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The Martyr Lupus lived at the end of the third century and beginning of the fourth century, and was a faithful servant of the holy Great ...

Benedictine monk. Spiritual student of Saint Benedict Biscop, and brother monk to Saint Esterwine of Wearmouth and Saint Ceolfrid. Biblic...

Were soldiers of the Herculean cohort; they were standard-bearers, and refused to remove the chrismon (monogram of Christ) from the stan...

The Collect. LET thy merciful ears, O Lord, be open to the prayers of thy humble servants; and, that they may obtain their petitions, make...

St. Bernard was born of noble parentage in Burgundy, France, in the castle of Fontaines near Dijon around 1090. Under the care of his pio...

The Prophet Samuel was the fifteenth and last of the Judges of Israel, living more than 1146 years before the Birth of Christ. He was d...

Flavia Iulia Helena Augusta, also known as Saint Helena, Saint Helen, Helena Augusta or Helena of Constantinople (ca. 250 – ca. 330) she ...

(April 11, 1836-August 18, 1918) was an American Anglican priest and theologian. He spent most of his career as a professor at the Univ...

(AD 259-275) Born in prison to parents who had been jailed because they were Christian, Mammes became an orphan when his parents were exec...

Frère Roger (Brother Roger) (Provence, Switzerland, May 12, 1915 - Taizé, August 16, 2005), baptized Roger Louis Schütz-Marsauche, also kn...

On this date we remember the Dormition (falling asleep) of St. Mary, the Blessed and Ever Virgin Theotokos. The Collect. O GOD, who ...

(January 8, 1894–August 14, 1941), also known as Maksymilian or Massimiliano Maria Kolbe. Born as Rajmund Kolbe, was a Polish Conventual ...

The Collect. GRANT to us, Lord, we beseech thee, the spirit to think and do always such things as are right; that we, who cannot do any...

(1613 - 13 August 1667) was a clergyman in the Church of England who achieved fame as an author during The Protectorate of Oliver Cromwel...

was one of the most prolific writers of the early Church. He must have been born in the second half of the 2nd century, probably in Rome. ...

Saint Clare of Assisi, born Chiara Offreduccio (July 16, 1194 – August 11, 1253) was an Italian saint and one of the first followers of ...

(or Laurence) was chief of the seven deacons of the congregation at Rome, the seven men who, like Stephen and his companions (Acts 6:1-6),...

was the youngest of seven children in a Jewish family. Edith lost interest and faith in Judaism by age 13. Brilliant student and philosop...

(May 8, 1786 - August 4, 1859) was a French parish priest who became the patron saint of parish priests. He is often referred to, even in...

This feast day reminds us that our end is God. Every person will finally and ultimately bow before the judgement seat of the Lord. With t...

The Collect. O GOD, whose never-failing providence ordereth all things both in heaven and earth; We humbly beseech thee to put away from u...

The Transfiguration of Jesus is an event reported by the Synoptic Gospels in which Jesus is transfigured upon a mountain (Matthew 17:1-9,...

(c 604 – August 5, 642) was King of Northumbria from 634 until his death, and is now venerated as a Christian saint. He was the son of ...

The founder of the Order of Friars Preachers, also known as the Dominicans. The early part of Dominic's priesthood was spent in pra...

was a Pharisee and a member of the Sanhedrin, who, according to the Gospel of John, showed favour to Jesus. He appears three times: the f...

Died 834. Saint Etheldritha was the daughter of King Offa of the Mercians and his queen, Quindreda. She was betrothed to King Ethelbert of t...