SAINT OF THE DAY

Saints Tiburtius, Valerian and Maximus are three Christian martyrs who were buried in the catacombs of the Praetextata on the

Pope Saint Martin I – Saint Of The Day – 13 April

Pope Martin I (590–655), the 74th Pope, was born in Umbria and died of starvation in Cherson (modern-day Ukraine). He

Pope Julius I (280–352) was the bishop of Rome from 337 to his death in 352. He is notable for

Gemma Calgani (1878–1903) was a fifth of eight children in an upper-class Tuscan family of a pharmacist. Her mother died

Magdalene of Canossa (1774–1835) was born into a noble and wealthy family in Verona, Italy. At seventeen she planned to

Liborius of Le Mans (c. 348–397) was the second Bishop of Le Mans, the.diocese of the Catholic Church in France.

In ca. 170 AD, Dionysius was the Bishop of Corinth, a city-state in south-central Greece. An outstanding writer, St Dionysius

John Baptist de La Salle (1651–7 April 1719 ) was a French priest and pedagogist. Patron of educators and teachers,

Galla of Rome (?–550) was a 6th-century Roman widow known for her generosity. Galla had been married at a relatively

Vincent Ferrer was born in 1350 in Valencia (modern Spain) to a family of a notary. He was named after