Saint Biographies
She led French troops during the Hundred Years' War and was later canonized in 1920.
St. Joan of Ark
Patron saint of internet users and computer programmers.
Saint Isidore of Seville
This ancient Celtic festival, meaning "summer's end," influenced some All Saints Day traditions.
Samhain
The "Holy House" associated with this saint was allegedly transported by angels from Nazareth to Italy.
The House of the Virgin Mary
This English cardinal, known for his work on the development of Christian doctrine, was canonized in 2019.
John Henry Newman
This 16th-century Spanish mystic wrote "The Interior Castle" and reformed the Carmelite Order.
Saint Teresa of Avila
Patron saint of difficult marriages and victims of abuse.
St Monica
In this year, Pope Urban IV made All Saints Day a universal feast of the Church.
835
This saint's preserved heart is on display in a church in Lanciano, Italy, and is said to have bled during a Eucharistic miracle.
The church of San Francesco
Canonized in 2022, this Dutch priest voluntarily died in Auschwitz in place of another prisoner.
Titus Brandsma