John Gonzales de Castrillo was born at Sahagun, Leon Spain. He was educated by the Benedictine monks of Fagondez monastery

All we know of Barnabas is to be found in the New Testament. A Jew, born in Cyprus and named

Martyr with Amantius, Caerealis, and Primitivus. He was the husband of St. Symphorosa. An officer in the Roman army, he

“I was born in the way of truth: though my childhood was unaware of the greatness of the benefit, I

St. William of York, Bishop (Feast day is June 8th). William of York was the son of Count Herbert, treasurer

Bishop and missionary. A native of Wessex, England, he was the brother of Sts. Winebald and Walburga and was related

St. Norbert was born at Xanten in the Rhineland, about the year 1080. The early part of his life was

Winfrith had expected to return to England from Friesland (in what is now Holland) in triumph. He had left the

Founder of the Minor Clerks Regular with St. John Augustine Adorno. He was born in 1563, a member of a

For those of us who think that the faith and zeal of the early Christians died out as the Church

Though we know very little about these two martyrs under Diocletian, there is no question that the early church venerated

Christian apologist, born at Flavia Neapolis, about A.D. 100, converted to Christianity about A.D. 130, taught and defended the Christian

Benedictine abbess and miracle worker. She was the daughter of Count Berthold of Andechs, in modem Bavaria, Germany. The count

St. Joan of Arc is the patroness of soldiers and of France. On January 6, 1412, Joan of Arc was