Saint of the week Archives - Page 3 of 8

Saint of the week

The Austrian ruler who used his power to advance peace and virtue

November 15, 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

November 04, 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 priest who fell foul of a psychopathic thug in Elizabethan England

October 29, 2012

Even on the scaffold, St Cuthbert Mayne (October 29) refused to endorse Queen Elizabeth's ecclesiastical supremacy

The aristocrat who died in the Tower after his wife inspired him to become a Catholic

October 19, 2012

St Philip Howard (October 19) wrote spiritual works while he was imprisoned

The Borgia who became a Jesuit in secret

October 10, 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

September 30, 2012

St Jerome (September 30) had a penchant for sarcasm that created enemies

The friar whose hands and side bled for 50 years

September 23, 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

September 16, 2012

St Ninian (September 16)