St. Basil the Great was born at Caesarea of Cappadocia in 330. He was one of ten children of St.

Mary, also known as St. Mary the Virgin, the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint Mary, Mary Mother of God or the

St. Sylvester, born in Rome, was ordained by Pope St. Marcellinus during the peace that preceded the persecutions of Diocletian.

Martyr of Greece. She was a wealthy woman of Salonika, in Thessaly, who used her personal funds to aid the

Monk, biographer, and scholar-also called Sapiens the Wise. Aileran was one of the most distinguished professors at the school of

Anthony was born about circa 468 at Valeria in Lower Pannonia. When he was eight years old, his father died

St. John, Apostle and Evangelist St. John the Apostle, the son of Zebedee and Salome, was one of the Twelve

Stephen’s name means “crown,” and he was the first disciple of Jesus to receive the martyr’s crown. Stephen was a

There definitely was a Roman martyr named Eugenia but the rest of her story is a romantic fictitious legend. According

St. Adele, Widow. A daughter of King Dagobert II of Germany, St. Adele became a nun upon the death of

The people of Olkusz in Bohemia in 1431 had every reason to be suspicious of their new pastor. They knew

Bishop of Nilopolis, in Egypt. When the persecution was instituted by Emperor Trajanus Decius, Chaeromon Was quite elderly. He and

In 1565, the Vatican was looking for a secret agent. It was shortly after the Council of Trent and the

Martyr of Egypt. He was burned alive in Alexandria, Egypt, during the persecutions under Emperor Trajanus Decius. Nemesius was arrested