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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 […]

Last Updated on April 29, 2022 by Editor (1248 -1309) Angela was born into a leading family in Foligno, Italy. As a member of the elite, she became immersed in the quest for wealth and social position. As a wife and mother, she continued this life of distraction. At age 40, she had an epiphany […]

Last Updated on April 29, 2022 by Editor (1175-1275) St. Raymond was born into a wealthy noble family of Peñafort, Catalonia. He studied philosophy and rhetoric in Barcelona, ​​then moved to Bologna where he graduated in law and became a professor of Canon Law. A few years later, the Count of Barcelona, Berenguer IV, traveling […]

Last Updated on April 29, 2022 by Editor (1845-1937) André Bessette was the eighth of 12 children born to a French-Canadian couple near Montreal. At age 12, his parents had died. He was adopted and he became a farmhand. He later tried his hand at various trades: shoemaker, baker, blacksmith — all failures. He was […]