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Saint Polycarp was a disciple of St. John the Evangelist and Apostle. While Polycarp's life is mostly known through the account of his martyrdom, he was an important figure in the early Christian C...
Tradition says that the brothers Methodius and Constantine (he did not take the name Cyril until just before his death) grew up in Thessalonica as sons of a prominent Christian family. Because many...
St. Agatha is one of the most highly venerated virgin martyrs of the Catholic Church. She was born around 231 in Sicily to a rich and noble family. She was notably beautiful from the ve...