POPE SAINT FABIAN

by | Feb 22, 2016 | All

As with so many of the other popes we have written about, the sources of information are few: The Liber Pontificalis, written by a number of unknowns over the centuries and compiled in the 1500s, and Eusebius’ The History of the Church, written in the fourth...

saint valentine

by | Feb 14, 2016 | All

 FEBRUARY 14 is the feast day of ST. VALENTINE (+269).How Valentine came to be associated with lovers and romance is a story of itself: According to some historians, it began with new rules from the emperor, Claudius II. It became illegal for young people to marry.The...