The Nativity of Mary – September 8th We do not usually celebrate the birthdays of the saints. Instead we celebrated the day they died, becau...

Blessed Maria Assunta Pallotta – September 7th Maria Assunta was a young Italian country girl who spent her days as a teen doing farm chores...

St. Alexander – September 6th Alexander was born in Egypt and became a soldier in the famous Theban Legion of the Roman army. The emperor ha...

St. Lawrence Justinian – September 5th His good mother sometimes thought this Italian boy was aiming too high, but he always told her that h...

St. Rose of Viterbo – September 4th Rose was born in Italy of poor parents, back in the time when the Emperor Frederick had conquered land t...

St. Pius X – September 3rd This great Pope’s name was Joseph Sarto. He was the son of the mailman in the little Italian town of Riese, and w...

St. Stephen of Hungary - Patron of Hungary - September 2nd This Saint’s name was Vaik, but when he became a Christian at the age of ten, he ...

St. Giles - Patron of Cripples, Beggars and Blacksmiths - September 1st Giles was born in Athens, Greece, and when his parents died, he used...

St. Aidan – August 31st Aidan was an Irish monk who lived at the great monastery of Iona, which St. Columba had founded. One day the King of...

St. Rose of Lima - Patron of Invalids And Those With Skin Diseases - August 30th This South American Saint’s real name was Isabel, but she w...