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| He was a disciple of St.John the Apostle |
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| He was seized for being a Christian. He was threatened and pressured in many ways, yet he declared to his captors, "For eighty-six years i have served jesus Christ, and he has never abandoned me.How could I curse my blessed King and Savior?" |
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| He was led into the stadium of Smyrna. The crowd demanded that he be left to the lions, but instead he was sentenced to death by fire. An eyewitness claims that the flames didn't harm him. He was finally killed by the sword, and his body was burned. |
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| He is remembered as an Apostolic Father, one who was a disciple of the Apostles. |
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| the best known is this saint, who was a Japanese of a noble family, a jesuit brother, and a brilliant preacher. |
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| Finally, on February 5, they reached Nagasaki, where twenty-six crosses awaited them on a hill now called Holy Mountain. it is said that the Christians ran to their crosses, singing. |
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| From his cross he forgave his persecutors and told the people to ask Christ to show them how to be truly happy. |
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| he was born in Venice. As asoldier, he was captured during battle and imprisoned. in a dungeon he thought about his life which had been for from virtuous. he decided to change and dedicated himself to the Virgin Mary. |
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| When the plague broke out in 1528, this saint cared for the sick and fed the hungry at his own expense. |
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| He died of a disease he caught from his patients. The names of Jesus and Mary were his last words. |
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| During a period of persecution, he fled to a cave where he lived as a hermit. It is said that he cured and tamed the wild animals there. |
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| One legend says that while he was in prison, a mother brought him her small boy, who was choking on a fishbone stuck in his throat. He prayed over the child, and he was healed. |
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| Every year on this saint's feast, two candles tied with ribbon in the shape of an X are used to bless throats. In the prayer the church prays that those blessed may be delivered from diseases of the throat and from every other illness. Candles are used because of another story:It is said that while he was kept in a dark prison, a women secretly brought him some candles and food. |
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| he is one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers, saints who were patrons for almost every aspect of life. |
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| He was a large man and a brilliant student, but he was quiet and seldom spoke. his classmates called him "the dumb ox." |
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| His family was upset and shocked that he would joina group of poor friars, so they captured him and kept him imprisoned for more than a year in the family castle. |
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| He first studied science under Albert the Great, but he preferred theology. One of the greatest Christian thinkers and writers, he is well known for his writings in philosophy and theology. |
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| His most famous work, the Summa Theologica, contains five volumes of his thought on all the Christian mysteries. |
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| He is a doctor of the Church and called "the angelic doctor" for his purity and knowledge. |
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| Then Quintian put her into prison for being a Christian. there she underwent extreme tortures. At one point St.Peter healed her, but the tortures finally killed her. |
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| Pictures often her holding a plate, a candle, or a house in flames. |
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| A year after her death a city survived the eruption of the volcano Mt.Etna. People said it was because of her prayers. |
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| She declared to her suitors, "Christ is my bridegroom. he is the first to choose me. I shall be his alone." |
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| The governor sent her to a house of prostitution to be tempted. All the men who saw her courage were afraid to touch her. One looked at her with lust and was struck blind; but she prayed for him, abd he regained his sight. |
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| St.Ambrose wrote that she went to the place of execution more cheerfully then others go to their wedding. |
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| This saint is often pictured with a lamb because this saints name means lamb. The name if fitting, for she had the gentleness and innocence of a lamb. |
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