In St. Matthew’s Gospel, we read of St. Simon or Simeon who is described as one of our Lord’s brethren

Founder and mystic, one of the first Servants of Mary or Servites. The son of a wealthy merchant in Florence,

Died in 309, He and four companions, Elias, Isaias, Jeremy and Samuel were Egyptians who visited Christians condemned to work

Walfrid or Galfrido della Gherardesca was born in Pisa, of which he became a prosperous and honored citizen. He married

Valentine was a holy priest in Rome, who, with St. Marius and his family, assisted the martyrs in the persecution

St. Catherine was born in Florence in 1522. Her baptismal name was Alexandrina, but she took the name of Catherine

He was one of seven Florentines who had joined the Confraternity of the Blessed Virgin (the Laudesi) in a particularly

Paschal was the son of Bonosus, a Roman. He studied at the Lateran, was named head of St. Stephen’s monastery,

St. Scholastica, sister of St. Benedict, consecrated her life to God from her earliest youth. After her brother went to

St. Apollonia, who died in the year 249, was martyred for not renouncing her faith during the reign of Emperor