St Roch Research Paper

Raymond of Capua deduces in his book The Life of Saint Catherine of Siena that the marriage between Catherine and Christ was granted by the Virgin Mary based on the mercy Mary bestows on everyone who prays to her. He writes, Catherine “turns to one who distributes her graces most generously who, being unable to refuse even sinners, and never rejects anyone, who gives to wise and foolish alike…How can such a one fail to hear an ardent innocent young girl?” (32). Catherine's newfound bond with Christ was sealed soon

St. Margaret was canonized a saint in 1250 by Pope Innocent IV in recognition of her “personal holiness, fidelity to the Church, work for religious reform, and charity.” On June 19th, 1250, her remains were taken to a chapel in Dunfermline Abbey where she was buried before the high altar. Today, we celebrate her feast day on November 16th (the day of her death.) She is patron of Scotland and known as “The Pearl of Scotland.” There are hundreds of schools named after St. Margaret that remember her reformation of the church and help to the poor.

My saint is saint cecilia of Rome. Saint cecilia is the patroness of musicians. At her wedding musicians were there playing while she was there singing her heart to the lord. Her feast day is celebrated in the Latin Catholic church, Eastern Catholic church, Anglican church, and Eastern Orthodox churches on November 22. Saint Cecilia's full name is Saint Cecilia of Rome. In the fourth century a Greek romance on the Loves of Cecilia and Valerian was written in glory of virginal life with the purpose of taking the place of back then romances. Until better evidence is produced, we did not know about saint Cecilia until about the time when Pope Gelasius introduced her name into his Sacramentary. They said there was a church dedicated to St. Cecilia

St Brigid of Kildare was born in 452 AD. She was a catholic nun who became one of the patron saints of Ireland. She dedicated her whole life to following Jesus’s message; which was to love god, and love others. She shared this as her own message, through the love and support she gave to others in the community. Like Jesus she wanted to help the less fortunate and give to those that were in need, offering them hope and faith. She chose to seek out justice among her community and society, working around the lives of many. She was inspired by Jesus spirituality, nature and love, that she wanted to demonstration her appreciation and strength to those who were struggling. For example, she used her middle-class lifestyle to contribute to feeding the poor and nursing those who were injured or sick. Her childhood was filled with donating her mothers and father’s possessions to anyone who asked (Online, n.d.).

Another beautiful female saint to admire, is Saint Catherine of Siena. At an early age, Saint Catherine devoted her life to God. During

St. Anthony, Patron saint of the poor, people whose lives seem uprooted or misdirected, and finding lost objects, is a good saint that I pray to personally and often.

St Catherine of Sienna was born on March 25th 1347 and she was the 25th of the 26 children. She was born in northern Italy in a small little town called Giacomo di Benincasa. Her family belonged to a lower middle class and when she was only 6 she had a mystical vision of a guardian angel. When she was seven she vowed to Chastity. At the age of 15 she had a vision of her marrying Jesus, and was left with stigmata on her hands. At

Fathers, Martyrs, and Our Religion is Better: A New Critical Outlook on The Life of Saint Cecilia

The patron saint of artists and against temptations, Catherine de' Vigri was venerated for nearly three centuries in her native Bologna before being formally canonized, in 1712. Her feast day is 9 March.

Catherine was born March 25, 1347, as the 23rd child of Jacopo and Lapa Benincasa. She grew up as a cheerful, intelligent and intensely religious person. When she was 6, she had a vision of Christ at the Siena San Dominic Church. By the age of 7, she had a vow of chastity to never get married. Catherine cut off her hair in order to protest against her mother in order to improve her appearance to attract a husband. Her father supported her and gave her a room in order to pray and mediate in peace. She joined the Dominican Third Order at 18 and spent three years in prayer, austerity and seclusion. She died in April 29, 1380

St. Gregory of Pontus, also known as St. Gregory Thaumaturgus, was the patron Saint of against natural disasters such as: earthquakes, desperate causes, floods, forgotten causes, impossible causes, lost causes. He was born in 213 and died in 270 in Neocaesarea, Pontus. His feast day is November 17. St. Pontus was born into a wealthy pagan family in Neocaesarea where Gregory studied law and the traditional Greek and Roman classics. The name given to him at birth was, Theodore, which means “gift of God.” St. Pontus parents wanted him to be a lawyer, so he and his brother planned to attend law school at Beirut, which is located in Lebanon. Their brother-in-law became an official in the government of Palestine, and before went to law school, they

St.Bernadette was born at Lourdes,France. Her parents where very poor and she herself was in poor health. She suffered severe asthma and also contracted Cholera. Bernadette was sent to collect firewood with her sister and a friend near the grotto of Massabielle where she experienced her first vision. The beautiful Lady was wearing a white veil, a blue girdle and a yellow rose on each foot. She made the sign of the cross with her rosary made of ivory and gold. Bernadette knelt down and took out her own rosary and started praying. After Sunday Mass Bernadette went back to the grotto and immediately knelt down. The beautiful Lady announced herself as The Immaculate Conception. She told Bernadette to pray for sinners and

Saint Damien of Molokai was a spectacular man although not that many people know of him. He is a more recent saint, which is the reason not that many people know about him. He was born on January third, 1840 in Belgium and died on April fifteenth, 1889. He lived to be only forty-nine years old. One of his brothers became a priest and two of his sisters became nuns. When Saint Damien was only nineteen years old he joined the Society of Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary and of Perpetual Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament of the altar. In addition to joining the Society of Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary and of Perpetual Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament of the altar, he also became a priest of the Roman Catholic Church.

During this time people gave up their lives for the Catholic faith. Some of them have been canonized and others have beatified. One saint that was recently canonized on October 16 of last year is Saint Jose Sanchez del Rio. He was fourteen years old when he died. He was caught by the federalists and locked up in a church that was used as a prison. He was tortured and asked to renounce to his faith, but he refused to. The soles of his feet were sliced and he was made to walk on salt. The soldiers were getting so frustrated and angry at him that they started stabbing him. He was also struck with a machete, with every strike that he took he screamed Viva Cristo Rey.

San Pedro de Rocas origin dates before the year 573, as in an inscription found on a tombstone in the monastery church (it is currently in the Provincial Archaeological Museum of Ourense); five names in this monument (Eufrásio, Eusanio, Quinedio, Eatio, and Flavio) received some form of inheritance related to evangelising Martin de Braga (aka