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Cecilia was a virgin who came from an extremely rich family in Rome. She was given in marriage to a youth named Valerian. She wore sackcloth next to her skin, fasted, and invoked the saints, angels...
The saint and doctor of the Church who would be known as Albertus Magnus was born sometime before the year 1200. He was probably born in Bavaria, a fact we infer because he referred to himself as "...
Leonard of Noblac is a Frankish saint who was converted to Christianity along with the king, at Christmas 496. Leonard became a hermit in the forest of Limousin, where he gathered a number of follo...