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...
Mary Frances Lester
The devotion to the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ and particularly to His Holy Face is one of the oldest in the Christian tradition. This venerable devotion was...
Pope St. Gregory the Great
Pope Gregory I, commonly known as Saint Gregory the Great, was Bishop of Rome from 3 September 590 to his death. He is known for instigating the first...
St. Benedict
St. Benedict was a religious reformer who lived in Italy in the late 400s and early 500s. He is known as the “father of Western monasticism,” having established a Rule...
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,...
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. Bonaventure
Bonaventure born Giovanni di Fidanza, was an Italian Catholic Franciscan, bishop, cardinal, scholastic theologian and philosopher.
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Sr. Mary of St. Peter, OCD
Mary of Saint Peter was a Discalced Carmelite nun who lived in Tours, France. She is best known for starting the devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus which is...
St. Ambrose of Milan
St. Ambrose of Milan was a fourth-century bishop and doctor of the Church. He was well versed in law, literature, and rhetoric. At one point, he was governor...
Louis St. Hilaire
Louis St. Hilaire is a graduate of Franciscan University of Steubenville. He works with the Saint Paul Center and is an editor for the Verbum Catholic Topical Index
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St. Vincent Ferrer
St. Vincent Ferrer (1350–1419), born in Valencia, Spain, joined the Dominican Order, becoming a professor and later preaching repentance and the impending Last...
St. Isidore of Seville
St. Isidore of Seville (c. 560–636) was a Spanish bishop, scholar, and Doctor of the Church, often called the last of the Latin Fathers. As Archbishop of...
St. Anselm of Canterbury
Saint Anselm is best known for his work on the nature of God, which shaped both Catholic and Protestant thought in the centuries that followed. Saint Anselm's...
St. Alphonsus Liguori
Alphonsus Liguori, CSsR (27 September 1696 – 1 August 1787), sometimes called Alphonsus Maria de Liguori or Saint Alphonsus Liguori, was an Italian Catholic...
St. Padre Pio
Francesco Forgione, OFM Cap., better known as Padre Pio and also Saint Pius of Pietrelcina (Italian: Pio da Pietrelcina; 25 May 1887 – 23 September 1968), was an Italian...
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. 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...