Portugal

The Marquess of Pontelena checks the absolutism of Joseph I, King of Portugal

October 26, 2023

St. Lawrence and the Siege of Székesfehérvár

October 19, 2023

January 12 – Duke of Alva

January 9, 2023

January 3 – Discoverer of Oregon and of the entire California coast

January 2, 2023

December 23 – The Knights of Aviz and Their Cistercian Founder

December 22, 2022

December 24 – Vasco da Gama

December 22, 2022

December 16 – Afonzo de Albuquerque

December 15, 2022

November 26 – How a Catholic Queen gave Spain its Golden Age

November 24, 2022

November 13 – Grand Master of the Order of Christ

November 10, 2022

September 21 – Victim of intrigue

September 19, 2022

August 17 – Her great beauty aroused the jealousy of the queen

August 15, 2022

August 10 – His sister founded the Conceptionists

August 8, 2022

August 11 – Feast of the Crown of Thorns and the Five Sacred Wounds

August 8, 2022

July 21 – Fearless in every sense

July 18, 2022

July 8 – Vasco da Gama Prays To Our Lady Before Setting Out For India

July 7, 2022

July 4 – Patroness of victims of adultery, jealousy and unfaithfulness

June 30, 2022

June 30 – Diplomatist and Historian

June 27, 2022

June 18 – To make peace, she surrendered her son’s rights to the throne

June 16, 2022

June 10 – Most Sublime Figure of Portuguese Literature

June 9, 2022

June 13 – He Lived Only 36 Years, But the Whole World Knows Him

June 9, 2022

June 8 – The Noble Countess Who Dedicated Her Life to Bringing Dissolute Women to Repentance

June 6, 2022

June 5 – Friendship is tested in adversity

June 2, 2022

May 29 – Bartolomeu Dias

May 26, 2022

May 14 – Bl. Gil of Santarem

May 12, 2022

May 12 – She said no to the crowns of England, France and the Holy Roman Empire

May 9, 2022

May 2 – Two sisters of this medieval princess were also saints

April 28, 2022

April 27 – First circumnavigator of the world

April 25, 2022

April 22 – Cabral and the Discovery of Brazil

April 21, 2022

April 17 – He saved countless souls from apostasy

April 14, 2022

April 1 – Precursor of Our Lady of Fatima

March 31, 2022

March 20 – Full of virtue and learning

March 17, 2022

March 8 – He was not a prince, but they buried him as one

March 7, 2022

March 6 – God gave him the great grace of “unsuitability for government”

March 3, 2022

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 3, 2022

El Cid Helps King Ferdinand I of Leon Conquer Coimbra

January 13, 2022

January 12 – Duke of Alva

January 10, 2022

December 24 – Vasco da Gama

December 23, 2021

December 23 – The Knights of Aviz and Their Cistercian Founder

December 20, 2021

November 26 – How a Catholic Queen gave Spain its Golden Age

November 25, 2021

El Cid Is Made a Knight

November 11, 2021

November 13 – Grand Master of the Order of Christ

November 11, 2021

Sister Filipina, a Dominican Nun of High Nobility – Part II

October 21, 2021

Sister Filipina, a Dominican nun of high nobility

October 14, 2021

August 17 – Her great beauty aroused the jealousy of the queen

August 16, 2021

August 10 – His sister founded the Conceptionists

August 9, 2021

July 21 – Fearless in every sense

July 19, 2021

July 8 – Vasco da Gama Prays To Our Lady Before Setting Out For India

July 5, 2021

July 4 – Patroness of victims of adultery, jealousy and unfaithfulness

July 1, 2021

June 18 – To make peace, she surrendered her son’s rights to the throne

June 17, 2021

June 13 – He Lived Only 36 Years, But the Whole World Knows Him

June 10, 2021

June 8 – The Noble Countess Who Dedicated Her Life to Bringing Dissolute Women to Repentance

June 7, 2021

June 10 – Most Sublime Figure of Portuguese Literature

June 7, 2021

June 5 – Friendship is tested in adversity

June 3, 2021

May 29 – Bartolomeu Dias

May 27, 2021

May 12 – She said no to the crowns of England, France and the Holy Roman Empire

May 10, 2021

May 2 – Two sisters of this medieval princess were also saints

April 29, 2021

April 27 – First circumnavigator of the world

April 26, 2021

April 22 – Cabral and the Discovery of Brazil

April 19, 2021

April 17 – He saved countless souls from apostasy

April 15, 2021

April 1 – Precursor of Our Lady of Fatima

March 29, 2021

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