St. Cecilia was born of a noble Roman family about the year 214. She was brought up from infancy in the precepts of the Christian Faith and vowed her virginity to God, and, in the spirit of this promise, shunned the pleasures and vanities of the world.
St. Catherine was the fourth child of Prince Ulf Gudmarsson and St. Bridget. From early youth Catherine loved God intensely; at the age of seven she was placed in the care of the holy Abbess of the convent of Riseberg to be educated.
St. Casimir, born in 1458, was the third among the thirteen children of Casimir III, King of Poland. Casimir was extremely devout from early childhood and learned much from the good example of his holy guardian, John Douglas.
St. Eugene of Carthage Biography After the Vandals conquered northern Africa their king Genseric, an Arian heretic, declared war against the Catholic Church. The policy was continued under his successor, Huneric. An arrangement was eventually made between Huneric and the emperor in Constantinople whereby the Catholics of Carthage were allowed to elect a bishop. Thus […]
