Italy

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

August 20, 2015

August 14 – St. Eusebius, Roman patrician and priest

August 13, 2015

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

August 10, 2015

August 12 – His pontificate was spent in opposing royal absolutism

August 10, 2015

August 13 – The Ottomans lived in fear of this Capuchin

August 10, 2015

August 7 – St. Cajetan

August 6, 2015

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

August 6, 2015

August 2 – Legate to the Emperor laden with responsibilities and threats

July 30, 2015

July 24 – She Was Fearless, Courageous, and Unswerving

July 23, 2015

5th Centennial of the birth of the “Second Apostle of Rome”

July 20, 2015

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

July 13, 2015

July 9 – St. Veronica Giuliani

July 6, 2015

July 3 – The Pope Who Condemned His Predecessor, But Not For Heresy

July 2, 2015

July 5 – He founded the Barnebites and reformed two religious orders, but only lived 37 years

July 2, 2015

June 30 – He began a crusade against the immorality of his time

June 29, 2015

June 28 – He fought to preserve the Pope’s independence

June 25, 2015

June 25 – St. William of Vercelli

June 22, 2015

June 12 – Saint Guido of Acqui

June 11, 2015

June 9 – A simple palace servant, God confided to her the destiny of nations

June 8, 2015

June 10 – Anti-pagan Renaissance Saint

June 8, 2015

June 2 – Saved from the Byzantine Emperor’s roaster, ironically, by the Moslems

June 1, 2015

June 4 – St. Francis Caracciolo

June 1, 2015

Dignified Pride Is the Harmonious Complement of Humility

May 28, 2015

June 1 – The Aristocrat Who Gave His Life for the Poor

May 28, 2015

May 26 – He converted a young nobleman by showing him a vision of hell, and called the City of Rome his “Desert”

May 25, 2015

May 23 – St. John Baptist de Rossi

May 21, 2015

May 25 – She withstood the devil

May 21, 2015

May 20 – St. Bernardine of Siena

May 18, 2015

May 20 – Mentor of the Duke of Ferrara

May 18, 2015

May 9 – St. Nicholas Albergati

May 7, 2015

May 7 – The Pope who adopted two princes

May 4, 2015

May 7 – Bl. Agnellus of Pisa

May 4, 2015

April 30 – “Thank God for the victory”

April 27, 2015

April 26 – She inspired the Albanians to resist the Turks

April 23, 2015

April 10 – Friend of Cluny

April 9, 2015

April 6 – With his head split open, he wrote on the ground with his own blood: “Credo”

April 2, 2015

March 25 – Saint Lucy Filippini

March 23, 2015

March 13 – Though not a learned man, he established a school known today as Oxford

March 12, 2015

March 15 – Pope St. Zachary

March 12, 2015

March 7 – Saint Teresa Margaret of the Sacred Heart

March 5, 2015

March 9 – She Could Detect Diabolical Plots

March 5, 2015

March 9 – Incorrupt

March 5, 2015

March 5 – St. John Joseph of the Cross

March 2, 2015

February 24 – The Cup Is Sometimes Bitter

February 23, 2015

February 20 – Pope Martin V

February 19, 2015

February 22 – The Cavalier’s Mistress Who Became a Saint

February 19, 2015

February 23 – The responsibilities of leadership are heavy

February 19, 2015

February 17 – Marvelous Apparition of Our Lady To Seven Young Nobles

February 16, 2015

February 18 – Fra Angelico brought part of heaven to earth

February 16, 2015

February 19 – St. Conrad of Piacenza

February 16, 2015

February 13 – Mystic and Counselor to Future Popes

February 12, 2015

February 11 – Elected pope while on Crusade in Palestine

February 9, 2015

January 30 – Cured in body and in soul

January 29, 2015

January 30 – St. Martina

January 29, 2015

January 31 – The Glory of the Ladies

January 29, 2015

January 28 – St. Paulinus II, Patriarch of Aquileia

January 26, 2015

January 25 – Blessed Teresa Grillo Michel

January 22, 2015

January 26 – She was from one of the first families of Rome

January 22, 2015

January 22 – The noble who often gave away even his shoes

January 19, 2015

January 16 – The true disciple of St. Francis who sent the Moorish king into a fit of rage

January 15, 2015

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