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Last Updated on April 29, 2022 by Editor (1049-1129) John was born to a Calabrian couple of Stilo. Before he was born, his father was killed, and his mother was taken as a slave by Saracens to Palermo. It was there that John was born. John grew up as a Christian in a Muslim world. […]

Last Updated on April 29, 2022 by Editor (69-155 AD) Polycarp was born between 69 and 70 AD of Christian parents. He had the grace of receiving the teachings of Christ directly from the Apostles and became a disciple of St John the Evangelist. It was at the command of the Apostles that Polycarp would […]

Last Updated on April 29, 2022 by Editor (1247-1297) Margaret of Cortona was born in Loviana in Tuscany in 1247. Her father was a small farmer. Margaret’s mother died when she was 7 years old. When her father remarried, her stepmother disliked her high-spirited stepdaughter. Rejected at home, Margaret eloped with a youth from Montepulciano […]

Last Updated on April 29, 2022 by Editor (1007-1073) Today’s saint is another example of how someone born with seemingly everything against him can rise to be a person of importance. In the case of Peter Damian, he became a prince and doctor of the church. Born the seventh child in a family of the […]

Last Updated on April 29, 2022 by Editor (Jacinta: 1910-Feb. 20, 1920) (Francisco: 1908-April 14, 1919) Between May 13 and Oct. 13, 1917, three Portuguese shepherd children from Aljustrel, received apparitions of Our Lady at Cova da Iria, near Fátima, a city 110 miles north of Lisbon. At that time, Europe was involved in an […]

Last Updated on April 29, 2022 by Editor (Died 1351) Conrad was a member of one of the most noble families of the city of Piacenza and thusly enjoyed all the benefits riches and station in life. He was married at a young age and by all accounts led a virtuous and God-fearing life. One […]

Last Updated on April 29, 2022 by Editor (1367-1455) Today’s saint is considered to be the patron of Christian artists. John was born in Fiesole, the hilltop town overlooking the great Renaissance city of Florence. While he was still a youth, he was attracted to the religious life, and received into the Order of Friars […]

Last Updated on April 29, 2022 by Editor (c. 526-603) Fintan was born into an Irish Christian family about 526 AD. He received his religious training under the Abbot Colum, being introduced to a rule of severity and austerity. Fintan, in turn, founded the monastery at Conemaugh. Life was certainly hard on his monks. They […]

Last Updated on April 29, 2022 by Editor (1083-1189) Perhaps long life is a gift to those who serve unselfishly. Gilbert of Sempringham can certainly be held as an example of that premise. He was born into a wealthy family, but he followed a path quite different from that expected of him as the son […]