St. Frances of Rome
Saint Frances of Rome (1384-1440) was born into a noble Italian family and displayed exemplary virtue from her earliest youth. A devoted wife and mother, and...
St. John of Ávila
St. John of Ávila (1499—1569) was known by all as a devout and humble priest. Reportedly, he spent two hours in prayer before Mass to anticipate receiving the Holy...
St. Claude La Colombière
Claude La Colombière was a Jesuit priest and the confessor of Margaret Mary Alacoque. He is formally venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church.
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St. John Bosco
John Melchior Bosco, popularly known as Don Bosco, was an Italian Catholic priest, educator, and writer of the 19th century.
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St. Bridget of Sweden
Bridget of Sweden born as Birgitta Birgersdotter, also Birgitta of Vadstena, or Saint Birgitta, was a mystic and saint, and founder of the Bridgettines nuns and...
St. Gertrude the Great
Gertrude the Great was a German Benedictine nun and mystic. She is recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church and by The Episcopal Church
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St. Joseph Cafasso
Joseph Cafasso was an Italian Roman Catholic priest who was a significant social reformer in Turin. He was one of the so-called "Social Saints" who emerged during...
St. Abdias of Babylon
Abdias of Babylon was a legendary early Christian figure traditionally identified as one of the Seventy Disciples of Jesus mentioned in the Gospel of Luke...
St. Bernard of Clairvaux
Bernard of Clairvaux, O.Cist. (Latin: Bernardus Claraevallensis; 1090 – 20 August 1153), venerated as Saint Bernard, was an abbot, mystic, co-founder of the...
St. Aloysius Gonzaga
Saint Aloysius de Gonzaga was an Italian aristocrat who became a member of the Society of Jesus. While still a student at the Roman College, he died as a result...
St. Vincent Regnault, D.C.
orn illegitimate, St. Louise (1591-1660) became a great apostle of charity. Together with St. Vincent de Paul she established permanent institutions to...
St. John of the Cross
John of the Cross, venerated as Saint John of the Cross, was a Spanish Catholic priest, mystic, and a Carmelite friar of converso origin. He is a major figure of...
St. Ignatius of Loyola
Ignatius of Loyola, S.J., venerated as Saint Ignatius of Loyola, was a Spanish Catholic priest and theologian, who, with Peter Faber and Francis Xavier, founded...
St. Teresa of Avila
Teresa of Ávila, also called Saint Teresa of Jesus, was a Spanish noblewoman who was called to convent life in the Catholic Church.
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St. Albert the Great
Albert the Great was a 13th-century German Dominican who decisively influenced the Church’s stance toward Aristotelian philosophy brought to Europe by the spread...
St. Francis de Sales
St. Francis de Sales (1567-1622) was the prominent Bishop of Geneva during the Catholic Counter-Reformation, prolific writer, and preacher on the interior life,...