Peter was born into a working-class family in Siena, Italy. From an early age he was fond of prayer. Peter's occupation was comb-making.
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Catholics remember and celebrate the life of the great Arab Church Father St. John of Damascus on 4 December.
Eastern Orthodox Christians and Eastern Catholics,...
St. Bibiana suffered persecution started Apronianus Governor of Rome in 363. She was the daughter of Christians, Flavian, a Roman knight, and Dafrosa, his...
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...
