Martyr

April 13 – Pope St. Martin I

April 9, 2015

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

April 2, 2015

March 28 – “I have fought for God and king, and it is for them that I am going to die”

March 26, 2015

March 26 – Sheriff’s daughter, but God’s first.

March 23, 2015

The Refractory Priests

March 19, 2015

March 21-22 – James Harrison

March 19, 2015

March 18 – Martyr King

March 16, 2015

The Crusades – Part IX

March 9, 2015

March 10 – “I want no prayers from heretics!”

March 9, 2015

March 4 – “Your Honor, was St. Augustine also a traitor?”

March 2, 2015

February 27 – Are You Hiding a Priest?

February 26, 2015

February 26 – Blessed Robert Drury

February 23, 2015

February 20 – Repeatedly racked

February 19, 2015

February 21 – Shakespeare’s Inspiration

February 19, 2015

February 23 – St. Polycarp’s martyrdom

February 19, 2015

The Crusades – Part I

February 9, 2015

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

February 9, 2015

February 5 – St. Agatha

February 5, 2015

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 2, 2015

January 30 – St. Martina

January 29, 2015

February 1 – Those who attended his martyrdom lined up to venerate his relics

January 29, 2015

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

January 29, 2015

The Noble Religious Brother

January 22, 2015

January 22 – Defended by a raven

January 22, 2015

January 24 – They called him “Ironmonger”

January 22, 2015

January 20 – A dove landed on his head, and you would not believe what happened next!

January 19, 2015

January 20 – St. Sebastian

January 19, 2015

January 21 – None was held in such high honor

January 19, 2015

January 22 – Patroness of abuse victims

January 19, 2015

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

January 15, 2015

January 19 – Noble martyrs of Persia

January 15, 2015

January 14 – Blessed Devasahayam Pillai

January 12, 2015

December 26 – He had the face of an angel

December 25, 2014

December 27 – Divorced Saint

December 25, 2014

December 27 – Son of Thunder

December 25, 2014

December 29 – Blessed William Howard

December 25, 2014

December 29 – His Staff Did More Damage Than His Sword

December 25, 2014

December 13 – St. Odilia

December 11, 2014

December 13 – The girl named Lucy, opposite of Lucifer

December 11, 2014

December 5 – Noble matron faithful unto death

December 4, 2014

December 6 – Martyr of the Muslims

December 4, 2014

December 4 – Saint Barbara

December 1, 2014

December 1 – He Hid Priests in His Manorhouse

November 27, 2014

November 25 – She Defied the Emperor

November 24, 2014

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

November 24, 2014

November 22 – The Eternal Glory of the Caecilia Family

November 20, 2014

November 20 – St. Edmund the Martyr

November 17, 2014

November 14 – St. Lawrence O’Toole

November 13, 2014

November 15 – Martyred for God (and Money…)

November 13, 2014

November 12 – Four years in Stalin’s concentration camp

November 10, 2014

November 12 – Noble Ruthenian Stock

November 10, 2014

November 7 – Martyred in Mecca

November 6, 2014

November 8 – Four Crowned Martyrs

November 6, 2014

All Saints Day: How many saints were noble?

October 30, 2014

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

October 30, 2014

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

October 27, 2014

October 30 – St. Marcellus the Centurion, Martyr

October 27, 2014

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

October 23, 2014

October 25 – Crispin and Crispian and the baron of Renty

October 23, 2014

October 21 – The Tale of Saint Ursula, the “Little Bear”

October 20, 2014

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