Saint Anthony Mary Claret
Anthony Claret y Clarà was born in Sallent (Bages, diocese of Vic) in 1807, the fifth of eleven children in a deeply Christian but poor family. At the age of eighteen, he was in Barcelona, learning the trade of weaving. As a young man, he felt drawn to the Carthusian vocation, but his spiritual directors […]
Saint John of Capistrano
Capistrano is the town where he was born (in the province of Aquila in the Abruzzi) in 1386, the son of a family from the north—perhaps German—that had settled there. He studied civil and canon law in Perugia, where he also served as a judge, until he was imprisoned by Malatesta. While in prison, he […]
Saint John Paul II
Saint Paul of the Cross
Paolo Francesco Danei, from Piedmont, was born in 1694. When he was nineteen, while listening to a sermon, he felt a deep inner fire that he himself called a “conversion.” Wanting to fight for Christ, he volunteered for the Venetian army that was being raised to battle the Turks, but he left when he realized […]
Saints John de Brébeuf, Isaac Jogues and Companions
This memorial includes eight French Jesuits: Isaac Jogues, René Goupil, John de La Lande, John de Brébeuf, Gabriel Lalemant, Anthony Daniel, Charles Garnier, and Noel Chabanel. They were missionaries among the Huron people in territories that today are part of Canada and the United States. They were killed by the Iroquois, who were enemies of […]
Saint Luke
Saint Luke was an early Christian who is best known for writing the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles. He lived in the 1st century AD. While we don’t know many details about his life, tradition holds that he was a physician, likely a Gentile (non-Jewish), and a companion of the Apostle […]
Saint Ignatius of Antioch
Saint Ignatius of Antioch was an early Christian bishop and writer who lived in the 1st and 2nd centuries AD. Though we don’t know the exact details of his birth, he was likely born in Syria and died around 108 AD in Rome. He’s best known for the seven letters he wrote while traveling to […]
Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque
Claro, aquí tienes una breve biografía de Santa Margarita María Alacoque: Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque was a French Roman Catholic nun who played a significant role in promoting the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. She was born on July 22, 1647, in L’Hautecour, Burgundy, France, and died on October 17, 1690, in Paray-le-Monial. […]
Saint Hedwig
Saint Hedwig of Andechs, also known as Jadwiga of Silesia, was a Duchess of Silesia in the 13th century. She was born in Bavaria, Germany, around 1174 and died on October 15, 1243, in Trzebnica, Poland. She is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church and is known for her piety, charity, and dedication […]
Saint Teresa of Jesus
Teresa was born in Ávila on March 28, 1515. At eighteen, she entered Carmel. At forty-five, she started a new life in response to God’s grace. «Suffer or die.» He then founded the convent of St. Joseph of Ávila, the first of fifteen Carmelite monasteries he established in Spain. With St. John of the Cross, […]