It would be easy to concentrate on the mystical experiences God gave this saint, rather than on her life. In

David, the youngest son of Scotland’s virtuous queen, (Saint) Margaret, succeeded his brother to the Scottish throne in 1124. David’s

This holy priest was born in 1698 at the village of Voltaggio in the diocese of Genoa and was one

St. Rita was born at Spoleto, Italy in 1381. At an early age, she begged her parents to allow her

Eugene de Mazenod was born on August 1, 1782, at Aix-en-Provence in France. Early in life he experienced the upheaval

In the year 1400, a young man came to the door of the largest hospital in Siena. A plague was

When the father of this Italian saint died, his good mother brought up her twelve children well, even though they

St. John I, Pope and Martyr (Feast day – May 18) A native of Tuscany in Italy, John was elected

Franciscan lay brother and mystic. Born to a peasant family at Torre Hermosa, in Aragon, on Whitsunday, he was christened

Although little is known about Simon Stock’s early life, legend has it that the name Stock, meaning “tree trunk,” derives