Charles was the son of Count Gilbert Borromeo and Margaret Medici, sister of Pope Pius IV. He was born at

St. Martin de Porres was born in Lima, Peru on December 9, 1579. Martin was the illegitimate son to a

Bishop and martyr. Originally a Greek, he became bishop of Pettau, in Pannonia (later Styria, Austria). He was martyred during

Bishop and martyr of Vietnam. A native of Ellorio, Spain, he entered the Dominican Order and was sent to the

Wolfgang (d. 994) + Bishop and reformer. Born in Swabia, Germany, he studied at Reichenau under the Benedictines and at

Confessor and Jay brother, also called Alonso. He was born in Segovia, Spain, on July 25, 1532, the son of

St. Narcissus Bishop of Jerusalem October 29 Second Century St. Narcissus was born towards the close of the first century,

St. Jude, known as Thaddaeus, was a brother of St. James the Less, and a relative of Our Saviour. He

Called “Abuna” or “the fa­ther’ of Ethiopia, sent to that land by St. Athanasius. Frumentius was born in Tyre, Lebanon.

On December 16, there is named in the Roman Martyrology and in certain Irish calendars a Saint Bean in Ireland,

There is very little known about them. Chrysanthus was an Egyptian, son of a Patrician, Polemius. He was brought to

Claretian archbishop and founder. Anthony was born in Salient in Catalonia, Spain, in 1807, the son of a weaver. He

St. John was born at Capistrano, Italy in 1385, the son of a former German knight in that city. He

Karol J. Wojtyla, known as John Paul II since his October 1978 election to the papacy, was born in Wadowice,