Cyprian, son of a rich, noble doctor, became a doctor himself but then retired at the age of 25 as a Monk to Calanna near Reggio di Calabria Monastery of the Most Holy Redeemer of the Basilians – roughly on the site of the present Parish Church
Cyprian moved on and then lived for twenty years as a Hermit in a cave on his father’s estate at Pavigliana, above Reggio, near the...
The Roman Martyrology states: “In the Monastery of Crypta-Ferrata, near Frascati, the holy Abbot Bartholomew, companion of the blessed Saint Nilus, whose life he wrote.”
Bartholomew was the son of a noble Greek immigrant family originally from Constantinople. He was Baptized with the name of Basilio and showed much interest in religious life from an early age. At the age of...
Baudolino lived at the time of the Lombard King Liutprand (712-744) and the oldest testimony which speaks of him is given to us by the historian Paolo Diacono, a Lombard Benedictine Monk (c720-799) practically a contemporary of the Saint.
Baudolino is called “man of wonderful sanctity,” he was a Hermit, gifted with the gift of miracles and prophecies and lived in Foro (now Villa...
The Feast of the Dedication of St. John Lateran is celebrated annually on November 9 in the Catholic Church. It is one of the four papal basilicas in Rome. St. Peter's Basilica, St. Paul's Basilica, and St. Mary Major are the other three.
This feast celebrates the consecration and dedication of the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran in Rome by Pope Sylvester I around 324 AD. The...
The Roman Martyrology reads: “At Rome, St Deusdedit, Pope, whose merit was so great that he cured a leper by kissing him.”
Adeodatus was born in Rome, the son of a Subdeacon named Stephen. He served as a Priest for 40 years before his election and was the first Priest to be elected Pope since John II in 533.
Almost nothing is known about Adeodatus I’s Pontificate. He...