Saint Humility, also known as Rosanna, Humilitas, and Umiltà, was born in 1226 in Faenza, Italy, into a wealthy family. At the young age of 15, she entered into a marriage with a nobleman named Ugoletto. Unfortunately, the couple experienced the heartbreaking loss of both their children in infancy. It was in the year 1250 that Saint Humility and her husband faced a life-altering event....
Blessed Franz Jágerstátter, also known as Franz Jaegerstaetter, was born on May 20, 1907 in Sankt Radegund, Oberösterreich, Austria. He was born to Rosalia Huber and Franz Bachmeier, who were both servants and too poor to get married. Tragically, Franz's father died in World War I when Franz was just a young boy. Following his father's death, his mother married local farmer Heinrich...
Saint Arcangelo Tadini, also known as Father Arcangelo, was born on October 12, 1846, in Verolanuova, Brescia, Italy. From a young age, he became aware of the sufferings and challenges faced by people in his community. As a youth, Arcangelo experienced an accident that resulted in a lifelong limp. However, this did not hinder his determination to serve God and his fellow human beings. At the...
Pope Saint Celestine V, also known as Peter Celestine, Peter Morrone, Peter of Moroni, Pietro del Morrone, and Pietro di Murrone, was born in 1210 in Isneria, Abruzzi, Italy, as Pietro del Morrone. He was the eleventh of twelve children, and unfortunately, his father passed away when Peter was quite young. Despite this difficult upbringing, Peter displayed a deep spiritual inclination from an...
St. Felix of Cantalice (d. 1587) was born to a pious peasant family in Italy. He grew up tending sheep and was hired out to work for a farmer at the age of nine, which he did for twenty years. He evidenced signs of holiness and spent his free time in prayer, and had a friend read him the lives of the saints from which he drew much inspiration. Felix eventually joined the Capuchin Franciscans...