Feast Day : July 11 Little of certainty is known about Pius. He apparently was the son of Rufinas, and may have been a native of Aquileia. His brother Hermas, who claimed to be a former....
Feast Day : March 30 According to tradition, he was the jailer of Pope St. Alexander I (r. 105–115), and was converted with his daughter, Balbina. He is buried with her in the....
Feast Day : September 17 Patronage: canonists; catechists; catechumens Robert Bellarmine was born on October 4, 1542, in Montepulciano, Tuscany, to a noble family. His....
Feast Day : August 17 Patronage: against cholera; the falsely accused; invalids; against plagues Also known as: Rock, Rocco (Italy), Roque (Spain), Rollock and Seemie-Rookie....
Feast Day : February 10 Patronage: convulsive children; against storms Very little is known about Scholastica, save for a few comments by Pope St. Gregory I (Gregory the....
Feast Day : July 27 (in the West); August 4 and October 22 (in the East) This curious medieval legend exists in different versions in several languages. Probably it was first recorded in....
Feast Day : June 20 Silverius was the son of Pope St. Hormisdas, who had been married before becoming one of the higher clergy in the Roman Church. Silverius followed his father into the....
Feast Day : October 28 (in the West, celebrated with St. Jude), May 10 (among Greeks and Copts), July 1 (elsewhere in the East) Patronage: curriers; sawyers; tanners ....
Feast Day : August 9 Also known as: Edith Stein, Teresia Benedicta Edith Stein, who was to convert to Christianity and take the religious name Teresa Benedicta of the....
