saint john of matha

by | Feb 8, 2016 | All

 FEBRUARY 8 is the traditional memorial of ST. JOHN OF MATHA (+1213).John was born of noble parentage in Provence in June, 1169. He was sent to Aix to learn grammar, fencing and horseback riding, the things expected of a nobleman in the Middle Ages. Being of a pious...

POPE SAINT ANTERUS

by | Feb 8, 2016 | All

Pope Pontian was arrested by the soldiers of Emperor Maximinus the Thracian in the early fall of 235. He was sent to his death in the mines of Sardinia along with Hippolytus, the writer and theologian, who had been his nemesis. Shortly before leaving, Pontian chose to...

st romuald

by | Feb 7, 2016 | All

FEBRUARY 7* is the traditional memorial of ST. ROMUALD (+1027).Romuald was born in Ravenna, Italy, around 950. He was of the aristocratic Onestis. Romuald lived the standard self-indulgent life of the well-to-do until, at the age of 20, he was a second for his father...

St. ignatius of antioch

by | Feb 1, 2016 | All

 FEBRUARY 1 is the traditional memorial of ST. IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH (+c.107).Ignatius was born in Syria and was probably rather young when he converted to Christianity. St. Peter was the first bishop of Antioch, a town on the northeastern shore of the Mediterranean....