Saints

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

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

Monk and writer. Oengus was the author of the earliest Irish Martyrology, called the 'Felire'. Born of a royal Ulster family, he was educated at the monastery of Clonenagh (Co Laois). He lived as a hermit at Disertbeagh where he practised a life of austerity, reading the psalter daily while submersed in cold water, fasting and many genuflections. In later life he joined the monastery of Tallacht... Read More