Martyr

February 5 – Patroness of Nurses

February 4, 2016

February 8 – Mary Queen of Scots

February 4, 2016

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

February 1, 2016

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

February 1, 2016

February 4 – Sent into Muslim lands, he sought to preach to the Sultan

February 1, 2016

January 30 – St. Martina

January 28, 2016

February 1 – Immediately after his martyrdom, they lined up to venerate his relics

January 28, 2016

January 22 – Defended by a raven

January 21, 2016

January 24 – They called him “Ironmonger”

January 21, 2016

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

January 18, 2016

January 19 – Noble martyrs of Persia

January 18, 2016

January 19 – Saintly King

January 18, 2016

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

January 14, 2016

January 14 – Blessed Devasahayam Pillai

January 11, 2016

December 29 – His Staff Did More Damage Than His Sword

December 28, 2015

December 29 – Blessed William Howard

December 28, 2015

December 26 – He had the face of an angel

December 24, 2015

St. Thomas More Proclaims His Fidelity To The Papacy

December 17, 2015

December 20 – Her church ranks third in Rome

December 17, 2015

December 13 – St. Odilia

December 10, 2015

December 13 – The girl named Lucy, opposite of Lucifer

December 10, 2015

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

December 7, 2015

December 4 – Saint Barbara

December 3, 2015

December 5 – Noble matron faithful unto death

December 3, 2015

December 6 – Martyr of the Muslims

December 3, 2015

December 1 – Bl. Ralph Sherwin

November 30, 2015

December 1 – He Hid Priests in His Manorhouse

November 30, 2015

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

November 30, 2015

November 29 – St. Saturninus

November 26, 2015

November 24 – Intrepid missionaries

November 23, 2015

November 25 – She Defied the Emperor

November 23, 2015

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

November 23, 2015

November 22 – The Eternal Glory of the Caecilia Family

November 19, 2015

November 15 – Martyred for God (and Money…)

November 12, 2015

November 12 – Four years in Stalin’s concentration camp

November 9, 2015

November 12 – Noble Ruthenian Stock

November 9, 2015

November 7 – Martyred in Mecca

November 5, 2015

November 8 – Four Crowned Martyrs

November 5, 2015

November 9 – Executed in Oxford, buried with the Templars

November 5, 2015

October 30 – St. Marcellus the Centurion, Martyr

October 29, 2015

All Hallows Eve – How many saints were noble?

October 29, 2015

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

October 29, 2015

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

October 26, 2015

October 23 – Gentle Birth, But Not Gentle Death

October 22, 2015

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

October 22, 2015

October 25 – Crispin and Crispian and the baron of Renty

October 22, 2015

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

October 22, 2015

October 21 – The Tale of Saint Ursula

October 19, 2015

October 19 – Prayer was his crime

October 15, 2015

October 19 – Founding Fathers

October 15, 2015

October 15 – St. Bruno of Querfurt

October 12, 2015

October 12 – Martyr King

October 8, 2015

October 2 – Falsely charged, mutilated and martyred

October 1, 2015

September 28 – Good King Wenceslaus

September 24, 2015

September 22 – Saint Emmeram

September 21, 2015

Saint Joan of Arc was a knight, not a “knightess”

September 17, 2015

September 16 – St. Cyprian of Carthage

September 14, 2015

September 11 – Burned slowly to death at Nagasaki

September 10, 2015

September 10 – Arrested while preaching

September 7, 2015

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

September 3, 2015

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