Saints & Heroes
August 5: Saint Emidius was born a pagan and converted to Christianity. He became a Bishop and was Martyred. He is the patron Saint against earthquakes.
July 16: Saint Marie Magdalen Postel is the patron saint of chastity, teenage girls, poverty and forgiveness. She lived from 1756 to 1846 and was canonized in 1925.
April 26: Nothing is known of Saint Paschasius’ lineage, as he was an orphan found on the steps of the convent of Notre-Dame de Soissons.
January 1: Saint Zdislava was born in the northern part of the Czech Republic around 1220 and died at only 32 years of age in 1252. She is known as the patroness of difficult marriages and people ridiculed for their piety.
February 2: Saint Joan grew up at a time when the conflict between the Protestant revolutionaries and the defenders of the Catholic faith was at its height.
May 31: Petronilla, a first century virgin and martyr, is traditionally identified as the daughter of Saint Peter.
November 16: Saint Gertrude the Great (January 6, 1256 – November 16, 1302) was a German Benedictine nun, mystic, and theologian.
January 2: Saints Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, two friends who were pillars of orthodoxy during a period of chaos and confusion.
July 14: Saint Kateri converted to Catholicism in spite of persecution from the Mohawk tribe. She lived a life dedicated to prayer, penance and the care of the sick and the aged.
March 9: Saint Frances was accompanied by an Archangel for 23 years, and her virtues and miracles made her well known throughout Rome.
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