Blessed Bernard the Penitent
Originally from Provence, Bernard received a rigorous public penance in 1170 for mysterious crimes, possibly the murder of a tyrannical gove…
Iconographic attribute
iron breastplate
3 saints
Blessed Clare of Rimini
A noble lady of Rimini in the 13th century, Clare turned to heroic penance after a second marriage and family tragedies. She founded a monas…
Saint Erasmus (Elmo)
Bishop of Antioch in the 3rd century, Erasmus miraculously survived numerous tortures under Diocletian and Maximian, including a boiling cau…