Saint Bruno (Boniface)
A Saxon nobleman and close to Emperor Otto III, Bruno left the court to become a monk under the guidance of Saint Romuald. Consecrated as a …
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Saint Frederick (Flederic)
Originally from the area around Paris, Saint Frédéric (or Flédéric) became the devoted pastor of the parish of Vlierzèle in East Flanders. R…
Saint Gauzlin of Toul
Raised at the court of France, Gauzlin became Bishop of Toul in 922. A great monastic reformer and builder, he obtained temporal sovereignty…
Saint Hildegard (Hiltegarde)
Born in 1098 in Germany, Saint Hildegard was a Benedictine abbess and a great mystic of the 12th century. Famous for her divine visions reco…
Jan Bula
Diocesan priest of Brno and martyr of the Czechoslovak communist regime, sentenced to death following the Babice affair and executed in 1952…
Martyrs of Laval (19)
Group of nineteen Christians (fifteen priests, three nuns, and one laywoman) executed in Mayenne in 1794 for their fidelity to the Roman Chu…
Saint Maxe (Maximus)
Originally from Aquitaine and a former courtier, Saint Maxe withdrew into solitude before becoming abbot of Île Barbe in Lyon, then founder …
Saint Melchizedek (King of Salem)
King of Salem and priest of the Most High in the 19th century BC, Melchizedek welcomed Abraham with bread and wine after his victory. A prop…
Nineteen Martyrs of Gorkum
In 1572, during the Dutch Revolt, nineteen ecclesiastics (eleven Franciscans, two Premonstratensians, one Dominican, one Canon, and four sec…
Saint Norbert of Magdeburg
Noble by birth and a courtier to Emperor Henry IV, Norbert converted after being struck by lightning. In 1120, he founded the Premonstratens…
Saint Triaise
Originally from Troas, Saint Triaise joined Saint Hilary in Poitiers in the 4th century to dedicate herself to the life of a recluse. She li…