Saint of the Day

Sts. Titus and Timothy were both disciples of St. Paul the Apostle. St. Titus was an early Christian missionary and church leader, and was mentioned in several of the Pauline epistles including the Epistle to Titus. He is believed to be a Gentile converted to Christianity by Paul and, according to tradition, he was consecrated […]

The conversion of St. Paul the Apostle (also the Pauline conversion, Damascene conversion, Damascus Christophany and the “road to Damascus” event) was an event in the life of St. Paul the Apostle that led him to cease persecuting early Christians and to become a follower of Jesus. The Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul

St. Francis de Sales (21 August 1567 – 28 December 1622) was a Bishop of Geneva and is a Doctor of the Church. He became noted for his deep faith and his gentle approach to the religious divisions in his land resulting from the Protestant Reformation. He is known also for his writings on the

St. Emerentiana was a Roman martyr, who lived around the start of the 4th century. Emerentiana’s mother was the nanny of St. Agnes, so is cosidered the foster sister of St. Agnes. A few days after Agnes’ death, Emerentiana, who was a catechumen still learning about Christianity before being officially baptized, went to the tomb

St. Vincent of Saragossa (also known as Vincent Martyr, Vincent of Huesca or Vincent the Deacon), the Protomartyr of Spain, was a deacon of the Church of Saragossa. He is the patron saint of Lisbon and Valencia. His feast day is 22 January in the Catholic Church and Anglican Communion and the Orthodox Church, with

St. Agnes of Rome (c.  291 – c.  304) is a virgin martyr, venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church, Oriental Orthodox Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church, as well as the Anglican Communion and Lutheran Churches. St. Agnes is one of several virgin martyrs commemorated by name in the Canon of the Mass.

When we delve into the annals of early Christian history, few stories of martyrdom resonate as powerfully as that of Saint Sebastian (c. AD 255 – 288). His life and death during the Diocletianic Persecution offer us a window into a time when being a Christian was not just difficult but often fatal. Yet, it’s

Canute IV (c. 1042 – 10 July 1086), later known as Canute the Holy or Saint Canute, was King of Denmark from 1080 until 1086. Canute was an ambitious king who sought to strengthen the Danish monarchy, devotedly supported the Roman Catholic Church, and had designs on the English throne. Slain by rebels in 1086, he

St. Prisca was a young Roman woman tortured and executed for her Christian faith. The dates of her birth and death are unknown. She is revered as a saint and martyr in Eastern Orthodoxy, by the Catholic Church, and in the Anglican Communion. Though some legends suggest otherwise, scholars do not believe she is the

St. Anthony the Great (c. 12 January 251 – 17 January 356), was a Christian monk from Egypt. He is distinguished from other saints named Anthony, such as Anthony of Padua, by various epithets: Anthony of Egypt, Anthony the Abbot, Anthony of the Desert, Anthony the Anchorite, Anthony the Hermit, and Anthony of Thebes. For his importance among the Desert Fathersand to all later Christian monasticism,