Today’s Saint

Our Lady of Guadalupe

by Grace MacKinnon December 9, 2003

Dear Grace: Someone said to me that Our Lady of Guadalupe is not the Blessed Virgin Mary. Is this true?
I can only imagine how surprised you were at hearing that, but rest assured, it is not true. Since the…

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St. Quentin

by Saints Editor October 29, 2003

Quentin was also known as Quintinus. According to legend, he was a Roman. He went to Gaul as a missionary with St. Lucian of Beauvais, and settled at Amiens in Picardy. His preaching so incensed the authorities there as they…

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Saints Peter and Paul

by Fr. Paul de Ladurantaye June 29, 2003

During the Church’s liturgical year, there are times when a certain feast takes the place of a Sunday. This week, the Church celebrates the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul: the first Pope and the great Apostle to the nations.…

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Saints Flora and Mary

by Saints Editor November 24, 2002

Flora was of Mahometan extraction by her father but had been secretly instructed in the faith by her mother. She lived during the reign of Abderramene II, king of the Saracens at Cordova in Spain. She was betrayed by her…

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St. Methodius I of Constantinople (Bishop)

by CE Webmaster June 14, 2002

Methodius was born in Syracuse, Sicily and was educated there. As a young man he went to Constantinople to seek a position in the imperial court, but on his way met a holy monk who so impressed him that he…

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Antoninus of Florence

by Celine McCoy May 10, 2000

The son of a notary, Antoninus was born in Florence, Italy, in 1389. Very little is known about his early life, except that he was a frail and lovable child and that he was always drawn to God and to…

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