St. Kieran was born in Connacht, Ireland. He was the son of Beoit, a carpenter. He studied at St. ...

Martyr with Alexander and Tiburtius. They died near Rome.

Isaac the Great whose feast day is September 9 became a monk. He was the son of Catholicos  St. ...

Hermit, also called Bertram, a disciple of St. Guthlac. He lived in Croyland, England, and is listed as the patron ...

WuIfhilda (d.c. 1000) + Benedictine abbess. Probably a member of the Anglo-Saxon nobility, she was much sought ...

Benedictine abbess, also listed as Wuifritha. The mother of St. Edith of Wilton by King Edgar ...

An Armenian niartyr put to death under Emperor Licinius Licinianus. He was a senator who witnessed the martyrdom ...

Martyrs of Nocera, Italy, slain in the persecution conducted by Emperor Nero.

Abbot who ruled Borovsk Abbey and Volokolamsk, Russia. He was known for his austerities and charity.

Benedictine bishop and miracle worker. Also called Audomarus, he was born in the region surrounding ...

Benedictine nun, also called Argariarga, she was originally from Ireland but journeyed to Brittany where she lived ...

According to legend Adrian was a pagan officer at the imperial court of Nicomedia. Impressed by the courage of a ...

Benedictine noblewoman. Adela was the wife of Count Baldwin IV of Flanders. When the count died, she entered the ...

A martyr of Japan, a Franciscan. Anthony was born in 1588 in Tuy, Galicia, Spain, and was educated in Salamanca. ...

Japanese martyr. A native catechist, he assisted the Dominican mission in Japan until his arrest by authorities. ...

Japanese martyr. A young boy, he was beheaded with his father, Blessed John Tomaki, and three brothers.

Two martyrs who were executed in Antioch (modern Turkey), in some unknown year.

A bishop ordained by Poe St. Gregory II, an evangelist to Germany. Born in 670, Corbinian, a Frank, lived as a ...

An Irish bishop also called Disen or Disibode. Discouraged by his lack of success as a missionary in Ireland, he ...

Japanese martyr. Arrested, this native Japanese received the Franciscan habit from Blessed Anthony of St. ...