Royal and Noble Saints

November 8 – Saint Tysilio of Wales

November 7, 2013

November 8 – Charlemagne sent him to his enemies

November 7, 2013

November 10 – Who Was the First Pope to Be Called “Great,” and Why?

November 7, 2013

St. Hubert, patron of the hunt and some liqueurs

November 4, 2013

November 4 – Fearless and Faithful, He Reformed the Church

November 4, 2013

November 6 – Duchess d’Alençon

November 4, 2013

November 6 – St. Winnoc

November 4, 2013

October 31 – He forced the devil to build a church

October 31, 2013

November 1 – For saving her people, she was made their judge

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

November 3 – Patron of hunting

October 31, 2013

October 28 – Saint, Soldier, Statesman

October 28, 2013

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

October 28, 2013

October 30 – Patroness of the Teutonic Knights

October 28, 2013

October 30 – St. Marcellus the Centurion, Martyr

October 28, 2013

October 24 – Confessor to the Queen

October 24, 2013

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

October 24, 2013

October 25 – Crispin and Crispian and the baron of Renty

October 24, 2013

October 27 – The Christian King Who Invaded Arabia

October 24, 2013

October 21 – Blessed Karl, Emperor of Austria

October 21, 2013

October 21 – The Tale of Saint Ursula

October 21, 2013

October 22 – St. Wendelin of Trier

October 21, 2013

October 23 – The amazing story of San Juan Capistrano and the Siege of Belgrade

October 21, 2013

October 19 – Barefoot from Spain to Rome

October 17, 2013

October 19 – Prayer was his crime

October 17, 2013

October 15 – Interior Castle

October 14, 2013

October 16 – Duchess and saint

October 14, 2013

October 10 – How to overcome bad ancestry

October 10, 2013

October 10 – St. Paulinus, Archbishop of York

October 10, 2013

October 11 – Model Archduke, both spiritual and temporal

October 10, 2013

October 12 – Difficulties in his youth prepared him for later trials

October 10, 2013

October 12 – Martyr King

October 10, 2013

October 13 – King Confessor

October 10, 2013

October 9 – Even in his lifetime his reputation was for great holiness and miraculous powers

October 7, 2013

October 9 – Royal penitent

October 7, 2013

October 4 – He chose a greater chivalry

October 3, 2013

October 3 – Military turned monk

October 3, 2013

October 3 – Mother Théodore Guérin

October 3, 2013

October 3 – Enemy of King St. Louis, but still his friend in Christ

October 3, 2013

October 5 – St. Galla

October 3, 2013

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

October 3, 2013

September 30 – The cantankerous noble who became a saint

September 30, 2013

October 1 – St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus, Prologue: The Parentage & Birth of Marie Françoise Thérèse Martin & Chapter I: Earliest Memories

September 30, 2013

October 2 – Falsely charged, mutilated and martyred

September 30, 2013

September 27 – These exemplary nobles personified virtue

September 26, 2013

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

September 26, 2013

September 28 – Good King Wenceslaus

September 26, 2013

September 29 – The Angelic Inspiration of Chivalry

September 26, 2013

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

September 26, 2013

September 29 – Military Orders of St. Michael

September 26, 2013

September 24 – Our Lady of Ransom

September 23, 2013

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

September 23, 2013

September 25 – Princely Umpire in a deadly sport

September 23, 2013

September 25 – St. Aunarius

September 23, 2013

September 19 – She begged donations to ransom Christian captives

September 19, 2013

September 20 – Court preacher to Charles V

September 19, 2013

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

September 16, 2013

September 17 – Noble calm in all controversy, even when correcting the pope

September 16, 2013

September 17 – Stigmata of St. Francis of Assisi

September 16, 2013

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