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Eldest son of a shoemaker, John was born at Diest, Brabant. He early wanted to be a priest, and when thirteen became a servant in the household of one of the Cathedral canons at Malines, John Froymont. In 1615, he entered the newly founded Jesuit College at Malines, and the following year became a ...

Benedictine abbess and niece of St. Odilia. Attalia became the abbess of St. Stephen's Convent in Salzburg, Austria.

Martyred priest of Rome, probably of Jewish heritage. He corresponded with St. Cyprian and opposed the Novatian heresy. Moses was imprisoned for a year during the persecution instituted by Emperor Trajanus Decius. He was executed in Rome on January 1.  

Bishop of Alexandria from 300. A native of Alexandria, Egypt, Peter survived the persecutions of Emperor Diocletian and served as a confessor for the suffering Christians. Made head of the famed Catechetical School of Alexandria, he was a vigorous opponent of Origenism before receiving appointment ...

Through the missionary efforts of various religious families beginning in the sixteenth century and continuing until 1866, the Vietnamese people heard the message of the gospel, and many accepted it despite persecution and even death. On June 19, 1988, Pope John Paul II canonized 117 persons ...

St. Abigail, more commonly known as St. Gobnait or Deborah, was a medieval Irish saint born around the 6th century in County Clare, Ireland. According to tradition, Abigail's family was always feuding. This caused her to run away from home to settle on Inis Oirr in the Aran Islands. After ...

St. Andrew, also known as Andrew the Apostle, was a Christian Apostle and the older brother to St. Peter. According to the New Testament, Andrew was born in the village of Bethsaida on the Sea of Galilee during the early first century. Much like his younger brother, Simon Peter, Andrew was also a ...

Martyred king of the East Angles. He was elected king in 855 at the age of fourteen and began ruling Suffolk, England, the following year. In 869 or 870, the Danes invaded Edmund's realm, and he was captured at Hone, in Suffolk. After extreme torture, Edmund was beheaded and died calling upon ...

The durbervilles. it is an inspiration for my book. agnes is still really — inspiration for my book. agnes is still really effected with the memory of her life. i cannot tell you how— memory of her life. i cannot tell you how important the library was in my childhood and it was always just a very— my childhood and it was always just a very safe — my childhood and it was always just a very safe space, a tranquil space, and it— a very safe space, a tranquil space, and it was— a very sa...

From mid-July to mid-October, the death of these seven stalwarts dealt a body blow to the feminist movement in India. We owe it to them to document their journeys so they continue to be beacons of light for future generations.