor Clares, a reform branch of the Order of Saint Clare. Born Nicolette Boilet in Corbie, Picardy,...

Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton

Feast: 4 de janeiro

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 The Trinity

Feast: 8 de novembro

Saint Elizabeth of the Trinity, born as Elizabeth Catez on Sunday, July 18, 1880, in a military camp in the diocese of Bourges, France, was the daughter of Captain Joseph Catez and Marie Catez....

Saint Gemma Galgani

Feast: 11 de abril

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 Jeanne De Chantal

Feast: 12 de agosto

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 Margaret Mary Alacoque

Feast: 17 de outubro

Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, also known as Margarita Mary Alacoque, Margherita Mary Alacoque, or Marguerite Mary Alacoque, was born on July 22, 1647 in L'Hautecourt, Burgundy, France. At a young...

Saint Maria Goretti

Feast: 6 de julho

Saint Maria Goretti, also known as "nan," was a beautiful and pious farm girl born on October 16, 1890, in Corinaldo, Ancona, Italy. She was one of six children born to Luigi Goretti and Assunta...

Saint Pulcheria

Feast: 10 de setembro

Saint Pulcheria was the daughter of Byzantine Emperor Arcadius and Empress Eudoxia. When her father died, the fifteen-year-old princess became regent of the empire on July 4, 414, governing until her...

Saint Radegunde

Feast: 13 de agosto

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 Teresa Benedicta of The Cross

Feast: 9 de agosto

Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, also known as Edith Stein, was born on October 12, 1891, in Breslaw, Dolnoslaskie, Germany (now known as Wroclaw, Poland), as the youngest of seven children in a...

Saint Teresa of Ávila

Feast: 15 de outubro

Saint Teresa of Ávila, also known as Teresa de Ávila, Teresa of Jesus, and Teresa Sanchez Cepeda Davila y Ahumada, was born on March 28, 1515, in Avila, Castile, Spain. She was born into a noble...