This week, Victoria elucidates English history for Christina through the tale of Saint Augustine of Canterbury.

Sources:

Wikipedia:

St. Augustine of Canterbury

Roman Empire

Britannia

History of England

Franks

Merovingian Dynasty

Late Middle Ages

Isle of Thanet

Wantsum Channel

Pentacost

Pallium

Laurence of Canterbury

Cannonization

Encyclopedia Britannica

Franciscan Media.org

Catholics.org

Victoria and Christina are back with perhaps the craziest mystic they've ever covered; St Bridget of Sweden.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridget_of_Sweden

https://epicpew.com/st-bridget-sweden-electrifying-5-facts-prove/

http://www.therealpresence.org/eucharst/misc/PHP/purg_sb_sweden.pdf

The Christian trumpet, of provisions and predictions about impending general calamities the universal triumph of the church the coming of the antichrist the last judgment and the end of the world, compiles from the witings of the saints.

This week, Victoria explains the long life of a mid-1800's martyr, St Mariam Baouardy. 

Sources:

Wikipedia:

Mariam Baouardy

I’billin

Church of the Holy Sepulchre

Acre

Stigmata

Orinoco Delta

Pau

Carmelites

Mount Carmel

Mangalore

Sisters of the Apostolic Carmel

Religious Ecstasy

Emmaus Nicopolis

Emmaus

Six Days War

Greek Catholic

Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch

https://www.carmelitesisters.ie/blessed-mary-of-jesus-crucified-miriam-baouardy/

https://www.mysticsofthechurch.com/2010/07/blessed-mariam-baouardy-little-arab-and.html

https://catholicsaints.info/saint-mary-of-jesus-crucified/

This week is a double hitter with Christina telling the stories of Saints Gobnait and Bega, two female saints from Ireland. 

Sources: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gobnait

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Bega

https://catholicsaints.info/saint-bega/

https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=1723

https://www.irishexaminer.com/property/homeandoutdoors/arid-20381607.html

This week Victoria presents the story of Saint Osmund and the history surrounding early England. 

Sources:

Wikipedia

     St Osmund

      Sées

     William the Conquerer

     Lord Chancellor

     Domesday Book

     Henry I

     Witenagemot

     Old Sarum Cathedral

     Use of Sarum

     William of Malmesbury

https://catholicsaints.info/saint-osmund/

https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11340a.htm

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Osmund-of-Salisbury

https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=4924

https://forallsaints.wordpress.com/2011/07/16/osmund-bishop-of-salisbury-1099/

This week on a Marty and a Monk, Victoria and Christina discuss the Saint Francis of the Americas; St Peter of St Joseph de Betancur.

Sources:

http://saintsresource.com/pedro-betancur

https://catholicsaints.info/saint-pedro-de-san-jose-betancur/

https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/homilies/2002/documents/hf_jp-ii_hom_20020730_canonization-guatemala.html

https://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/saints/ns_lit_doc_20020730_betancurt_en.html

https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=5764

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilaflor,_Santa_Cruz_de_Tenerife

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacristan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_Saint_Augustine

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethlehemites

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_order

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_of_Saint_Joseph_de_Betancur

This week, Christina and Victoria discuss the inspiring life of Saint Josephine Bakhita. 

Sources:

Wikipedia: Josephine Bakhita, Darfur, Daju people, Nuba Mountains, El-Obeid, Mahdist War, Mahdist State, Muhammad Allah, Mahdi, Khedivate of Egypt, Condominium (international law), Suakin, Canossians, Schio

Catholics.org

Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney

Franciscan Media

Vatican.va

In this installment of a Marty and a Monk, Christina and Victoria discuss many firsts including the first US born person canonized by the Catholic Church.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Ann_Seton

https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=180

https://setonshrine.org/elizabeth-ann-seton/

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Elizabeth-Ann-Seton

Victoria and Christina discuss another historical figure who was then canonized, St. Jadwiga of Poland, the young female king of Poland.

Sources:

Wikipedia: St. Jadwiga of Poland

Buda

St. Hedwig of Silesia

William, Duke of Austria

Treviso

Catherine of Hungary

Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor

Wawel Cathedral

Wawel Cathedral (website)

Catholic Online

Alington Catholid Herald

Galway Cathedral (Ireland)

Christina and Victoria discuss a saint with perhaps the most confusion around his origin story, St Erasmus of Formia. 

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erasmus_of_Formia

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Erasmus

https://www.britannica.com/science/Saint-Elmos-fire

https://www.livescience.com/st-elmos-fire.html

http://faith.nd.edu/s/1210/faith/interior.aspx?sid=1210&gid=609&pgid=20299&cid=39870&ecid=39870&crid=0&calpgid=61&calcid=53508

https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=182

https://catholicsaints.info/saint-erasmus/

https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/163