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Franciscan Saints

The Holy Martyrs of Damascus

Friars Minor and Maronite lay Christians united in martyrdom

The story of the eight friars of the convent of Damascus, massacred in 1860 by the Druze, is one of the most b...

The Holy Martyrs of China

Br. Antonino Fantosati OFM, the “virtuoso” missionary bishop

Since the seventeenth century, China’s history has unfortunately been full of waves of persecution against C...

Blessed Martyrs of Ireland

Franciscan friars who did not abjure Catholicism

Ireland, the first Western country outside the Roman Empire to receive the Christian message, was able to keep...

Venerable María Ana Alberdi Echezarreta, OIC

Franciscan Conceptionist

On May 22 Pope Leo XIV received in audience Card. Marcello Semeraro, Prefect of the Dicastery of the Causes of...

St. Theophilus of Corte

Preaching, Penance, and Service to the Poor

He was the only child of Giovanni Antonio de Signori and Maddalena Arrighi, both of whom were from the most il...

Blessed Francesco Venimbeni da Fabriano

The first “librarian” of the Order of Friars Minor

Francesco Venimbeni was born in Fabriano (AN – Italy) on September 2, 1251, the first son of Compagno and Ma...

Blessed Martyrs of Ethiopia

Br. Liberato Weiss, Br. Samuele Marzorati, Br. Michele Pio Fasoli

Liberato Weiss was born in Konnersreuth, Bavaria (Germany), on the 4th January 1675. He entered the Order of F...

24 February 2026

Blessed Isabella of France

24th February, the younger sister in the footsteps of St. Francis

The fifth of six children of King Louis VIII of France and Blanche of Castile, Elizabeth - known as Isabella -...

21 February 2026

Leo XIV approves the cult of Blessed Gabriel Maria Nicolas

A new blessed for the Order of Friars Minor

Professed priest of the Order of Friars Minor - Confounder of the Order of the SS. AnnunciationOn February 21,...

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