Religious

320 lives of faith. Showing 229–240.

Artistic interpretation of St. Peter Faber

Priest · 2 August

St. Peter Faber

Peter Faber, SJ was a Savoyard Catholic priest, theologian and co-founder of the Society of Jesus, along with Ignatius of Loyola and Francis Xavier.

France

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Artistic interpretation of St. Peter Fourier

Priest · 9 December

St. Peter Fourier

Peter Fourier was a French canon regular who is honored as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church. Foregoing offers of high office, he served for many years as a pastor in the village of Mattaincourt in the Vosges.

France

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Artistic interpretation of St. Peter Nolasco

Religious · 6 May

St. Peter Nolasco

Peter Nolasco, O. de M. was a Catholic nobleman known for founding the Royal and Military Order of Our Lady of Mercy of the Redemption of the Captives with approval by Pope Gregory IX on 17 January 1235.

Origin uncertain · Disputed birthplace

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Artistic interpretation of St. Rafaela Porras Ayllón

Religious · 6 January

St. Rafaela Porras Ayllón

Rafaela Porras Ayllón, religious name Mary of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, was a Spanish religious sister who established the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in conjunction with her sister Dolores.

Spain

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Artistic interpretation of St. Raymond Nonnatus

Religious · 31 August

St. Raymond Nonnatus

Raymond Nonnatus was a Mercedarian friar and missionary from Catalonia in Spain. His byname, meaning "not born" in Latin, refers to his birth by Caesarean section, his mother having died in labour.

Spain · Traditional attribution

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Artistic interpretation of St. Stanislaus Kostka

Religious · 13 November

St. Stanislaus Kostka

Stanisław Kostka, SJ was a Polish novice in the Society of Jesus. He was born at Rostkowo, Przasnysz County, Poland, on 28 October 1550, and died in Rome during the night of 14–15 August 1568.

Poland

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Artistic interpretation of St. Stanislaus Papczyński

Religious · 17 September

St. Stanislaus Papczyński

Stanislaus Papczyński, MIC, born Jan Papczyński and in religion Stanislaus of Jesus and Mary, was a Polish Catholic priest who founded the Marians of the Immaculate Conception, the first Polish religious order for men.

Poland

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