Saint Benedict II
A Roman by birth and an expert in ecclesiastical chant, Benedict II was elected pope in 683. His short ten-month pontificate was marked by t…
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A Roman by birth and an expert in ecclesiastical chant, Benedict II was elected pope in 683. His short ten-month pontificate was marked by t…
Daughter of the King of Hungary, Elizabeth was married to the Landgrave of Thuringia before dedicating herself entirely to charity and humil…
An 18th-century Italian priest nicknamed the 'Saint Vincent de Paul of Rome', John Baptist Rossi dedicated his life to the most destitute, p…
Originally from Spain, John Massias emigrated to Peru where he became a Dominican lay brother at the convent of Lima. A charitable porter an…
Patriarch of Alexandria in the 7th century, John the Almsgiver distinguished himself by his inexhaustible charity towards the poor, whom he …
The son of a general in Constantinople, John fled as a youth to join the Acoemete monks. Returning incognito to his parents, he lived for th…
Archdeacon of Rome under Pope Sixtus II, Lawrence was responsible for the administration of Church property. During the persecution of Valer…
A former Roman soldier born in Hungary, Martin converted to Christianity and became the first great monk of the Gauls before being elected B…
Wife of Henry I and mother of Otto the Great, Saint Matilda was an Empress of Germany exemplary for her humility and charity towards the poo…
Born in 1265 in Tyrol, Nothburge was an exemplary servant at the castle of Rottenburg, devoted to the poor despite the persecution of her mi…
Empress of the East in the 5th century, Pulcheria governed with wisdom and piety, protecting orthodoxy against Nestorian and Eutychian heres…
Born in Castile in 1488, Thomas of Villanova was an Augustinian friar famous for his scholarship and immense charity. Having become Archbish…
A Spanish magistrate appointed Archbishop of Lima in the 16th century, Toribio dedicated his life to the evangelization of Peru and the defe…