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September 14 – Formerly a sign of abject disgrace, it now adorns even crowns and crests

September 14, 2026

September 11 – His fame will last forever as that of a gallant soldier and a true Christian

September 10, 2026

September 11 – Prince Eugen of Savoy crushes the Turks at Zenta

September 10, 2026

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

September 10, 2026

September 12 – Simon de Montfort Crushes the Albigensians at Muret

September 10, 2026

Turkish war tents turned into Mass vestments after 1683 victory in Vienna

September 10, 2026

Queen Blanche of France shapes the young Saint Louis IX for the trials of kingship

August 24, 2026

Saint Louis IX, the Crusader-King, Was a Peacemaker Among Christians

August 24, 2026

August 18 – Soldier in every battlefield

August 17, 2026

Battle of Petrovaradin

August 6, 2026

July 22 – The Siege of Belgrade (1456)

July 20, 2026

The Traditional Burial Ceremony of a Hapsburg Prince

July 16, 2026

July 17 – “You Do Not Know What You Do”

July 16, 2026

July 16 – Alfonso VIII of Castile crushes the Moors at Las Navas de Tolosa

July 16, 2026

July 16 – Catholic Spain’s fate in the balance at the battle of Las Navas de Tolosa

July 16, 2026

July 9 – At the center of the controversy, when the Pope deposed King John of England

July 9, 2026

July 11 – Worthy descendant of St. Elizabeth

July 9, 2026

July 12 – Irish-American Aristocrat Physician

July 9, 2026

The Duchess of Navailles is unjustly punished by Louis XIV for upholding honor

July 6, 2026

July 8 – Archbishops of Baltimore and St. Louis

July 6, 2026

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

July 6, 2026

June 25 – Simon de Montfort

June 25, 2026

June 15 – Battle of Lyndanisse during the Northern Crusades

June 15, 2026

June 16 – Pope Innocent III

June 15, 2026

Nurse and foundress – June 9

June 8, 2026

Pope Gregory XVI – June 9

June 8, 2026

French opponent to Jansenism and Gallicanism – June 9

June 8, 2026

Captain John Barry, Father of the American Navy, fights and wins a prize

May 28, 2026

May 29 – Assassinated in the castle of St. Andrews

May 28, 2026

The virgin-warrior urged her men to righteousness

May 28, 2026

De Soto meets the mighty Mississippi

May 21, 2026

The Noble Religious Brother

May 21, 2026

On returning from exile, Pope Pius VII is welcomed by the Dukes of Modena

May 21, 2026

May 19 – He saw the action and purposes of Providence in all historical events

May 18, 2026

May 19 – Fr. Marquette

May 18, 2026

May 8 – First they took the nobles, then they took the scientists

May 7, 2026

April 27 – His artillery instructions saved Goa

April 27, 2026

April 27 – Medieval statesman

April 27, 2026

April 27 – First circumnavigator of the world

April 27, 2026

April 24 – Battle of Mühlberg

April 23, 2026

April 21 – Pioneer missionary of Kentucky

April 20, 2026

April 21 – The emperor placed unlimited confidence in him

April 20, 2026

April 21 – Traveller in the Orient

April 20, 2026

April 21 – Preacher to the King

April 20, 2026

April 17 – He rescued his country from crushing debt, yet waged incessant war

April 16, 2026

April 13 – Henry James Coleridge

April 13, 2026

April 14 – Apostle of the Detroit Hurons

April 13, 2026

April 10 – Pope Gregory XIII

April 9, 2026

April 11 – His donations helped build the first California missions

April 9, 2026

April 11 – Antonio Ruiz de Montoya

April 9, 2026

April 11 – American Hero of the Seal of Confession

April 9, 2026

April 6 – Richard the Lionheart

April 6, 2026

April 6 – Thomas Bourchier

April 6, 2026

Queen Mary washes the feet of the poor on Maundy Thursday

April 2, 2026

Emperor serves the table of the poor and washes their feet in imitation of Christ

April 2, 2026

Queen Mary Welcomes the Sick on Good Friday

April 2, 2026

The Little Barrel

April 2, 2026

Every year, on Good Friday

April 2, 2026

Easter in Imperial Russia: the Royal Doors

April 2, 2026

A king, a queen, and England’s Easter dilemma

April 2, 2026

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