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…
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.…
Saint Cecilia is said to have been born in the 2nd or 3d century A.D in Rome. However, the exact dates are unknown. She is believed to have been to daughter of an extremely wealthy Roman family and was a faithful Christian from birth. Cecilia was given in marriage to a pagan named Valerian, but she had vowed her virginity to God, and wore sackcloth, fasted and prayed in hopes of keeping this promise. Saint Cecilia disclosed her wishes to her husband on their wedding night and told him that an angel watched over her to guard her purity.…
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.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 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.…
St. Rose of Lima was born in Lima, Peru on April 20, 1586, with her original name as Isabel Flores De Oliva. She had the nickname “Rose” since she was very beautiful, and decided to change her name to Rose at her confirmation. Worried her new name would complement her beauty, she would do acts like rubbing pepper into her face to make it blister, cutting off her hair, and putting lime on her hands. These are some of the few things Rose did to limit temptation of possible suitors. Her model throughout these times was St. Catherine of Siena.…
Joan of Arc nicknamed The Maid of Orléans born in the year 1412 Domrémy, bar of france A national champion of France, at age 18 she lead French army force to success over the English at Orléans. Caught a year later, Joan was singed at the stake as a blasphemer by the English and their French partners. She was sanctified as a Roman Catholic holy person over 500 years after the fact, on May 16, 1920.…
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.…
Ignatius Loyola: Saint Ignatius Loyola was a priest and theologist from Spain. He was born on October 23rd 1491 and died on July 31st 1556. He is most famous for being the founder of the society of Jesus, better known as the Jesuits. During the 16th century people in Europe were starting to break away from away from the Roman Catholic church and the time of reformation started to take place.…
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…
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.…