Also known as: the Seraphic Doctor Bonaventure is considered one of the great theologians of the Church along with his contemporary, St. Thomas Aquinas. He wrote extensively on....
Feast Day : September 4 (formerly October 25) Nothing is known about the early life of Boniface, son of the presbyter Jocandus. He was ordained a priest by Pope St. Damasus I....
Feast Day : May 8 (formerly May 25) Boniface was born at Valeria, Abruzzi (Italy), the son of a physician named John. He may have been a Benedictine monk and student of Pope St. ....
Feast Day : July 24 Patronage: Moscow (Boris) Also known as: Romanus and David, respectively Boris and Gleb were sons of St. Vladimir, grand prince of....
Feast Day : July 28 Also known as: Botuid Botwid was a Swedish layman who converted to Catholicism while on a trip to England. Back in Sweden, he began preaching. He....
Feast Day : May 16 Also known as: Brendan the Navigator, Brendan the Voyager, Brandan, Brandon Patronage: boatmen; mariners; sailors; travelers; watermen;....
Feast Day : July 23 Patronage: against miscarriage; Sweden Bridget of Sweden was born in 1303, the daughter of Birger, the governor of Upland, Sweden, and his....
Feast Day : February 1 Patronage: blacksmiths; boatmen; cattle; children whose parents are not married; dairy workers; fugitives; healers; Irish nuns; mariners; midwives; newborn....
Feast Day : January 6 Also known as: Frère André; the Wonder Man of Mount Royal Brother Andre was born Alfred Bessette on August 10, 1845, in a village east....
Feast Day : September 25 Patronage: glandular disorders Cadoc’s life was recorded in the 12th century by Lifris, a Norman monk at Llancarfan, and Caradoc, a....
