1813 – 1865 Feast Date: December 4 As a shepherd and shoe-factory worker, Adolf experienced poverty and social upheaval in 19th-century Germany. He worked 12-hour days, […]
Blessed Adolf Kolping
Gelasius I
d. 496 FEAST November 21 St. Gelasius became pope in 492. Immediately he faced several difficult problems. He had to deal with several Arian kings who […]
Edmund the Martyr
841 – circa 869 FEAST November 20 An English patriot-king, Edmund began life with a Saxon lineage and Christian upbringing. He may have been elected king […]
Elizabeth of Hungary
1207 – 1231 FEAST November 17 Elizabeth’s short life was nonetheless full; she had a happy marriage and children, was a secular Franciscan, and was so […]
Gertrude the Great
1256-1302 FEAST November 16 Born in Germany’s Thuringia state, this virgin was entrusted at the age of 5 to the Cistercian nuns at Saxony’s Helfta Abbey, […]
Blessed Lucy of Narni
1476- 1544 FEAST November 15 Lucia Brocadelli wanted to become a nun, but when she was 15, her family arranged her marriage to a count. After […]
Francis Cabrini
1850-1917 FEAST November 13 In 1946, Mother Cabrini was the first U.S. citizen to be canonized; she is the universal patron of immigrants. She was born […]
Theodore the Studite
759 – 826 FEAST November 11 A great figure in Christian monasticism, Theodore was born in Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey), but began monastic life in Bithynia. He […]