Sts. Philip and James

The New Testament mentions at least two persons named James, probably at least three, and perhaps as many as eight. This is as good a pla...

St. Athanasius

Feastday:  May 2 Died: 373 St. Athanasius, the great champion of the  Faith  was born at Alexand...

St. Pius V, Pope

Feast day:  April 30 1504 - 1572 Pope from 1566-1572 and one of the foremost leaders of the  Catholic  Reformation. Born An...

St. Catherine of Siena - Doctor of the Church

Feastday:  April 29 Patron  Fire prevention 1347 - 1380 The 25th child of a wool dyer in northern Italy, ...

St. Zita

Feastday:  April 27 St. Zita was born into a poor but holy  Christian  family. Her older sister became a Cistercian nun a...

St. Cletus

Feast day:  April 26 St. Cletus  was the third  bishop  of Rome, and succeeded St. Linus, which circumstance alone shows his emin...

St. Mark

Feastday:  April 25 Patron  of notaries The second Gospel was written by St. Mark, who, in the New Testament, is sometime...

St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen

Feast Day :  April 24. 1577 - 1622 Franciscan Capuchin martyr. He was born  Mark  Rey is Sigmaringen, Germany, in 1577. A...

Saint Augustine of Hippo

Saint Augustine of Hippo (354-430 AD)  summed up our need for God's help in the following  prayer he wrote:  ...

St. George

Feast day:  April 23 Patron  of England & Catalonia Pictures of  St. George  usually show him killing a dragon...

St. Agnes of Montepulciano

Feastday:  April 20 Died: 1317 Nun and foundress in Tuscany. She was born circa 1268 and at the age of nine entered the monastery...

Pope Leo IX

Papacy began 12 February 1049 Papacy ended 19 April 1054 Predecessor Damasus II Successor Victor II ...