Category Archives: Saints

St. Timothy was born at Lystra in Asia Minor. Saint Timothy was a beloved disciple of St. Paul, forsaking his country, his home and his parents to follow the Apostle and to share in his poverty and sufferings

St. Peter Nolasco was born near Castelnaudary, France, in 1182, of a noble family. From his youth, he was noted for his piety, almsgiving and charity.

Saint Germaine Cousin was born in 1579 in Pibrac, a small village in France. She has been termed “The saint without a history”.

While a mere youth St. Ephrem became a religious in his native city, Nisibis, Syria. Later he retired near Edessa to be a Monk, refusing the dignity of the priesthood.

Saint Boniface, the apostle of Germany, was an Anglo Saxon, born in Devonshire, England, in 680, and received the name Winfrid at his Baptism.

St. Thomas Aquinas was born in the fortress of Rocca Secca, about the year 1225. It was to the little town of Aquino nearby that he owed his surname Aquinas.