Daily Saints

June 20: Saint Osanna of Mantua

Osanna Andreasi was born on January 17, 1449 in Carbonarola, close to Mantua. Later the family moved to a smaller palace in Mantua. At...

June 19: Saint Romuald

In the midst of his youth, Romuald witnessed his father kill a relative in a duel over the property. He fled to a monastery...

June 18: Saint Amandus

Saint Amandus was a bishop and instructor of St. Paulinus of Nola. He was ordained by Delphinus of Bordeaux, France. He then instructed Paulinus...

June 17: Saints Nicander and Marcian

Nicander and Marcian served some time in the Roman army at Dorostolum in Moesia. They served when Diocletian was emperor. But when the edicts...

June 16: Saint John Francis Regis

John was born into a wealthy family. He was so impressed by his Jesuit educators that he himself wished to enter the Society of...

June 15: St. Germaine Cousin

St. Germaine Cousin was a simple and pious young girl who lived in Pibrac, France in the late 1500s. Germaine was born in 1579...

June 14: Saint Methodios

Methodios was born to wealthy parents in 788, Syracuse. He was sent as a young man to Constantinople to continue his education and hopefully...

June 13: St. Anthony of Padua

Anthony was born in 1195 in Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. His baptism name was Ferdinand. Born into a wealthy family, Antony joined the...

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