Saints & Heroes
Saint Lucy made a vow of virginity. However, she was betrothed to a pagan, who had her arrested for her Faith. She was eventually martyred.
Saint John of the Cross suffered greatly, even being imprisoned by his fellow friars and beaten by a superior, to reform the Carmelite Order.
Saint Athanasius was banished five times for defending Our Lord's Divinity against heresy, he persevered and truth triumphed in the end.
Saint Benedict relieved the distressed, healed the sick, distributed alms, nourished the poor, and is said to have raised the dead on more than one occasion.
St. Scholastica is the twin sister of St. Benedict. She directed an monastery of nuns. Both would meet once a year have deep spiritual conversations.
Saint Vincent de Paul led an intense spiritual life. His contemplation of God gave him the graces and strength to accomplish what ordinary men could never do.
Saint Michael Febres Cordero was crippled from birth, until he saw he saw a beautiful lady wearing a white and blue dress.. He then got up form his wheelchair.
Saint Margaret of Cortona devoted herself to caring for the sick, living off of alms, eating and sleeping little, and eventually took the habit of the third order of St. Francis.
Alferius is said to have lived to the age of 120. Throughout the course of his life, he had built a network of 3000 monks across southern Italy.
Pope Saint Cornelius fought against the Novatian heresy and was martyred during the persecution of Emperor Gallus.
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