Nobility

One Noble Family’s Six Centuries of Stability in a Locale

October 2, 2014

October 3 – Military turned monk

October 2, 2014

October 3 – Mother Théodore Guérin

October 2, 2014

October 4 – He chose a greater chivalry

October 2, 2014

October 5 – St. Galla

October 2, 2014

October 6 – Princes and popes coveted the advice of this silent man

October 2, 2014

Army straightens out Prince Harry

September 29, 2014

Dignity and courtesy in a military retreat

September 29, 2014

October 1 – How the “man sent by God” spent his last moments

September 29, 2014

October 2 – Falsely charged, mutilated and martyred

September 29, 2014

September 27 – St. Vincent de Paul had special charity to the impoverished nobility

September 25, 2014

September 28 – Franciscan money lender

September 25, 2014

September 29 – In battle or in prison, he never missed Mass

September 25, 2014

September 29 – Military Orders of St. Michael

September 25, 2014

September 23 – He ensured the immunity of non-combatants in warfare

September 22, 2014

September 25 – St. Aunarius

September 22, 2014

September 25 – Princely Umpire in a deadly sport

September 22, 2014

September 19 – She begged donations to ransom Christian captives

September 18, 2014

September 19 – Pope to Princess: please marry so as to help the Church

September 18, 2014

September 20 – Court preacher to the Emperor

September 18, 2014

Scottish Nobility Fearful of Independence

September 15, 2014

September 16 – St. Cyprian of Carthage

September 15, 2014

September 16 – The pope who exacted tribute from the Mohammedan ruler of Tunis

September 15, 2014

September 17 – Stigmata of St. Francis of Assisi

September 15, 2014

September 17 – Greatly venerated even during her life

September 15, 2014

A Countess Who Desired the Election of Pope St. Pius X

September 11, 2014

September 12 – The Holy Name of the Virgin Mary; in thanksgiving for the victory over the Turks at Vienna

September 11, 2014

Video – How Sobieski Redefeated the Turks at the Battle of Vienna, September 12, 1683

September 11, 2014

Simon de Montfort Crushes the Albigensians at Muret

September 11, 2014

September 13 – He had a mouth of gold

September 11, 2014

September 14 – His gallant defeat spared Canada from the French Revolution

September 11, 2014

September 15 – The noble apostle of purgatory

September 11, 2014

September 10 – Arrested while preaching

September 8, 2014

September 11 – The Italian army invades the Papal States without a declaration of war

September 8, 2014

September 11 – Burned slowly to death for Christ

September 8, 2014

The Great Siege of Malta, May 18–September 11, 1565, was won because of one man

September 8, 2014

Refinement without Weakness, Strength without Brutality

September 4, 2014

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

September 4, 2014

September 6 – Blessed Thomas Tsuji

September 4, 2014

September 7 – The Outrage of Anagni

September 4, 2014

September 7 – Grandson of Queen St. Clotilda

September 4, 2014

Blessed Marco d’Aviano – God’s Preacher During the 1683 Siege of Vienna

September 1, 2014

September 2-3 – The September Martyrs of the French Revolution, Blessed John du Lau and Companions

September 1, 2014

September 4 – She predicted the speedy death of the emperor

September 1, 2014

St. Bertha, Queen of Kent

September 1, 2014

August 28 – Restless Heart

August 28, 2014

August 29 – Converted by her slave

August 28, 2014

August 29 – King and Confessor

August 28, 2014

August 30 – Gallant Lady

August 28, 2014

August 30 – Saved by the cross

August 28, 2014

August 31 – Born of a dead mother

August 28, 2014

An infant King learns his manners

August 25, 2014

August 27 – Never underestimate the prayers of a mother

August 25, 2014

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

August 25, 2014

August 24 – Saint Bartholomew’s Day: the real story

August 24, 2014

St. Ferdinand is acclaimed King of Castile

August 21, 2014

Forging a New Argument To Use in the Battle of Ideas Is Like Issuing a New Weapon to a Soldier

August 21, 2014

August 21 – He was one of a network of aristocrat bishops

August 21, 2014

August 23 – St. Rose of Lima

August 21, 2014

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

August 21, 2014

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