He is the patron saint of Travelers and Children. In some accounts, it says that he was super tall and people think he was a giant because of how tall he was. He was a man of significant stature and he was very spiritual and a good model and inspiration for the Catholic faith. One day he decided he wanted to serve a king greater than everything else.…
The saint that I selected was St. Manuel Morales. He was born on February 8, 1898 at Mesillas, Zacatecas in Mexico. He was a faithful father, loving father with his three young children, fulfilled worker lay apostolate committed to his parish and spiritual life. When Manuel birthday pass his family move to Chalchihuites and then he met St. Luis Batiz. Manuel then bacame a secretary of the publication Leon XIII and secretary of Circle of Catholic workers.…
Saint Anne is the Patron Saint against poverty, childless couples, grandmothers, grandparents, mothers, pregnant women and women in labor. She is symbolized by Mary in her lap holding the infant Jesus. She was canonized in the year 1970 by Pope John…
St. Cecelia was both a virgin and martyr. She lived in Italy during the second century. She is the patron saint of music, musicians, and poets. Although St. Cecelia wanted to become a nun, her parents forced her into marriage. She converted both her husband and his brother to the faith.…
St.Elizabeth was born on July 7, 1207 she died November 17, 1231. She was canonized by greatness of helping the poor. She lived in Sarospatk Hungary she was born a princess. Elizabeth help the poor she and her husband Louis IV of Thuringia would take food from the royal coffers and feed them to the poor family in their kingdom. Lots of times Elizabeth would sneak out with food and give it to the poor.…
Saint Julia Billiart Saint Julia (Julie) Billiart was born in 1751 in Cuvilly France. After she sadly died in 1816 at the age of 64 she was made the patron saint against poverty, bodily ills, and disease. In her childhood, she was very religious, at age seven, she already knew the catechism by heart, and used to gather up her peers and tell it to them. Julie’s progress in spiritual things was so rapid that the parish priest, Father Dangicourt, allowed her to both make her first communion and her confirmation at age nine.…
Saint Christina, also known as Christina Mirabilis, is often referred to as Saint Christina the Astonishing. Saint Christina was born in Brusthem, which is near Liege, Belgium, and lived from 1150 to 1224. She is the patron saint of millers, insanity, mental disorders, mental handicaps, mental illness, lunatics, mental health caregivers, mental health professionals, mentally ill people, psychiatrists, and therapists. Saint Christina was born into a poor family, and was orphaned at age three. Some stories say that she was raised by her two older sisters while some do not specify who she was raised by.…
Details of the saint’s youth, movement, accomplishments, and miracles are all recounted. While authors often situate their saint’s lives in some distant moment of the past, most vita are in fact written by a contemporary of the saint not too long after his/her death. This is true for the case of the Life of Saint Ioannikios. The biography was first recounted by the monk Peter almost immediately after the saint’s death. Not long after Peter’s production, the monk Sabas also wrote a version retelling the wisdom and miracles of the iconodule saint.…
St Benedict of Italy was born in 480, a twin to his sister, Scholastica. He was born into a wealthy family, he lived the good life. St benedict wanted to get a deeper understanding of God instead of living as a nobleman like his father. He chose to leave his good life to be in service of the Lord. St. Benedict had died on the 21st March, 547.…
Saint Lucy has multiple names such as, Saint Lucy or Saint Lucia. Saint Lucy was was born in the year of about 238 A.D. She was martyred around 304 A.D. according to the era of the rule of the Diocletianic Persecution. We celebrate her feast day on December 13 which is the time that Christians celebrate advent. Saint Lucy is known for being tortured and having her eyes gouged out because she didn’t deny her faith.…
St. Justin Martyr Justin Martyr, also known as Saint Justin, was an early Christian apologist (Wikipedia). He was born around 100 A.D. at Sychem, an ancient city of Samaria to pagan Greek parents. Justin displayed intelligence, his love for knowledge, and his devotion to the knowledge of Truth at a very young age. The Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican Church, and the Eastern Orthodox Church consider him to be a saint. His writings have standardized the foundation for a theology of history.…
“For it is in giving that we receive.” This was said by one of Saint Clare’s most influential leaders that taught her and led her to the Kingdom of Heaven as a saint. Saint Clare was born on July 16, 1194 in Assisi, Italy. She was born into a wealthy family. Influenced by her mother’s faith, she started to pray at a young age.…
Joan of Arc was a remarkable woman who had lived up to her legacy that had impacted many of those that believed in the Christian faith. Joan taught that with God and under his power that all things were possible. From her childhood, to her death, Joan lived a daring life that not many can say they've experienced. Joan was born in sometime in January of 1412 in Domremy, a small French village located in Lorraine. Her family were Christians that supported the Dauphin.…
Joan of Arc is one of the most well know military leaders in world history. She was a transformational leader who was able to use religion to inspire her soldiers to fight and win. Her life, rise to power, and military campaign are known by all. Joan of Arc, nicknamed "The Maid of Orléans," was born in 1412 in Domrémy, France (Joan of Arc Biography n.d.). She is considered a national heroine of France because at age 18 she led the French army to victory over the British at the Battle of Orléans.…
He`s the Patron Saint of Librarians, school children and translators. Jerome died on September 30, 420 AD and was Canonized a Saint shortly after that, there is no specific date of the Canonization. St. Jeromes feast day is September 30. Some thing ’s…