Facebook Twitter Newsletters Email Video News Catholic Life Shopping Saints Bible Prayers Mary 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 » More Saints of the Day Bl. Eustochium St. Agabus Bl. Archangela Girlani St. Benignus St. Dyfnog St. Ermengild St. Gosbert St. Huno Bl. John Lantrua of Triora St. Julian of Lyons St. Lezin St. Martinian St. Modomnoc St. Polyeuctus Tomorrow's Saint of the Day St. Valentine Click Here for St. Valentine Prayer's Valentine was a holy priest in Rome, who, with St. Marius and his family, assisted the martyrs in the persecution under Claudius II. He was apprehended, and sent by the emperor to the prefect of Rome, who, on finding all his promises to make him renounce his faith ineffectual, commanded him to be beaten with clubs, and afterwards, to be beheaded, which was executed on February 14, about the year 270. Pope Julius I is said to have built a church near Ponte Mole to his memory, which for a long time gave ... 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