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

Martyr of England. She was born Margaret Plantagenet, the niece of Edward IV and Richard III. She married Sir Reginald

Bishop of Trier, Germany, from 332, and a miracle worker. He was probably born at Silly, France, and succeeded St.

At the end of the sixth century anyone would have said that Augustine had found his niche in life. Looking

If one had to choose one saint who showed the humorous side of holiness that would Philip Neri. Born in

It would be easy to concentrate on the mystical experiences God gave this saint, rather than on her life. In

David, the youngest son of Scotland’s virtuous queen, (Saint) Margaret, succeeded his brother to the Scottish throne in 1124. David’s