St WhyteJun 01, 2022
This early British saint gave her name to, and is buried at Whitechurch Canonicorum, in Dorset. Her modest shrine, together with that of Edward the Confessor ... Read more
St PetronillaMay 31, 2022
Little is known about this early Roman martyr, except that she refused to marry a nobleman named Flaccus, in the first century. He threatened to kill her ... Read more
St Joan of ArcMay 30, 2022
The Maid of Orleans was the daughter of a peasant, born in Domremy in Lorraine, in 1412. From the age of 13 she began hearing heavenly voices telling her to take ... Read more
St Augustine of CanterburyMay 27, 2022
Bishop and missionary. Known as the Apostle of the English, St Augustine was a Benedictine monk and Prior of St Andrew's in Rome, when Pope ... Read more
St Philip NeriMay 26, 2022
Priest, reformer and founder. The son of a lawyer, Philip Neri was born in Florence in 1515. He was educated by the Dominicans before being ... Read more
St BedeMay 25, 2022
Monk. Born in Northumbria in 673, Bede studied at the newly-founded monastery of Wearmouth, and then Jarrow. Here he became a monk, and spent the rest of his life ... Read more
St William of RochesterMay 23, 2022
This 12th century saint was a Scottish fisherman from Perth. As a young man he experienced a conversion and devoted himself to caring for orphans and the poor ... Read more
