Spain

September 20 – Court preacher to Charles V

September 19, 2022

September 22 – He especially sought out impoverished nobles who shrank from asking alms

September 19, 2022

September 17 – St. Peter of Arbues

September 15, 2022

September 19 – She begged donations to ransom Christian captives

September 15, 2022

How El Cid Tuned a Cowardly Knight Into a Hero

September 8, 2022

September 11 – Burned slowly to death at Nagasaki

September 8, 2022

August 31 – Born of a dead mother

August 29, 2022

El Cid Becomes Lord of Valencia

August 25, 2022

August 23 – Cardinal-General

August 22, 2022

August 24 – St. María Micaela of the Blessed Sacrament

August 22, 2022

August 25 – He opened the first public free school in Europe

August 22, 2022

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

August 15, 2022

Conscious of His Son’s Softness, Philip II of Spain Gives Him a Last Lesson From His Death Bed

August 11, 2022

El Cid Gives Valencia to King Alfonso

August 4, 2022

August 7 – The Emperor who considered Christianity a crime worthy of death

August 4, 2022

August 8 – The Rosary is really a weapon

August 4, 2022

July 31 – Soldier of Jesus

July 28, 2022

The Almoravid King of Seville Attacks El Cid in Valencia and Is Routed

July 21, 2022

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

July 14, 2022

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

July 14, 2022

July 14 – St. Francis Solanus

July 11, 2022

July 5 – St. Michael de Sanctis

July 4, 2022

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

June 30, 2022

June 20 – St. Florentina

June 16, 2022

June 12 – A certain nobleman had a concubine

June 9, 2022

June 9 – Mystic

June 6, 2022

El Cid Defeats Two Moorish Kings

June 2, 2022

May 28 – Lily of Quito

May 26, 2022

May 30 – Most Valiant King

May 26, 2022

The Cid and King Don Alfonso VI of León and Castile Conquer Toledo

May 12, 2022

May 13 – St. Peter de Regalado

May 12, 2022

May 10 – His apostolate paved the way for some of the greatest saints of Spain

May 9, 2022

El Cid Is Banished From the Kingdom of León and Castile

May 5, 2022

April 26 – Nephew of the Duke of Maqueda

April 25, 2022

April 27 – Noble Model of Confidence

April 25, 2022

El Cid Punishes the Perfidy of the Moors of Rueda

April 21, 2022

April 21 – The emperor placed unlimited confidence in him

April 18, 2022

April 13 – This Prince Defied His Family

April 11, 2022

April 14 – St. Peter Gonzalez (aka St. Elmo)

April 11, 2022

April 5 – Soul on Fire

April 4, 2022

April 4 – Patron Saint of Transitions

March 31, 2022

In Exile, the Banished Cid Becomes the Protector of the Moorish Kingdom of Zaragoza

March 24, 2022

March 23 – Generous Noble Missionary

March 21, 2022

The Moors of Alcocer Weep as the Banished Cid Leaves Them

March 10, 2022

March 11 – Saint under the Caliphs

March 10, 2022

March 13 – St. Leander of Seville

March 10, 2022

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

March 7, 2022

February 16 – Ven. Luis de Lapuente

February 14, 2022

Honor Lives On Thru The Ages

February 10, 2022

February 12 – Saint Eulalia of Barcelona

February 10, 2022

The Cid Sends Alvar Fanez to King Alfonso With a Gift of Thirty Horses

January 27, 2022

January 25 – St. Ildephonsus

January 24, 2022

January 27 – John de Pineda

January 24, 2022

January 22 – Defended by a raven

January 20, 2022

January 19 – James Lainez

January 17, 2022

January 19 – Archbishop Senator of the Spanish Kingdom

January 17, 2022

January 12 – Duke of Alva

January 10, 2022

January 2 – The Infant of Prague

December 30, 2021

December 25 – On Christmas Day, He Died

December 23, 2021

December 23 – The Knights of Aviz and Their Cistercian Founder

December 20, 2021

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