Pope Saint Damasus I
All lovers of Scripture have reason to celebrate this day. Damasus was the pope who commissioned Saint Jerome to translate the Scriptures into Latin,
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All lovers of Scripture have reason to celebrate this day. Damasus was the pope who commissioned Saint Jerome to translate the Scriptures into Latin,
Benedictine abbot and defender of the faith. Born in Canas, Navarre, Spain, circa 1000, he entered the Benedictines at San
Juan Diego was born in 1474 in the calpulli or ward of Tlayacac in Cuauhtitlan, which was established in 1168
In the account of St Amatus of Remiremont it is related how he brought about the conversion to God of
Foundress of the Daughters of Our Lady of Mercy. She was born at Albisola Marina, Liguria, Italy, in 1811, and
St. Nicholas, called “of Bari”, Bishop of Myra (Fourth Century) 6 Dec. Feast day. The great veneration with which this saint has been honored
Sabas was born at Mutalaska, Cappadocia, near Caesarea. He was the son of an army officer there who when assigned
Saint John Damascene has the double honor of being the last but one of the fathers of the Eastern Church, and the
FRANCIS XAVIER, ST. (1506-1552). Born in the family castle of Xavier, near Pamplona in the Basque area of Spanish Navarre
St. Bibiana, Virgin and Martyr (Feast day – December 2nd) Other than the name, nothing is known for certain about
Eligius (also known as Eloi) was born around 590 near Limoges in France. He became an extremely skillful metalsmith and was appointed
Andrew, like his brother Simon Peter, was a fisherman. He became a disciple of the great St. John the Baptist,
St. Saturninus Bishop of Toulouse was Martyred November 29 A.D. 257. St. Saturninus went from Rome by the direction of
He was just standing there, not doing anything special. As a Syrian priest he must have felt a little out of place