Saint Francis Jerome was a Jesuit priest, teacher and missionary who spent his time preaching, visiting the sick, slaves, and prisoners in the streets of Naples. After more than 40...

Saint Theophone Venaard was a French missionary martyr who suffered beheading in Tonkin Vietnam in 1861. Ministering from hiding he was ultimately betrayed, condemned, and held in a cage until...

St. Andrew Corsini was Bishop of Fiesole for 24 years, he acquired a reputation for holiness and fairness in four spheres: Charitable works for the poor and the sick; Raising...

Saint Benedict Joseph Labre was a French Franciscan tertiary,  from a well to do family near Arras, France. After attempting a monastic lifestyle, he joined the Third Order Franciscans and...

St. Germaine Cousin was a poor, pious, French shepherdess who was born with a deformed hand and arm. After her mother’s death, father’s new wife frequently abused her and forced...

Saint George is the patron of England and was martyred near Lydda in Palestine around the time of Constantine. His legend has been embellished with wildly fantastic stories, and while...

Saint Camillus of Lellis was a Roman Catholic priest from Italy who founded the Camillians, a religious order dedicated to the care of the sick. He was beatified by Pope Benedict...

Saint Homobonus was a married laymen who beleived that God allowed him to work in order to support people in poverty. As a cloth merchant, he carried out his business...

Blessed Louise of Savoy was a member of the French royal family who became a Poor Clare nun after her husband died when she was 27. Serious about the spiritual...

Saint Aelred was a Cistercian monk and abbot who was a companion of King David of Scotland and advisor to King Henry II of England. He was a successful missionary...