Pancras wasconverted to Christianity and were put to death in Rome for refusing to sacrifice to the Roman god.
St Cathaldus is invoked against plagues, drought and storms.
Comgall who died in 603 was an inspiration of the 'peregrinatio pro Christo' movement.
Summary: St Antony of Egypt started the solitary form of Christian monasticism for hermits. His contemporary was St Pachomius who was the first to set up communities of monks.
Patrick Duffy tells his story.
Impressed by the Kindness of Christians
Summary :Bl John Sullivan, a Protestant, converted to Catholicism, A Jesuit Priest in a modern Ireland
John Sullivan Born on 8th May, 1861 at No. 41 Eccles St., Dublin, his father Edward
John was more of a holy man and monk than bishop or administrator.
Hilary organised his cathedral clergy into a monastic community, himself taking part in manual work and helping the poor.
“Let us do ever so little for God, we will be sure He will never forget it, nor let it pass unrewarded."
The 40 Martyrs who died were not willing to submit to what they saw was an illegitimate claim of the State.
Summary: 2)The Forty Martyrs of England and Wales (16th-17th centuries: details)
Here Patrick Duffy gives the details of the lives and deaths of each of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.
Somewhere on the journies in Ireland Conleth was attacked and killed by wolves
Philip brought Nathanael to Jesus. James was "the brother of the Lord".
Athanasius is valued in the East more for his ascetic and mystical writings than for his doctrine
In 1955, Pope Pius XII introduced the feast of St Joseph the Worker into the liturgical calendar.
Pius attributed the victory at Lepanto to Our Lady and this led to the cult of Our Lady of Victories and the establishment of the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary on 7th October.
Summary: St Catherine of Siena
Mary O’Driscoll OP has lectured on St Catherine of [...]
Catherine received the stigmata on the fourth Sunday of Lent, 1375, although the marks remained invisible until after her death.
Summary: Saint Robert of Molesme (c. 1028 – 1111) was a Christian saint and abbot, one of the founders of the Cistercian Order in France.
Patrick Duffy reviews his life.
Early life as a Monk
Summary St Louis Marie de Montfort saw himself as a “slave” of Jesus Christ. He became a vagabond preacher, walking around France and was often banned by the episcopal authorities from preaching in their diocese. Here Fr John [...]
While Chanel tended Musumusu, the king's agent, took an axe and clubbed him on the head. Peter Chanel died that day
Summary: St Hugh was a monk, then abbot of Cluny for sixty years and advisor to nine popes. He was one of the most influential leaders of the Middle Ages. It is important to distinguish him from St Hugh of Lincoln, a Frenchman who came to England about [...]
They soon found that Zita was not mean-spirited as they were, but a genuine saint.
Summary: St Maughold; prince, pirate, convert, missionary, bishop. It was on the Isle of Man that this saint is said to have landed on from Ireland. He has a number of variations to his name: one is Machalus and another is MacCaille. Is he the patron saint of [...]
In spite of her household duties and many hardships, Mary attained the heights of mystical holiness.
Mark having become the interpreter of Peter, wrote down accurately whatever he remembered and formed it into his Gospel.
The crowd offered to save his life if he would join the Calvinists. Fidelis replied: "I am sent to root out heresy, not to embrace it.
George became a type or symbol of successful combat against evil, so the legends grow up around his name and memory.
After ten years of being archbishop, Theodore decided to leave administrative tasks to return to his life of contemplation as a monk.
Anselm was well known for his insight into human nature, the virtues and vices, but also for his devotion and asceticism.
Summary: St Beuno, as a 6th Century monk had a reputation for being relentless with hardened sinners but compassionate to those in distress. An important [...]