Royal and Noble Saints

September 10 – Model of chastity

September 8, 2016

September 10 – They always carried a copy of his Bible in battle

September 8, 2016

September 10 – St. Pulcheria, Empress, and her husband Marcian

September 8, 2016

September 10 – Arrested while preaching

September 8, 2016

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

September 8, 2016

September 11 – Burned slowly to death at Nagasaki

September 8, 2016

September 12 – The Holy Name of the Virgin Mary; in thanksgiving for the victory over the Turks at Vienna

September 8, 2016

September 7 – Grandson of Queen St. Clotilda

September 5, 2016

September 8 – The Davidic ancestry of Mary

September 5, 2016

September 8 – He added the Agnus Dei to the Mass

September 5, 2016

September 3 – St. Hereswitha

September 1, 2016

September 4 – She predicted the speedy death of the emperor

September 1, 2016

September 4 – Pope Saint Boniface I

September 1, 2016

September 5 – Unashamed to beg alms even from his noble family

September 1, 2016

August 30 – Saved by the cross

August 29, 2016

August 30 – Gallant Lady

August 29, 2016

August 31 – Born of a dead mother

August 29, 2016

September 1 – Gideon the Judge

August 29, 2016

September 1 – St. Giles

August 29, 2016

August 26 – This noblewoman survived the Terror and founded the Daughters of the Cross

August 25, 2016

August 27 – Never underestimate the prayers of a mother

August 25, 2016

August 27 – “Conform I would not, for it was against my conscience”

August 25, 2016

August 28 – Restless Heart

August 25, 2016

August 29 – Passion of St. John the Baptist

August 25, 2016

August 29 – Converted by her slave

August 25, 2016

August 29 – King and Confessor

August 25, 2016

August 23 – Cardinal-General

August 22, 2016

August 23 – St. Philip Benizi

August 22, 2016

August 23 – St. Rose of Lima

August 22, 2016

August 23: He brought peace to Italy’s war-torn city-states in the Middle Ages

August 22, 2016

August 24 – Chancellor of the court

August 22, 2016

August 25 – He opened the first public free school in Europe

August 22, 2016

August 25 – How do you portray a saint?

August 22, 2016

August 25 – King, Crusader, Saint

August 22, 2016

August 19 – The prince who was made bishop at age 22

August 18, 2016

August 19 – St. John Eudes

August 18, 2016

August 20 – The Knights Templar owe him

August 18, 2016

August 20 – Saint Philibert of Jumièges and Recipes for Hazelnuts Named in His Honor

August 18, 2016

August 20 – St. Oswin, King

August 18, 2016

August 21 – He was one of a network of aristocrat bishops

August 18, 2016

August 22 – The Queenship of Mary

August 18, 2016

August 22 – Venerable John Wall

August 18, 2016

August 16 – His incorrupt right hand is treasured as the most sacred relic in Hungary

August 15, 2016

August 16 – Did he inspire the tales of King Arthur?

August 15, 2016

August 17 – Her great beauty aroused the jealousy of the queen

August 15, 2016

August 18 – The Empress who found the True Cross

August 15, 2016

August 12 – St. Jane Frances de Chantal

August 11, 2016

August 12 – His pontificate was spent in opposing royal absolutism

August 11, 2016

August 13 – The Ottomans lived in fear of this Capuchin

August 11, 2016

August 13 – Crusader nun

August 11, 2016

August 13 – The Pope Who Resigned

August 11, 2016

August 13 – The antipope who became a saint

August 11, 2016

August 14 – Founding Father

August 11, 2016

August 14 – St. Eusebius, Roman patrician and priest

August 11, 2016

August 9 – Pope St. Victor I

August 8, 2016

August 10 – Defiant under torture, he inspires noble souls until today

August 8, 2016

August 10 – His sister founded the Conceptionists

August 8, 2016

August 11 – St. Attracta

August 8, 2016

August 11 – As soldiers scaled the walls of the convent, she met them with ciborium in hand and put them to flight

August 8, 2016

August 11 – János Hunyady

August 8, 2016

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