Saints & Heroes
St. Andrew and his sister St. Bridget the Younger were born in Ireland of noble parents. There they studied under St. Donatus, an Irish scholar.
Saint Tarsicius is the patron saint of altar servers and first communicants. His feast day is August 15th.
Pope Saint Hormisdas (Pope from 514-523), was born in Frosinone, Campagna di Roma, Italy. He was an Italian by birth, though his name "Hormisdas" is Persian.
Saint Emidius was born a pagan of Trier who converted to Christianity. He was a Bishop and Martyr and is the patron Saint against earthquakes.
Saint Marie Magdalen Postel is the patron saint of chastity, teenage girls, poverty and forgiveness. She was lived from 1756 to 1846 and was canonized in 1925.
Nothing is known of Saint Paschasius’ lineage, as he was an orphan found on the steps of the convent of Notre-Dame de Soissons.
Saint Zdislava was born in the northern part of the Czech Republic around 1220 and died at only 32 years of age in 1252. She is known as the patroness of difficult marriages and people ridiculed for their piety.
Saint Joan grew up at a time when the conflict between the Protestant revolutionaries and the defenders of the Catholic faith was at its height.
Petronilla, a first century virgin and martyr, is traditionally identified as the daughter of Saint Peter.
Saint Gertrude the Great (January 6, 1256 – November 16, 1302) was a German Benedictine nun, mystic, and theologian. Learn more about her in this article....
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