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Mariana de Paredes y Flores, who later adopted the name Mariana de Jesus, was born on October 31, 1618 in Quito, Ecuador (at the time, Ecuador was a part of Peru), to affluent Spanish parents. She ...
Godric was born in Norfolk, in 1065, to humble beginnings. He spent his youth as a merchant mariner and very much lived the life of a sailor. During one voyage he visited the Island of Lindisfarne ...
Regarding this martyr, we don't have any credible historical data. According to legend, he is said to have been born towards the end of the third century in Phrygia, Asia Minor, which is now Turkey...