Saint of the Day

Saint John of the Cross; the Mystical Doctor

Saint John of the Cross, born Juan de Yepes y Álvarez on 24 June 1542 was a Spanish Catholic priest, mystic, and a Carmelite friar of converso origin. He is a major figure of the Counter-Reformatio...

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Saint Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin

Saint Juan Diego was born in 1474 as Cuauhtlatoatzin, in Mexico. He became the first Roman Catholic indigenous saint from the Americas. He was a Chichimec peasant and Marian visionary and is said t...

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Saint Andrew the Apostle; Patron Saint of Fishermen and Singers

Saint Andrew was an apostle of Jesus according to the New Testament. He was the brother of Simon Peter and son of Jonah. Andrew was born between 5 and 10 AD in Bethsaida, in Galilee. Much...

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