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  • St John Cantius

    Featured Saint: St John Cantius (1390 – 1473) St John Cantius was born at Kety, Poland. He was a bright student. He went to Jagiellonian University and obtained a Doctor of Philosophy. Following his graduation he taught at the University while preparing for the Priesthood. After ordination he became Professor of Sacred Scripture at Jagiellonian…

  • Jacopone of Todi

    Featured: Jacopone of Todi (1230 Approx. – 1306) Jacopo die Benedetti was born into a noble family at Todi, Italy. He was a bright student; studying law at Bologna and becoming a successful lawyer. He married a pious noblewoman when he was in his 20’s. He was said to be a “worldly and greedy man”…

  • St Peter Canisius

    Featured Saint: St Peter Canisius (1521 – 1597) St Peter Canisius was born into a wealthy family at Nijmegen, Netherlands. His mother died shortly after his birth. He was a bright student and studied at the University of Cologne gaining a Master’s Degree by the age of 19. He was the first Dutchman to join…

  • St Dominic of Silos

    Featured Saint: St Dominic of Silos (1000 – 1073) St Dominic was born into a peasant family at Canas, Spain. In his youth he was a shepherd. He then joined the Benedictine Order at the Monastery of San Millan, was ordained a Priest and soon after, appointed Master of Novices and Prior at the monastery.…

  • Bl.Pope Urban

    Featured: Blessed Pope Urban V (1310 – 1370) Pope Urban was born the son of royalty at the Castle of Grizac, France. He became a Benedictine Monk in a monastery near to his home and was later ordained a Priest. He was a great academic and attended many of the great European Universities, earning a…

  • St Finnian

    Featured Saint: St Finnian (470 – 549) St Finnian was an early Irish monastic saint. He was born into a noble family at Myshall, Co Carlow, Ireland. Following early studies in Ireland he travelled to Britain and then France where he remained for some time at the noted, St Martin de Tours Monastery. From there…

  • St Hildegrad

    Featured Saint: St Hildegard of Bingen (1098 – 1179) St Hildegard was the youngest of ten children born into a lower noble family. She reported visions from an early age and perhaps, it was for this reason that her parents offered her to the Church as an oblate (- a person dedicated to God’s service).…

  • St Adelaide

    Featured Saint: St Adelaide (931 – 999) St Adelaide was born into royalty at Orbe, Switzerland (then part of France). Her father was Rudolf II of Burgundy. She married Lothair, the nominal King of Italy, when she was 15yrs, in part to bring peace between her father and Lothair’s father. She bore a daughter but…

  • Bl. Mary Frances

    Featured Person: Blessed Mary Frances Schervier (1819 – 1876) Blessed Mary Frances was born into a wealthy family at Aachen, Germany. Her mother and two sisters died from tuberculosis when she was 16yrs. At an early age, Mary Frances became renowned for her generosity to the poor and help for the sick. However, her father,…

  • St John of the Cross

    Featured Saint: St John of the Cross (1542 – 1591) St John was born at Fontiveros near Avila, Spain. His father was from a rich heritage however, when he married his lower class orphaned mother he was rejected and forced to work as a weaver. When St John was seven his father died and at…