St. Paul Miki (d. 1597) was a martyr of Japan, with twenty-five companions. Paul was a member of the noble Miki family, a samurai clan of Harima Province. He was […]
Paul Miki and Companions, Japanese martyrs
St. Agatha of Sicily, virgin and martyr
St. Agatha is a martyr and one of the most venerated virgins of the early Church. Like many of the early saints, her history is cloaked in time. Pope Damasus […]
Sts. Timothy and Titus
It is not uncommon to find friendships within the Communion of Saints, like saintly siblings Benedict and Scholastica, or friends like John Neumann and Francis Xavier Seelos. But these pairs […]
St. Basil and the Holy Spirit
Jan. 2, is the memorial of St. Basil the Great, Doctor of the Church. He was an influential theologian who supported the Nicene Creed and opposed the heresies of the […]
St. Stephen: A saint for deacons
Everything we know about St. Stephen (d. 34), one of the first deacons and Christianity’s first martyr, comes from chapters six and seven of the Acts of the Apostles in […]
