Saints

Reforming bishop. A patron of missionaries and South America. Toribio Alfonso de Mogrobejo was born in Mayorga, in Spain, in 1538. A law professor at the University of Salamanca, he was appointed chief judge of the Inquisition at Granada by King Philip II. He was still a layman, when in 1580, he was made a bishop and sent to work in Lima, Peru. He arrived in the following year to find the huge... Read More

Jesuit lay-brother and martyr. There is no record of his family, birthplace, date of birth, or baptism. Nicholas was a carpenter and servant of the Society of Jesus. He joined the order around 1580. At the execution of St Edmund Campion he openly declared him innocent and was imprisoned. After his release he served Fathers Henry Garnett and John Gerard for eighteen years. Small in stature - he was... Read More

Archbishop and martyr. Oscar Arnulfo Romero was born into a family of ten on 15 August in Ciudad Barrios, El Salvador. His father was in charge of the local telegraph office. When he was 14 years old, Oscar went to study at junior seminary. When his mother was ill and needed money for medicine, Oscar left the seminary for three months and worked in the gold mine in Potosí, earning about 4p a da... Read More