Teresa of Ávila was born Teresa Ali Fatim Corella Sanchez de Capeda y Ahumada in Ávila, Spain. Less than twenty

Imagine that your biography was written by an enemy of yours. And that its information was all anyone would have

Edward the Confessor was the son of King Ethelred III and his Norman wife, Emma, daughter of Duke Richard I

Born in Northumberland in 634, St. Wilfrid was educated at Lindesfarne and then spent some time in Lyons and Rome.

The Leper Priest, the Hero of Molokai. Born in Tremelo, Belgium, on January 3, 1840, he joined the Sacred Hearts

Francis was a young nobleman at the court of the King of Spain. He became a Duke when he was

The first mention we have of these three martyrs who died around 258 A.D. comes in the sixth century in

Pelagia, more often called Margaret, on account of the magnificence of the pearls for which she had so often sold

Artaldus (also called Arthaud) was born in the castle of Sothonod in Savoy. At the age of eighteen, he went

Bruno was born in Cologne of the prominent Hartenfaust family. He studied at the Cathedral school at Rheims, and on

Saint Faustina was born Helena Kowalska in a small village west of Lodz, Poland on August 25, 1905. She was

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