Military Saints

Saint Louis to his son: “Avoid waging war on Christians”

November 30, 2023

The Battle of Montgisard

November 23, 2023

All Saints’ Day: How many saints were noble?

October 30, 2023

November 25 – The day a 16 year old invalid and a handful of men defeated a huge professional army

November 24, 2022

How El Cid Tuned a Cowardly Knight Into a Hero

September 8, 2022

July 13 – The Crusaders attack Jerusalem

July 11, 2022

May 16 – Leper King

May 12, 2022

Saintly Genealogy

February 24, 2022

The Cid Captures Alcocer, Making It His Base of Operations Against the Moors

December 2, 2021

November 29 – The coronation of St. Louis IX of France

November 25, 2021

November 25 – The day a 16 year old invalid and a handful of men defeated a huge professional army

November 22, 2021

Sister Filipina, a Dominican Nun of High Nobility – Part II

October 21, 2021

Sister Filipina, a Dominican nun of high nobility

October 14, 2021

September 29 – Military Orders of St. Michael

September 27, 2021

August 25 – How do you portray a saint?

August 23, 2021

August 21 – La Vallete

August 19, 2021

July 18 – A soldier of hell who became a soldier of heaven

July 15, 2021

July 13 – The Crusaders attack Jerusalem

July 12, 2021

A Miracle of the True Cross Saves King Baldwin III of Jerusalem From Disaster During a Rash and Unjust Military Expedition

June 10, 2021

May 30 – Most Valiant King

May 27, 2021

May 30 – When God chose sides in war between two Christian nations, He sent her to win it

May 27, 2021

May 16 – Leper King

May 13, 2021

The Noble Yemondono and His Family Are Martyred for the Faith

March 4, 2021

November 29 – The coronation of St. Louis IX of France

November 26, 2020

November 25 – The day a 16 year old invalid and a handful of men defeated a huge professional army

November 23, 2020

Godfrey of Bouillon: “Gérard, Brave Man, You Must Die”

November 19, 2020

A Muslim Emir Submits Seeing Godfrey of Bouillon Behead a Camel With One Stroke

November 5, 2020

All Saints’ Day: How many saints were noble?

October 29, 2020

Godfrey of Bouillon’s Austerity Shocks Visiting Muslim Emirs

October 8, 2020

The Great Siege of Malta, May 18–September 11, 1565, was won because of one man: Grand Master Jean Parisot de la Valette

September 10, 2020

August 25 – King, Crusader, Saint

August 24, 2020

August 25 – How do you portray a saint?

August 24, 2020

July 31 – Soldier of Jesus

July 30, 2020

July 29 – He regained the hearts of his people only after his death

July 27, 2020

July 29 – With one sermon, he launched the Crusades

July 27, 2020

July 18 – A soldier of hell who became a soldier of heaven

July 16, 2020

July 16 – Catholic Spain’s fate in the balance at the battle of Las Navas de Tolosa

July 13, 2020

July 16 – Alfonso VIII of Castile crushes the Moors at Las Navas de Tolosa

July 13, 2020

Saint Louis IX of France Pays Restitution for the Corruption and Misdeeds of His Agents and Judges

June 18, 2020

Saint Louis IX, the Crusader-King, Was a Peacemaker Among Christians

June 4, 2020

Charlemagne: God’s Providential Man for the Eighth Century

May 28, 2020

May 30 – Most Valiant King

May 28, 2020

May 30 – When God chose sides in war between two Christian nations, He sent her to win it

May 28, 2020

Every year, on Good Friday

April 9, 2020

On Holy Thursday, King Saint Ferdinand washes the feet of twelve poor men

April 6, 2020

The Lord of Siverey Consults the Other Knights if Going for Help Will Stain His Honor

January 16, 2020

The Crusades Were Acts of Faith

January 16, 2020

The Benedictio Novi Militis

December 12, 2019

December 2: The Battle of Loigny

December 5, 2019

A Knight’s Largesse

October 31, 2019

All Saints Day: How many saints were noble?

October 31, 2019

Medieval Noble Parents Gave Their Boys Heroic Role Models

October 24, 2019

Lepanto: Turkish might buckles in the grandest naval battle of History

October 3, 2019

October 1 – The martial and pious death of Don John of Austria: “A man sent by God”

September 30, 2019

September 29 – In battle or in prison, he never missed Mass

September 26, 2019

But for Just War, the West Would Be Muslim, Pagan, or Barbarian

August 22, 2019

August 25 – King, Crusader, Saint

August 22, 2019

August 25 – How do you portray a saint?

August 22, 2019

August 20 – St. Oswin, King

August 19, 2019

The Legend of the Master Builder

August 15, 2019

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