St Leger (October 2) was fatally drawn into the power struggles of Merovingian France
Spiritual Life
Saint Of The Week
‘We have heard that the English wish to be converted’
Wednesday, 22 September 2010
Saint of the week
St Homorius (September 30), the fifth Archbishop of Canterbury, was a key figure in the establishment of Christianity in England
The saint who only slept three hours a night
Wednesday, 22 September 2010
Saint of the week
The Virgin Mary appeared in a dream and said just one word to Alphonsus de Orozco (1500-1591): “Write”
The pope who allowed backsliders back into the fold
Monday, 13 September 2010
Saint of the week
St Cornelius, pope from 251 to 253, was martyred by Emperor Gallus
St Omer, September 9, patron of the blind
Thursday, 2 September 2010
Saint of the week
A town named after St Omer, in the Pas-de-Calais, played a crucial role in educating English Catholics
The Lancashire priest executed for his zeal
Thursday, 26 August 2010
Saint of the week
St Edmund Arrowsmith (August 28) was hanged, drawn and quartered and his head set upon a pike
The English martyr hanged at the age of 80
Thursday, 19 August 2010
Saint of the week
St John Kemble (August 22), a much-loved Catholic priest whose execution was horribly botched
The king who stamped out paganism in Hungary
Thursday, 12 August 2010
Saint of the week
St Stephen of Hungary (August 16) was humble, and worked for the poor – yet did not always turn the other cheek
St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (August 9)
Friday, 6 August 2010
Saint of the week
Edith Stein, Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, was killed in Auschwitz
The Benedictine monk who unified Britain’s monasteries
Thursday, 29 July 2010
Saint of the week
Aethelwold (c 904-984) was a great scholar and a ruthless propagator of monasticism in Britain
Morning Catholic must-reads: 22/05/12
By Luke Coppen