319 lives of faith. Showing 13–24.
Religious · January 6
André Bessette, C.S.C. , commonly known as Brother André and since his canonization as Saint André of Montreal, was a lay brother of the Congregation of Holy Cross and a significant figure of the Catholic Church among French Canadians. He is credited with…
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Bishop · January 7
Raymond of Penyafort was a Catalan friar with the Dominicans who was a canon lawyer.
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Religious · January 4
Angela of Foligno was an Italian Franciscan tertiary who became known as a mystic from her extensive writings about her mystical revelations.
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Monastic / Hermit · January 12
Marguerite Bourgeoys, CND , was a French religious sister and founder of the Congregation of Notre Dame of Montreal in the colony of New France, now part of Québec, Canada.
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Martyr · January 16
Berard of Carbio was a thirteenth-century Franciscan friar who was executed in Morocco for attempting to promote Christianity.
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Monastic / Hermit · January 17
Anthony the Great was a Christian monk from Egypt, revered since his death as a saint.
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Monastic / Hermit · January 6
Charles of Sezze - born Giancarlo Marchioni - was an Italian professed religious from the Order of Friars Minor.
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Monastic / Hermit · January 23
Marianne Cope, OSF, also known as Marianne of Molokaʻi , was a German-born American member of the Sisters of St.
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Doctor of the Church · January 28
Thomas Aquinas was an Italian Dominican friar and priest, theologian, and philosopher.
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Monastic / Hermit · March 6
Colette of Corbie, PCC was a French abbess and the foundress of the Colettine Poor Clares, a reform branch of the Order of Saint Clare, better known as the Poor Clares.
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Monastic / Hermit · February 10
Scholastica was an Italian Christian consecrated virgin and the sister of Benedict of Nursia.
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Monastic / Hermit · February 7
Egidio Maria of Saint Joseph - born Francesco Pontillo - was an Italian professed religious of the Order of Friars Minor.
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