Blessed John Duns Scotus: one of the most influential Franciscans through the centuries. The post Blessed John Duns Scotus appeared first on Cradio.

Saint Narcissus from his youth applied himself with great care to the study of both religious and human disciplines... The post St Narcissus of Jerusalem appeared first on Cradio.

Blessed Bartholomew Breganza was born at Vicenza around 1200 and received the habit from Saint Dominic at Bologna. For several years he preached throughout Lombardy and Emilia and labored to restore peace and public order. In 1253 he was named bishop of Limassol, Cyprus, and in 1255 was transferred to Vicenza, where again he worked [...] The post St Bartholomew of Vicenza appeared first on Cradio.

Few men have made such an impression on history as St John Paul the Great. Having lost his entire immediate family at a young age, lived under Nazi occupation and communism in Poland, and later suffering many years with Parkinson's Disease, St John Paul knew what it was to suffer... The post St John Paul the Great appeared first on Cradio.

Raised in a pagan family and converted to Christianity while studying at Alexandria as a teenager... The post St Hilarion appeared first on Cradio.

Student of Saint Gregory of Nazianzen and Secretary to Pope Damasus I who commissioned him to revise the Latin text of the Bible... The post St Jerome appeared first on Cradio.

The liturgy celebrates the feast of these three archangels who are venerated in the tradition of the Church. Michael (Who is like God?) was the archangel who fought against Satan and all his evil angels, defending all the friends of God. He is the protector of all humanity from the snares of the devil. Gabriel [...] The post Feast of the Archangels appeared first on Cradio.

Son of Vratislav I, Duke of Bohemia, whose family had been converted by Saint Cyril and Saint Methodius, and Drahomira, daughter of a pagan chief; she was baptized on her wedding day, but who apparently never seriously took to the faith. Grandson and student of Saint Ludmilla. Duke of Bohemia, ascending to power when his [...] The post St Wenceslaus appeared first on Cradio.

Taken captive by Turkish pirates to Tunis, and sold into slavery. Freed in 1607 when he converted one of his owners to Christianity... The post St Vincent de Paul appeared first on Cradio.

The twin brothers Saint Cosmas and Damian were physicians and early Christian martyrs born in Cilicia, part of today's Turkey... The post Ss Cosmas and Damian appeared first on Cradio.