Recipes for Saintly Living
*AHHHHHHHHH* Everyone remain perfectly calm. And by “everyone,” I mean me. God did it to me again — hid a miracle along my personal (not social media) timeline. Like He did when I...
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, USA St. James the Apostle was born in Bethsaida in Judaea several years before Jesus. Also know as St. James the Greater or Elder, he was among the first...
Jacopo and Domenico Tintoretto St. Stephen, Deacon and Martyr, was born early in the first century likely into a Hellenistic (Greek influenced and Greek speaking) Jewish family. Stéphanos is a Greek name meaning crown....
Rembrandt, 1626, Museum Catharijneconvent, Utrecht St. Philip the Deacon and Evangelist was born early in the first century probably near Jerusalem. He is remembered as one of the first seven deacons of the Church,...
Alexander Ivanov, circa 1835 St. Mary Magdalene (or Magdala) was born sometime around the birth of Jesus Christ in the first century A.D., possibly in the small city of Magdala on the western shore...
St. John the Baptist, Bernardo Strozzi, 1620 St. John the Baptist was born six months before Jesus Christ on June 24 early in the first century A.D., in Herodian, Judea. John, a relative of Jesus, was...
Icon, St. Philip and St. James St. Philip and St. James the Younger are listed among the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ and are celebrated together because so little is known about St. James....
Pasquale Ottino, 17th Century, Beaux-Arts, Bordeaux St. Mark was born early in the first century likely in Cyrene, a Greek/Roman city in modern-day Libya in Northern Africa. He was one of the 70 apostles...
Guido Reni, circa 1635 St. Joseph was born some time before the first century in Bethlehem. He became the guardian of Jesus Christ and the husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary. St. Joseph is...
Simone Martini St. Matthias was born around the same time as Jesus in Judea (Israel). He was chosen to replace Judas as one of the Twelve Apostles by the casting of lots. Tradition holds...
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