All posts tagged: Saints

December 7 – St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan – An Advent hymn, text by Ambrose -Veni redemptor gentium. It was transformed by Martin Luther into the German […]

December 7 – St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan – (c. between 337 and 340 – 4 April 397) – He was a bishop of Milan and one […]

December 6 – St. Nicholas, Bishop of Myra – Saint Nicholas (Greek: Άγιος Νικόλαος, Hagios [“holy”] Nicolaos [“victory of the people”]) (270–6 December 343), was a historic […]

December 4 – St. John Damascene (c.675 – c.749) – Representative of the Christians to the court of the Muslim caliph. Thrived as a Christian in a […]

November 30 – St. Andrew, Apostle – He was brother of Simon (Peter), both fishermen. From the fourth Gospel we learn that Andrew was a disciple of […]

November 17 – St. Elizabeth of Thuringia, Princess of Hungary – T.O.S.F. – (Third Order Franciscan) – (German: Heilige Elisabeth von Thüringen, Hungarian:Árpád-házi Szent Erzsébet, July 7, […]

November 11 – St. Martin of Tours, Bishop, 316 – November 8, 397. While Martin was still a soldier in the Roman army and deployed in Gaul […]

November 10 – St. Leo the Great – Leo’s pontificate, next to that of St. Gregory I, is the most significant and important in Christian antiquity. At […]

November 3 – Martin de Porres (December 9, 1579 – November 3, 1639) A lay brother of the Dominican Order who lived in Lima, Peru. He is […]