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Last Updated on April 29, 2022 by Editor (3rd century) Antony lost both his parents by the time he was 20 years old. He gave away his worldly goods and lived as a hermit in the desert. He established “families” of monks who under the guidance of a spiritual father, dedicated themselves to the service […]

Last Updated on April 29, 2022 by Editor (Died 310) In 304 Marcellus was elected pope, succeeding Pope St. Marcellinus, who had been tortured by the Roman emperor Diocletian. Marcellus found a church in disarray thanks to hundreds of years of persecution, as well as lapsed and disaffected followers. Three years of relative peace were […]

Last Updated on April 29, 2022 by Editor (510-584) Maurus (or Mauro) was the son of Equitius, a nobleman of Rome. When he was about 12 years old, his father placed him under the care of St. Benedict at Subiaco, to be educated. As he matured, Maurus was considered a model to all his brethren, […]

Last Updated on April 29, 2022 by Editor (Died 340 AD) Macrina the Elder was the matriarch of a distinguished holy family. She was the mother of Basil the Elder, and the grandmother of Basil the Great, Gregory of Nyssa, Peter of Sebaste, and Macrina the Younger. She studied under Gregory Thaumaturgus, and it was […]

Last Updated on April 29, 2022 by Editor (315-368) St. Hilary was born in Poitiers, a town in southwest France, in 315, into an upper-class, non-Christian family. He was raised as a pagan, given a solid liberal education, and was fluent in both Latin and Greek. He was married as a young man, and had […]

Last Updated on April 29, 2022 by Editor (1620-1700) Marguerite was born the sixth of 12 children in Troyes, France. At age 20, she felt called to religious life. Her applications to the Carmelites and Poor Clares were unsuccessful. A priest friend suggested that perhaps God had other plans for her. In 1654, the governor […]

Last Updated on April 29, 2022 by Editor (730-802) Paulinus was born to a Roman family during the period of Longobard rule of Italy. After receiving a thorough education and being ordained, he became master of his school. He had a deep knowledge of jurisprudence, and extensive Scriptural, theological, and patristic training. This learning won […]

Last Updated on April 29, 2022 by Editor (Died 681) St. Agatho is the oldest man ever to become pope. There is reliable information that records that he was more than 100 years old when he stepped into “the shoes of the fisherman!” Born in Sicily, he became a Benedictine monk in Palermo. He succeeded […]

Last Updated on April 29, 2022 by Editor (Died 1374) Andrew Corsini was born in Florence at the beginning of the 14th century, one of the 12 children of Nicholas Corsini and Gemma degli Stracciabende. By 1338, he was associated with the convent of Carmel in Florence. In 1343, he was mentioned in a contract […]