Gregory composed presidential prayers (the Gregorian Sacramentary) and oversaw musical development (Gregorian chant.)
On the return journey Frederick after collectin a prestigious award for his work on Dante.collapsed and died at Marseilles on 8th September 1853.
Aegidius became so famous for giving alms and working miracles of healing
Aidan encouraged women in the religious life. This was a monastery in the Celtic style, with men and women living separately in small houses, but worshipping together in church.
Summary : Fr Alberto Hurtado, a Chilean Jesuit, was canonised with four others at the closing Mass of the Synod on the Eucharist in October 2005.
Fergus O’Donoghue SJ wrote this account of his [...]
St Fiacre is often invoked for healing of cancers and venereal diseases. He is also the patron saint of gardeners and taxi-drivers.
Herod, hearing about Jesus and the miraculous powers at work in him, feared that this Jesus was John whom he had beheaded risen from the dead.
Augustine was influenced by reading the life of Saint Anthony of the Desert, who when he read "Go, sell all you have, and give to the poor, and come and follow me". Augustine did just that.
Monica went to see a certain holy bishop who consoled her with the now famous words: 'The child of those tears shall never perish'.
Louis IX is best understood if we see him as trying to fulfill the duty of France, which was seen as "the eldest daughter of the Church"
Joseph shared and defended his friend's Galileo's heliocentric view of the cosmos. Joseph himself was removed from his post as superior general. Eighty years after his death his name was cleared.
In the Middle Ages there was a tradition that Bartholomew was flayed - that is, his skin was removed from his body before he was martyred.
Summary : St Eoghan or Eugene of Ardstraw became a monk after training at St Ninian’s monastery in Galloway, Scotland. His Irish foundations were at Kilnamanagh near Dublin and Ardstraw in west Tyrone.
Patrick Duffy fills [...]
Rose fasted, then became a vegetarian, mortifying her flesh with hard work and slf denial. She wanted to turn attention away from her own beauty and focus it on God.
"Blessed are you, O Virgin Mary, because you believed in all the things which were told you by the Lord: you will reign for ever with Christ".
Giuseppe Sarto, as Pope St Pius X, died with a reputation for sanctity. He wrote in his will: "I was born poor, I have lived poor and I wish to die poor."
Bernard himself was sent with twelve monks to start a new foundation at Clairvaux and soon became its abbot. His father and all his brothers entered so as to pursue religious life.
John Eudes in 1643 and founded his own society, composed of secular priests, the Congregation of Jesus and Mary (CJM - the Eudists)
The tradition is that while Helen was in Jerusalem ( in her eighties) in the years 327-8 she discovered the true cross.
Jeanne took in distressed and abandoned orphans, single mothers and prostitutes and began living a truly spiritual life, so much so that she eventually closed the family business to concentrate more on work for others.
Stephen was the first Christian king of Hungary. He established a stable Christian culture in that part of Central Europe.
Since death is a consequence of sin, it was fitting that in the case of Our Lady, due to her her freedom from original sin and personal sin, she would have protected her from the general law of death.
One of the menselected for immediate death cried out, saying he had a famil. Maxamillian volunteered to take his place and this was accepted by the Nazi commander.
Fachtna founded a monastery and school in the Rosscarbery area which became a celebrated seat of learning and gained an international reputation for study of sacred scripture.
Summary: Ss Pontian & Hippolytus, martyrs: died some time in the fourth century after mistreatment in exile. They were brought back to Rome for burial on this day and honoured as seekers of the truth.
Patrick Duffy tells us what is known about them.
"Sometimes put yourself simply before God, certain of his presence everywhere, and without any effort, whisper very softly to his sacred heart whatever your own heart prompts you to say."
Summary St Attracta: When St Patrick is said to have founded a nunnery at Coolavin, he appointed Attracta as its first abbess. It was called after her Cill Adhracht (“Attracta’s church”, English Killaraght).
St Muiredach may have been the founder of a monastery on the island of Inishmurray, seven kilometres off the coast of Mullaghmore, Co Sligo.
<<<This image shows the Cathedral of St Muiredach, Ballina, which is the [...]
When Clare was very sick and confined to her cell, she began to see the convent Mass on the wall of her room as if she was present there herself. Pope Pius XII in 1958 proclaimed her patroness of television.
Just before he died, Lawrence called out jokingly to his executioners who were burning him to death, "Turn me over. I'm already roasted on this side."
