Blessed Aegidius (Giles) of Portugal
The son of a Portuguese nobleman, Aegidius abandoned his ecclesiastical vocation for alchemy and black magic following a…
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The son of a Portuguese nobleman, Aegidius abandoned his ecclesiastical vocation for alchemy and black magic following a…
A physician by training who became a priest in Cremona, Anthony Mary Zaccaria founded the Congregation of the Barnabites…
Twin brothers from Arabia, Cosmas and Damian practiced medicine for free in Syria and Cilicia. Arrested under Diocletian…
A Christian physician in 5th-century Africa, Liberatus was imprisoned and exiled for his faith during the persecution. D…
A Florentine nobleman and physician graduated from Padua, Philip Benizi became the fifth General and the great propagato…
Born in Tours in 1026, Guillaume Firmat was initially a physician and canon before choosing the eremitic life. After two…