Category Archives: Saints

St. Dymphna, Patron Saint of those afflicted with nervous and mental disorders, was born in Ireland in the 6th century. Her father was a pagan King; her mother a devout Christian

St. Dorothy, a young and beautiful girl in the city of Caesarea, in Asia Minor. She suffered torment and torture because she refused to marry a pagan or to sacrifice to the pagan idols.

St. Bonaventure is one of the glories of the Seraphic Order of St. Francis. He was the friend and companion of St. Thomas Aquinas, and ranks with him among the six chief Doctors of the Catholic Church.

One of St. John Bosco’s first pupils was Dominic Savio, who was born in Riva, northern Italy, on April 2, 1842.

There is no record of the earthly life of St. Philomena. Her remains were accidentally discovered in 1802 in an underground cemetery on the road from Rome to Ancona as excavators were clearing away some fallen sand.