11/7/2021 – St. Willibrord
Apostle of Frisia, Netherlands, a missionary archbishop. Born in Northumbria, England, circa 658, he studied at Ripon monastery under St. Wilfrid and spent twelve years studying in Ireland at the abbey of Rathmelsigi (most likely Mellifont, County Louth) under Sts. Egbert and Wigbert. After receiving ordination and extensive training in the field of the missions, […]
11/6/2021 – St. Theophane Venard
Martyr of Vietnam. Born on November 21, 1829, and originally from the diocese of Poitiers, France, he entered into the Foreign Missions of Paris and was ordained in 1852. Sent to Vietnam two years later, he devoted his time to teaching in a seminary until his arrest and brutal martyrdom. Theophane was chained in a […]
11/5/2021 – St. Martin De Porres
St. Martin de Porres was beatified by Pope Gregory XVI on October 29, 1837 and canonized by Pope John XXIII on May 6, 1962. He has become the patron saint of people of mixed race, innkeepers, barbers, public health workers and more. His feast day is November 3.
11/4/2021 – St. Charles Borromeo
St. Charles Borromeo — Archbishop of Milan, Cardinal-Priest of the Title of St. Prassede, Papal Secretary of State under Pius IV, and one of the chief factors in the Catholic Counter-Reformation — was born in the Castle of Arona, a town on the southern shore of the Lago Maggiore in northern Italy, 2 October, 1538; […]
11/3/2021 – St. Malachy O’More
Saint Malachy O’More is the first Irish saint to be canonized. He was born in 1094 and died in 1148. His various visions and miracles have made him one of the most famous saints. Saint Malachy had great zeal in sharing the Christian faith.
11/2/2021 – St. Marcian
Marcian was born in Cyrrhus, of a noble family. He left his position at the emperor’s court and a military career to become a hermit at Chalcis, the desert near Antioch. There he attracted many disciples and began a monastic group.
11/1/2021 – St. Mary the Martyr
Mary was slave to Tertullus, a Roman senator, a Christian from her cradle, though the only person in that great family who was favored with that grace. She prayed much and fasted frequently, especially on all the idolatrous festivals. This devotion displeased her superstitious mistress; but her fidelity, diligence, and approved probity endeared her to […]
10/31/2021 – St. Foillan
Foillan was one of the numerous Irish travelers who in the course of the seventh century evangelized Belgium, bringing thither the liturgy and sacred vessels, founding prosperous monasteries, and sharing considerably in the propagation of the Faith in these countries.
10/30/2021 – St. Alphonsus Rodriguez
St. Alphonsus (also known as Alonso) was born in Spain in 1532. He married when he was 26, and worked as a cloth merchant. After a series of personal tragedies — his wife and two of their children had died by the time he was 31, his last child died after he embraced a life […]
10/29/2021 – St. Narcissus
St. Narcissus was born towards the end of the first century in AD 99. He was almost 80-years-old when he was placed at the head of the church of Jerusalem, making him the 30th bishop of that see. In 195, he and Theophilus, bishop of Caesarea in Palestine, presided together in a council of the […]