Founder of the Franciscan Order, born at Assisi in Umbria, in 1181. In 1182, Pietro Bernardone returned from a trip

Martyred Northumbrian brothers, one called “the Fair” and one called “the Dark ,” companions of St. Willibrord. From Northumbria, they

Leger was raised at the court of King Clotaire II and by his uncle, Bishop Didon of Poitiers. Leger was

Generations of Catholics have admired this young saint, called her the “Little Flower”, and found in her short life more

St. Jerome, who was born Eusebius Hieronymous Sophronius, was the most learned of the Fathers of the Western Church. He