Royal and Noble Saints

December 29 – His Staff Did More Damage Than His Sword

December 28, 2017

December 30 – Princess, Orphan, Foundress

December 28, 2017

December 30 – He Preached Sanctity in Marriage and Chastity in Priesthood

December 28, 2017

December 31 – Ideal Bishop, Skilled Goldsmith

December 28, 2017

December 31 – The patrician girl who befriended St. Augustine, St. Jerome, and the Empress

December 28, 2017

January 1 – The Virgin Mary was “of the house of David”

December 28, 2017

January 1 – He brought to the West some of the most famous relics

December 28, 2017

January 1 – Cluny produces another hero

December 28, 2017

January 1 – As bishop, he was harsh to himself, to his clergy, and to any king

December 28, 2017

December 26 – He had the face of an angel

December 25, 2017

December 27 – Son of Thunder

December 25, 2017

December 27 – The divorced saint

December 25, 2017

December 28 – Ordered to swear allegiance to Napoleon, he replied “I cannot. I ought not. I will not!”

December 25, 2017

December 22 – “I swear by St. Eimhin’s bell…”

December 21, 2017

December 23 – He Always Held His Soul in His Hands

December 21, 2017

December 23 – The Knights of Aviz and Their Cistercian Founder

December 21, 2017

December 24 – Adam and Eve

December 21, 2017

December 24 – Sts. Trasilla and Emiliana

December 21, 2017

December 25 – On Christmas Day, He Died

December 21, 2017

December 19 – How Tumultuous Times Reveal Noble Souls

December 18, 2017

December 19 – Pope St. Anastasius I

December 18, 2017

December 20 – Abraham

December 18, 2017

December 20 – Isaac

December 18, 2017

December 20 – Jacob

December 18, 2017

December 20 – Her church ranks third in Rome

December 18, 2017

December 21 – Doctor of the Church & Second Apostle of Germany

December 18, 2017

December 15 – St. Drostan

December 14, 2017

December 16 – St. Adelaide: Most Important Woman of Her Century

December 14, 2017

December 16 – Saint Judicael ap Hoel

December 14, 2017

December 16 – Can Whistleblowers Be Saints? This One Was…

December 14, 2017

December 17 – St. Olympias

December 14, 2017

December 17 – St. Begga, Widow and Abbess

December 14, 2017

December 17 – St. Sturmius and the diocese of Fulda

December 14, 2017

December 13 – The girl named Lucy, opposite of Lucifer

December 11, 2017

December 13 – St. Odilia

December 11, 2017

December 13 – “The eyes which I must please are a hundred miles from here”

December 11, 2017

December 13 – Elected Pope to Fight the Emperor

December 11, 2017

December 14 – Son of a disinherited noble

December 11, 2017

December 8 – The Immaculate Conception: The Celebration of Privilege

December 7, 2017

December 8 – To overcome his repugnance, he bound himself by vow

December 7, 2017

December 9 – Banker and Saint

December 7, 2017

December 10 – To protest the emperor, he paid special honor to images and relics

December 7, 2017

December 11 – Pope Falsely Accused of Adultery

December 7, 2017

December 10 – The First Pope to Live in a Palace

December 7, 2017

December 11 – Her Name Was “Mother Marvelous”

December 7, 2017

December 5 – Noble matron faithful unto death

December 4, 2017

December 6 – Martyr of the Muslims

December 4, 2017

December 6 – Good St. Nicholas

December 4, 2017

December 7 – The People Acclaimed Him as Bishop Even Though He Was Unbaptized

December 4, 2017

December 1 – Bl. Ralph Sherwin

November 30, 2017

December 1 – Billionaire Saint

November 30, 2017

December 1 – He Hid Priests in His Manorhouse

November 30, 2017

December 1 – The Queen bade him ask for what he would

November 30, 2017

December 2 – St. Chromatius

November 30, 2017

December 3 – St. Francis Xavier, Apostle of the Indies

November 30, 2017

December 4 – Saint Barbara

November 30, 2017

December 4 – Saint Osmund, founder of the Cathedral system of Church governance

November 30, 2017

December 4 – From a Muslim court, he opposed the Christian Emperor…and won!

November 30, 2017

November 29 – St. Saturninus

November 27, 2017

November 29 – Grandson of the one who defeated Charles Martel in battle

November 27, 2017

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