Saint of the Day Desk

Saint Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer

The life of Saint Josemaría Escrivá, a priest and the founder of Opus Dei and The Prelature of the Holy Cross, is honored by the Catholic Church on June 26. He was born on January 9, 190...

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Saint Aloysius Gonzaga

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...

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Saint Alban
Saint Romuald
Saint Osanna Andreasi
Saint Lutgardis
Saint Gasper Bertoni

Saint Barnabas the Apostle

Barnabas, a Jew of Cyprus, comes as close as anyone outside the Twelve to being a full-fledged apostle. He was closely associated with Saint Paul—he introduced Paul to Peter and the other apostles—...

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