ST. LOUIS DE MONTFORT, MARY’S PREACHER

ST. LOUIS DE MONTFORT, MARY’S PREACHER

APRIL 28 is the traditional memorial of ST. LOUIS MARY DE MONTFORT (1716). Louis Marie Grignion was born in Montfort, Brittany, France on January 31, 1673. He was the son of Jean Baptiste Grignion, a Crown lawyer of the town and the Parliament and a treasurer of the...
ST. RICHARIUS

ST. RICHARIUS

APRIL 26 is the traditional memorial of ST. RICHARIUS (+c. 643). Richarius, or Riquier, was born near the coast of the English Channel, near Amiens, France, around the year 560. This was the time of the Merovingian Kingdom, before Charlemagne. Most of the Franks were...
POPE SAINT LEO IV, REBUILDER OF ROME

POPE SAINT LEO IV, REBUILDER OF ROME

Roman by birth, Leo was the son of Rodwald, a man of Lombard descent. He was educated at the monastery of St. Martin, near St. Peter’s basilica. The young man became a Benedictine monk. Due to his obvious piety, Leo was ordained a sub-deacon by Pope Gregory IV. He was...