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Last Updated on April 29, 2022 by Editor (1866-1942) Leopold Mandic was a native of Croatia who joined the Capuchin Franciscans and was ordained several years later despite several health problems. He could not speak loudly enough to preach publicly. For many years he also suffered from se vere arthritis, poor eyesight, and a stomach […]

Last Updated on April 29, 2022 by Editor (Died 303 AD) Legends say that when the Roman governor of Bithynia, Pinianus, fell ill, his Christian wife Lucina (Lycinia), well known for her charity to imprisoned Christians and niece of the Emperor Gallienus, found Anthimus in prison. Anthimus converted Pinianus, and the governor was cured. Gratefully, […]

Last Updated on April 29, 2022 by Editor (1499-1569) John of Avila was born in the Castile region of Spain. He was sent at the age of 14 to the University of Salamanca to study law. He later moved to Alcala, where he studied philosophy and theology before his ordination as a diocesan priest. After […]

Last Updated on April 29, 2022 by Editor (8th century BCE)  Isaiah was the first of the major prophets of the Old Testament and delivered oracles for the southern kingdom of Judah in the eighth century B.C. Isaiah had a prophetess wife and two sons named Shear-jashub and Maher-shalal-hash-baz. Isaiah described his calling to the […]

Last Updated on April 29, 2022 by Editor (550-615) Boniface IV was a doctor’s son from L’Aquila, in the Abruzzi region of Italy. He rose through the ranks of the Church to become a deacon and treasurer to St. Gregory the Great. Boniface was elected pope in late 607 but was not enthroned until September, […]

Last Updated on April 29, 2022 by Editor (1656-1728) Rose was born in Viterbo, Italy, in 1656. She was the daughter of Godfrey Venerini, a physician. Upon the death of a young man who had been courting her, she entered a convent, but after a few months had to return home to look after her […]

Last Updated on April 29, 2022 by Editor (Died 259) Born in North Africa, Marian was a lector or reader; James was a deacon. For their devotion to the faith, they suffered during the persecution of Valerian. Prior to their persecution, Marian and James were visited by two bishops who encouraged them in the faith […]

Last Updated on April 29, 2022 by Editor (1817-1836) Life could not have been more tragic for today’s saint. Born in Pescara, Italy, to Domenico and Rosa Sulprizio, Nunzio lost his father in 1820, when the boy was 3 years old. His infant sister died just five months after their father. Faced with the prospect […]

Last Updated on April 29, 2022 by Editor (3rd century) Antonina was from Nicaea, a city in Turkey today. At that time the emperor was Maximian who was purging the empire of its Christians. Antonina was tortured because she would not renounce her faith. She was imprisoned and then taken out so they could force […]