Blessed Mattia Nazarei Born: 1253, Matelica, Italy Died: December 28th, 1300, Matelica, Italy Fun Fact: Bl. Mattia's life mirrored that of St. Clare in many respects besides simply sharing the same life and charism. She ran away to a monastery at a tender age, immediately sheared her tresses...
Venerable Margaret Sinclair Feast Day: November 24th Born: March 29, 1900, Edinburgh, Scotland Died: November 24, 1925, Warley, England Known for: being an ordinary person of extraordinary faith to the Scottish people Little Maggie, born into working-class Edinburgh on March 29, 1900, and her sister Bella often read the beautiful...
Blessed Josephine Leroux Feast Day: October 23rd Born: c. 1745, France Died: October 23rd, 1794, Valenciennes, France Known for: being a martyr in the Reign of Terror Fun Fact: she served tea to the officers who came to arrest her and lead her to death! Many Catholics are familiar with the...
Saint Beatrice of Silva Feast Day: September 1st Born: 1424, Portugal Died: 1489, Toledo, Spain Known For: starting the Order of the Immaculate Conception Fun Fact: Her brother is a “Blessed,” Blessed Amadeus, initiator of the “reform of Marignano.” Beatrice, born in 1424 and daughter of a Portuguese lord and lady,...
Venerable Caritas Pirckheimer Feast Day: August 19th Born: March 21st, 1467, Eichstat, Germany Died: August 19th, 1532, Nuremberg, Germany Known for: resisting the rise of Lutheranism that threatened her monastery and world Fun Fact: all five of her biological sisters became nuns, one of them joining her community! Venerable Caritas Pirckheimer...
Saint Veronica Guiliani Born: 1660, Mercatello, Italy Feast Day: July 10th Died: July 9th, 1727, Citta di Castello, Italy Known For: her powerful devotion to Jesus CrucifiedF un Fact: the Devil frequently tried her patience by filling her food and drink with worms, giant bugs, and grime. She ate it...
Venerable Mère du Calvaire Feast Day: April 7th Born: February 12, 1644 (Bordeaux, France) Died: April 7, 1673 (Limoges, France) Known For: Starting a Poor Clare monastery of the Primitive Observance at age 14 Fun Fact: She died at 3 o'clock on a Friday afternoon, the same time as Our...
Blessed Philippa Mareri Feast Day: February 13th Born: ca. 1200, Rieti, Italy Died: February 16, 1236, near Rieti, Italy Known For: being a good leader Fun Fact: she started her religious life in a cave! Born in her wealthy family’s castle around the year 1200 in Rieti, Italy, Blessed Philippa Mareri...
St. Eustochia Calafato Feast Day: January 19 Born: March 25, c. 1430, Messina, Sicily Died: January 11, 1484, Messina, Sicily Known for: Her intercession against earthquakes Fun Fact: Her body is incorrupt! Not long after an Italian noblewoman, Countess Matilda de Calafato, joined the Franciscan Tertiaries (a Secular Order of lay...