Spain

El Cid Rejoices With His Good Fortune

November 17, 2022

The Enemies of El Cid Poison King Alfonso VI of Castile Against Him Again

November 3, 2022

November 7 – Blessed Francis Palau y Quer

November 3, 2022

October 30 – St. Marcellus the Centurion, Martyr

October 27, 2022

El Cid Repays His Loan, Redeeming His Pawned Sand-Filled Chests

October 20, 2022

October 24 – Confessor to the Queen

October 20, 2022

October 19 – Barefoot from Spain to Rome

October 17, 2022

October 15 – Interior Castle

October 13, 2022

October 7 – Lepanto: Turkish might buckles in the grandest naval battle of History

October 6, 2022

October 9 – St. Louis Bertrand

October 6, 2022

October 10 – How to overcome bad ancestry

October 6, 2022

Why celebrate Columbus Day?

October 6, 2022

Columbus, and how to make Key Lime Pie

October 6, 2022

Who Was Christopher Columbus, and Why Is He Important?

October 6, 2022

October 1 – The martial and pious death of Don John of Austria: “A man sent by God”

September 29, 2022

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 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

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