Fabiola, St.
Fabiola, St. (bean grower) (died 399) In Christian legend, friend of St. Jerome. Feast, 27 December. Fabiola had divorced her drunken husband and remarried. After…
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Edmund, St.
Edmund, St. (prosperity, guardian) (841– 870) King and martyr, invoked against plague. Feast, 20 November. When the Danes invaded East Anglia in 870, they slew…
Edith of Wilton, St.
Edith of Wilton, St. (prosperous war) In Christian legend, daughter of King Edgar of England. Feast, 16 September. Edith’s mother was a beautiful nun, Wilfrida,…
Ebba of Codingham, St.
Ebba of Codingham, St. (boar protection) (ninth century) In Christian legend, martyr, abbess. Feast, 2 April. When the Danes invaded her land, Ebba, fearful that…
Albertus Magnus, St.
Albertus Magnus, St. (Albert the Great) (1193–1280) In Christian legend, bishop and Doctor of the Church, responsible for the introduction of Aristotelian methods and principles…
Alban, St.
Alban, St. (man from Alba) (fourth century) In Christian legend, proto-martyr of England. Feast, 22 June. St. Bede records the life of the saint in…
Agnes of Montepulciano, St.
Agnes of Montepulciano, St. (pure, chaste) (1268–1317) In Christian legend, Dominican abbess. Feast, 20 April. Agnes was placed in a nunnery at the age of…
Agnes, St.
Agnes, St. (pure, chaste) (fourth century) In Christian legend, martyr. One of the Four Great Virgin Martyrs of the Latin, or Western, Church; patron saint…
Agatha, St.
Agatha, St. (good woman) (third century) In Christian legend, martyr, patron saint of bell founders, girdlers, jewelers, malsters, wet nurses, weavers, and shepherdesses. Invoked against…
Afra, St.
Afra, St. (dust) (fourth century?) In Christian legend, martyr, patron saint of Augsburg, Germany. Invoked by penitent women. Feast, 5 August. Afra was a common…