Ansgar preached the gospel in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and northern Germany. Born in Picardy, France, around 801, he attended the monastery in Corby and...
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...
