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Last Updated on April 29, 2022 by Editor (1522-1590) Today’s saint was born Alessandra Lucrezia Romola de’ Ricci in Florence to patrician parents, Pier Francesco de’ Ricci, and his wife, Caterina Bonza, who died soon after. Alessandra received her early education in a school run by a monastery of Benedictine nuns in the Monticelli quarter […]

Last Updated on April 29, 2022 by Editor (453-523) Bridgid was born in Fochard, province of Ulster Ireland. It is said that when she was just an infant her father had a vision of men clothed in white garments pouring a sacred unguent on her head, thus prefiguring her future sanctity. Even as a youngster […]

Last Updated on April 29, 2022 by Editor (1815-1888) John was born in Castelnuovo d’Asti and educated by his mother. Even as a child he felt the calling to be a teacher and would entertain his friends with games alternated with work, prayer, and religious education. He became a priest in 1841, and as his […]

Last Updated on April 29, 2022 by Editor (Died 228 AD) St. Martina of Rome was a wealthy daughter of a Christian Roman consul. On her parent’s death, she gave away her riches to the poor and devoted herself to prayer. She so openly testified to her Christian faith that she could not escape the persecutions under Emperor […]

Last Updated on April 29, 2022 by Editor (Died 170 AD) St. Constantius was martyred under the Emperor Antoninus. He was tortured by officials and then took refuge in the house of a certain Anastasius, in the place called Monticellus. Both men were subsequently arrested, together with their colleague Carpophorus. They managed to convert their […]

Last Updated on April 29, 2022 by Editor (1225-1274) Thomas was born, the youngest of eight siblings, in Roccasecca, Italy to count Landolfo of Aquino and countess Theodora of Teano. Before his birth, a holy hermit told Theodora that her son would enter the Order of Friars Preachers, become a great learner and achieve unequaled […]

Last Updated on April 29, 2022 by Editor (1474-1540) Angela has the double distinction of founding the first teaching congregation of women in the church and what is now called a “secular institute” of religious women. She began her religious life as a member of the Third Order of St. Francis, and lived a life of […]

Last Updated on April 29, 2022 by Editor (347-406) Paula was born into the family, the gens Cornelia, who had produced more eminent statesmen than any other in Rome’s history. She married a senator, Toxotius, from whom she had five children: four girls and a boy. Until she was 32 years old, she lived in […]

Last Updated on April 29, 2022 by Editor St. Paul first appears on the biblical scene as Saul in the Acts of the Apostles. He was raised in the Jewish faith as a Pharisee trained in the strict observance of God’s Law. Believing they had broken away from that Law, Saul openly persecuted Christians. As […]