Saint Chad was born in Northumbria (England). He was a disciple of Saint Aidan and was probably educated at the monastery at Lindisfarne.
After living...
John Berchmans (1599-1621)was born on 13 March 1599, in the city of Diest, Belgium, as the son of a shoemaker. He was the oldest of five children....
The persecution of Christians was raging. From the bridge called the pons aemilius, which spanned the Tiber River over Tiber Island, the bodies of her...