Saint Benedict of Aniane

Saint Ansegisus

Feast: July 20th • 9th century

A friend of Charlemagne and Louis the Pious, Saint Ansegis was a major reforming abbot of the 9th century. He restored t…

Saint Ardon (Smaragdus)

Feast: March 9th • 9th century

A 9th-century Frankish monk born in Languedoc, Ardon (born Smaragdus) was the disciple and biographer of Saint Benedict …

Saint Macarius

Saint Macarius is the author of spiritual homilies and the founder of a famous monastery in the Nitrian Desert in Egypt.…