The name Prosdocimo, although uncommon in Italy today, immediately suggests a Venetian origin, specifically Paduan. The Saint is honored as the 1st Bishop of Padua, the Patron Saint of the City and too, according to various scholars, the likely evangelizer of all western Venice.
Even the most beautiful image of Prosdocimus was painted by a Paduan, the great 15th Century Painter, Andrea...
The Roman Martyrology states today: “In the territory of Thérouanne in Austrasia, in today’s France, Saint Vinnoco, Abbot, who, of Breton origin, was welcomed by Saint Bertino among the Monks of Sithieu and then founded, with the work of his own hands, the Monastery of Wormhoudt.“
Winnoc is generally called a Breton but the Bollandist, Charles de Smedt shows, that he was...
Saint Galaktion was born in Emesa of Phoenicia to parents named Kleitophonos and Leucippe, who were baptized Christians by the monk (hieromonk) Unuphius. During the persecution of Decius, at the age of 24, Galaktion married Episteme. Since there was no priest due to the persecution, Galaktion himself baptized her. Eight days after her baptism, Episteme had a divine vision: she found herself in...
Venerable John lived in the 6th century and received his spiritual education in Antioch. In his youth, he became a monk and lived as a solitary ascetic. Over time, he attained remarkable meekness, humility, and the gift of working miracles. The fame of his spiritual struggles attracted numerous disciples to him.
John chose twelve disciples and, following the command of the Mother of God,...
The reading of a devotional book prompted the seventeen-year-old Pierre-Francois Neron, of Bornay, France, to turn his thoughts to the service of God. As a parish sacristan, he spent whole nights praying in church. Inspired by accounts of missionaries he had read in the Annals of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, Pierre became a priest of the Paris Society for Foreign Missions at...