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St. Peter Of Alcántara
St. Peter of Alcántara was a sixteenth-century Spanish Franciscan friar, ascetic, writer and reformer of religious life. Born in Alcántara in Extremadura around 1499 and dying at Arenas in 1562, he became known for sever…
St. Peter Of Tarentaise
St. Peter of Tarentaise, also known as Peter II of Tarentaise or Pierre de Tarentaise, was a twelfth-century French Cistercian monk and archbishop. He is remembered within the Christian tradition as a reforming churchman…
St. Philip
Saint Philip is traditionally remembered as one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ. He appears especially in the Gospel of John, where he brings Nathanael to Jesus, participates in the feeding of the multitude, and a…
St. Philip Neri
St. Philip Neri (1515–1595) was an Italian priest, mystic and founder of the Congregation of the Oratory. Remembered as the “Apostle of Rome,” he played an important role in the Catholic renewal of the sixteenth century,…
St. Pius V
St. Pius V was a sixteenth-century pope and Dominican friar whose pontificate helped shape the Catholic Church after the Protestant Reformation. Born Michele Ghislieri in 1504, he became Pope Pius V in 1566 and served un…
St. Pius X
Saint Pius X was a Roman Catholic pope and saint who served as bishop of Rome from 1903 until his death in 1914. Born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto, he came from a modest family in the Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia and rose th…
St. Polycarp
St. Polycarp was a second-century Christian bishop of Smyrna, an important city on the Aegean coast of Asia Minor, in what is now İzmir, Turkey. He is remembered as one of the earliest Christian martyrs whose life and de…
St. Pontian
St. Pontian, more precisely Pope Pontian or Pontianus, was a bishop of Rome who served during a period of internal conflict in the Christian Church and severe imperial persecution. He became bishop of Rome around 230 and…
St. Zachary
St. Zachary is a name used for more than one Christian saint, and the identity intended depends on the religious, historical, or liturgical context. The most widely recognized figure is Zachary the priest, the father of …
St. Porphyrius
St. Porphyrius, usually identified as Porphyrius of Gaza, was a Christian bishop and ascetic who played an important part in the Christianisation of Gaza in the late fourth and early fifth centuries. He is remembered esp…
St. Prætextatus
St. Prætextatus, also written Praetextatus, Pretextatus, or Prétextat, was a sixth-century bishop of Rouen in northern Gaul. He is remembered in Christian tradition as a bishop, political victim, and martyr whose death w…