Facebook Twitter Newsletters Email Video News Catholic Life Shopping Saints Bible Prayers Mary Saint of the Day St. Buonfiglio Monaldo He was one of seven Florentines who had joined the Confraternity of the Blessed Virgin (the Laudesi) in a particularly lax period in the city's history and who were inspired by a vision on the feast of the Assumption to take up a life of solitude and prayer. After nearly fifteen years of austerity at a hermitage on Monte Senario he took the name in 1240 of Servants of Mary, or Servites. Six were ordained, developed as mendicant friars under the direction of James of Poggibonsi and Bishop Ardingo of Florence and established many houses and ... Read More » More Saints of the Day St. Febronia St. Julian St. Anthony Kauleas St. Anthony of Saxony St. Benedict Revelli Bl. Thomas Hemerford St. Damian St. Ethelwald St. Humbeline Bl. James Feun St. John of Nicomedia St. Julian the Hospitaler St. Juventius of Pavia St. Ludan St. Meletius of Antioch St. Modestus St. Modestus & Ammonius St. Modestus & Julian Tomorrow's Saint of the Day St. Catherine de Ricci St. Catherine was born in Florence in 1522. Her baptismal name was Alexandrina, but she took the name of Catherine upon entering religion. From her earliest infancy she manifested a great love of prayer, and in her sixth year, her father placed her in the convent of Monticelli in Florence, where her aunt, Louisa de Ricci, was a nun. After a brief return home, she entered the convent of the Dominican nuns at Prat in Tuscany, in her fourteenth year. While very young, she was chosen Mistress of Novices, then subprioress, and at twenty-five years ... Read More » Most Popular United Nations Demands the Catholic Church Drop to Her Knees Read More   Anti-Catholic Agenda of United Nations in the Report on the Convention on the Rights of a Child Read More   What's Really Behind the Persecution of Christians in the Middle East? Read More   Fr Dwight Longenecker on Difficulties with Adam and Eve Read More   One Unexpected Reason! Why have priests gotten away with abusing children? Read More     News | Catholic Life | PRWire | Encyclopedia | Bible | Prayers | Vocations | Saints & Angels © Copyright 2014 Catholic Online. This e-mail is never sent unsolicited. You have received this Catholic Online e-mail because you subscribed to it or someone forwarded it to you. To opt out, see the links below. TO ADVERTISE For information on advertising at Catholic Online, please contact Advertising Sales. TO SUBSCRIBE If this email has been forwarded to you and would like a subscription, please sign up for Catholic Online Newsletters. Remove your e-mail address from our list. We respect your right to privacy. View our policy. This e-mail was sent by: Catholic Online, P.O. Box 9686 Bakersfield, CA 93389 USA