Life of St. Maroun of Syria
Saint Maroun, born in the middle of the 4th century was a priest who later became a hermit, retiring...
Life of St. Caesarius of Nazianzus
The younger son of Gregory the Elder, bishop of Nazianzus, and his wife, Nonna, Caesarius was born at the...
Life of St. Dorothea of Caesarea
This holy martyr was a native of Cæsarea in Cappadocia, and in the persecution of Dioclesian she was brought...
Famous wherever the name of S. Benedict, her brother, is known. Authorities for her life, the same as those...
Life of St. Blaise
Blaise, was bishop of Sebaste, a city of Cappadocia, in the Lesser Asia. He spent a great part of...
Overrun by half-civilized pagan and Arian hordes during the fifth century, Italy and the entire Mediterranean world was falling...
This holy virgin St Brigid was born about the middle of the fifth century, in the village of Fochard,...
One of the most highly-venerated virgin martyrs of Christian antiquity, Agatha was put to death during the persecution of...
Life of St. Conrad of Piacenza
He was born Corrado Confalonieri, a member of one of the noblest families of Piacenza, in the town of...
