Saint of the Day

St. Mark the Evangelist is the author of the Gospel of Mark. St. Mark founded the episcopal see of Alexandria, which was one of the five most important sees of early Christianity. According to the historian Hippolytus, St. Mark belonged to the “Seventy Disciples” who were sent out by Jesus to disseminate the gospel (Luke […]

Fidelis of Sigmaringen, O.F.M. Cap. (1577 – 1622) was a Capuchin friar who was involved in the Catholic Counter-Reformation, and was martyred by his Calvinist opponents at Seewis im Prättigau, now part of Switzerland. He was born Mark Roy in 1577. In 1604, Roy accompanied, as preceptor (teacher-mentor), three young Swabian gentlemen on their travels

When we think of saints, figures like Saint Francis of Assisi or Saint Thérèse of Lisieux might come to mind first. But there’s another saint, whose legend has captured the imagination of the faithful for centuries—Saint George. Best known for his legendary battle with a dragon, Saint George is more than just a mythical hero.

Pope St. Soter (Latin: Soterius) was the bishop of Rome from c. 167 to his death in c. 174. He was born in Fondi, Campania, today Lazio region, Italy. Soter is known for declaring that marriage was valid only as a sacrament blessed by a priest and also for formally inaugurating Easter as an annual

St. Anselm of Canterbury, OSB (1033/4–1109), also called Anselm of Aosta after his birthplace and Anselm of Bec after his monastery, was an Italian Benedictine monk, abbot, philosopher and theologian of the Catholic Church, who held the office of Archbishop of Canterbury from 1093 to 1109. After his death, he was canonized as a saint;

St. Agnes of Montepulciano (28 January 1268 – 20 April 1317) was a Dominican prioress in medieval Tuscany, who was known as a miracle worker during her lifetime. At the age of nine, she convinced her parents to allow her to enter a Franciscan monastery of women in the city known as the “Sisters of

Pope Leo IX (21 June 1002 – 19 April 1054), born Bruno von Egisheim-Dagsburg, was the Pope and ruler of the Papal States from 12 February 1049 to his death in 1054. Leo IX is considered to be one of the most historically significant popes of the Middle Ages; he was instrumental in the precipitation

Saint Athanasia of Aegina (c.790 in Aegina – 14 August 860 in Timia, Greece) was a saint who worked in the Byzantine Empire and was for a while adviser to the Empress Theodora II. St. Athanasia was the daughter of Christian nobles, Niketas and Irene, and experienced the mystical union of a star merging with

St. Robert of Chaise Dieu, also known as Robert de Turlande (c. 1000 – 17 April 1067) was a French Roman Catholic priest and professed member of the Order of Saint Benedict. He was of noble stock and was also related to Saint Gerald of Aurillac. He is best known for the establishment of the

St. Bernadette Soubirous (7 January 1844 – 16 April 1879), also known as Bernadette of Lourdes, was the firstborn daughter of a miller from Lourdes, in the department of Hautes-Pyrénées in France, and is best known for experiencing apparitions of a “young lady” who asked for a chapel to be built at the nearby cave-grotto.