Friday, July 25, 2025

The Great Cloud of Witnesses

St. Andrew Avellino Read more

St. Andrew Avellino

Born at Castronuovo (today Castronuovo di Sant'Andrea), a small town in the province of Potenza, in Basilicata, his baptismal name was Lancelotto, which he changed to Andrew when he entered the Order of Theatines. After receiving his elementary training in the school at Castronuovo, he was sent to Venice to pursue a course in the humanities and in philosophy. Being a handsome youth, his...
Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 219
St.  Theodore Stratelates (of Heraclea) Read more

St. Theodore Stratelates (of Heraclea)

Theodore Stratelates, also known as Theodore of Heraclea , is a martyr and Warrior Saint venerated with the title Great-martyr in the Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Catholic and Roman Catholic Churches and Oriental Orthodox Churches . There is much confusion between him and St. Theodore of Amasea and they were in fact probably the same person, whose legends later diverged into two separate...
Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 324
The Four Crowned Martyrs Read more

The Four Crowned Martyrs

According to tradition the Four Crowned Martyrs (d. 305 A.D.) were renowned sculptors living in what is today Austria-Hungary. They were commissioned by Roman Emperor Diocletian to make several sculptures; however, when he requested a sculpture of the pagan god Aesculapius for a heathen temple, they refused to carve it. Their refusal exposed them as Christians during Diocletian's fierce...
Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 264
St. Willibrord of Echternach Read more

St. Willibrord of Echternach

Willibrord (c. 658 – 7 November AD 739) was a Northumbrian missionary saint, known as the "Apostle to the Frisians" in the modern Netherlands. He became the first Bishop of Utrecht and died at Echternach, Luxembourg. His father, named Wilgils or Hilgis, was styled by Alcuin as a Saxon of Northumbria. Newly converted to Christianity, Wilgils entrusted his son as an oblate to the...
Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 308
St. Leonard of Noblac Read more

St. Leonard of Noblac

St. Leonard of Noblac (d. 559 A.D.) also known as St. Leonard of Limoges, was a French nobleman in the court of Clovis I, King of France. He was converted to the Christian faith, along with the King, by St. Remigius, Bishop of Rheims. After his conversion he abandoned his worldly pursuits, left the royal court, and followed St. Remigius as a disciple. He obtained special permission from the...
Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 227
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