Born in Viterbo, Italy, Rose received a vision of the Virgin Mary at a young age. She joined the Third Order of St. Francis and began preaching in the streets. She rallied her Italian neighbors to oppose the emperor, who was at
Born in a small fishing village of Brittany, France, Jeanne grew up under difficult circumstances after her father was lost at sea when she was very young. After working as a kitchen maid and then in a hospital, she began caring for
Augustine was born in Tagaste, in northern Africa, the son of Patricius, a pagan Roman official. His mother, St. Monica, was a Christian, and she raised Augustine in the Faith. He went to Carthage to study law, turning instead to literary interests.
Born in 1835 in northern Italy, Giuseppe Sarto was ordained a priest at age 23. After being ordained for the Treviso Diocese, he served in small parishes before being named diocesan chancellor and spiritual director of the seminary. Pope Leo XIII named
Clare was born in Assisi, Italy, to a noble family. Impressed by a sermon St. Francis gave during the Lenten season of 1212, Clare received the habit from him on Palm Sunday. She went to live at the Benedictine convent near Bastia.
Edith Stein was born in Breslau, Germany, in 1891. Her parents were devout Jews, but Edith lost her faith during her teenage years.
She entered the University of Göttingen and studied under philosopher Edmund Husserl. After reading the autobiography of St. Teresa of
The son of Felix de Guzman, a noble, and Blessed Joan of Aza, Saint Dominic was born in Calaruega, Spain, in 1170. He studied at the University of Palencia and became a canon regular at the cathedral of Osma. Dominic accompanied his
In a significant appointment for the Catholic Church in the United States, Pope Francis has named Bishop Richard G. Henning of Providence, Rhode Island, as the next archbishop of Boston. Archbishop-designate Henning, who became the ninth bishop of Providence on May 1,
Born in his family’s castle in Spain, Ignatius served as a page in the Spanish court. He then joined the army and was wounded in battle. While convalescing, Ignatius had a personal conversion that was sparked by his reading of the life
Joachim and Anne are mentioned as the parents of Mary in the apocryphal Gospel of James. Born in Bethlehem, Anne married Joachim and although they had wealth and led a devout life, they were left childless. Joachim retreated to the desert to