Alonso de Orozco
A Spanish Augustinian religious of the Golden Age, royal court preacher and spiritual writer, Alonso de Orozco led a lif…
Historical figure
Charles V
souverain et protecteur
6 saints linked
Saint Francis Borgia
A Grandee of Spain and Duke of Gandia, Francis Borgia left the court of Charles V after being struck by the vanity of ea…
Venerable Louis of Blois (Blosius)
A former page to Charles V, Louis de Blois renounced court life at fourteen to enter the Abbey of Liessies. Upon becomin…
Blessed Peter Canisius of Nijmegen
A 16th-century Dutch Jesuit, Peter Canisius was one of the key figures of the Counter-Reformation in Germany. A theologi…
Saint Thomas of Villanova (the Almoner)
Born in Castile in 1488, Thomas of Villanova was an Augustinian friar famous for his scholarship and immense charity. Ha…
Vasco de Quiroga
Vasco de Quiroga (c. 1470-1565) was the first bishop of Michoacán in Mexico. A Spanish jurist who became a priest and th…