Facebook Twitter Newsletters Email Video News Catholic Life Shopping Saints Bible Prayers Mary Saint of the Day St. Ingrid of Sweden Born in Skänninge, Sweden, in the 13th century, St. Ingrid lived under the spiritual direction of Peter of Dacia, a Dominican priest. She was the first Dominican nun in Sweden and in 1281 she founded the first Dominican cloister there, called St. Martin's in Skänninge. She died in 1282 surrounded by an aura of sanctity. Miracles obtained through her intercession followed and led to a popular cult of this saint. In 1405, a canonization process was begun and the Swedish Bishops introduced her cause at the Council of Constance. An inquest was ... Read More » More Saints of the Day St. Agricolus St. Antoninus St. Brocard St. Zeno St. William of Roeskilde St. Valentine St. Castor of Apt St. Diomedes St. Elpidius St. Elpidius the Cappadocian St. Justus of Lyons St. Nonossus Martyrs of September St. Maxima of Rome Tomorrow's Saint of the Day Pope Saint Gregory the Great St. Gregory, born at Rome about the year 540, was the son of Gordianus, a wealthy senator, who later renounced the world and became one of the seven deacons of Rome. After he had acquired the usual thorough education, Emperor Justin the Younger appointed him, in 574, Chief Magistrate of Rome, though he was only thirty-four years of age. After the death of his father, he built six monasteries in Sicily and founded a seventh in his own house in Rome, which became the Benedictine Monastery of St. Andrew. Here, he himself assumed the ... Read More » Most Popular Sophistry Slouching Toward Apostasy: Response to the Commonweal Essay of Joseph Bottum Read More   Forced Abortion of 9 Month Old Child in China: Obama Administration Complicity Read More   Comfortable in our Catholic Skin: Reject Triumphalism, Embrace the Call to Christian Unity Read More   Homosexual Marriage at the Dusk of Liberty Read More   Christians Squeezed out of Commerce and Public Office: Persecution in New Mexico and Texas Read More     News | Catholic Life | PRWire | Encyclopedia | Bible | Prayers | Vocations | Saints & Angels © Copyright 2012 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