Royal and Noble Saints

October 23 – Gentle Birth, But Not Gentle Death

October 20, 2016

October 23 – The amazing story of San Juan Capistrano and the Siege of Belgrade

October 20, 2016

October 19 – Barefoot from Spain to Rome

October 17, 2016

October 19 – Prayer was his crime

October 17, 2016

October 15 – Interior Castle

October 13, 2016

October 15 – Second Apostle of the Prussians

October 13, 2016

October 16 – Apostle of the Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

October 13, 2016

October 16 – Duchess and saint

October 13, 2016

October 17 – Leadership means self-sacrifice

October 13, 2016

October 11 – Model Archduke, both spiritual and temporal

October 10, 2016

October 12 – Difficulties in his youth prepared him for later trials

October 10, 2016

October 12 – Martyr King

October 10, 2016

October 8 – St. Keyne

October 10, 2016

October 9 – Royal penitent

October 6, 2016

October 9 – Even in his lifetime his reputation was for great holiness and miraculous powers

October 6, 2016

October 9 – St. Louis Bertrand

October 6, 2016

October 10 – St. Paulinus, Archbishop of York

October 6, 2016

October 10 – How to overcome bad ancestry

October 6, 2016

October 13 – King Confessor

October 6, 2016

October 5 – Second founder of the Dominicans

October 5, 2016

October 4 – He chose a greater chivalry

October 3, 2016

October 4 – He copied the Church of the Holy Sepulchre

October 3, 2016

October 5 – St. Galla

October 3, 2016

October 6 – Princes and popes coveted the advice of this silent man

October 3, 2016

September 30 – The cantankerous noble who became a saint

September 29, 2016

October 1 – St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus, Chapter VI: A Pilgrimage to Rome & Chapter VII: The Little Flower Enters the Carmel

September 29, 2016

October 1 – The Hon. George Spencer

September 29, 2016

October 2 – Falsely charged, mutilated and martyred

September 29, 2016

October 3 – Military turned monk

September 29, 2016

October 3 – Enemy of King St. Louis, but still his friend in Christ

September 29, 2016

October 3 – Mother Théodore Guérin

September 29, 2016

September 27 – These exemplary nobles personified virtue

September 26, 2016

September 27 – Fr. Peter Skarga: Court Preacher

September 26, 2016

September 28 – Franciscan money lender

September 26, 2016

September 28 – Good King Wenceslaus

September 26, 2016

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

September 26, 2016

September 29 – The Angelic Inspiration of Chivalry

September 26, 2016

September 23 – He ensured the immunity of non-combatants in warfare

September 22, 2016

September 24 – Our Lady of Ransom (also Our Lady of Mercy)

September 22, 2016

September 25 – St. Aunarius

September 22, 2016

September 25 – Princely Umpire in a deadly sport

September 22, 2016

September 25 – Did he compose the Salve Regina prayer?

September 22, 2016

September 26 – Fr. Frederick William Faber

September 22, 2016

September 20 – “Threats do not terrify me”

September 19, 2016

September 20 – Court preacher to Charles V

September 19, 2016

September 20 – Starved to death for the faith

September 19, 2016

September 22 – Saint Emmeram

September 19, 2016

September 22 – He especially sought out impoverished nobles who shrank from asking alms

September 19, 2016

September 16 – The pope who exacted tribute from the Mohammedan ruler of Tunis

September 15, 2016

September 16 – St. Cyprian of Carthage

September 15, 2016

September 17 – Noble calm in all controversy, even when correcting the pope

September 15, 2016

September 17 – Stigmata of St. Francis of Assisi

September 15, 2016

September 17 – Greatly venerated even during her life

September 15, 2016

September 17 – St. Peter of Arbues

September 15, 2016

September 19 – She begged donations to ransom Christian captives

September 15, 2016

September 13 – He had a mouth of gold

September 12, 2016

September 14 – Formerly a sign of abject disgrace, it now adorns even crowns and crests

September 12, 2016

September 15 – This Saint Felt the Pains of Purgatory

September 12, 2016

September 15 – Grandmother of Good King Wenceslaus

September 12, 2016

September 9 – Wife of a dissolute husband

September 8, 2016

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