SAINTS
by Deb McCoy | Jul 6, 2021 | Saints
ST. CYRIL AND METHODIUS Two brothers, named Michael and Constantine, became the famous saints, Methodius and Cyril, “Apostles to the Slavs”. Michael was born around 815AD and his younger brother, about 826AD. Their home was in Thessalonica, Greece. Their father was...
by Deb McCoy | May 4, 2021 | Saints
St Athanasius, Defender of the Divinity of Christ St. Athanasius was bishop of Alexandria, theologian, writer, Egyptian national leader and defender of Christian orthodoxy. Born into a Christian family sometime in the mid 290s, Athanasius was well educated in his...
by Deb McCoy | Apr 27, 2021 | Saints
Painted by one of the priests who knew Kateri Tekakwitha St. Kateri Tekakwitha is the first Native American saint from the current United States. She was born around 1656 in Ossernenon, one of the small Mohawk Indian villages on the south side of the Mohawk River. Her...
by Deb McCoy | Apr 13, 2021 | Saints
One the most orthodox Catholic writers of the second century, Dionysius was not in Rome, like so many others. He lived out his life in Corinth, a town in southeastern Greece. This holy man worked under the oppression of Marcus Aurelius, who was emperor until 180....
by Deb McCoy | Apr 4, 2021 | Saints
St. Isidore was a Spanish scholar and cleric. He was the archbishop of Seville for three decades. He was considered “the last scholar of ancient times” by some historians. AND…he was the inventor of the period, the comma and the colon. Isidore lived in the era of...
by Deb McCoy | Mar 21, 2021 | Saints
ELIZABETH ANN SETON PATRON OF SEAFARERS AND WIDOWS Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton is the first person born in what would become the United States to be canonized. She was born August 28, 1774, just before the Revolution began. Elizabeth was the second daughter of Catherine...
