St. Joseph of Arimathea is familiar from the Gospels as “a respected member of the council, who was also himself waiting expectantly for the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus” after Our Lord’s Crucifixion (Mark 15:43).
Yet is there more to know about him? What might have happened to him after he did this? Did he join the apostles? What...
Pammachius was a prominent citizen in the ancient Christian empire of Rome, and his life is woven together with the lives of all of the prominent saints of his age. His devoted love for his wife led him to holiness, even after her death.
He was classmates with the great Scripture scholar, St. Jerome; they studied rhetoric together and remained close friends for the rest of their lives....
Saint Jeanne Jugan, also known as Marie de la Croix or Marie of the Cross, was born on October 25, 1792, in the small and impoverished fishing village of Les Petites-Croix in Cancale, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, France. She was the daughter of Joseph, a fisherman who spent most of his time at sea, and Marie, who worked as a farmer to support the family during a time when Christianity was...
Saint Moses The Black, also known as Moses the Ethiopian, Moses of Scete, and Moses the Robber, was born in the year 330 into slavery in Egypt to an Egyptian official's family. From an early age, he displayed a rebellious nature and a proclivity towards theft. This behavior eventually led him to be driven out of his master's house and to join a band of robbers. As Moses became more...
Saint Gebhard of Constance, also known as Gebhard II, was born in the year 949 in Austria. He is best remembered as the Bishop of Constance (Konstantz), Germany, a position he held from 979 until his death. Saint Gebhard was a prominent figure who played a significant role in the religious and cultural life of his time. One of Saint Gebhard's notable achievements was the foundation of the...