Feastday: July 1 Earthly Life: 489 - 554 (approx) Cannonized: Pre-Congregation Of all the bishops who have occupied the see of Clermont-Ferrand (Auvergne) the sixteenth and twenty-third bore the name of Gal, and both are honoured as saints. The first and most illustrious was bishop from 527 to 551. Gal was born of a senatorial family of Auvergne, the first St. Gal early … [Read more...]
St. Joan of Arc
At Domremy, on the Upper Meuse, was born on January 6, 1412, of pious parentage, the illustrious heroine of all time, St. Joan of Arc. Taught by her mother from earliest years to pray each night "O God, save France," she could not help but conceive that ardent love for her country which later consumed her life. While the English were overrunning the north of France, their … [Read more...]