As the persecution against Christians worsened

Feast: February 6

As the persecution against Christians worsened, eight priests and religious of the Society of Jesus and the Order of Friars Minor , missionaries from Europe or born in Japan , and seventeen...

Blessed Alfredo Simón Colomina

Feast: November 29

Blessed Alfredo Simón Colomina , Jesuit priest and martyr of Spain At El Saler near Valencia in Spain, Blessed Alfredo Simón Colomina , priest of the Society of Jesus and martyr, who during the...

Blessed Alfredo Simóncolomina

Feast: November 29

Blessed Alfredo Simóncolomina, also known as Anselmo Simón-Colomina, was a prominent Jesuit priest hailing from Valencia, Spain. Born on 8 March 1877, he dedicated his life to serving God and the...

Blessed Andrew The Catechist

Feast: July 26

Blessed Andrew The Catechist, also known as Andrew of Phuù Yeân or Anrê of Phú Yên, was born in 1625 in Ran Ran, Phú Yên, in what is now modern Vietnam. He was the son of a devoutly Christian mother...

Blessed Anthony Baldinucci

Feast: November 7

Blessed Anthony Baldinucci was born on 19 June 1665 in Florence, Italy. He was a devout Catholic who dedicated his life to the service of God and the spread of the Gospel. At the age of sixteen, he...

Blessed Antonio Baldinucci

Feast: November 7

Blessed Antonio Baldinucci , Jesuit priest At the village of Pofì in Lazio, Blessed Antonio Baldinucci , priest of the Society of Jesus , who devoted himself entirely to preaching missions to the...

Blessed Baltasar De Torres Arias

Feast: June 20

Blessed Baltasar De Torres Arias was a Jesuit priest and martyr, born on 14 December 1563 in Granada, Spain. Not much is known about his early life and education, but his fervent devotion to the...

Blessed Bartholomew Alvarez

Feast: January 12

Blessed Bartholomew Alvarez, also known as Bartholomew Álvares, was a renowned Catholic missionary and martyr who dedicated his life to spreading the teachings of Christianity in distant lands. He...

Blessed Camillo Giovanni Battista Costanzo

Feast: September 15

Blessed Camillo Giovanni Battista Costanzo , Jesuit priest and martyr of Japan At the city of Hirado in Japan, Blessed Camillo Giovanni Battista Costanzo , priest of the Society of Jesus and martyr,...

Blessed Camillus Costanzo

Feast: September 15

Blessed Camillus Costanzo, also known as Giovanni Battista Costanzo, was an Italian Jesuit priest who dedicated his life to missionary work in Japan during the early 17th century. He was born in the...

Blessed Charles Spinola

Feast: September 11

Blessed Charles Spinola, born into the noble Spinola family of Genoa, Italy, dedicated his life to the service of God and the Gospel. After studying under his uncle, Cardinal Filippo Spinola, in...

Blessed Constantino Carbonell Sempere

Feast: August 23

Blessed Constantino Carbonell Sempere, also known as Constantino Carbonell Sempere, was a Catholic priest and member of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). He was born on April 12, 1866, in Alcoy,...

Blessed Dario Hernández Morató

Feast: September 29

Blessed Dario Hernández Morató, also known as Dario Hernandez, was born on 25 October 1880 in Valencia, Spain. He entered the Society of Jesus, commonly known as the Jesuits, in 1896, displaying a...

Blessed Darío Hernández Morató

Feast: September 29

Blessed Darío Hernández Morató , Jesuit priest and martyr of Spain At the village of Picadero de Paterna in the territory of Valencia also in Spain, Blessed Darío Hernández Morató , priest of the...

Blessed Didacus Yuki Ryosetsu

Feast: February 25

Blessed Didacus Yuki Ryosetsu was a Jesuit priest and martyr who was born around 1575 in Awa, Tokushima, Japan. He dedicated his life to serving God and spreading the Catholic faith in a time when...

Blessed Diego Carvalho

Feast: February 22

Blessed Diego Carvalho, also known as Didacus or James, was born around 1578 in Coimbra, Portugal. He led a life devoted to serving God and the Catholic Church as a Jesuit priest....

Blessed Diego Luis de San Vitores y Alonso

Feast: April 2

Blessed Diego Luis de San Vitores y Alonso , Jesuit priest, and Saint Pedro Calungsod , catechist, martyrs of Guam At the village of Tomhom on the island of Guam in Oceania, blessed martyrs Diego...

Blessed Diego Luis De San Vitoresalonso

Feast: April 2

Blessed Diego Luis de San Vitores Alonso, born on 13 November 1627 in the city of Burgos, Spain, was a renowned Jesuit missionary priest who contributed significantly to the spread of Catholicism in...

Blessed Diogo Carvalho

Feast: February 22

Blessed Diogo Carvalho , Jesuit priest and martyr of Japan At the city of Sendai in Japan, Blessed Diogo Carvalho , priest of the Society of Jesus and martyr, who, after the outrages, the...

Blessed Dionysius Fugixima

Feast: November 1

Blessed Dionysius Fugixima, also known as Denis Fugiscima, Dionysius Fugishima, and Dionisius Fujishima Jubyoe, was born into the Japanese nobility in Aitzu, Arima, Japan. Little is known about his...

Blessed Dominic Collins

Feast: October 31

Name: Blessed Dominic...

Blessed Edmund Daniel

Feast: October 25

Blessed Edmund Daniel, also known as Edmund MacDaniell, was a Jesuit seminarian and one of the Irish Martyrs. He holds the distinction of being the first Jesuit martyr in Europe. Blessed Edmund...

Blessed Edward Oldcorne

Feast: April 7

Blessed Edward Oldcorne, also known as Father Edward Oldcorne, was a Jesuit priest who dedicated his life to the Catholic faith during a time of marked persecution in England. Born in 1561 in York,...

Blessed Emmanuel Dabreu

Feast: January 12

Blessed Emmanuel Dabreu was a devoted Catholic priest and martyr, who dedicated his life to serving God and spreading the message of Christianity. Born in 1708 in Arouca, Portugal, he demonstrated a...

Blessed Ferdinando Maria Baccilieri

Feast: July 13

Blessed Ferdinando Maria Baccilieri, born on 14 May 1821 in Campodoso (modern Modena), Italy, was raised in a devoutly religious family. Recognizing his religious inclinations from a young age, his...

Blessed Francesc De Paula Castelló Aleu

Feast: September 29

Blessed Francesc De Paula Castelló Aleu was born on April 19, 1914, in Alicante, Spain. He was the youngest of three children, and unfortunately, his father passed away while Francesc was just an...

Blessed Francisco Gárate Aranguren

Feast: September 9

Blessed Francisco Gárate Aranguren, also known as Brother Kindness, was born on 3 February 1857 in Azpeitia, Guipúzcoa, Spain. He was the second of seven boys born to Francisco and Maria Aranguren, a...

Blessed Francisco Pacheco

Feast: June 20

Blessed Francisco Pacheco, also known as Francesco or Francis, was born in 1566 into a noble family in Ponte de Lima, Braga, Portugal. He lived during a time when Catholicism was thriving and...

Blessed Gaspar Sadamatsu

Feast: June 20

Blessed Gaspar Sadamatsu, also known as Gaspar Sadamazu or Caspar, was a Jesuit priest and martyr born around 1565 in Hasami, Nagasaki, Japan. Not much is known about his early life, but it is...

Blessed Giovanni Antonio Solinas

Feast: October 27

Blessed Giovanni Antonio Solinas, also known as Father Juan Antonio, was a Jesuit priest and missionary who dedicated his life to spreading the teachings of Christianity among the Tobas, Mocovíes,...

Blessed Ioannes Kisaku

Feast: June 20

Blessed Ioannes Kisaku, also known as Ioannes Kinsako or Ioannes Kinsaco, was a Jesuit novice and martyr who lived during the 17th century in Japan. Born around 1605 in Kuchinotsu, Nagasaki, Japan,...

Blessed Iulianus Nakaura

Feast: October 21

Blessed Iulianus Nakaura, also known as Giuliano or Julian, was a Jesuit priest and martyr born around 1567 in Nakaura, Nagasaki, Japan. He dedicated his life to the service of God through his work...

Blessed Jacques Salès

Feast: February 7

Blessed Jacques Salès, also known as James Salès, was a French Jesuit who dedicated his life to preaching against Protestantism in the Cevennes region of France during the late 16th century. He was...

Blessed Jan Beyzym

Feast: October 2

Blessed Jan Beyzym, also known as Father Jan Beyzym, was born on 15 May 1850 in the village of Beyzymy Wielkie, Poland (now in Ukraine). He was the son of a Polish freedom fighter, reflecting his...

Blessed Jeannicolas Cordier

Feast: September 30

Blessed Jeannicolas Cordier, born on 3 December 1710 in Saint-André, Meuse, France, was a Jesuit priest who became a victim of the anti-Catholic persecutions during the French Revolution. He is also...

Blessed Jerome De Angelis

Feast: December 4

Blessed Jerome De Angelis, also known as Geronimo or Girolamo, was a renowned Jesuit priest who dedicated his life to spreading the Catholic faith. Born in Enna, Sicily, Italy, in 1568, he exhibited...

Blessed Johann Philipp Jeningen

Feast: February 8

Blessed Johann Philipp Jeningen, also known as the Apostle of the Ries, was born on 5 January 1642 in Eichstátt, Bavaria, Germany. He entered the Jesuit order on 19 January 1663 in Landsberg and was...

Blessed John Bathe

Feast: September 11

Blessed John Bathe was an Irish Jesuit priest and one of the Irish Martyrs, who dedicated his life to serving the Catholic faith during a time of religious persecution in Ireland. He is venerated by...

Blessed José Ramón Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez

Feast: November 23

Blessed José Ramón Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez , Jesuit priest and martyr of Mexico At the village of Guadalupe in the territory of Zacatecas in Mexico, Blessed José Ramón Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez ,...

Blessed José Tarrats Comaposada

Feast: September 28

Blessed José Tarrats Comaposada , Jesuit priest and martyr of Spain At Valencia also in Spain, Blessed José Tarrats Comaposada , religious of the Society of Jesus and martyr, who, in that same...

Blessed Josep Tarrats Comaposada

Feast: September 28

Blessed Josep Tarrats Comaposada, also known as "Blai Josep Tarrats," was a Jesuit brother who dedicated his life to serving others through his roles as a doorkeeper and infirmarian. Born on 29...

Blessed Joseph Imbert

Feast: June 9

Blessed Joseph Imbert was a Jesuit priest and Vicar Apostolic of Moulins, France, during the time of the French Revolution. He was born around 1720 in Marseilles, Bouches-du-Rhåne, France, into a...

Blessed Julian Maunoir

Feast: January 28

Blessed Julian Maunoir, also known as Julien Maunoir and revered as the Apostle of Brittany, was born on 1 October 1606 in Saint-Georges-de-Reitembault, France. He was raised in a pious home that...

Blessed Julien Maunoir

Feast: January 28

Blessed Julien Maunoir , Jesuit priest At the village of Plévin in Brittany in France, Blessed Julien Maunoir , priest of the Society of Jesus , who dedicated himself entirely to missions to the...

Blessed Leonardus Kimura

Feast: November 18

Blessed Leonardus Kimura, also known as Leonard Chimura or Leonard Chimurra, was born around 1575 in Nagasaki, Japan. He came from a Christian family and was raised in the Catholic faith. His...

Blessed Michaël Nakashima Saburoemon

Feast: December 25

Blessed Michaël Nakashima Saburoemon, a devoted Jesuit lay brother, stands as a witness to unwavering faith in the face of persecution. Born in Japan during the period of intense anti-Christian...

Blessed Miguel Agustin Pro

Feast: November 23

Blessed Miguel Agustin Pro, also known as Blessed Miguel Pro, was born on January 13, 1891, in Guadalupe, Zacatecas, Mexico. He was the son of a mining engineer and grew up in a pious home. From his...

Blessed Miguel Carvalho

Feast: August 25

Blessed Miguel Carvalho, also known as Michael Carvalho, was born in 1579 in Braga, Portugal. He entered the Society of Jesus, commonly known as the Jesuits, in 1597, demonstrating a strong...

Blessed Narcis Basté Y Basté

Feast: October 15

Blessed Narcis Basté Y Basté, also known as Father Narcis Basté, was born on 16 December 1866 in Sant Andreu de Palomar, Barcelona, Spain. He dedicated his life to the service of God and the Catholic...

Blessed Narciso Basté Basté

Feast: October 15

Blessed Narciso Basté Basté , priest and martyr of Spain At Valencia in Spain, Blessed Narciso Basté Basté , priest of the Society of Jesus and martyr, who, faithfully accepting the words of Christ,...

Blessed Pau Bori Puig

Feast: September 29

Blessed Pau Bori Puig was a Jesuit priest and martyr who lived during the tumultuous period of the Spanish Civil War. He was born on 12 November 1864 in Vilet de Maldá, Tarragona, Spain, and later...

Blessed Paulus Shinsuke

Feast: June 20

Blessed Paulus Shinsuke, also known as Paul, was a Japanese Jesuit brother, catechist, and martyr. He was born around 1581 in Urada, Nagasaki, Japan....

Blessed Pere Gelabert Amer

Feast: August 23

Blessed Pere Gelabert Amer, also known as Pere Gelabert, was born on 29 March 1887 in Manacor, Mallorca, Islas Baleares, Spain. He was a devout Catholic and dedicated his life to serving his...

Blessed Petrus Onizuka Sadayu

Feast: November 1

Blessed Petrus Onizuka Sadayu, also known as Peter Onizuko, was a convert to Christianity and a devout practitioner of the faith in Japan during a time of severe persecution against Catholicism. Born...

Blessed Petrus Rinsei

Feast: June 20

Blessed Petrus Rinsei, also known as Peter Rinsei, was a Jesuit priest and martyr who lived in Japan during the late 16th and early 17th centuries. Born in Hachirao, Nagasaki, Japan, around 1588,...

Blessed Ralph Ashley

Feast: April 7

Blessed Ralph Ashley, also known as Ralph Sherington, dedicated his life to serving God as a devoted Jesuit lay brother. Born with limited information about his early life, Ralph began his journey...

Blessed Ralph Corby

Feast: September 7

Blessed Ralph Corby, a martyr of the Catholic faith, was born into a profoundly pious family where all members, including his parents, eventually embraced religious life. His education, reflecting...

Blessed Ramón Grimaltos Monllor

Feast: August 23

Blessed Ramón Grimaltos Monllor was born on 3 March 1861 in Puebla Larga, a small village in the province of Valencia, Spain. Little is known about his early life, but he eventually joined the...

Blessed Robert Middleton

Feast: April 3

Blessed Robert Middleton, also known as Robert Middlemore or Middleton, was a Jesuit priest in the apostolic vicariate of England during the tumultuous reign of Queen Elizabeth I. He was born in 1571...

Blessed Robert Sutton

Feast: July 27

Blessed Robert Sutton, born in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, was a Protestant minister and the rector of Lutterworth in Leicestershire, England in 1571. However, his life took a...

Blessed Roger Filcock

Feast: February 27

Blessed Roger Filcock, a Jesuit priest and martyr of the English Reformation, dedicated his life to sustaining the faith of Catholics enduring persecution in his homeland. Educated at the University...

Blessed Simão Da Costa

Feast: July 16

Blessed Simão Da Costa, also known as Blessed Simon, was a Jesuit novice, missionary, and martyr who dedicated his life to spreading the Catholic faith. He was born in Porto, Portugal, and displayed...

Blessed Thomas Holland

Feast: December 22

Blessed Thomas Holland, also known as Thomas Sanderson and Thomas Hammond, was apparently born in 1600 in Sutton, Lancashire, England. He was believed to be the son of Richard Holland, a landed...

Blessed Thomas Whitbread

Feast: June 20

Blessed Thomas Whitbread, also known as Thomas Harcourt or Thomas Harcott, was born in 1618 in Essex, England. He grew up in a time of religious turmoil when Catholicism was officially suppressed,...

Blessed Tiburcio Arnáiz Muñoz

Feast: July 18

Blessed Tiburcio Arnáiz Muñoz, also known as Tiburcio of Blessed Sacrament, was born on August 11, 1865, in Valladolid, Spain. He was ordained to the priesthood on April 20, 1890, and served as the...

Blessed Tomás Sitjar Fortiá

Feast: August 19

Blessed Tomás Sitjar Fortiá , Jesuit priest and martyr of Spain At the city of Gandía in the same territory, Blessed Tomás Sitjar Fortiá , priest of the Society of Jesus and martyr, who shed his...

Blessed Tomàs Sitjar Fortiá

Feast: August 19

Blessed Tomàs Sitjar Fortiá, a dedicated Jesuit priest, dedicated his life to the service of God and the Church in Spain. Born in the late 19th century (exact date unknown), he entered the Society of...

Blessed Vicente Sales Genovés

Feast: September 29

Blessed Vicente Sales Genovés was a Jesuit brother who was martyred during the Spanish Civil War. He was born on 15 October 1881 in Valencia, Spain. Little is known about his early life and...

Blessed Vincent De Cunha

Feast: January 12

Blessed Vincent De Cunha was a Portuguese Jesuit missionary who dedicated his life to spreading the Catholic faith in the kingdom of Tonkin, which is modern-day Vietnam. He was born in Portugal and...

Blessed Vincentius Kaun

Feast: June 20

Blessed Vincentius Kaun, also known as Vincent, was a Jesuit priest and martyr born around 1579 in Korea. Not much is known about his early life, but he later joined the Society of Jesus and became a...

Blessed William Boyton

Feast: September 13

Blessed William Boyton, also known as Blessed William Bautian or William Butler, was a Jesuit priest and one of the Irish Martyrs. He was born in Ireland and dedicated his life to serving God and...

Blessed William Lacey

Feast: August 22

Blessed William Lacey was born in Horton, Yorkshire, England, although the exact date of his birth is not known. He married a widow named Creswell and became a stepfather to her two sons, both of...

Blessed William Saultemouche

Feast: February 7

Blessed William Saultemouche, also known as Guglielmo Saultemouche or Guillaume Saltemouche, was a co-adjutor Jesuit lay brother who dedicated his life to preaching against Protestantism and...

Passion of Saint Jean de Brébeuf

Feast: March 16

Passion of Saint Jean de Brébeuf , Jesuit priest and martyr of Canada In the territory of the Hurons in Canada, passion of Saint Jean de Brébeuf , priest of the Society of Jesus , who, sent from...

Saint Alberto Hurtado

Feast: August 18

Saint Alberto Hurtado , Jesuit priest At Santiago in Chile, Saint Alberto Hurtado , priest of the Society of Jesus , who founded a work to give a real home to the homeless and vagabonds, especially...

Saint Andrzej Bobola

Feast: May 16

The witness of blood remains one of the most profound testimonies within the Catholic tradition, and nowhere is this more evident than in the life of the Jesuit priest who gave everything for the...

Saint Antoine Daniel

Feast: July 4

Saint Antoine Daniel , Jesuit priest and martyr of Canada Among the Hurons in Canadian territory, Saint Antoine Daniel , priest of the Society of Jesus and martyr, who, after the celebration of Mass,...

Saint Bernardino Realino

Feast: July 2

Saint Bernardino Realino , Jesuit priest At Lecce, Saint Bernardino Realino , priest of the Society of Jesus , who shone for charity and goodness and, rejecting worldly honours, dedicated himself to...

Saint Charles De Foucauld

Feast: December 1

Saint Charles de Foucauld, also known as Charles Eugenie de Foucauld, Brother Charles of Jesus, and Brother Marie-Alberic, was born on 15 September 1858 in Strasbourg, France to an aristocratic...

Saint Francesco De Geronimo

Feast: May 11

Saint Francesco De Geronimo , Jesuit priest At Naples, Saint Francesco De Geronimo , priest of the Society of Jesus , who long dedicated himself to popular missions and the pastoral care of the...

Saint Henry Morse

Feast: February 1

Saint Henry Morse, also known as Father Henry Morse, was born in 1549 in Brome, Suffolk, England. Little is known about his early life, but historical documents suggest that he converted to...

Saint Isaac Jogues

Feast: October 18

Saint Isaac Jogues, born on 10 January 1607 in Orleans, France, was a French Jesuit missionary and Catholic priest. He joined the Society of Jesus, commonly known as the Jesuits, at Rouen, France in...

Saint István Pongrácz

Feast: September 8

Saint István Pongrácz, also known as Štefan Pongrác or Stefan Pongrac, was a Jesuit priest who dedicated his life to spreading the Catholic faith as a missionary near Košice, Hungary (now in modern...

Saint Jacques Berthieu

Feast: June 8

Saint Jacques Berthieu was born on November 28, 1838, in Monlogis, Polminhac, Cantal, France. He came from a pious farm family and was one of seven children. Following his vocation, he was ordained...

Saint Jacques Fermin

Feast: July 2

Saint Jacques Fermin, also known as Father Jacques Fermin, was a renowned Jesuit priest and missionary who dedicated his life to spreading Christianity among the indigenous people in Canada during...

Saint Jeanpierre Néel

Feast: February 18

Saint Jeanpierre Néel, also known as John Néel or John Peter Néel, was a Jesuit priest and missionary who dedicated his life to spreading the Catholic faith in Kuy-tsheu, China. He was born on 18...

Saint John De Brébeuf

Feast: March 16

Saint John de Brébeuf, also known as Jean de Brébeuf, was a French Jesuit missionary who dedicated his life to spreading the Catholic faith in Canada. He was born in 1593 in Normandy, France, and...

Saint John De Brito

Feast: February 4

Saint John de Brito, also known as the Apostle of Madura, was born on March 1, 1647, into the noble family of Portugal. He was a favored individual of Don Pedro, the king of Portugal, as well as the...

Saint John de Britto

Feast: February 4

In the rugged landscape of Oriur, within the historic kingdom of Maravá in India, a profound witness to faith was offered by a priest of the Society of Jesus. This figure, known to history as Saint...

Saint John Eudes

Feast: August 19

Saint John Eudes, also known as Jean Eudes, was born on 14 November 1601 in Ri, Normandy, France to a farming family. At the age of 14, he entered the Jesuit college at Caen, where he received a...

Saint José De Anchieta

Feast: June 9

Saint José de Anchieta, also known as the Apostle of Brazil, was born on March 19, 1534, in San Cristobal de la Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. He came from a wealthy and prominent family,...

Saint José María Pignatelli

Feast: November 15

The most striking feature of this holy life is not a list of miracles or a long chronology of events, but the sheer magnitude of a single, defining mission: the restoration of a religious order from...

Saint Joseph of Anchieta

Feast: June 9

Saint Joseph of Anchieta , Jesuit priest At Reritiba in Brazil, Saint Joseph of Anchieta , priest of the Society of Jesus , who, born in the Canary Islands, dedicated himself with commitment and...

Saint Joseph Pignatelli

Feast: November 15

Saint Joseph Pignatelli, also known as Giuseppe Maria Pignatelli and José Pignatelli Moncayo, was born on 27 December 1737 in Zaragoza, Spain. His mother was Spanish, and his father was an Italian...

Saint Juan Del Castillo Rodríguez

Feast: November 17

Saint Juan Del Castillo Rodríguez, also known as Saint Juan Rodriguez del Castillo, was born on 14 September 1595 in Belmonte, Cuenca, Spain. He belonged to a noble Spanish family and was the son of...

Saint Melichar Grodecký

Feast: September 7

Saint Melichar Grodecký, also known as Melichar Grodziecki, Melichar Grondech, and Melchior, was a Jesuit priest and missionary who lived during the 16th and 17th centuries. He was born around 1584...

Saint Noël Chabanel

Feast: December 8

Saint Noël Chabanel, also known as Father Noel Chabanel, was born on February 2, 1613, in Saugues, France. He was the son of a notary and grew up as one of four children in his family. As a young...

Saint Peter Claver

Feast: September 9

Saint Peter Claver, also known as Pedro Claver Corberó, was born on 25 June 1581 in Verdu, Catalonia, Spain. He came from a humble background as the son of farmers but displayed exceptional academic...

Saint Pierre Faber

Feast: August 1

Saint Pierre Faber , Jesuit priest At Rome, Saint Pierre Faber , priest, who, as the first member of the Society of Jesus , undertook onerous tasks in various parts of Europe and died at Rome as he...

Saint Robert Southwell

Feast: February 21

Saint Robert Southwell, also known as Saint Robert Southwell of Norwich, was born in 1561 in Horsham Saint Faith, Norfolk, England. He came from a family deeply devoted to their Catholic faith and...

Saint Rocco Gonzalez

Feast: November 15

Saint Rocco Gonzalez, also known as Roch Gonzalez or Roque Gonzalez, was born in 1576 to the Paraguayan nobility in Asunción, Paraguay. From an early age, he displayed a passion for serving God and...

Saint Stanislaus Kostka

Feast: August 15

Saint Stanislaus Kostka, also known as Stanislaw Kostka, was born on October 28, 1550, in Rostkovo, Poland. He was born into a noble family and was the son of a senator. From a young age, Stanislaus...

Saints Roque González de Santa Cruz and Alonso Rodríguez Obnel

Feast: November 15

Saints Roque González de Santa Cruz and Alonso Rodríguez Obnel , Jesuit priests and martyrs of Brazil At Caaró in Paraguay, Saints Roque González de Santa Cruz and Alonso Rodríguez Obnel , priests of...