saints

Bishop of Avensano (today Tunisia), Valerian witnessed faith in Jesus true God and true man during the persecution…

John is a saint because his life was a heroic effort to live up to his name: “of the Cross.” The folly of the cross…

Lucy suffered martyrdom on 13 December 304. Denounced as a Christian, the prefect is said to have taken a fancy to…

Star of the evangelisation of peoples, support of the indigenous people and the poor. The people of the faithful…

It is thanks to Damasus, Pope from 366 to 384, that the memory of so many early martyrs was not lost: every…

A Syriac by birth, he succeeded Gregory II and was elected on 18 March 731 by popular acclamation. His pontificate…

The narrative of the Guadalupe apparitions is compelling. The protagonist is an unknown Mexican Indian, Juan Diego,…

A feast called the Conception of Mary arose in the Eastern Church in the seventh century. It came to the West in…

He is among the great holy doctors of the Western Church. Bishop of Milan, inventor of hymns, initiator of…

St Nicholas is one of the most popular and beloved saints, due to the tradition of him being the patron saint of…