Martyr

Franciscan missionaries of Texas who paid the ultimate price

October 31, 2013

All Saints’ Day: How many saints were noble?

October 31, 2013

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

October 31, 2013

October 30 – St. Marcellus the Centurion, Martyr

October 28, 2013

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

October 24, 2013

October 21 – The Tale of Saint Ursula

October 21, 2013

October 19 – Prayer was his crime

October 17, 2013

October 12 – Martyr King

October 10, 2013

October 2 – Falsely charged, mutilated and martyred

September 30, 2013

September 25 – Princely Umpire in a deadly sport

September 23, 2013

September 11 – Burned slowly to death at Nagasaki

September 9, 2013

September 10 – Arrested while preaching

September 9, 2013

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

September 5, 2013

September 6 – Blessed Thomas Tsuji

September 5, 2013

August 30 – Gallant Lady

August 29, 2013

August 31 – Born of a dead mother

August 29, 2013

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

August 26, 2013

August 8 – He told his king that anyone who betrays Jesus could betray their king

August 8, 2013

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

August 8, 2013

August 5 – Valor in a King

August 5, 2013

August 6 – Garcia Moreno: Heroic President of Ecuador

August 5, 2013

July 29 – He regained the hearts of his people only after his death

July 29, 2013

July 31 – St. Helen of Sköfde

July 29, 2013

July 26 – Blessed John Ingram

July 25, 2013

July 27 – Wanted: Noble Men for the Missions, Never to Return Home

July 25, 2013

July 24 – St. John Boste

July 22, 2013

July 17 – Martyred in the Name of Equality

July 15, 2013

July 10 – Seven Holy Noble Brethren

July 8, 2013

July 6 – Mother-in-law Woes

July 4, 2013

July 6 – Bl. Thomas Alfield

July 4, 2013

July 1 – Found guilty of “high treason” for promoting the Catholic faith, he responded “Deo gratias”

July 1, 2013

July 1 – Venerable Thomas Maxfield

July 1, 2013

June 22 – He Confronted the Mandate

June 20, 2013

June 22 – St. John Fisher

June 20, 2013

June 19 – Execution of second group of those who believed in the religious exemption, but only at first

June 17, 2013

June 5 – My God Stands Stronger Than Yours

June 3, 2013

May 30 – Maid of Orleans

May 30, 2013

June 1 – Kidnapped for Christ

May 30, 2013

May 28 – Whether She Was Upstairs Or Downstairs, She Was Ever Steady

May 27, 2013

St. Edmund, King and Martyr for his faith and people

May 23, 2013

May 20 – King of the East Angles

May 20, 2013

May 22 – Hanged for Publishing

May 20, 2013

May 22 – Queen’s Confessor

May 20, 2013

April 24 – “I came to extirpate heresy, not to embrace it”

April 22, 2013

April 11 – He excommunicated the king, who murdered him as he celebrated Mass

April 11, 2013

April 6 – Felled by an assassin’s axe, he wrote on the ground with his own blood: “Credo”

April 4, 2013

March 18 – Saint Edward the Martyr

March 18, 2013

February 21 – Hanged for the faith

February 21, 2013

February 8 – Mary Queen of Scots

February 7, 2013

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

February 7, 2013

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 4, 2013

February 5 – St. Agatha

February 4, 2013

January 24 – Ironmonger Was His Alias

January 24, 2013

January 19 – Saintly King

January 17, 2013

January 14 – Blessed Devasahayam Pillai

January 14, 2013

December 29 – Blessed William Howard

December 27, 2012

December 29 – His Staff Did More Damage Than His Sword

December 27, 2012

December 13 – Venerated From Time Immemorial

December 13, 2012

December 6 – Martyr of the Muslims

December 6, 2012

December 4 – Saint Barbara

December 3, 2012

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