Saints

Italian Poor Clare nun, writer, teacher, mystic and artist. Born in Bologna on 8 September 1413, Catherine came from an upper class family, the daughter of Benvenuta Mammolini, a diplomat who worked for the Marquis of Ferra. Catherine received a good education in reading, writing, singing and drawing while being raised at the court of the Duke of Ferrara. She excelled in painting, Latin and the v... Read More

Founder of the Brothers Hospitallers. Patron of hospitals, the sick, booksellers and printers. John was born in Portugal in 1495. For a few years he was a mercenary for the Count of Oroprusa and fought for Spain against the Turks in Hungary and the French. John gave up religious practice while he was in the army. When his troop disbanded, he went to Andalusia and worked as a shepherd. At the age... Read More

Jesuit priest and martyr. John Ogilvie was born at Drum na Keith in Banffshire, Scotland, in 1580 and brought up as a Calvinist. His parents sent him to France for his education and at the age of 16, he decided to become a Catholic. He was received into the Church at Louvaine and joined the Society of Jesus in 1599. For ten years he worked in Austria, He was then assigned to the French province ... Read More