ANSELM was a native of Piedmont. When a boy of fifteen, being forbidden to enter religion, he for a while…
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ST. MARCELLINUS was born in Africa, of a noble family; accompanied by Vincent and Domninus, he went over into Gaul,…
ST. ELPHEGE was born in the year 954, of a noble Saxon family. He first became a monk in the…
MARCUS AURELIUS had persecuted the Christians, but his son Commodus, who in 180 succeeded him, showed himself favorable to them…
ST. ANICETUS succeeded St. Pius, and sat about eight years, from 165 to 173. If he did not shed his…
This servant of God, canonized in 1933, was born on January 7, 1844 in Lourdes, France. While tending flocks outside…
ST. PATERNUS was born at Poitiers, about the year 482. His father, Patranus, with the consent of his wife, went…
ST. BENEZET kept his mother’s sheep in the country, and as a mere child was devoted to practices of piety.…
LEOVIGILD, King of the Visigoths, had two sons, Hermenegild and Recared, who reigned conjointly with him. All three were Arians,…
ST. JULIUS was a Roman, and chosen Pope on the 6th of February in 337, shortly before the death of…