Benedictine monk, called Theristus or Harvester. He was of Calabrian lineage, born in Sicily. His mother was a slave of

Imagine being able to sit at the feet of the apostles and hear their stories of life with Jesus from

Margaret of Cortona, penitent, was born in Loviana in Tuscany in 1247. Her father was a small farmer. Margaret’s mother

Bishop and martyr. The bishop of Scythopolis in Galilee. He attended the Council of Chalcedon (451) and took part in

Wulfric (d. 1154) + hermit and miracle worker. Born at Compton Martin, near Bristol, England, he became a priest and

Alvarez was born in either Lisbon, Portugal, or Cordova, Spain. He entered the Dominican convent at Cordova in 1368. He

In St. Matthew’s Gospel, we read of St. Simon or Simeon who is described as one of our Lord’s brethren

Founder and mystic, one of the first Servants of Mary or Servites. The son of a wealthy merchant in Florence,

Died in 309, He and four companions, Elias, Isaias, Jeremy and Samuel were Egyptians who visited Christians condemned to work

Walfrid or Galfrido della Gherardesca was born in Pisa, of which he became a prosperous and honored citizen. He married

Valentine was a holy priest in Rome, who, with St. Marius and his family, assisted the martyrs in the persecution

St. Catherine was born in Florence in 1522. Her baptismal name was Alexandrina, but she took the name of Catherine

He was one of seven Florentines who had joined the Confraternity of the Blessed Virgin (the Laudesi) in a particularly

Paschal was the son of Bonosus, a Roman. He studied at the Lateran, was named head of St. Stephen’s monastery,