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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 a nobleman, would join a group of poor friars, so they captured Thomas and kept him imprisoned for more than a year in a 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 thoughts 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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| He was a disciple of Saint 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 beloved 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. A eyewitness account claims that the fire didn't harm him. He was finally killed by the sword, and his body was burned. Christians buried his remains. |
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| He is remembered as an apostolic father, one who was a disciple of the apostles. |
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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 fish bone stuck in his throat. He prayed over the child and he was healed. |
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| Every year on his feast two candles tied w/ 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. The candles are used because of another story. it is said that while he was kept in a dark prison, a woman secretly brought him 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 born in Venice. As a soldier, he was captured during battle and imprisoned. In a dungeon he thought about his life, which had been far from virtuous. He decided to change and dedicated himself to the Virgin Mary. |
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| When the plague broke out in 1528, Jerome cared for the sick and fed the hungry at his own expense. |
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| He died from a disease caught from his patients. The names of Jesus and Mary were his last words. |
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| Then Quintain put her into prison for being a Christian. There she underwent extreme tortures. At one point Saint Peter supposedly healed her, but the tortures finally killed her. |
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| Pictures often show 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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| Next, 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 w/ lust & was struck blind, but she prayed for him and he regained his sight |
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| Saint Ambrose wrote that she went to the place of execution more cheerful than others go to their wedding. |
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| She is often pictured w/ a lamb because her name means lamb. |
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| Saint Paul Miki and Companions |
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| He is the best known,a Japanese of a noble family, Jesuit brother, and brilliant teacher. |
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| Saint Paul Miki & Companions |
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| Finally on February, 5th they reached Nagasaki, where 26 crosses awaited them on a hill now called the Holy Mountain. It is said that the Christians ran to their crosses singing. |
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| Paul Miki and companions. |
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| From his cross he forgave his persecutors and told the people to ask Christ how to be truly happy. |
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