Catholicism

Member of the Order of Cistercians. (1748-1797)

Benedictine abbot and controversial writer. (1518-1592)

Congregation of the Brothers of St. Francis Xavier. An institute of laymen, founded under episcopal approbation by Theodore James Ryken, in Belgium, in the year 1839.

French theologian. (1565-1642)

Located in the Republic of Mexico; Campeche and Tabasco are its suffragans.

The prophecy of Zacharias is one of the books admitted by both Jews and Christians into their canon of Sacred Writings, one of the Minor Prophets.

Account of his pontificate focuses on his entanglement with the Pelagian controversy.

Prefecture Apostolic of the Zambesi Mission.

Greco-Melchite diocese.

Spanish Franciscan, born at Bilbao, Vizeaya, Spain. (1780-1846)

Diocese in Spain.

Titular see in Cilicia.

Historian who took vows at the Abbey of Zwiefalten 21 November, 1707, was ordained priest, 21 March, 1713, and became professor of theology at his monastery.

A sect which flourished in the eighteenth century at Ronsdorf in the Duchy of Berg.

Franciscan born at Durango in the Basque. Custodian of the convent of Abrojo.

Illustrated profile, with links.

Illustrated profile.

Illustrated profile of this nurse and Sister of Charity.

Profile. Illustrated, and with links.

Biography of the 'doctor universalis', German monk and alchemist. With the biography by A.E. Waite.

Lengthy hagiography.

Lengthy hagiography.

Biographical article includes a prayer for his canonization.

Brief illustrated profile.

Profile of St. Beatrice, canonized in 1976.

Brief illustrated biography.

Illustrated profile.

Brief biographical paragraph.

The story of the Polish prince. Suitable for children.

The story of this French saint. Suitable for children.

Short biography.

Profile, with links.

Illustrated profile of the Franciscan saint.

Two projects on Edmund Rice undertaken by first-year students at St Aidan's, Whitehall, Dublin, Ireland.

Brief biography and a timeline, from the saint's national shrine in Emmitsburg, Maryland.

Profile.

From the book "Saints for Sinners," by Alban Goodier.

Detailed biography of St. Francis Xavier, focusing on his activities in Japan.

Profile of the English martyr.

The Life of the Blessed Brother Giles, Companion of St. Francis.

Hagiography, from "The Saints: A Concise Biographical Dictionary," edited by John Coulson.

Lengthy biographical essay.

Essay on these two spiritual authors, whose lives were bound together.

Profile of the martyr.

From Butler's Lives of the Saints.

Profile.

Bare-bones profile.

Short, pious, rather vague biography of the patron of the National Rural Life Conference in the U.S.

Profile. With links.

Courtesy of the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate.