St Columban (November 23) left a great monastic academy in Ireland to restore learning and religion to Gaul
Topic: Saint of the week
The scholar so committed to poverty he threw money out of the window
Posted on Friday, 16 November 2012
St Edmund Rich (November 16) had trouble, though, as Archbishop of Canterbury
The Austrian ruler who used his power to advance peace and virtue
Posted on Thursday, 15 November 2012
St Leopold of Austria (November 15) was accorded the title Leopold the Good by his people and reigned for 40 years
The saint whose death was followed by five centuries of oblivion
Posted on Sunday, 4 November 2012
St Leonard (November 6) began to gain renown in the 12th century after a prince attributed his release from a Muslim prison to the saint’s intercession
The aristocrat who died in the Tower after his wife inspired him to become a Catholic
Posted on Friday, 19 October 2012
St Philip Howard (October 19) wrote spiritual works while he was imprisoned
The Borgia who became a Jesuit in secret
Posted on Wednesday, 10 October 2012
St Francis Borgia (October 10), cousin of Emperor Charles V, became known as the Jesuits’ ‘second founder’
The great Church scholar who lived in a cave for 32 years
Posted on Sunday, 30 September 2012
St Jerome (September 30) had a penchant for sarcasm that created enemies
The friar whose hands and side bled for 50 years
Posted on Sunday, 23 September 2012
St Pio of Pietrelcina (September 23) decided to be a Capuchin friar at the age of 10
The saint who brought Christianity north of Hadrian’s wall
Posted on Sunday, 16 September 2012
St Ninian (September 16)
The ‘golden-mouthed’ preacher exiled by an Empress twice
Posted on Thursday, 13 September 2012
St John Chrysostom (September 13)
Tory party leaders have forgotten what a conservative outlook is all about
By Francis Phillips