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In 1502, Anthony Mary Zaccaria was born in Cremona, Italy, into a noble family. A short time after Anthony was born, his father Lazzaro passed away, and at the age of 18, his mother Antonietta deci...
These “proto-martyrs” of Rome were the first Christians persecuted en masse by the Emperor Nero in the year 64, before the martyrdom of Saints Peter and Paul. Nero was widely believed to...
The Lord can make saints anywhere, even amid the brutality and license of Renaissance life. Florence was the “mother of piety” for Aloysius Gonzaga despite his exposure to a “society of fraud, dagg...