Today’s Saint

St. Catherine de Ricci

by Saints Editor February 13, 2013

Born in Florence, Italy, in 1522, Saint Catherine was baptized Alexandrina. When she was only six years old, her father placed her in the convent of Monticelli in Florence. Her aunt, Louisa de Ricci, was a nun there and she…

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St. Saturninus and Companions (martyrs)

by Saints Editor February 12, 2013

In the year 304, Africa was under the rule of the pagan emperor Diocletian. Under this emperor, persecution of Christians was brutal. The place where the persecutions were the worst was in a city named Abitina. Diocletian issued an order…

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Our Lady of Lourdes

by Saints Editor February 11, 2013

The year was 1858 and the place was the French foothills of the Pyrenees. A young girl named Bernadette Soubirous, her sister Toinette, and their friend Jeanne Abadie were out gathering firewood for their families. Toinette and Abadie crossed a…

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St. Scholastica

by Saints Editor February 10, 2013

St. Scholastica (480-543) was the twin sister of St. Benedict, the founder of the Benedictine Order. Benedict and Scholastica were born of wealthy parents in fifth-century Italy. They were raised together until Benedict left for Rome to continue his studies.…

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St. Caedmon

by Saints Editor February 9, 2013

Caedmon lived in the seventh century and was a herdsman by trade. According to St. Bede, who wrote about him, Caedmon was an unlettered cow herdsman who had no training or gifts for poetry. During local feasts at which singers…

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St. Jerome Emiliani

by Saints Editor February 8, 2013

Jerome Emiliani was born in Venice, Italy, in 1481. He became a soldier and eventually was made a commander of a fortress in Treviso. When this fortress fell to the Venetians, he was captured and imprisoned. It was during this…

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St. Egidio Maria (St. Giles Mary)

by Saints Editor February 7, 2013

The simple humility and obedience of St. Egidio Maria, born Francis Pontillo in 1729, are virtues sorely needed in today’s world. At age 25 he responded to God’s call to be a discalced friar in Naples. He hoped to become…

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St. Paul Miki and Companions (Martyrs)

by Saints Editor February 6, 2013

St. Paul Miki (1565?-1597) and his companions were martyred in Japan at the end of the sixteenth century. A native Japanese, Paul entered the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) as a young man. He worked as a missionary brother, along…

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St. Agatha

by Saints Editor February 5, 2013

Agatha was born in Sicily, although the date her of birth is unknown. However, there are records of her veneration that go back as far as the sixth century. Apparently, Agatha was a member of a wealthy and noble family,…

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St. John de Britto

by Saints Editor February 4, 2013

John Britto was born in 1647 to a noble family in Lisbon. As a child, he loved hearing stories about Francis Xavier and the Jesuit missionaries. When he was only fifteen years old he fulfilled his childhood desire of becoming…

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