Feast Day: February 25 St. Tarasius was born at Constantinople about the middle of the eighth century, of a noble family. His mother Eucratia, brought him up in the practice of the most eminent virtues. By his talents and virtue he gained the esteem of all, and was raised to the greatest honors of the empire, being made consul, and afterwards first secretary of state to the … [Read more...]
How to Become a Saint?
This question has two parts. Part one is the official canonization process the Church uses to declare a person a saint. Part two is how one is to live their life to become a saint. Part One - Canonization The official process for becoming a Saint is called “Canonization”, but before 1234 there was no formal process for being declared a saint. Martyrs and those deemed as … [Read more...]
St. Elizabeth of Portugal
Feast Day: July 4th Patron of charities and charity workers, difficult marriages, falsely accused people, peace, queens, victims of adultery, victims of jealousy, victims of unfaithfulness, widows, and brides Earthly Life: 1271 - July 4th, 1336 Canonized: May 25th, 1625 by Pope Urban VIII St. Elizabeth of Portugal was born in 1271. Elizabeth came from a very religious … [Read more...]
Saints
We are adding more saints every day. Let us know which saints you want to read about most and we will work to add them to the Saints List asap. … [Read more...]
St. Thomas
Feast Day: July 3rd Patron of People in doubt, Architects, Blind people, Builders, Construction workers Earthly Life: unknown – 72AD (approx) Cannonized: Pre-Congregation St. Thomas was one of the twelve Apostles. Thomas is most infamously known from the Gospel of John 20:19-29 where he states upon missing seeing the resurrected Jesus “Unless I see the mark of the … [Read more...]