St. Francis Xavier

Feastday: Dec 3 1506 – 1552  

St FRANCIS XAVIER was born in 1506 in the family castle  Xavier, on  April 7.He was a Roman Catholic Missionary.He led an  extensive mission into Asia,.Francis Xavier was the first Jesuit missionary. Francis devoted much of his life to missions in Asia, after being requested by King John III of Portugal to travel to Portuguese India, where the king believed that Christian values were eroding among the Portuguese. After successive appeals to the Pope asking for missionaries for the East Indies under thePadroado agreement, John III was encouraged by Diogo de Gouveia, rector of the Collège Sainte-Barbe, to recruit the newly graduated youngsters that would establish the Society of Jesus.

Saint Andrew the Apostle

Andrew the Apostle

Andrew the was the first Apostle.He was the brother of Simon also later called Peter. He was born in the village of bethsaida on the Sea of Galilee. He and his brother were fishermen by trade.Hence the tradition that Jesus called them to be his disciples by saying that he will make them “fishers of men“.

St. Saturninus

St. Saturninus

St. James Intercisus

 Saint James Intercisus (died 421)Feastday: November 27 died as a martyr by been cut into 28 pieces.He did not die from this but from been beheaded his sir name Intercisus derived from the Latin word for cut died as a martyr by been cut into 28 pieces.He did not die from this but from been beheaded.

St. John Berchmans

St. John Berchmans

St.John Berchmans is the patron saint of alter boys.He died on August,13,1621 and he was canonized in 1888 his feast day is November 26

 

St. Catherine of Alexandria

Saint Catherine of Alexandria, also known as Saint Catherine of the Wheel and The Great Martyr Saint Catherine  is, according to tradition, a Christian saint and virgin, who was martyred in the early 4th century at the hands of the pagan emperor Maxentius. According to her hagiography, she was both a princess and a noted scholar, who became a Christian around the age of fourteen, and herself converted hundreds of people to Christianity. Over 1,100 years following her martyrdom, St. Joan of Arc identified Catherine as one of the Saints who appeared to her and counselled her.

from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_of_Alexandria‎

Saint Benidict

Benedict of Nursia  is a Christian saint, honored by the Catholic Church and the Anglican Church^[1] as the patron saint of Europe and students.

Benedict founded twelve communities for monks at Subiaco, Italy (about 40 miles (64 km) to the east of Rome), before moving to Monte Cassino in the mountains of southern Italy. The Catholic Order of St Benedict and the Anglican Order of St Benedict are of later origin and, moreover, not an “order” as commonly understood but merely a confederation of autonomous congregations.^[2]

Benedict’s main achievement is his “Rule of Saint Benedict“, containing precepts for his monks. It is heavily influenced by the writings of John Cassian, and shows strong affinity with the Rule of the Master. But it also has a unique spirit of balance, moderation and reasonableness (ἐπιείκεια, epieikeia), and this persuaded most religious communities founded throughout the Middle Ages to adopt it. As a result, his Rule became one of the most influential religious rules in Western Christendom. For this reason, Benedict is often called the founder of western monasticism.

from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_of_Nursia

Saint Andrew Dunlac

Saint Andrew Dunlac

Andrew Dũng-Lạc (Anrê Trần An Dũng Lạc , 1795 – 21 December 1839) was a Vietnamese priest executed by beheading in the reign of Minh Mạng. He is a saint and martyr of the Catholic Church,

He was born Trần An Dũng in 1795, taking the name Andrew at his baptism (Anrê Dũng) and was ordained a priest on 15 March 1823.^[1] During persecution, Andrew Dũng changed his name to Lạc to avoid capture, and thus he is memorialised as Andrew Dũng-Lạc (Anrê Dũng Lạc).^[2] His memorial is 24 November; this memorial celebrates all of the Vietnamese Martyrs of the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries (1625–1886).

From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_D%C5%A9ng-L%E1%BA%A1c

Saint Joseph

Saint Joseph is the patron saint of Canada and my name-saint.