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Saint Abigail's story is rich with Irish lore. An angel told her she would find nine deer grazing in the place she was meant to spend her life. Abi...

Having dedicated her purity to God at a young age, Agatha became a target of Roman officials charged with carrying out the persecution of Christian...

Agnes' name means "pure" in Greek and "lamb" in Latin. She lived around the year 300, a time of terrible persecution. This beautiful 13-year-old da...

Saint Aidan was a first-century monk who was invited to become a bishop in northern England to help combat the return of paganism in the region. As...

St. Albert the Great was a German Dominican who lived in the 13th century. He was a brilliant scholar, who taught theology at the Universities of P...

Aloysius Gonzaga was raised by a worldly father amidst the vices of European nobility. After receiving his First Communion from Saint Charles Borro...

Saint Alphonsus Liguori was a promising young lawyer in Naples. However, after losing an important case, he turned to a life of prayer. He became a...

When Ambrose was born around 340, a swarm of bees settled near his crib, leaving a drop of honey on his tongue, a sign of his future gift for publi...

Born in 741 near Belgium, St. Amelia was preparing to become a nun when she caught the attention of the young Charlemagne. She struggled with him, ...

Brother Andre entered the Congregation of Holy Cross in Montreal with a letter from his pastor: "I am sending you a saint." For the rest of his lif...

Andrew and his brother, Peter, were fishermen until Jesus invited, "Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men." Andrew, a disciple of St. John ...

Though Christianity was brought to Korea in 1592, it would be 250 years before the country had its first native-born priest. Andrew Kim Taegon came...

Born in Italy in 1474, Angela was a Third Order of Saint Franciscan who embraced a life of poverty and sacrifice. She was deeply committed to the e...

Anne was the mother of Mary and grandmother of Jesus. We only know a little about her through tradition, but she must have been a woman of great fa...

St. Anthony of Padua was a 13th-century Franciscan friar known for his rich knowledge of Church theology. Even more importantly, he had an incredib...

Augustine was born in 354 A.D. in North Africa. As a young man, he loved partying and spending his money. However, through prayer, reflection and s...

Augustine Zhao Rong, a Chinese soldier, was ordered to escort a bishop to his death sentence in Beijing. The bishop's courage, patience and demeano...

Saint Barbara was the beautiful daughter of a pagan merchant. He kept her locked in a tower, which gave Barbara plenty of time to pray. When her fa...

As a young man, Benedict fled Rome to become a monk. Many others followed him, and he developed the Rule of Saint Benedict to give them a balanced ...

Bernadette Soubirous was only 14 years old when Mary appeared to her at a grotto in Lourdes, France. There, Mary told Bernadette to dig a small spr...

Saint Bernard, born in 923, was a priest and archdeacon in northern Italy. He traveled diligently, bringing the faith, the sacraments, and educatio...

St. Blaise was a skilled physician in the 4th century. He was known for his kindness and passion for treating both people and animals. Blaise had a...

Bonaventure became a Franciscan at the age of 22 and soon became a beloved professor at the University of Paris. His piety and administrative abili...

St. Brendan was an Irish priest born around 484 A.D. This brave and adventurous monk sailed around northwest Europe, spreading the Christian faith....

Brigid was born in Ireland around the year 450. Her father, a nobleman, rejected her and her mother, who was a Christian slave. Brigid was good fri...

In 1830, Our Lady appeared three times to Catherine Labouré, then a novice with the Daughters of Charity in Paris. She asked Catherine to create a ...

Catherine was a brilliant young princess born around 287 in Egypt. During that time, Emperor Maxentius was brutally persecuting Christians. At the ...

Raised among nobility, Catherine became an accomplished artist, musician and writer. She discerned a religious vocation and entered the Poor Clares...

Catherine was one of 25 children. Her family gave her the nickname "Euphrosyne" (Joy) because of her cheerful personality. Catherine had visions of...

Cecilia was a 2nd-century Christian from Rome. She was forced to marry, despite the fact that she had dedicated herself to Jesus. During her weddin...

Charles Borromeo was made a cardinal in 1559 by his uncle, Pope Pius IV. While the Church was suffering the effects of the Protestant reformation, ...

When Christianity first came to Uganda, Charles Lwanga, a royal page, was baptized and became a catechist. When a new, anti-Christian king took the...

Christopher was a 3rd-century Christian; a "carrier" by trade, who transported goods and people safely across a river. Legend has it that one day, ...

Clare was encouraged by her dear friend, St. Francis of Assisi, toward a religious life of poverty and piety. In the year 1244, Emperor Frederick I...

Born in 1840 in Belgium, Father Damien spent his last 16 years on the Hawaiian island of Moloka'i. For decades, anyone suffering from Hansen's dise...

We don't know very much about Dismas, except to say that he was a convicted criminal who was crucified alongside Jesus on Good Friday. Luke recorde...

Dominic, who lived around the year 1200, was a Spanish priest with a deep understanding of the arts and theology. While traveling, Dominic encounte...

Dominic, born in 1842, was one of nine children in a hardworking, pious family. At the age of 12, he met Saint John Bosco and went to Bosco's schoo...

Dymphna was an Irish princess, whose mentally ill father became violent and dangerous. Accompanied by her chaplain, court jester, and servants, Dym...

Known also by her religious name, Sister Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, Saint Edith Stein was a brilliant scholor, professor, speaker, and Red Cros...

St. Elizabeth was a righteous woman, blameless before God, but unable to bear children. However, an angel appeared to her husband, Zechariah, telli...

Born in 1774 in New York, Elizabeth lost her mother at a young age, but found comfort in reading, nature, poetry, music, and horseback riding. Eliz...

Elizabeth was the daughter of the King of Hungary in the early 13th century. Her peers chastised the princess for her generous love of the poor. On...

In 1931, Jesus appeared to a Polish nun. Sister Faustina wrote: "Jesus said to me, 'Paint an image according to the pattern you see, with the inscr...

In the early 3rd century, Christians in North Africa were suffering terrible persecution. Two young Christian mothers, Felicity and Perpetua, were ...

In a monastery in Kilkenny, Ireland, the priest Fiacre was renowned for his piety and gift of healing. When the flood of visitors asking for his pr...

Florian was a 3rd-century Roman military commander who organized the army's firefighting brigade. When the emperor discovered that Florian refused ...

In 1889, Mother Frances Cabrini and her companions arrived from Italy into the chaos and poverty of New York. They quickly began organizing catechi...