Religious

320 lives of faith. Showing 97–108.

Artistic interpretation of St. Martin de Porres

Religious · 3 November

St. Martin de Porres

Martín de Porras Velázquez was a Peruvian lay brother of the Dominican Order who was beatified in 1837 by Pope Gregory XVI and canonized in 1962 by Pope John XXIII.

Peru

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Artistic interpretation of St. Nicholas Tavelic

Martyr

St. Nicholas Tavelic

Nicholas Tavelic, O.F.M. , was a Croatian Friar Minor, priest and missionary who was the leader of a group of friars who died a martyr's death in Jerusalem on November 14, 1391. He was beatified along with his companions, who included friars from Italy and…

Croatia

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Artistic interpretation of St. Albertus Magnus

Doctor of the Church · 15 November

St. Albertus Magnus

Albertus Magnus , also known as Saint Albert the Great, Albert of Swabia, Albert von Bollstadt, or Albert of Cologne, was a German Dominican friar, philosopher, scientist, and bishop.

Germany · Probable birthplace

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Artistic interpretation of St. Francis Fasani

Priest / Deacon · 29 November

St. Francis Fasani

Francis Anthony Fasani, OFM Conv. was an Italian friar of the Order of Conventual Friars Minor who has been declared a saint by the Catholic Church.

Italy

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Artistic interpretation of St. Charles de Foucauld

Martyr · 1 December

St. Charles de Foucauld

Charles de Foucauld, born as Charles Eugène, vicomte de Foucauld de Pontbriand , in religion Charles of Jesus, was a French monk, Catholic priest and hermit who lived among the Tuareg people in the Sahara in Algeria.

France

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