SAINTS
by Deb McCoy | Jun 23, 2023 | Popes, Saints
Coat of arms of Pope St. Celestine IV Pope Saint Celestine V was born Pietro Angelerio around 1215. He was the 12th of 15 children born to Angelo Angelario and Maria Leone in Campobasso. Pietro grew up in the mountainous region on the east coast of the peninsula of...
by Deb McCoy | Mar 16, 2022 | Popes, Saints
Photo by Miguel Alcântara on Unsplash One of the most famous popes of the Middle Ages, Pope Gregory VII came from humble beginnings. Born between 1020 and 1025, Hildebrand Bonizi was born in Tuscany. He went to Rome at an early age and studied at the palace...
by Deb McCoy | Feb 10, 2022 | Saints
Life for Bishop St. Blaise, in the third century was very difficult. In 312, the two surviving emperors, Constantine I and Licinius, wrote the Edict of Toleration, Constantine had just won the decisive battle of Milvian Bridge, defeating the third emperor, Maxentius....
by Deb McCoy | Feb 1, 2022 | Saints
St. John Chrysostom is a Doctor of the Church. Together with St. Basil the Great and St. Gregory the Theologian, he is called one of the Three Hierarchs. Raised by his virtuous widowed mother, John was born in 344/347 in Antioch, Syria. He was baptized around the age...
by Deb McCoy | Jan 18, 2022 | Saints
JANUARY 13 is the feast day of ST. BERNO OF CLUNY (+ 927) Saint Berno of Cluny was born around 850 AD in Burgundy, France. His father was, probably, Odon, the hero noble. This man saved the lives of numerous Benedictine monks when the Vikings attacked the interior of...
by Deb McCoy | Jan 9, 2022 | Saints
St. Thomas, known as Doubting Thomas, was born a Jew. He was probably a twin, also, since he was called Didymus, Greek for twin.. Born in Galilee, he was martyred far from home in what is now Mylapore, Tamil Nadu, India. Most of what we know about him is by tradition,...
