saints of the month july

Saint of the Day (July 31) from navigate53 1208 days old

JULY 31 ST. IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA This famous founder of the Jesuits was born in 1491. He was from a Spanish noble family. As a boy, he was sent to ...

Saint of the Day (July 30) from navigate53 1209 days old

JULY 30 ST. PETER CHRYSOLOGUS Peter was born in the small town of Imola, Italy. He lived in the fifth century. Bishop Cornelius of Imola educated ...

Saint of the Day (July 29) from navigate53 1210 days old

JULY 29 ST. MARTHA Martha was the sister of Mary and Lazarus. They lived in the little town of Bethany near Jerusalem. They were dear friends of ...

Saints of the Day (July 28) from navigate53 1211 days old

JULY 28 ST. BOTVID Botvid was born in Sweden. He lived near the end of the eleventh century. The young man was brought up a pagan. But when he went ...

Saints of the Day (July 27) from navigate53 1212 days old

JULY 27 ST. PANTALEON Pantaleon came from Nicomedia, near the Black Sea, in Asia. He lived in the fourth century. He was such a famous doctor that ...

Saints of the Day (July 26) from navigate53 1213 days old

JULY 26 ST. JOACHIM AND ST. ANNE St. Anne and St. Joachim are the parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary. They spent their lives worshiping God and ...

Saint of the Day (July 25) from navigate53 1214 days old

JULY 25 ST. JAMES THE GREATER James was a fisherman like his father Zebedee and his brother John. He was on his father's boat mending his nets ...

Saint of the Day (July 24) from navigate53 1215 days old

JULY 24 ST. BORIS AND ST. GLEB These two brothers were born toward the end of the tenth century. They were sons of St. Vladimir of Kiev, the first ...

Saint of the Day (July 23) from navigate53 1217 days old

JULY 23 ST. BRIDGET OF SWEDEN Bridget was born in Sweden in 1303. From the time she was a child, she was greatly devoted to the passion of Jesus. ...

Saint of the Day (July 22) from navigate53 1217 days old

JULY 22 ST. MARY MAGDALENE Mary Magdalene was from Magdala near the Sea of Galilee. Some people identify her as a well-known sinner when she first ...