Martyr

February 2 – “Though in chains, he is as gay as a little bird”

January 31, 2019

February 4 – Portuguese noble and favorite of the king, he strove to convert the nobility of India – and paid for it with his life

January 31, 2019

January 30 – St. Martina

January 28, 2019

January 28 – Larochejacquelein killed by the very men whose lives he spared

January 24, 2019

January 22 – Patroness of abuse victims

January 21, 2019

January 22 – Defended by a raven

January 21, 2019

January 23 – Saint Emerentiana

January 21, 2019

January 24 – They called him “Ironmonger”

January 21, 2019

January 19 – Noble martyrs of Persia

January 17, 2019

January 19 – The scion of a noble family who longed to be enrolled in the noble army of martyrs

January 17, 2019

January 19 – Saintly King

January 17, 2019

January 20 – St. Sebastian

January 17, 2019

January 21 – None was held in such high honor

January 17, 2019

February 10 – He fought socialism in both its Nazi and Soviet forms…and paid for it with his life

January 14, 2019

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

January 14, 2019

January 14 – Blessed Devasahayam Pillai

January 10, 2019

December 29 – His Staff Did More Damage Than His Sword

December 27, 2018

December 29 – Blessed William Howard

December 27, 2018

December 30 – Princess, Orphan, Foundress

December 27, 2018

December 25 – On Christmas Day, He Died

December 24, 2018

December 26 – He had the face of an angel

December 24, 2018

December 24 – Sts. Trasilla and Emiliana

December 20, 2018

December 20 – Her church ranks third in Rome

December 17, 2018

December 13 – The girl named Lucy, opposite of Lucifer

December 10, 2018

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

December 6, 2018

December 4 – Saint Barbara

December 3, 2018

December 5 – Noble matron faithful unto death

December 3, 2018

December 6 – Martyr of the Muslims

December 3, 2018

Sister Anuarita of Bafwabaka: A Mary Goretti of Central Africa

November 29, 2018

November 30 – His name means manhood, or valour

November 29, 2018

December 1 – Bl. Ralph Sherwin

November 29, 2018

December 1 – He Hid Priests in His Manorhouse

November 29, 2018

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

November 29, 2018

St. Ignatius in London as the storm gathers

November 22, 2018

November 24 – Intrepid missionaries

November 22, 2018

November 25 – She Defied the Emperor

November 22, 2018

November 25 & 26 – Blessed Hugh Taylor & Blessed Marmaduke Bowes

November 22, 2018

November 20 – St. Edmund the Martyr

November 19, 2018

November 21 – St. Albert

November 19, 2018

November 22 – The Eternal Glory of the Caecilia Family

November 19, 2018

Non-Negotiables: King Baldwin refuses to surrender Christian cities to save the life of Gervais, Count of Tiberias

November 15, 2018

November 15 – Martyred for God (and Money…)

November 12, 2018

November 9 – He burned the pagan temple while out on bail

November 8, 2018

November 9 – Executed in Oxford, buried with the Templars

November 8, 2018

November 12 – Four years in Stalin’s concentration camp

November 8, 2018

November 12 – Noble Ruthenian Stock

November 8, 2018

November 7 – Martyred in Mecca

November 5, 2018

November 8 – Four Crowned Martyrs

November 5, 2018

November 2 – His mother celebrated his death as if it were a wedding

November 1, 2018

October 30 – St. Marcellus the Centurion, Martyr

October 29, 2018

All Saints Day: How many saints were noble?

October 29, 2018

October 26 – Their black magic could not withstand the sign of the cross

October 25, 2018

October 29 – One of the Martyrs of Douai

October 25, 2018

October 29 – King turned monk, his people begged him to lead them in battle against Penda

October 25, 2018

October 23 – Gentle Birth, But Not Gentle Death

October 22, 2018

October 25 – St. Cuthbert Mayne

October 22, 2018

October 25 – Memorial of Forty Martyrs of England and Wales, Many of Them Nobles

October 22, 2018

October 25 – Crispin and Crispian and the baron of Renty

October 22, 2018

October 19 – Prayer was his crime

October 18, 2018

October 19 – Founding Fathers

October 18, 2018

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